"The following lines are from a famous poem by Stevie Smith :- ""Nobody heard him, the dead man But still he lay moaning I was much further out than you thought"" What is the title of the poem ?"
Not Waving but Drowning as inspiration to the Manic Street Preachers song ‘Ready For Drowning’ which uses the phrase “We’re not waving, we’re drowning” The poem was performed as part of the 1976 album "Tears of Steel & the Clowning Calaveras" released by Australian singer Jeannie Lewis (Track 4b), and recited by two actors: Lex Marinos as the "Narrator" (...but still he lay moaning), and Nick Lathouris as the "Dead Man" (I was too far out...). St. Louis post-rock band Foxing uses the line "I'm not waving, but drowning," in the song 'Inuit', off their record "The Albatross". Australian ambient and alternative music group
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