3rd Duke of Fife

Famous quotes containing the words duke and/or fife:

“Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?”
—Vernon Duke (1903–1969)

“‘Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,
Play the Dead March as you carry me along;
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o’er me,
For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong.”
—Unknown. As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo (l. 5–8)