suffer little children by The Smiths

Genre: Alternative
Year: 2009

"Suffer Little Children" is a song by the Manchester band, The Smiths, that was included on their eponymous debut album in 1984. The song is about the Moors murders that took place on Saddleworth Moor in the West Riding of Yorkshire between 1963 and 1965. At the time of their murders many of the victims were only a few years older than Smiths frontman Morrissey, who wrote the lyrics of the song after reading a book about the murders, by Emlyn Williams.Middles, Mick (1985), The Smiths. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-0693-9. It was one of the first songs that Morrissey and Johnny Marr wrote together. After the song was released as the B-side of the single, "Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now", the Manchester Evening News reported that relatives of Read full article at wikipedia.org

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