----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:57 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Grammar Girl link > Going by memory...but isn't the line something like "Lay, Lady, > Lay...Lay yourself upon the big.brass bed" > Grammatically correct, I think... Here are the lyrics: Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Whatever colors you have in your mind I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean And you're the best thing that he's ever seen Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile Why wait any longer for the world to begin You can have your cake and eat it too Why wait any longer for the one you love When he's standing in front of you Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead I long to see you in the morning light I long to reach for you in the night Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead > > He's not telling the lady to lie down. He's telling her to lay herself > down... > U. > > > Andreas Ramos wrote: > > > One could also remember Lay, lady, lay, lay > > > > and one could also remember that it's ungrammatical. it should be > > "lie, lady, lie" > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- --- > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html