Chris Wiegand 

Morrissey or Shelagh Delaney? – quiz

As Morrissey once observed, "At least 50% of my reason for writing can be blamed on Shelagh Delaney." With A Taste of Honey being revived at Hull Truck, do you know which of these lyrics from his songs were borrowed from Delaney's plays?
  
  


  1. “Do you have a vacancy for a back scrubber?”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  2. “Haven’t had a dream in a long time”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  3. “Anything’s hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  4. “I dreamt about you last night and I fell out of bed twice”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  5. “I’ll probably never see you again”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  6. “It’s the Eskimo blood in my veins”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  7. “So rattle my bones all over the stones”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  8. “Do you think you made the right decision this time?”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  9. “The dream has gone but the baby is real”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

  10. “Boot the grime of this world in the crotch”

    1. Morrissey

    2. Shelagh Delaney

Solutions

1:A, 2:A, 3:B, 4:B, 5:B, 6:A, 7:B, 8:A, 9:B, 10:A

Scores

  1. 0 and above.

    You just haven’t earned it yet baby

  2. 1 and above.

    You just haven’t earned it yet baby

  3. 2 and above.

    You just haven’t earned it yet baby

  4. 3 and above.

    You just haven’t earned it yet baby

  5. 4 and above.

    Never mind - what difference does it make?

  6. 5 and above.

    Never mind - what difference does it make?

  7. 6 and above.

    Never mind - what difference does it make?

  8. 7 and above.

    You know your Shelagh – take a bow!

  9. 8 and above.

    You know your Shelagh – take a bow!

  10. 9 and above.

    You know your Shelagh – take a bow!

  11. 10 and above.

    You know your Shelagh – take a bow!

 

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