Chekhov's Mistress
Gaddis Short Story in Ninth Letter
On December 1st, the journal Ninth Letter will be publishing William Gaddis’s 1947 short story, “In Dreams I Kiss Your Hands, Madam.”
According to the reader’s guide to The Recognitions, that title was also the title of a popular song. In The Recognitions it shows up on page 209:
“The first [book] at hand was new: In Dreams I Kiss Your Hand Madam, “An Anthology of Romantic Stories from Seven Centuries, by forty-six authors, gathered from thirty-one countries…Edited by Recktall Brown.”
(via the Gaddis listserve)
Here are the lyrics to the song, which was recorded by Spike Jones and His City Slickers in 1947, as well as Perry Como, Bing Crosby, and others:
In dreams I kiss your hand, madame
Your dainty fingertips
And while in slumberland, madame
I’m begging for your lips
I haven’t any right, madame
To do the things I do
Just when I hold you tight, madame
You vanish with the night, madame
In dreams I kiss your hand, madame
And pray my dreams come true
(Rep once more)
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: September 13, 2007
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Wise Men Fish Here: Literature
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