Freddie Mercury | Autograph draft working lyrics for 'We Are The Champions', c.1977

comprising: two leaves of draft lyrics with an early version of the two verses with alternate lines and possible rhyme words ("dues"/"clues", "strangled/mishandled"), plain notepaper (watermarked "Queen's Velvet"), small post 4to (175 x 230mm); one leaf of draft lyrics with an early version of the first verse with additional lines and possible rhyme words, lined A4 stationery (210 x 297mm); four leaves of draft lyrics of the complete song with verses and chorus, with a further two leaves of vocal harmonies for the lines "We are the Champions" and also "on-on-on-on"), these six leaves on British Midland Airways stationery with 1974 calendar (205 x 290mm); text on rectos only, altogether 9 pages, blue ballpoint, black ballpoint, and black marker, c.1977, one leaf torn, some minor creasing

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