The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil
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The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil is a song by the American rock group Jefferson Airplane
and initially appeared as the first track of their third album, After Bathing at Baxter's
. It also appeared on their album, The Roar of Jefferson Airplane, alongside the similarly named song "The House at Pooneil corners
," suggesting that they are related, though they were made at different times.
The title of the song refers to Winnie the Pooh: parts of the lyric are taken from A. A. Milne
's first book of children's poetry When We Were Very Young
, including the poem Halfway Down, which includes the words
Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair where I sit.
and the poem Spring Morning which includes
If you were a cloud, and sailed up there,
You'd sail on water as blue as air,
And you'd see me here in the fields and say:
"Doesn't the sky look green today?"
and
If you were a bird, and lived on high,
You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by,
You'd say to the wind when it took you away:
"That's where I wanted to go today!"
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....
and initially appeared as the first track of their third album, After Bathing at Baxter's
After Bathing at Baxter's
After Bathing at Baxter's was released in 1967 and is the third album by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane.Unlike Surrealistic Pillow, released earlier the same year, After Bathing at Baxter's is classified as psychedelic rock because it eschews the more commercial type pop songs, such...
. It also appeared on their album, The Roar of Jefferson Airplane, alongside the similarly named song "The House at Pooneil corners
The House at Pooneil Corners
The House at Pooneil corners is a song by the American rock group Jefferson Airplane which firsts appears in their successful album Crown of Creation in which it is the eleventh track on the album...
," suggesting that they are related, though they were made at different times.
The title of the song refers to Winnie the Pooh: parts of the lyric are taken from A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.-Biography:A. A...
's first book of children's poetry When We Were Very Young
When We Were Very Young
When We Were Very Young is a best-selling book of poetry by A. A. Milne. It was first published in 1924, and was illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Several of the verses were set to music by Harold Fraser-Simson...
, including the poem Halfway Down, which includes the words
Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair where I sit.
and the poem Spring Morning which includes
If you were a cloud, and sailed up there,
You'd sail on water as blue as air,
And you'd see me here in the fields and say:
"Doesn't the sky look green today?"
and
If you were a bird, and lived on high,
You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by,
You'd say to the wind when it took you away:
"That's where I wanted to go today!"