Bernie Taupin - My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I ...

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My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge.

Bernie Taupin

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Der Vater meiner Mutter unterrichtete englische Literatur. Als ich ungefähr zehn oder elf Jahre alt war, konnte ich Macaulays "Lays of Ancient Rome" rezitieren. Während andere Kinder Kriegsspiele spielten, würde Horatius die Brücke halten.

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