Re: Well, George Lewes (?) told the Englishman ...

From: James L Piat (piat@JUNO.COM)
Date: Sat Aug 25 2001 - 18:21:32 EDT


Dear Ken,

Could it be some reference to George Eliot (Mary Ann Lewes and G. H.
Lewes)?

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 23:11:18 -0400 Kenneth Wilson <kfwils@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Since the list is ranging far and wide these days, here's another
> post unrelated to Percy. I'm trying to place a paraphrase from the
> upcoming Bob Dylan record. Here it is, from "Highwater (for Charlie
> Patton)" --
>
> Well, George Lewis told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew,
> You can't open up your mind boys, to any conceivable point of view.
>
> And the rest of the verse runs --
>
> They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway 5
> Judge says to the High Sherriff, "I want him dead or alive,
> Either one I don't care,"
> High water everywhere.
>
> These aren't official lyrics, so I can't say for sure how "George
> Lewis" is spelled, but it might well be George Lewes. Does this ring
> a bell with anyone?
>
> Ken



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