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[[File:Vivahate1988.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] {{Songbox | Name = Alsatian Cousin | Album = [[Viva Hate]] | Length = 3:13 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Stephen Street]] | Producer = [[Producer::Stephen Street]] | Recorded = Autumn-Winter 1987 | Release = March 1988 | ArtistType = Morrissey }} [[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] ==Information== '''Alsatian Cousin''' is a song that appears on [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''. It was co-written and produced by [[Stephen Street]]. ===Recording=== Recording for ''Viva Hate'' commenced at The Wool Hall studios in Bath, England in early October and would last until late December. Street recruited Durutti Column guitarist [[Mention::Vini Reilly]] and session drummer [[Mention::Andrew Paresi]] to back Morrissey, with Street himself taking over bass duties. ===Release=== ''Viva Hate'' was was released on 14 March 1988 by HMV Records and debuted at #1 on the UK charts. ===Re-releases=== EMI, in celebration of their 100th anniversary, released a special edition of ''Viva Hate'' in the UK in 1997. In addition to featuring brand new artwork, including a new cover shot by [[Mention::Eamonn McCabe]], the Centenary Edition features 8 bonus tracks β only one of which was contemporaneous with the album. Surprisingly, "[[Hairdresser On Fire]]" does not appear on this version despite originally appearing on the North American version of the album as a bonus track. On 02 April 2012, a newly remastered special edition of ''Viva Hate'', supervised by Stephen Street, was released. Controversially, Morrissey chose to omit one of the album's original tracks, "[[The Ordinary Boys]]," and include the session demo "[[Treat Me Like A Human Being]]." In addition to the track list changes, the intro and extended fadeout of "[[Late Night, Maudlin Street]]" has been edited. The original album artwork was restored for this release, however, the typeface font on the front cover has been changed, as was the case with the 2011 [[Bona Drag]] remaster. == Lyrics == <poem> Were you and he lovers? And would you say so if you were? On a forecourt On a Friday Passing my way Were you and he lovers? And if you were, then say that you were! On a groundsheet Under canvas With your tent-flap Open wide A note upon his desk: "P.S. Bring Me Home And Have Me!" Leather elbows on a tweed coat - Oh! - Is THAT the best you can do? So came his reply: "...but on the desk is where I want you!" So I ask (even though I know): Were you and he lovers? </poem> {{CommonSongSections | Artist = Morrissey | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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