VLVL(7):Annotations, questions, &c pt2

CLAY JONATHAN D cj833 at greenwich.ac.uk
Thu Jan 7 04:02:27 CST 1999


> From:          "Howard, Jesse" <HowaJ at DWT.com>



> > 238.35-6:  "the famous worms of song":  "The worms crawl in / The worms 
> > crawl out / The worms play pinochle / On your snout / ..."  Does anyone 
> > know the entire song?
> The worms crawl in,
> The worms crawl out,
> The worms play pinochle on your snout.
> They eat your eyes,
> They eat your nose,
> They eat the stuff between your toes.
> The worms crawl in....
> 
> Any more?
> 
> > 
>
There's also this version:
"The worms crawl in 
And the worms crawl out
Your eyes fall in
And your teeth fall out
Your brains come tumbling 
Down your snout
 Be merry, my friends,
Be merry!"

As rendered by The Pogues on the album *If I Should Fall From Grace 
With God*

"Bewildering spring, and by the Auvezere
Poppies and day's eyes in the green email
Rose over us"      
              "Near Perigord", Ezra Pound

Jon Clay - [cj833 at greenwich.ac.uk]



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