Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"A Quick One, While He's Away\" is a 1966 medley written by Pete Townshend and recorded by the Who for their album A Quick One. The song also appears on the album BBC Sessions. In the performance on their Live at Leeds album Townshend calls the nine-minute \"epic\" track a \"mini-opera\" and introduces it as \"Tommy's parents\".The song tells the story of an unnamed girl whose lover has been gone \"for nigh on a year\". Her friends inform her that they \"have a remedy\"; the remedy comes in the form of Ivor the Engine Driver. When the lover returns, the girl confesses her infidelity, and she is ultimately forgiven."@en }
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- A_Quick_One,_While_Hes_Away abstract "\"A Quick One, While He's Away\" is a 1966 medley written by Pete Townshend and recorded by the Who for their album A Quick One. The song also appears on the album BBC Sessions. In the performance on their Live at Leeds album Townshend calls the nine-minute \"epic\" track a \"mini-opera\" and introduces it as \"Tommy's parents\".The song tells the story of an unnamed girl whose lover has been gone \"for nigh on a year\". Her friends inform her that they \"have a remedy\"; the remedy comes in the form of Ivor the Engine Driver. When the lover returns, the girl confesses her infidelity, and she is ultimately forgiven.".