Swine

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You're a swine
And I'm saying that's an insult to the pig
In the foul furrow that you dig
Why don't you lay your head down
In that unconsecrated ground?

Well, was she your mother
Or was she your bride?
To defile and to blister
To gnaw at her side
Is this the end of the world?
Now that you've finished your life
This riddle is the work of my little pen-knife

Swine
Words byDeclan MacManus & Paul Cassidy
Music byDeclan MacManus
Performed byElvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Produced byKevin Killen, Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
MusiciansElvis Costello - voice
Michael Thomas - violin
Ian Belton - violin
Paul Cassidy - viola
Jacqueline Thomas - violoncello
RecordedSeptember 14-October 1, 1992, Church Studios, London
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1993
AlbumsThe Juliet Letters, 1993
Length2:05

First known performance:
July 1, 1992, London, England
Last known performance:
June 26, 2001, London, England
     (18 known performances)


The Juliet LettersTJL album cover large.jpg

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Jon Boden and the Sacconi Quartet performed live, September 2018, CLF Art Cafe, London, England, 2018 brownpapertickets.com Wikipedia
Felipe Cadenasso and Cuarteto Filarmónico performed live, July and August 2012, Santiago, Chile 2012 YouTubeProgrammeFelipe Cadenasso
Devin DeSantis & Mercutio String Quartet performed live, 25 & 26 August 2008 at Stokie Theatre, Chicago, IL 2008 YouTubeDevin DeSantis
Fear No Music performed live 12 April 2011 at Atlantic Theatre, Portland, Oregon 2011 Fearnomusic.org
Diana Gonnissen and I Musici Brucellensis performed live, January 2011 and March 2011, Brussels and Etterbeek, Belgium 2011 infoDiana GonnissenYouTube
Katarzyna Groniec Listy Julii 2009 KatarzynaGroniec.pl
Tini Kainrath and StringFizz The Juliet Letters 2005 Tini KainrathStringfizz
Ines Agnes Krautwurst, Stephan König performed live, April, 2009, Leipzig, Germany 2009 YouTubeinfo
Kerry-Anne Kutz The Juliet Letters 2006 AllMusicAmazon.com
Vittorio Matteucci and Quartetto Paul Klee Lettere a Giulietta 2018 AmazonAmazon.ukLisolachenoncera.it
Vittorio Matteucci and Quartetto Paul Klee performed live, October 2009, Centro Culturale Altinate - San Gaetano, Padova, Italy 2009 infoVittorio MatteucciQuartetto Paul Klee
Michelle Murray and David Murray The Juliet Letters 2006 AllMusicAmazon.com
Marianne Racine and Weshalb Forellen Quartett performed live, April and May 2013, Zurich and other Swiss venues 2013 InfoMarianne Racine
Elena Rivera y el Cuarteto LatinoAmericano The Juliet Letters 2019 press releaseYouTube
Drew Sarich and The Dead Poet Quartet performed live, April 2010, Salzburg and Vienna, Austria 2010 YouTubewikipedia
Melanie Aalders & Graziakwartet performed live, May 2010, Utrecht, Netherlands 2010 websitewebsiteYouTube
Tom Norris Tom Norris sings Elvis Costello and Brodsky Quartet's Juliet Letters 2011 wikipediasoundcloud.com
Tomer Sharon & the Israel Contemporary String Quartet performed live, 18-21 February 2007, Jewish Community Centre, Vancouver, Canada 2007 websiteYouTube
Sol String Quartet with Paul Villaluz performed live, 6 December 2008, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas 2008 YouTubeLas Vegas Sun review
Nano Stern with the Surkos string quartet performed live, 27 May 2012, San Sebastian, Spain 2012 YouTubeinfo
Dean Stevenson and The Arco Set performed live, October 2015, Australia and Tasmania. 2015 YouTubeDean Stevensoninfo

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