The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes,
and the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
to the dark and the empty skies, my love.
@anathema_device That’s lovely! But hang on, that would make Don McLean much older than I had thought, so it got me consulting Wikipedia, and if Wikipedia’s right, Don McLean would have been about 12 when Ewan MacColl wrote the song. Sorry - I feel bad about debunking such a nice story but I suppose it’s the right thing to do 😬
@baz The story i read (which was about forty years ago)didn’t mention maccoll, the author seemed to think the song was all roberta flack’s work. I have no idea where the notion came from that it was about maclean!