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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.

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 41

The Smiths live history:

... further results

Play count (Morrissey concert): 24

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

Appears On Covers Compilation

Cover Versions

Related Forum Threads

The Smiths A-Z: "Cemetry Gates" - Morrissey-solo (Jan 18, 2022)

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 ==Information==
+<pre>
+You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn”
+</pre>
+Appears to be a variation on
+Act V of Shakespeare’s "Richard III":
+<pre>
+"My lord, ’tis I. The early village cock
+Hath twice done salutation to the morn."
+</pre>
+Similarly, the Bette Davis' film "The Man Who Came To Dinner" features the lines:
+<pre>
+"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>
+A brief clip of the quote from the film is available on [[https://youtu.be/NAJcP6x3Ueo YouTube]]
 == Lyrics ==
-{{lyrics
+<poem>
-|
+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.
-==Personnel==
+</poem>
-==Live History==
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