English Song Originally

Famous quotes containing the words english, song and/or originally:

    “When a Jamaican is born of a black woman and some English or Scotsman, the black mother is literally and figuratively kept out of sight as far as possible, but no one is allowed to forget that white father, however questionable the circumstances of birth.”
    —Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

    “I shall not sing a May song.
    A May song should be gay.
    I’ll wait until November
    And sing a song of gray.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labour bore fruit.”
    —George Mikes (b. 1912)