Comments | little_details: "tear up the list, it's Amy"

innie_darling in little_details

"tear up the list, it's Amy"

Feb 28, 2011 09:45

This quote is from P. G. Wodehouse's novel French Leave'I wandered through a world of women, seeking you,' said the poet, and Jeff felt how true that was. And there was another poet who said 'Once you're kissed by Amy, tear up the list, it's Amy,' and that was true, too. These poets hit the nail on the head ( Read more... )

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madripoor_rose February 28 2011, 22:11:33 UTC

It's an old song. Once In Love With Amy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMmUUzNb1vU

innie_darling February 28 2011, 22:15:41 UTC

Thank you so much!

arwensouth February 28 2011, 22:11:48 UTC

I think the song you're looking for is "Once In Love With Amy":

http://www.risa.co.uk/sla/song.php?songid=24328

innie_darling February 28 2011, 22:16:27 UTC

Yes, it is - thank you! The change from "tear up your list" to "tear up the list" was enough to keep me stuck in a Google loop.

arwensouth February 28 2011, 23:25:05 UTC

No worries -- I actually recognized the song from that snippet of lyrics, so I didn't use Google except to find a site with all of the lyrics on it!

Say, aren't you a friend of elanurel's? I'm sure I've seen your username someplace besides here...

innie_darling March 1 2011, 00:24:35 UTC

Yes, I am, though I don't know her for real, just as a provider of awesome het fic. I thought I recognized your name too!

(Thanks again!)

madripoor_rose February 28 2011, 22:12:49 UTC

http://www.frankloesser.com/work/songs/13

And here's more about the writer/year it came out/the musical it was in.

innie_darling February 28 2011, 22:16:50 UTC

You've been so helpful - thank you!

azarsuerte February 28 2011, 23:16:44 UTC

I can give you all the lyrics to the Ray Bolger rendition of it, if that helps. :-)

innie_darling March 1 2011, 00:22:04 UTC

No, that's okay (got the full lyrics from another responder), but thank you for the offer! I'm writing a fic where "tear up the list" is left as a clue, and I wanted to know how plausible it would be for neither of my intrepid investigators to know what on earth that meant.

ooxc March 1 2011, 09:29:03 UTC

Very plausible - I've known the song for years, but that particular line didn't register at all!

innie_darling March 1 2011, 16:54:41 UTC

Ha! Well, good to know that I won't be making the characters unforgivably absent-minded.

ooxc March 1 2011, 09:27:48 UTC

I remember the song "Once on love weith Amy, always in love with Amy", but had forgotten "tear up the list"! I'd also forgotten that it was Charlies's Aunt - thank you

innie_darling March 1 2011, 16:55:38 UTC

I'm glad this was able to jog your memory!