Greetings!


I just finished reading through all of Susan's archives for this mailing list.
It was really interesting. I should have made notes but there are a few things
I remember.


I think the line in "The Stranger Song" that speaks of a golden-arm is a
reference to Cohen himself. Irving Layton called Cohen his 'golden-boy-poet'
and in another song on "Songs Of Love and Hate" Cohen refers to himself in this
way.


Cohen has two children. His daughter, Lorca, and son, Adam/Alex?, are living
in Paris with their mother Suzanne Elrod. He has never married. Lorca was
named after the Spanish poet. I'm not sure, as I have several articles that
mention different, but Adam/Alex may be Marianne's child.


In "Suzanne", Jesus's lonely wooden tower is the cross.


In one of my music books there is another verse added to the end of "So Long,
Marianne". For those interested:


O your eyes, well, I forget you eyes
Your body's at home in every sea
How come you gave away your news
  to everyone
That you said was a secret for me.


Someone mentioned that they had Cohen singing "Silent Night". I would really
like to get that, can anyone help?

Anthony James Lynn (a111@mindlink.bc.ca) writes:
> I think the line in "The Stranger Song" that speaks of a golden-arm is a
> reference to Cohen himself.
Someone in the archives also mentioned that the line about the golden arm
being "rusted from the elbow to the shoulder" betrays Cohen's ignorance of
metallurgy. I think, rather, that this line shows that the arm is false
gold, mere brass.