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From: eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond)
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Subject: Re: What song contains the phrase "WYSIWYG"?
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Date: 25 Dec 89 13:13:22 GMT
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In <351@fwi.uva.nl> Freek Wiedijk wrote:
>                                         I know that [WYSIWYG] is an
> abbreviation of the phrase "what you see is what you get".  I know (?)
> that this phrase comes from some popular song.

I'm not dead sure, but I *think* the phrase occurred in a lyric which began
thus:

	If you want it / here it is, come and get it
	But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast
	If you want it / here it is, come and get it
	But you better hurry 'cause it may not last
	Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
	What was it they said about a fool and his money...

couple with a simple, pretty, Beatles-esque melody by a group called the
Badfinger back around 1970. I never knew the official title but the piece and
the group were once favorites of mine. Their sound was remarkably crisp and
nicely engineered for the period (like, for example, the Guess Who) and they've
worn well over the years. Unfortunately the group itself faded from view after
about '73.

Does anyone know more for sure?
-- 
      Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.uu.net    (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)