Lyrics to
Seamus

This version of Seamus was released by Pink Floyd in 1971.

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I was in the kitchen
Seamus, that’s the dog was outside
Well, I was in the kitchen
Seamus, my old hound was outside
Well, you know the sun was sinking slowly
But my hound just sat right down and cried

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About Lyrics and Seamus by Pink Floyd

The lyrics for Seamus are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Pink Floyd. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Seamus have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Seamus - Pink Floyd and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Seamus by Pink Floyd in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Seamus" means the words set to the music of Seamus, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Pink Floyd. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Seamus and the lyrics to Seamus are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Pink Floyd who came here looking just for the lyrics to Seamus, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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