Soldiering forward on the busting up into song lyrics the part of James Joyce's Ulysses I liked the best when I finally read the great book.
Still plucking from the chapter, deep in the text, written in Q&A form. The bit below I would like to hear set to music forms the midde part of a long answer to the question "Equanimity?"
I think of this as James Joyce's outlaw song.
"Less reprehensible"
As less reprehensible than theft,
highway robbery, cruelty to children
and animals, obtaining money
under false pretenses, forgery,
embezzlement, misappropriation
of public money, betrayal
of public trust, malingering,
mayhem, corruption of minors,
criminal libel, blackmail, contempt
of court, arson,treason, felony, mutiny
on the high seas, trespass,
burglary, jailbreaking, practice
of unnatural vice, desertion
from armed forces in the field,
perjury, poaching, usury,
intelligence with the king's enemies,
impersonation, criminal assault,
manslaughter, wilful
and premeditated murder.
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More in this series
"Example?"
"Restless. Solitary." (maybe after Samuel Barber)
"I'm tired of all them rocks in the sea"
"Pretty pretty petticoats"
"Music without Words, pray for us" (instrumental, or not)
"SIGNOR MAFFEI: (With a sinister smile)"
"Sad music" (instrumental)
"Monkey puzzle" (Fuller, Joyce, King)
"What kind of a present to give"
"Fires in the houses of poor people" (Fuller, Joyce, King)
"Christfox in leather trews" (Fuller, Joyce, King)
"All future plunges to the past" (Fuller, Joyce, King)
"She was humming" (Fuller, Joyce, King)
"Silly billies:" (Fuller, Joyce, King)
"Happy Happy" (Fuller, Joyce, King)
"A sugarsticky girl" (Joyce, King, A Better Guitar Player Than Me)
"Everybody eating everyone else" (Joyce, King, You)
"Blood not mine" (Joyce, King, Your Name Here)
"Sell your soul for that" (Joyce, King, Your Name Here)
"Over the motley slush" (Joyce, King, Whoever Helps Me)"My childhood bends" (Joyce, King)"
"Don't you play the giddy ox with me!" (Joyce, King)
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