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THE HARLOT'S HOUSE
(Lyrics Oscar Wilde arr Trevor Knight/Honor Heffernan Music Trevor Knight)
We caught the tread of dancing feet,
We loitered down the moonlit street,
And stopped beneath the harlot’s house.

Inside, above the din and fray,
We heard the loud musicians play

The "Treues Liebes Herz" of Strauss. 
 


Like strange mechanical grotesques, 

Making fantastic arabesques,

The shadows raced across the blind. 
 


We watched the ghostly dancers spin 

To sound of horn and violin,

Like black leaves wheeling in the wind. 



Like wire-pulled automatons, 

Slim silhouetted skeletons 

Went sidling through the slow quadrille. 



The took each other by the hand, 

And danced a stately saraband; 

Their laughter echoed thin and shrill. 



Sometimes a clockwork puppet pressed 

A phantom lover to her breast, 

Sometimes they seemed to try to sing. 



Sometimes a horrible marionette 

Came out, and smoked its cigarette 

Upon the steps like a live thing. 



Then, turning to my love, I said, 

“The dead are dancing with the dead, 

The dust is whirling with the dust." 
 


But she--she heard the violin, 

And left my side, and entered in: 

Love passed into the house of lust. 
 


Then suddenly the tune went false,

The dancers wearied of the waltz,

The shadows ceased to wheel and whirl. 
 


And down the long and silent street,

The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet, 

Crept like a frightened girl. 


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from Arrows of the Golden Moon, released January 17, 2024
5.The Harlots House 7.09
(Music Trevor Knight and Ed Deane Lyrics Oscar Wilde arr Trevor Knight and Honor Heffernan)
TK Keys/ Percussion/Programmer/ Vocal
Honor Heffernan Vocals
Tom Jamieson Drums
Ed Deane Guitars
Garvan Gallagher Bass Guitar
Also chorus taken from a Live at the Leeson Lounge show

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Trevor Knight Dublin, Ireland

Trevor Knight is a composer who specializes in multi-disciplinary and collaborative work.

Keyboard player in 1970’s with Irish bands Naima and Metropolis. In 1980 in Holland, he formed Auto da Fé with singer Gay Woods recording three albums and toured Ireland/ UK extensively.
He has recorded and performed with artists such as Paul Brady, Philip Lynott, Mary Coughlan, Roger Doyle and Donovan. ... more

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