So, we'll go no more a roving the latter part of it, and sitting up late o' nights--had knocked me up a little. But it is over--and it is now Lent, with all its abstinence and sacred music... Though I did not dissipate much upon the whole, yet I find 'the sword wearing out the scabbard,' though I have but just turned the corner of twenty nine." The poem seems to have been suggested in part by the refrain of a Scottish song known as "The Jolly Beggar." The Jolly Beggar was published in Herd's "Scots Songs" in 1776, 41 years before Byron's letter, and goes partially
We No Who U R uncrowded yet ornate arrangement of whispery vocal harmonies, spidery electric guitar trills, and stark flute tones." "Digital Spy" reviewer Mayer Nissim said "sounding like something Leonard Cohen never quite got round to sticking on "Ten New Songs", 'We No Who U R' is perhaps the most tender song Cave has recorded since "No More Shall We Part"" and referred to the song as "an ethereal poem where nature—not God—grants salvation." A music video, featuring the official lyrics of "We No Who U R", was posted on YouTube on 2 December 2012. An official music video was directed by Gaspar Noé