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The Review Lyrics by Peter Maxwell Davies

Eight Songs for a Mad King

1969

My people, I come before you in mourning, on my
Breast, a star
The King is dead
A good-hearted gentleman, a humble servant of God
A loving husband, an affectionate sire
Poor fellow, he went mad
He talked to the trees, attacked his eldest son
Disowned his wife, to make a ghost his Queen -
A ghost his Queen
So they seized him, whipped him
Starved him, jeered in his face
While he talked he talked he talked he talked:
They could not shave him, his mouth was never still
Sometimes he howled like a dog !
And he veiled the mirrors not see himself pass by
For his eyes had turned into blackcurrant jelly
Poor fellow, I weep for him
He will die howling
Howling, howling
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Peter Maxwell Davies

Peter Maxwell Davies

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"The Review" appears on "Eight Songs for a Mad King" in 1969.

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