Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
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Happy St George's Day.
From the anti-war album of the same name that resulted in Polly Jean winning the 2011 Mercury Prize; the second time that she has been the recipient. Allegedly influenced by TS Eliot and Harold Pinter the lyrics and theme of this song are also linked to "The West's Sleep" by Irish Nationalist poet Thomas Osborne Davis; d.1845.
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The West's asleep
Let England shake
Weighted down by the silent dead.
I fear our blood won't rise again.
England's dancing days are done.
Another day, Bobby, for you to come home
and tell me the difference."
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Number one on the 2011 Festive Fifty, announced on 25 December 2011 on Dandelion Radio.
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the reading in the beginning is a brill addition #LetEnglandShake
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