Lily O Lily

Dan Parmenter06 Feb 2001, 15:05original

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From: "Endymion9" <endymion9 at mindspring.com> I can understand Silk's attraction to Hy. She is the beautiful (movie star/pin up girl/prostitute) that many a young man develops a crush on. She is his "Picture of Lily." But as the father says to the son in that Who song, "Son now don't be silly."

Dennis, that's brilliant! And how about the rest of the song? "She's been dead since 1929" Oh, how I cried that night If only I'd been born in Lily's time It would have been alright For me and Lily are together in my dreams And I ask you, "Hey mister, have you ever seen" "Pictures of Lily?" It's almost too perfect. "Lily" fits the Vironese naming convention as well as the Thieves' Cant; and of course since Hyacinth is partly Kypris, this fits the subject of the song - falling in love with the image of a woman long-dead. And here I thought that the perfect Vironese song would be Oreb's take on the Wailers' classic "No Woman. No Cry". Shellac *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

Endymion908 Feb 2001, 04:38original

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And how about the rest of the song? "She's been dead since 1929" Oh, how I cried that night If only I'd been born in Lily's time It would have been alright For me and Lily are together in my dreams And I ask you, "Hey mister, have you ever seen" "Pictures of Lily?" It's almost too perfect. "Lily" fits the Vironese naming convention as well as the Thieves' Cant; and of course since Hyacinth is partly Kypris, this fits the subject of the song - falling in love with the image of a woman long-dead.

Dan. Thanks for filling in the rest of the song. I hadn't carried it to that progression and much enjoyed your insight. :) Dennis/Endy (Now struggling up to p. 219 in RTTW). http://home.mindspring.com/~endymion9/index.htm *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

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