'All dressed in red, always the bride
Off with her head, all dressed in white
Off with her head'
Now the historian in me is tempted to see in this a Tudor reference . Mary Queen of Scots, as a young widow wore the colour of mourning for queens : white. She was accused of murdering her husband Lord Darnley and was finally executed by decapitation ("off with her head"). On the day of her execution, she wore red, the colour of martyrdom. Courtney seems to have an interest in the Tudors judging by the use of Anne Boleyn pictures in some of her album's art and she seems to have been inspired by the archetype of the decapitated queen. But again I may be reading too much into this !
'All dressed in red, always the bride Off with her head, all dressed in white Off with her head'
Now the historian in me is tempted to see in this a Tudor reference . Mary Queen of Scots, as a young widow wore the colour of mourning for queens : white. She was accused of murdering her husband Lord Darnley and was finally executed by decapitation ("off with her head"). On the day of her execution, she wore red, the colour of martyrdom. Courtney seems to have an interest in the Tudors judging by the use of Anne Boleyn pictures in some of her album's art and she seems to have been inspired by the archetype of the decapitated queen. But again I may be reading too much into this !