From: Dr Colin D Reed
To: vocalist
Subject: RE: Misheard Song Lyrics
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Chris Thomas wrote:
>I always thought the line "Spare him these lies and these monstrosities" (I t
>hink that's the line) from Bohemian Rhapsody was "Spare him these lies and
>these warm sausages..."
>
>Chris Thomas

I believe that the line is "spare him his life from this monstrosity".
Anybody else think that they sing "Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard" in
this one too?

I set the George Herbert poem "Life" for a SATB chorus when I was at
university. The last verse has the following lines.

"Farewell deare flowers
sweetly your time ye spent
Fit while ye lived for smell or ornament
And after death for cures"

I don't need to tell you what that can sound like, but I was horribly
embarassed when I noticed it whilst conducting the first concert performance!!

Colin

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