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The artefacts are then placed in 'The Sea Cabinet', and every one sings with the memory of a secret sea-set story – the victory of a Fishguard [nb 1] cobbler's wife, a jaded seaside hotel, a sunken chapel, the shifting sands of wartime Alderney, the dangerous allure of the King's Shilling, [nb 2] the loves and the losses and the stars and the ...
A shilling of George III, king at the turn of the 19th century.. The King's shilling, sometimes called the Queen's shilling when the Sovereign is female, [1] is a historical slang term referring to the earnest payment of one shilling given to recruits to the armed forces of the United Kingdom in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, although the practice dates back to the end of the English Civil ...
The song was also recorded by New Zealand singer Will Martin on his debut 2008 album New World. The lyrics for that version go as follows. (Chorus lyrics located at bottom of page) Here's forty shillings on the drum For those who volunteer to come, To 'list and fight the foe today Over the Hills and far away [Chorus] When duty calls me I must go
Updated June 22, 2020 at 2:16 PM On a hot summer day in 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators calling for civil rights joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the March on Washington for Jobs and ...
The song was written as part of an appeal by the Daily Mail to raise money for soldiers fighting in the Second Boer War and their families. The fund was the first such charitable effort for a war. The chorus of the song exhorted its audience to "pass the hat for your credit's sake, and pay– pay– pay!"
Writing for The Guardian, Michael Cragg ranked "King" as the band's twelfth best song. [20] Grazia magazine called the song "the feminist anthem of 2022." [21] In an album review, Neil Z. Yeung writing for AllMusic, highlighted "King" as one of the songs that offer "some of the strongest lyrics and personal insight on the album". [22]
Koningslied", a 2013 song written for the investiture of prince Willem-Alexander as King of the Netherlands. It was released on request of the Nationaal Comité Inhuldiging (the Dutch National Committee Inauguration)
Seth Rogen discusses Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, in addition to playing the didgeridoo with Stephen. Not at the Movies with Gil Peaches. Krysten Ritter discusses Jessica Jones. Wolf Parade performs a medley of song from their eponymous EP.