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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
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==Information==
==Information==
<pre>
<blockquote>
You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn”
You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn”
</pre>
</blockquote>
Appears to be a variation on  
Appears to be a variation on Act V of Shakespeare's "Richard III":
Act V of Shakespeare’s "Richard III":
<blockquote>
<pre>
"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."
</pre>
</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:
<pre>
<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."
</pre>
</blockquote>
A brief clip of the quote from the film is available on [[https://youtu.be/NAJcP6x3Ueo 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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Latest revision as of 07:45, 14 February 2023

Cover art
THE SMITHS song
Name Cemetry Gates
Album/single The Queen Is Dead
Length 2:39
Writer/composer Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Stephen Street (Recording Engineer)
Release June 1986
Recorded Winter 1985

Information

You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn”

Appears to be a variation on Act V of Shakespeare's "Richard III":

"My lord, ’tis I. The early village cock
Hath twice done salutation to the morn."

Similarly, the Bette Davis' film "The Man Who Came To Dinner" features the lines:

"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."

A brief clip of the quote from the film is available on YouTube:

Lyrics

A dreaded sunny day
So, I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side

A dreaded sunny day
So, I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
While Wilde is on mine

So we go inside
And we gravely read the stones
All those people
All those lives
Where are they now?

With loves,and hates
And passions just like mine
They were born
And then they lived
And then they died

Seems so unfair
I want to cry

You say:
 "Ere thrice the sun hath done salutation to the dawn"
And you claim these words as your own
But I've read well and I've heard them said
A hundred times
(Maybe less, maybe more)

If you must write prose and poems
The words you use should be your own
Dont plagiarize or take "on loan"

There's always someone, somewhere
With a big nose, who knows
And trips you up and laughs when you fall
Who'll trip you up and laugh when you fall

You say:
  "Long done do does did"
Words which could only be your own
And then produce the text from whence was ripped
(Some dizzy whore, 1804)

A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're happy
And I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side

A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
But you lose...
Because weird lover Wilde is on mine

Shut up.

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