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From: howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM (Howard Stateman)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: What song contains the phrase "WYSIWYG"?
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Date: 27 Dec 89 16:53:01 GMT
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eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
>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
>Does anyone know more for sure?
>[and stuff about it being Beatle-esque by Badfinger and well-engineered]

No, WYSIWIG is not in this song, which is the "Theme from the Magic Christian"
according to the single I have of it. No wonder it sounds like Beatles,
it was the first non-Beatle 45 put out on their Apple (eat your heart out,
Scully) label. 

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