"And coloured bright the corners of low repute." As in, "Soho is dodgy, folks."
"Through gardens where you're resting."
"All within the gardens / is either sleeping or is dead." I've no idea what the hapless oris may be, or why they could have come to grief, or why the singer should be concerned for them. :)
I can't make out the last line myself. I think it's something like "silted life" or "silty life". Maybe. ^^
@John Johnston
Oh thank you, good sir, for making sense of the first stanza for me. All the sites claim it ends with "of love with the earth", but it just doesn't sound like Bert sings that. Low repute. Yes. Thank you!
@John Johnston
Oh thank you, good sir, for making sense of the first stanza for me. All the sites claim it ends with "of love with the earth", but it just doesn't sound like Bert sings that. Low repute. Yes. Thank you!
I wonder if it's "is either sleeping or is dead", though. It's presumably not Oris, sure, but I could see it being "is dead" or "he's dead". Or, conceivably, "it's" - though it doesn't quite sound like he says this.
I wonder if it's "is either sleeping or is dead", though. It's presumably not Oris, sure, but I could see it being "is dead" or "he's dead". Or, conceivably, "it's" - though it doesn't quite sound like he says this.
And though the sun is burning brightly
All within...
And though the sun is burning brightly
All within the gardens
/He's either sleeping or he's dead
/It's either sleeping or it's dead
With the last line of the song, I think it's "through the rushing Saturday light".
"And coloured bright the corners of low repute." As in, "Soho is dodgy, folks."
"Through gardens where you're resting."
"All within the gardens / is either sleeping or is dead." I've no idea what the hapless oris may be, or why they could have come to grief, or why the singer should be concerned for them. :)
I can't make out the last line myself. I think it's something like "silted life" or "silty life". Maybe. ^^
@John Johnston Oh thank you, good sir, for making sense of the first stanza for me. All the sites claim it ends with "of love with the earth", but it just doesn't sound like Bert sings that. Low repute. Yes. Thank you!
@John Johnston Oh thank you, good sir, for making sense of the first stanza for me. All the sites claim it ends with "of love with the earth", but it just doesn't sound like Bert sings that. Low repute. Yes. Thank you!
I wonder if it's "is either sleeping or is dead", though. It's presumably not Oris, sure, but I could see it being "is dead" or "he's dead". Or, conceivably, "it's" - though it doesn't quite sound like he says this.
I wonder if it's "is either sleeping or is dead", though. It's presumably not Oris, sure, but I could see it being "is dead" or "he's dead". Or, conceivably, "it's" - though it doesn't quite sound like he says this.
And though the sun is burning brightly All within...
And though the sun is burning brightly All within the gardens /He's either sleeping or he's dead /It's either sleeping or it's dead
With the last line of the song, I think it's "through the rushing Saturday light".