Gurney, I moved you over here to a previous thread in the song.

Here are some Fureys Youtube links to the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPvwaoo43k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpzrxKQf44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LNU1NgKLA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y_qHb4fXrs

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The transcriptions above are from Gallagher & Lyle recordings of the song. Here's my transcription of the Fureys recording. I gather the songwriters are Gallagher & Lyle?

FIRST LEAVES OF AUTUMN (Fureys version)
(Benny Gallagher & Graham Lyle)

When the daylight turns to starlight
And the seasons turn to change,
I get the same old answers
But the question still remains.

We shared this brief but magic song,
By the first leaves of autumn you were gone.

Not until the rain has touched my face,
Not until the first leaves fell from space,
Not until that moment did I see,
I never realized what you meant to me.

From the day you filled with sunlight
To the laughter in your eyes,
To the making and the breaking,
Of the day you said goodbye.

We shared this brief but magic song,
By the first leaves of autumn you were gone.

Not until the heart's defence is down,
Not until some old come-all-ye comes round,
Not until that moment did I see
I never realized what you meant to me.

We shared this brief but magic song,
By the first leaves of autumn you were gone.


Not until the heart's defence is down,
Not until some old come-all-ye comes round,
Not until that moment did I see
I never realized what you meant to me.

Not until the rain has touched my face,
Not until the first leaves fell from space,
Not until that moment did I see,
I never realized what you meant to me.
I never realized what you meant to me.

from this Fureys recording (others are different): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXCFZzRzDug

MudGuard's transcription above is closer to this Furey's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPvwaoo43k

The line in question could be:

Not until some old come-all-ye comes down

But repeating "down" two lines in a row isn't kosher....

Note that early recordings begin with the word "As."

Here's a recent live recording (probably not available in UK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BECBIuXEK04