From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   nkkrabbe@gmail.com writes:   
      
   > On Thursday, April 17, 1997 at 4:00:00 AM UTC-3, David Sanderson wrote:   
   >> If I recall, the Carter version has   
   >>   
   >> The myrtle so bright with its emerald hue,   
   >> The pale amanita and eyes look like blue.   
   >>   
   >> This doesn't quite make sense, either, but   
   >> may be closer to English, and I'll take Maybell Carter over The   
   >> Hootenanny Song Book any day.  Fact is, the charm of fractured and/or   
   >> incomprehensible lyrics is one of the delightful things about old time   
   >> music - try some of Charlie Poole's on-the-spot inventions, for example.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> David Sanderson davids@greennet.net   
   >> 04/17/97 22:42   
   >> [ Standard Disclaimer ]   
   >   
   > How about: and the pale angelica and iris so blue?   
      
   For many, many other speculations, look this up on the Mudcat.   
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