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Translated by Alan Chamberlain & Mick Harvey


One night as I was 
Just moping around
In some English pub
In the heart of London Town
Leafing through Monstrous Love by Paul Wells
A vision hovered above
The Whisky Soda bubbles

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While the decorations
Of her conquerors
Glittered to her gyrations
Bronze and golden orbs
The platinum engraved
Cold circles that linger
As marks of the slave
Upon each finger

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Almost to her hips
She is booted
Brimming like a chalice
With her beauty
She wears nothing at all
But a perfumed air
Of Essence de Guerlain
In her long hair

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With each little quiver
One could detect
Little bells of silver
Around her neck
Ringing could be heard
As she came near
And spoke the word
"Almeria"

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