Come away, come away, death
And in sad cypress let me be laid
Fie away, fie away, breath!
I am slain by a fair cruel maid
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew
Oh, prepare it!
My part of death, no one so true did share it
Come away, come away, death
Not a flower, not a flower sweet
On my black coffin let there be strewn
Not a friend, not a friend greet
My poor corpse, where my bones shall be thrown
A thousand thousand sighs to save, lay me, oh, where
Sad true lover never find my grave to weep there
Come away, come away, death
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Come Away, Death |
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Words by | William Shakespeare |
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Music by | John Harle |
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Performed by | John Harle featuring Elvis Costello |
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Produced by | John Harle |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals John Harle - saxophones, keyboards Steve Lodder - keyboards, chamber organ Mitch Dalton - guitars Roy Babbington - double bass John Harle Band Balenescu Quartet |
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Recorded | November 3-4, 1995, Abbey Road (Studio 3), London |
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Released | August 25, 1996 |
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Albums | John Harle - Terror And Magnificence, 1996 The Juliet Letters (Rhino reissue), 2006 |
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Soundtracks | Songs From A History Of Britain, 2001 |
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Length | 4:27 |
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