One of those songs that comes to you once in a lifetime, if you're lucky. The title/refrain has, over time, become a metaphor for all women, something I am very proud of. I remember the recording session for the (home) studio version of this song. I recorded three seperate acoustic guitar tracks - rhythmn master track, standard chords, then a track of barre chords, then a track of arpeggio's. 24 minutes each. Then, to overdub the piano and electric guitar, I had to bounce them down on to one track, to free up the other 2... and forgot to check the tape counter (tape - ah, pre-historic times). All erased. Ah well, no rose bloomed without a thorn beside it. As a sidebar, if you will forgive me, the links to my books on Amazon are no longer active - my F-MND has sadly advanced too far, and I have had to transfer my affairs - so if you would like to donate anything to the children, for this or any of my other videos, their trust account link is : https://paypal.me/DylEmTrust Love and peace, Paul M x 31.05.2023 'The Fair Angel of Sherborne' © Paul Murphy / 2023 - - - - : : - - - - Whilst here, if I may be so bold - I have several lyric and poetry anthologies available on Amazon, titles below. I mention it not for me, but for my most amazing children, who get all the royalties when they reach 16. If you don't want to buy one, Amazon will give you a free 10-page sample if you just want to browse and go - I'm cool with that too. And if you would care to make a donation direct to them, if you have enjoyed this video, many sincere thanks and much gratitude, from both myself, and them via myself; the link is https://paypal.me/DylEmTrust Light and peace, Paul M x - - - - Books by Paul Murphy: Lyrics/Poetry: Songs Without Music Songs Without Music (Deluxe Hardcover) [ISBN: 9798387687808] Journeys... Poems, Lyrics & Reflections Stories That Rhyme Stories That Rhyme (Expanded Hardcover) [ISBN: 9798388622358] Poems For My Children Poems For My Children (Expanded Hardcover) Maybe Tomorrow Poems From An Empty Wishing Well Tombstones One More Rainbow, Before The Lights Go Out Maybe Tomorrow... Maybe Next Year (A Love Story) Love, Love, [Deluxe Expanded Hardcover] Prairie Winds (antholgy) Prairie Winds (complete prose-poem) Bitter Realities Bitter Realities [Expanded Hardcover] Any Last Words Lost And found Songs For Charlotte Songs For Charlotte [Deluxe Hardcover] Anno Domini Songs Of Injustice Songs Of Injustice (Expanded Hardcover) Shadows Behind Soft Words Of Love Dark Christ - The Complete Lyrics * [in progress] Children's Titles: Emily's Magic Unicorn Emily and Bill... And The Stormy Day Emily and Bill... Meet Dylan Emily and Bill... Meet Pirate Pete Emily and Bill... Meet Betty the Yeti [ISBN ‏ : ‎ 979-8747019959] Emily and Bill... Meet Santa (and Rudolph!) Emily's Magic Dragon The Emily and Bill Anthology The Amazing Smeller-Man [Paul and Dylan Murphy] Comedy: The Private Diary of Emily Jade Murphy (Aged 0) The Continuing Private Diary of Emily Jade Murphy (Aged 6 Months, & Counting) Don't Look Sideways - The Life & Times of Bob Wordsworth Jottings Extremely Unlikely History of the World - Part One [978-1725718531] Extremely Unlikely History of the World - Part Two 1001 Ways To Cook An Aardvark Extremely Unlikely History of the United Kingdom Eric Wobble Finds A Time Machine The Fabbles: The So-Low Years A Christmas Carol (No, Not That One, A Different One) [979-8702679778] - - - - - Exclusive videos of outtakes, jam sessions, recitals and more, are viewable on my Patreon site, https://www.patreon.com/user?u=86744526 And occasionally on Twitter: @PaulMurphy_A3 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAAvR0yYRIc

Hello, thank you for viewing this video. This is from a series, aiming to document the cache of song lyrics, poems and prose pieces that were recently (re)discovered after being lost/mislaid for several decades. This one is more backstory and anecdotes than recitals I'm afraid, but there is a reason for that, as detailed in the video and below. The works are being read in the order they appear in the lyric book, and for the first time in over 30 years, in most cases. So there are some stumbles, and of course, my speech difficulties due to my MND do not help! There are closed-captions available if my voice is incomprehnsible at times. I am reading everything in the book, which in this video includes several small/unfinished pieces. It meant enough to me to create it all those yeears ago, so I figure I owe these smaller and incomplete works the same attention as the more well-known of my catalogue. In addition to trying to get as much of my material on record as possible whilst able, I am attempting to place some biographical background (and occasionally foreground) onto them as well. I appreciate this interrupts the flow, but I am in the end-stage of Progressive Bulbar Palsy Neurological disease, and, to be frank, I want to leave some 'history' for my children to know about me/my work when they grow up. A tranche of lyrics from the first box file opened have now been anthologised, and are presented in the book "Shadows Behind Soft Words Of Love", and there are likewise recital videos of those pieces on my channel, if you care to view them. Those works date from 1995, and are much, much darker than the pieces recited here. The works presented here, and their timestamps, are: 00:00 'Of' [written 10.10.1989] 02:40 Discussing the work/neurological disease 05:40 'It's Not Always Easy To Be Free' [10.10.1989/18.00 p.m.] 07:31 Discussing the work 09:37 'Doesn't It Make You Wonder Why' [October 1989] 10:59 Discussing the work 16:01 'Flawed Britannia' [October 1989] 18:09 Discussing the work/legal injustices 25:55 'Saw You' (incomplete) 28:04 'Saw You' [October 1989] 31:10 'In Anger's Subtle Spell' (false start) 31:38 'In Anger's Subtle Spell' (cuts off) [written late October 1989] Light and peace, Paul M 04.05.2023 All material © Paul Murphy / 2023 - - - - : : - - - - Whilst here, if I may be so bold - I have several lyric anthologies and songbooks available on Amazon, titles below. I mention it not for me, but for my most amazing children, who get all the royalties when they reach 16. If you don't want to buy one, Amazon will give you a free 10-page sample if you just want to browse and go - I'm cool with that too. Paul M x - - - - Books by Paul Murphy: Lyrics/Poetry: Songs Without Music Songs Without Music (Deluxe Hardcover) [ISBN: 9798387687808] Journeys... Poems, Lyrics & Reflections Stories That Rhyme Stories That Rhyme (Expanded Hardcover) [ISBN: 9798388622358] Poems For My Children Poems For My Children (Expanded Hardcover) Maybe Tomorrow Poems From An Empty Wishing Well Tombstones One More Rainbow, Before The Lights Go Out Maybe Tomorrow... Maybe Next Year (A Love Story) Love, Love, [Deluxe Expanded hardcover] Prairie Winds (antholgy) Prairie Winds (complete prose-poem) Bitter Realities Any Last Words Lost And found Songs For Charlotte Songs For Charlotte [Deluxe Hardcover] Anno Domini Songs Of Injustice Songs Of Injustice (Expanded Hardcover) Shadows Behind Soft Words Of Love Dark Christ - The Complete Lyrics * [in progress] Children's Titles: Emily's Magic Unicorn Emily and Bill... And The Stormy Day Emily and Bill... Meet Dylan Emily and Bill... Meet Pirate Pete Emily and Bill... Meet Betty the Yeti [ISBN ‏ : ‎ 979-8747019959] Emily and Bill... Meet Santa (and Rudolph!) Emily's Magic Dragon The Emily and Bill Anthology The Amazing Smeller-Man [Paul and Dylan Murphy] Comedy: The Private Diary of Emily Jade Murphy (Aged 0) The Continuing Private Diary of Emily Jade Murphy (Aged 6 Months, & Counting) Don't Look Sideways - The Life & Times of Bob Wordsworth Jottings Extremely Unlikely History of the World - Part One [978-1725718531] Extremely Unlikely History of the World - Part Two 1001 Ways To Cook An Aardvark Extremely Unlikely History of the United Kingdom Eric Wobble Finds A Time Machine The Fabbles: The So-Low Years A Christmas Carol (No, Not That One, A Different One) [979-8702679778] - - - - - Exclusive videos of outtakes, jam sessions, recitals and more, are viewable on my Patreon site, https://www.patreon.com/user?u=86744526 And occasionally on Twitter: @PaulMurphy_A3 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bp1uhGxhCA