See Emily Play

[KENNETH HOUGHTON]

     Well done on the song recognition, but I'm afraid a couple of pieces 
     have been conflated.
     
     Do admit it would be difficult to get the Barrett to scan to "TYRoT," 
     but it's rather easier if you use one of Ms. D.'s poems.  (I'm 
     blanking on which at the moment, but content in the knowledge that the 
     author of "Walt and Emily" [Interzone 77(?); his collection _The 
     Steampunk Trilogy_] can supplant my lapse.)
     
     Whether reclusive Syd Barrett had reclusive Emily D. in mind strikes 
     me as eminently possible, though the idea to "float on a river forever 
     and ever" would probably have startled her almost as much as Mr. 
     Whitman's body in the aforereferenced story.


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Subject: Re: See Emily Play
Author:  the Robot Vegetable <veg at teleport.com> at dbnaccip
Date:    5/10/97 3:00 PM


On Fri, 9 May 1997, KENNETH HOUGHTON wrote:
     
>  "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is not a period hymn; it's an anthem of the 
>   New Regime (not to be confused with The McLaren Group, which is just a 
>   bad television show).
     
    Hmm, can't seem to get it to scan.  It never occurred to me that
Syd was talking about Emily D.:
     
SEE EMILY PLAY
     
Emily tries but misunderstands, ah ooh
She often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow 
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Soon after dark Emily cries, ah ooh
Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till tomorrow 
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Put on a gown that touches the ground, ah ooh 
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily 
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
     
     
     
Syd Barrett