i think we are a rather unusual mailing list.
we are really interested in each other, and in many, not just one, subject.
the other mailing lists i've found, even when they are about a specific and
well chosen topic (picasso, ancient greece etc.), are quite distant.
what is our secret?
ana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: nother snap
> Kern wrote the music. It is a quote--look at the refrain.
>
> At 07:26 PM 5/16/2007, you wrote:
>>Oh, I apologise. I thought you were referring to Jerome Kern ... I
>>don't know this lyric at all (and I know a fair few). And I thought
>>the 'pitter patter' was an indirect quote.
>>
>>Andrew
>>
>>On 17/05/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>The Kern is "Til the Clouds Roll By," lyrics by PG Wodehouse, I
>>>think, from the show of the same name. The chorus duet is one of
>>>Kern's loveliest salutes to youth. Ah, youth.
>>>
>>>Verse 1
>>>[she]
>>>I'm so sad to think that I had to
>>>Drive you from your home so coolly.
>>>
>>>[he]
>>>I'd be gaining nothing by remaining,
>>>What would Missus Grundy say?
>>>Her conventions, kindly recollect them!
>>>We must please respect them duly.
>>>
>>>[she]
>>>My intrusion needs explaining;
>>>I felt my courage waning.
>>>Please, I beg don't mention it!
>>>I should not mind a bit,
>>>But it has started raining.
>>>
>>>Refrain:
>>>
>>>[both]
>>>Oh, the rain comes a pitter, patter,
>>>And I'd like to be safe in bed.
>>>Skies are weeping, while the world is sleeping,
>>>Trouble heaping on our head.
>>>It is vain to remain and chatter,
>>>And to wait for a clearer sky,
>>>Helter skelter, I must fly for shelter
>>>Till the clouds roll by.
>>>
>>>Verse 2
>>>
>>>[she]
>>>What bad luck, It's coming down in buckets;
>>>Have you an umbrella handy?
>>>
>>>[he]
>>>I've a warm coat, waterproof, a storm coat,
>>>I shall be alright, I know.
>>>Later on, too, I will ward the grippe off,
>>>With a little nip of brandy.
>>>
>>>[she]
>>>Or a glass of toddy draining,
>>>You'd find that more sustaining.
>>>Don't be worried, I entreat,
>>>I've rubbers for my feet,
>>>So I don't mind it raining.
>>>
>>>At 07:12 PM 5/16/2007, you wrote:
>>> >Hey, Mark, I've got an idea (no applause, please). How about starting
>>> >with lines from Kern (Jerome, I'm thinking) and then leap into the
>>> >poem at (single line): A shame / thought, to close the windows / and
>>> >lose the sweet breeze.' Next verse I';d change the order a tad: ' For
>>> >the moment / I have joined / the complex aerodynamics / of leaves'
>>> >
>>> >I like it the way it is, mind you, but the jokey tone of the beginning
>>> >just seems expendable to me (a closet minimalist).
>>> >
>>> >Androo
>>> >
>>> >On 17/05/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> >>This here aint no
>>> >>pitter patter storm
>>> >>Mr. Kern, upon us suddenly
>>> >>from the south,
>>> >>the sky become
>>> >>a large green threat. A shame,
>>> >>though, to close the windows,
>>> >>and lose the sweet breeze.
>>> >>
>>> >>I have joined
>>> >>for the moment
>>> >>the complex aerodynamics
>>> >>of leaves.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >--
>>> >Andrew
>>> >http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>> >http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
>>> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
>>
>>
>>--
>>Andrew
>>http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
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