You can preload the variable as long as you have an event (OnShow, OnPress, OnMove, etc.) to handle it.
Code:
<Button Name="Button1" OnPress="
Parent.stanza002.myEmote=('reaching out and barely caressing ')##(Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.TNAME.text)##(' cheek')
" ScrollExtent="160... ... />
<Button myEmote=" " Name="stanza002" OnPress="
do_file_commands song000stanza002A.DOS
do_file_commands song000stanza002B.DOS
Emote myEmote
do_file_commands song000stanza002D.DOS
do_file_commands song000stanza002E.DOS
parent.stanza002Check.Checked=true
parent.stanza002Tip.TextColor=#FF0000
" ScrollExtent="160... ... />
.