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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] | |||
[[File:Thequeenisdead.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] | [[File:Thequeenisdead.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] | ||
{{Songbox | {{Songbox | ||
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| Album = [[The Queen Is Dead]] | | Album = [[The Queen Is Dead]] | ||
| Length = 2:39 | | Length = 2:39 | ||
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr | | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | ||
| Producer = [[Morrissey]]/[[Johnny Marr]]<br>[[Stephen Street]] (Recording Engineer) | | Producer = [[Producer::Morrissey]] / [[Producer::Johnny Marr]]<br>[[Stephen Street]] (Recording Engineer) | ||
| Recorded = Winter 1985 | | Recorded = Winter 1985 | ||
| Release = June 1986 | | Release = June 1986 | ||
| ArtistType = The Smiths | | ArtistType = The Smiths | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
< | <blockquote> | ||
You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn” | You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn” | ||
</ | </blockquote> | ||
Appears to be a variation on | Appears to be a variation on Act V of Shakespeare's "Richard III": | ||
Act V of | <blockquote> | ||
< | "My lord, ’tis I. The early village cock<br> | ||
"My lord, ’tis I. The early village cock | |||
Hath twice done salutation to the morn." | Hath twice done salutation to the morn." | ||
</ | </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: | ||
< | <blockquote> | ||
"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> | ||
A brief clip of the quote from the film is available on YouTube | 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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A dreaded sunny day | A dreaded sunny day | ||
So, I meet you at the cemetry gates | So, I meet you at the cemetry gates | ||
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Shut up. | Shut up. | ||
</poem> | |||
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