Scarlet Begonias Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sourire0947 

Cover art for Scarlet Begonias lyrics by Grateful Dead

anyone think there's a The Wind In The Willows allusion? It was a popular children's book from the early 1900's? i can't figure out if it's just a coincidence

I'm sure Robt. Hunter was aware of Kenneth Grahame's children's book classic. BTW, for those of you interested in the history of psychedelic and psychedelic-influenced music, Pink Floyd's debut album (1967) was entitled "The Piper At The Gates of Dawn," which is the name of a chapter in "Wind In The Willows." Syd Barrett, who was using acid heavily during the recording of this album, was also deeply in love with English children's literature (not just Grahame but J.R.R. Tolkien and Lewis Carroll as well), and he of course wrote most of the songs on that album: the song "Matilda...