Finally pulled this out and dusted it off. It's not very good. I'm sure some pseudo-intellectual can tell me all about the magnificence of the writing and the overarching themes of the loss of innocence in America and in people, but pffffphhhhfft! It's just boring.
But it's about a poem!!! They will cry. Yeah. Here's the masterpiece the title comes from:
Comin thro' the Rye
By Robert Burns Comin thro' the Rye
By Robert Burns
[First Setting]
Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
Comin thro' the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie
Comin thro' the rye.
[CHORUS.]
Oh Jenny 's a' weet poor body
Jenny 's seldom dry,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie
Comin thro' the rye.
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body —
Need a body cry.
Oh Jenny 's a' weet, &c.
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the glen;
Gin a body kiss a body —
Need the warld ken!
Oh Jenny 's a' weet, &c.
It is a nice look into life in 50's America for sure. From that perspective in this day and age, it shows a time much different than most of us know. Sometimes, it's good to peel back the cogs of the Time Piece and see what you find.
The poem is worse than the book. This poem is a$$.
Timewasters grade: C-
1953 first print. Let's see what all the hubbub is about, bub.
