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"The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion, released on his 1961 album, Runaround Sue. The song, with a 12-bar blues -base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves.
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- Laurie
- November 1961
Summary. ‘The Wanderer’ is a long Old English poem in which the speaker details the life and struggles of a wanderer. In the first part of this piece, the speaker describes a wanderer, someone who lost everything that meant something to him. He’s lost his lord, his home, his kinsmen, and more.
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- October 9, 1995
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The Wanderer is an Old English poem preserved only in an anthology known as the Exeter Book, a manuscript dating from the late 10th century. It comprises 115 lines of alliterative verse . As is often the case with Anglo-Saxon verse, the composer and compiler are anonymous, and within the manuscript the poem is untitled.
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- Old English
- Impossible to determine
- Exeter Book
[Verse 1] Oh well, I'm the type of guy who will never settle down. Where pretty girls are, well you know that I'm around. I kiss 'em and I love 'em cause to me they're all the same. I hug 'em and I...
