The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35577 Message #337694
Posted By: Mark Cohen
10-Nov-00 - 03:34 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The First Time (Ever) - MacColl
Subject: RE: Tune Req: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
I saw them at their folk club in London at the Bull and Mouth when I was traveling there in 1978. They said that the song was written during a series of transatlantic phone calls. Makes it even more romantic...