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Stolen, Borrowed, Lend lease...Dance re-writes Barrett

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Edward Rochester Esq.

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Jun 20, 2023, 9:14:47 AM6/20/23
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Dance in quotes:

At the Gates of Dawn – from “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”

Night prowls, scratches sand, & then pads on, - from “Lucifer Sam”
“At night prowling sifting sand.”

the gnomes are sleeping in their gnomish homes, - from “The Gnome”
“And little gnomes stay in their homes.”

when darkness is increased by 1, to 7 – from “Chapter 24”
“It forms when darkness is increased by one.” – This makes no sense out of the context of the song.

& from the icy waters underground – from “Astronomy Domine”
“Around the ice waters underground”

a scarlet eagle rises, shining gold – from “Matilda Mother”
“With silver eyes the scarlet eagle”

on all. Floating down, the light resounds – from “Astronomy Domine”
“Floating down, the sound resounds”

blindingly – flap flicker flicker / Blam pow pow – from “Astronomy Domine”
“Blinding signs flap,”
“Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.”

& all the land is lime and limpid green. – from “Astronomy Domine”
“Lime and limpid green, a second scene”

Amidst the grass, dandelions thrive. – from “Flaming”

Buttercups cup the light in the foggy dew. – from “Flaming”
“Watching buttercups cup the light”
“Lazing in the foggy dew”
“Sleeping on a dandelion”

Change, return, success, going & coming, - from Chapter 24
“Change returns success”
“Going and coming without error.”

nothing can be destroyed once & for all: - from Chapter 24
“Things cannot be destroyed once and for all.”

Look at the sun, look at the sky, look at the river – from “The Gnome”
“Look at the sky, look at the river”

lazily winding, finding its way to sea – partly from “The Gnome”
“Winding, finding places to go”

lazily winding, finding its way to sea. – the other part is from “Lucifer Sam”
“Lucifer go to sea.”

NancyGene

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Jun 20, 2023, 9:47:21 AM6/20/23
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Yes, indeed, NancyGene is a great researcher and George Dance is a plagiarist:
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/23_1oXVwuvg/m/Ebsf7PBjAAAJ

Edward Rochester Esq.

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Jun 20, 2023, 9:52:52 AM6/20/23
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Yes, All info provided by the work of NancyGene, which I thought was known. Apologies.

Michael Pendragon

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Jun 20, 2023, 10:03:01 AM6/20/23
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On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 9:47:21 AM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
From now on, I shall be addressing/referring to him as George "The Plagiarist" Dance.
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