Difference between revisions of "They laid him"

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-"They laid him brawdawn alanglast bed. With a bockalips of finisky fore his feet. And a barrowload of guenesis hoer his head."
+* '''laid:''' produced an egg &rarr; [[HCE]] as [[Humpty Dumpty]]
-In the song "[[Finnegan's Wake]]," Tim Finnegan falls from a ladder and dies. During his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life.
+* '''''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'':''' (''song'') "and laid him out upon the bed"
-The sentences above refer to the song's lyrics, which read:
+* '''They laid him''' &rarr; see [[deepbrow fundigs]] for more
-"They wrapped him up in a nice clean sheet/ And laid him out across the bed,/ With a gallon of whiskey at his feet/ And a barrel of porter at his head."
+* '''They laid him:''' they had sex with him
-Obviously, finisky = Finnegan + whiskey +finis (the end, death).  "Finis" is then contrasted with the beginning, Genesis, in the pun "guenesis" = Guinness = porter brewed in Dublin (James Joyce's birthplace) at St. JAMES Gate.
+[[Category: Songs and lyrics]]
+[[Category: Humpty Dumpty]]
-After the end is the beginning, just as in the last page and first page of the book, and in Tim Finnegan, who will always begin again.
-Also, as a side note, this meaning is also enhanced by the phrase "a bockalips", or "apocalypse"--the end.  Scattered throughout the book are such references.