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The lyrics and the music are by Neil Hannon. It was recorded as a B-side, in two versions: one figures on
Bad Ambassador and the other on the Japanese edition of
Regeneration.
Neil Hannon's actual name is Edward Neil Hannon.
Edward the Confessor is an Anglo-Saxon king who reigned from 1042 to 1066.