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-{| id="songbox" class="infbox wikitable" cellspacing="2"
-! colspan="2" | THE SMITHS Song
+{{Songbox
-|-
+| Name = Reel Around The Fountain
-| Name
+| Album = [[The Smiths (album)|The Smiths]]
-| {{{Name |<span class="unknown">Reel Around The Fountain</span>}}}
+| Length = 5:58 (Album version)<br>6:14 (Troy Tate version)<br>5:55 (Studio outtake)<br>6:36 (Crazy Face rehearsal)
-|-
+| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
-| Album/Single
+| Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]]
-| {{{Album |<span class="unknown">[[The Smiths (album)|The Smiths]]</span>}}}{{
+| Recorded = Autumn 1983
-#if:{{{Track |}}}
+| Release = February 1994
-	| <span class="small">&#32;({{{Track}}})</span>
+| ArtistType = The Smiths
 }}
-|-
+[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
-| Length
-| {{{Length |<span class="unknown">5:58</span>}}}
-|-
-| Recorded
-| {{{Recorded |<span class="unknown">Autumn 1983</span>}}}
-|-
-| Writer
-| {{{Writer |<span class="unknown">Morrissey/Marr</span>}}}
-|-
-| Producer
-| {{{Producer |<span class="unknown">[[John Porter]]</span>}}}
-|}
-[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
 ==Information==
-An alternative version of this song appears on the [[A Nice Bit Of Meat (LP bootleg)|A Nice Bit Of Meat]] bootleg LP.
+*An alternative version of this song appears on the [[A Nice Bit Of Meat (LP bootleg)|A Nice Bit Of Meat]] bootleg LP.
+* A [[Troy Tate]] produced version of this song appears on [[The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP.
 == Lyrics ==
-{{lyrics
+<poem>
-|
+It's time the tale were told
+Of how you took a child
+And you made him old
+It's time the tale were told
+Of how you took a child
+And you made him old
+You made him old
+Reel around the fountain
+Slap me on the patio
+I'll take it now
-}}
+Oh. fifteen minutes with you
+Well, I wouldn't say no
+Oh, people said that you were virtually dead
+And they were so wrong
+Fifteen minutes with you
+Oh, well, I wouldn't say no
+Oh, people said that you were easily led
+And they were half-right
+Oh, they, oh, they were half-right, oh
+It's time the tale were told
+Of how you took a child
+And you made him old
+It's time that the tale were told
+Of how you took a child
+And you made him old
+You made him old
+Oh, reel around the fountain
+Slap me on the patio
+I'll take it now
+Ah, oh
+Fifteen minutes with you
+Oh, I wouldn't say no
+Oh, people see no worth in you
+Oh, but I do.
+Fifteen minutes with you
+Oh, I wouldn't say no
+Oh, people see no worth in you
+I do
+Oh, I, oh, I do
+Oh
+I dreamt about you last night
+And I fell out of bed twice
+You can pin and mount me like a butterfly
+But take me to the haven of your bed
+Was something that you never said
+Two lumps, please
+You're the bee's knees
+But so am I
-==Personnel==
+Oh, meet me at the fountain
+Shove me on the patio
+I'll take it slowly
+Oh
+Fifteen minutes with you
+Oh, I wouldn't say no
+Oh, people see no worth in you
+Oh, but I do
+Fifteen minutes with you
+Oh, I wouldn't say no
+Oh, people see no worth in you
+I do
+Oh, I, I do
+Oh, I do
+Oh, I do
+Oh, I do
+</poem>
-==Live History==
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