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[[File:Thequeenisdead.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] | [[File:Thequeenisdead.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] | ||
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==Information== | ==Information== | ||
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You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn” | You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn” | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
Appears to be a variation on | Appears to be a variation on Act V of Shakespeare's "Richard III": | ||
Act V of | |||
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"My lord, ’tis I. The early village cock | "My lord, ’tis I. The early village cock<br> | ||
Hath twice done salutation to the morn." | Hath twice done salutation to the morn." | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
Similarly, the Bette Davis' film "The Man Who Came To Dinner" features the lines: | Similarly, the Bette Davis' film "[[Mention::The Man Who Came To Dinner]]" features the lines: | ||
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"All those people, all those lives, where are they now ? Here was a woman who once lived and loved, full of the same passions, fears, jealousies, hates. And what remains of it now ... I want to cry." | "All those people, all those lives, where are they now ? Here was a woman who once lived and loved, full of the same passions, fears, jealousies, hates. And what remains of it now ... I want to cry." | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
A brief clip of the quote from the film is available on | A brief clip of the quote from the film is available on YouTube: | ||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAJcP6x3Ueo</youtube> | |||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
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Shut up. | Shut up. | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
{{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}} | {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}} |
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