FINNEGANS WAKE

Protodrafts

1st draft, 1936-1937, II.2§6B draft level 0

MS British Library 47479 194, 47480 2-3 Draft details

{ms, 003}

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|aAttention! Standat! Ease!a|

We are diffusing |a(toyou, ty toyou toyou)a| among |ayou our wordless lovers of our sequencea| the dewfold song of the naughtingels |a(Alys, Alys allo!)|b, the clinkars of our nocturne field. Night's |csweet swootc| moztheart!b| |bMay song it |aflorish florusha|! (in the underwood)!, in chorush, long make it florush (in the Nut, in the Nut sky!), till thorush! Secret hookup!b|a| from their sheltered position |ain rosescenery haydinga| on the heather side of Waldalure, Mount St John's |awhere they winged |bafter forb| duskfall |bafter Sunsink gongb|a|. We are lucky in being so fortunate. |aThey will tell thea| |a|shshows with plosive plainingsh||b, prime secund & terce, now full theorb; now dulcifair |c(Oiboe! Zitthazittha!)c|,b| |shthe buonaventuresh| |b( |cwithc| gluckgluckb| |shto wherever boy all shaws in shamefeast (Shown shown! Sheme sheme!)sh| |band what whoe betwides them when we |cplay pressc| pedal pick out & vowelise your nameb|a| |xin partial |aPere Golathy, Mere Bare, you Bill Heeny, you Smirky Dandy and|b, more beethoken,b| all you whackfoolthenairyans |band your badhtempered pianos.b|a|x| The bark and bay duo |a(tuat! tuat!)a| |awith goodman fox inchimingsa| having almost ceased for the moment. |aLet every sound of a pitch |bbe keep in reasonanceb|.a| To allow the.

Taff — |aRoguener Loudbrags,a| The |asoddya| old samph |ain his ventruculencea|! |x|shAnd his shirt short's between colours.sh|x| |x|shere th' Osirian clumdung like a wallf on the folld.sh|x|

To which yes he did that was the answer.

Bulbul bulbul! Pschtt! Salam, salis salan! Carolius! Did you aye, did you eye, did you missing every see such a way suchawhy blank