As I was walking up the stairs,
I met a man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today,
I wish, I wish, He'd go away.
Quand je marchais les pas,
J'ai rencontré un homme qui n'était pas là,
Il n'était pas là encore aujoud' hui,
Je souhaite, Je souhaite, Il partirais
Canst thou please tell me where thys has been used before, and perhaps who is the poet who wrote it. 10 points for gyving a real answer, please
2007-01-11 07:30:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
William Hughes Mearns (1875-1965), better known as Hughes Mearns
Mearns is credited with the relatively well-known rhyme:
Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today
Oh how I wish he'd go away.
Antigonish, 1899
A version of the poem was used as the opening words in the 2003 movie Identity. The poem has also been used in several other films, including "Velvet Goldmine" in 1998 and "Being Cyrus" in 2006. Yet another version is quoted in the Star Trek novel Q-Squared.
2007-01-11 07:41:13 · answer #1 · answered by Shayla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
written by William Hughes Mearns (1875-1965), better known as Hughes Mearns, was an American educator and poet.
It is also used in Memorable Quotes from Identity (2003) movie.
2007-01-11 07:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by isska123 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-07 00:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i haven't really heard this poem, but i wanted to say thanks. i guess you might not remember, im vidu o, u answered me abt swiss ppl. if i dont get any better ones, (answers, i mean) 10 points 2 you! im a very impatient typer, and i guess that should explain my mistakes...and you're a french wiz! that's cool! but actually i can understand what you say, but the thing is, they can speak english, but just dont. really. i hear them speaking it on the street, but if i'm like, no french can you help me, they go, 'je ne parle anglais' on me! i just want 2 understand their attitude, not their language! but thanks anyways.
2007-01-12 01:56:09 · answer #4 · answered by Vidushi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes it is a classic.
2007-01-11 07:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by Walking on Sunshine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think yeah .
2007-01-11 07:39:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
methinks not, sorry.
2007-01-11 09:41:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋