PPB: You came, the vernal equinox / H.C. Beeching

[George J. Dance]

You came, the vernal equinox, by H.C. Beeching

You came, the vernal equinox
Brought on the solstice in a day;
Crocuses in their beds of box
Straight changed to tulips, striped and gay.
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2019/03/you-came-vernal-equinox-henry-charles.html

[General Zod]

Lovely night on the river bank.... frankfurters roasting on an open fire....

Tent
with no rent....

[George J. Dance]

Sounds so nice, now that the cold's over.

"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
Hey, we'll have to get Kris onto the dancehall one night.

[General Zod]

Ole Kris Kristofferson... and sweet sad Janis as well.....

[George Dance]

Another day, another Bandar-Log troll thread. But, as they say, if life gives you lemons make lemonades. So let's look as it as an opportunity to bump another PPB thread. Today's installment comes from a troll thread with the charming title, "George Dance's poetry site [sic] is unreliable for researchers."

On Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 5:07:03 PM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
> We found still another instance where George Dance must have decided to put anything down in the bibliography for one of the poets whose poems he uses on his site. See this message:
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/o_JTbzhAbTs/m/8W_qKI_sAQAJ for "PPB: You came, the vernal equinox / H.C. Beeching."
>
> George Dance, in the bibliography for Mr. Beeching and his poem, says that the poem is "H.C. Beeching (1859-1919) from Love's Looking Glass, 1891."
> Here is the link to the book. You will not find the "You came, the vernal equinox" lines in that book.
> https://books.google.com/books?id=BXoTPmm9dNwC&q=Equinox#v=onepage&q=vernal&f=false
>
> The poem is actually from "In a Garden And Other Poems" (1895), by H C Beeching:
> https://books.google.com/books?id=QMUbKSbhc8sC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Some say that I should thank the troll calling my site [sic] unreliable. I think there's no need to go that far. So I should point out that their information turned out to be correct; and after I'd verified it I'd made the correction.

For those more interested in fault-finding than in reliability, I should probably explain what happened. All 4 of the poems I've blogged by Beeching are from his "In a Garden" poem sequence. However, it turns out that the second one I'd blogged had been reprinted from the 1891 book. So I made the correction, and then forgot about it; meaning that when I blogged the 3rd and 4th installment, I didn't check the information and copied it in. (Both of the latter have been corrected.)

[Will Dockery]

Well put, you nailed it.

[Faraway Star]

On Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 9:43:40 PM UTC-4, George Dance wrote:
>

Indeed, you are correct...

[George Dance]

Fix it, and that should be the end of it, to paraphrase Karen.

[Will Dockery]

Exactly, mistakes happen, so simply correct them.

And so it goes.

[General-Zod]

Quite excellent G.D.

[W.Dockery]

Agreed.

[George Dance]

Which should be the last word. But I'll have to note that this is a poem that I'd posted in 2019. Which means that, while NastyGoon has been diligently searching my blog for all the "errors" they can, the bottom line is that they managed to find two errors of fact four years apart.

I truly am grateful to NG for finding both errors of fact for me, allowing me to correct them, but I think that emphasizing that fact about them -- they were two errors four years apart -- puts the issue of the blog's "reliability" in better perspective.

[Faraway Star]

On Monday, August 7, 2023 at 9:39:08 AM UTC-4, George Dance wrote:

Well put G.D... thou hast nailed it...!

[W.Dockery]

Agreed.

[Faraway Star]

George J. Dance wrote:

> General Zod wrote:
> > George J. Dance wrote:
>
> > > You came, the vernal equinox, by H.C. Beeching
> > >
> > > You came, the vernal equinox
> > > Brought on the solstice in a day;
> > > Crocuses in their beds of box
> > > Straight changed to tulips, striped and gay.
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2019/03/you-came-vernal-equinox-henry-charles.html
> >
> > Lovely night on the river bank.... frankfurters roasting on an open fire....
> >
> > Tent
> > with no rent....
> Sounds so nice, now that the cold's over.
>
> "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
> Hey, we'll have to get Kris onto the dancehall one night.

Hi G.D. did we ever do a Kris Kristofferson D.H. yet..?

[General-Zod]

Well put, you nailed it, G.D.

[W.Dockery]

Good question, I'm not sure if we have.

[George Dance]

No, we haven't. He's another person I'd be reluctant to do one on, just because I don't know his work well enough. But I was equally worried about Tina Turner and Harry Belafonte, and we ended up with an excellent job on both. So, if either of you wants to suggest one, go for it. Since I know him more as a songwriter than a singer, I'd suggest allowing covers of his work, but that's the only input I have to offer.

[Will Dockery]

On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 8:32:44 PM UTC-4, George Dance wrote:
> On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 8:00:36 PM UTC-4, W.Dockery wrote:
> > Faraway Star wrote:
> >
> > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > >> General Zod wrote:
> > >> > George J. Dance wrote:
> > >>

> > >> > Lovely night on the river bank.... frankfurters roasting on an open fire....
> > >> >
> > >> > Tent
> > >> > with no rent....
> > >> Sounds so nice, now that the cold's over.
> > >>
> > >> "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
> > >> Hey, we'll have to get Kris onto the dancehall one night.
> >
> > > Hi G.D. did we ever do a Kris Kristofferson D.H. yet..?
> > Good question, I'm not sure if we have.
> No, we haven't. He's another person I'd be reluctant to do one on, just because I don't know his work well enough. But I was equally worried about Tina Turner and Harry Belafonte, and we ended up with an excellent job on both. So, if either of you wants to suggest one, go for it. Since I know him more as a songwriter than a singer, I'd suggest allowing covers of his work, but that's the only input I have to offer.

I'm fairly familiar with Kristofferson's earlier work, I think there's enough for a decent sized Dancehall:

https://youtu.be/r6Jb2CA_xx8

[Faraway Star]

On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 8:32:44 PM UTC-4, George Dance wrote:

Here is one by Kris K. I would add to such a playlist:

Kris Kristofferson ~ Blame It On The Stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZxy9Tuilyc

[George Dance]

You get a topic pick, so if you want him, you've got it. Let me know here or RAP before dark.

I would rather wait and do an RIP one; he's 87, and could go anytime. It just seems to me like commemorating his end before he's gone. I've no problems with a retrospective on someone already dead whom we didn't cover; Bowie, Elvis, Lennon, even Schitz & Ditz.

But, to repeat, you get your share of topic choices, and it's your turn if you want it.

[Faraway Star]

It might be a short one, but I suggest either a Rodriguez Dancehall or a Robbie Robertson Dancehall, R.R. in fact from Toronto, and half Mohawk and half Jewish, a LOT of tunes to pick from his many years in music...

Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KP9PNSUME4

[George Dance]

Robbie it is. I'll go open it.

[Will Dockery]

Go Back To Your Woods / Robbie Robertson
https://youtu.be/JMq6g6bMuq0

[Faraway Star]

Cool... will go add some tunes there now...

Robbie Robertson last live performance ever! the Weight & I shall be released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM0Y5-jzkgc

[General-Zod]

Yes, I daresay...

Kris Kristofferson - Loving Her Was Easier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCgnbRWVvU8

[Will Dockery]

Don't Do It / The Band
https://youtu.be/ki3zzZ-GsGI