On Friday, November 29, 2019 at 8:54:40 PM UTC-3, Joseph C. Fineman wrote:   
   > 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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   > ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
   >   
   > ||:  Who are the people most opposed to escapism?  Jailers!  :||   
      
   Here is something that makes sense:   
   I actually found a flower with eyes of bright blue. It is Heliotropium   
   arborescens, the Amaretto flower. One variant of it is pale with a blue center   
   (see e.g. https://plantdecors.com/product/buy-heliotropium-arborescens-india/)   
      
   Niels Kaare Krabbe   
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