pynchon-l-digest V2 #5081

[Peter F. Zogas]

There's no doubt that Pynchon must have been exposed to the Dead, and
through them Hunter's lyrics, but this song seems pretty obscure.  I'm a
devout Deadhead (and a big fan of Hunter's lyrics) and I've never heard of
it.  A little digging around on the GD Lyric and Song Finder shows that the
song was generally recorded and played using just the refrain and improvised
lyrics--cf:
http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/MOUNTSON.HTM

Interesting none-the-less, not only for

A monument of marble raised
Against the day I die
And on the capstone just one word
And that one word was "why?"

but also for

Had my fill of history
It's all a murder mystery
Solve it if you care to
Or let it flood on by


On 12/13/06, Roy Cross <roycross at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/LETTHEMO.HTM<http://www3.clearlight.com/%7Eacsa/introjs.htm?/%7Eacsa/songfile/LETTHEMO.HTM>
>
> Any relevance to the new book?
>
> Roy
>
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