Lyr ADD: Mrs Fisher (Derek Brimstone)

Subject: Lyr Req: Mrs Fisher - Derek Brimstone
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Dec 12 - 04:05 AM

Does anybody have the lyrics to Derek Brimstone's song Mrs Fisher?

Subject: Lyr Add: MRS FISHER (Derek Brimstone)
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Apr 17 - 10:10 AM

These may not be totally accurate but

Mrs Fisher

She closed her eyes just for a while and memories came calling into her mind
Poor Mrs Fisher tired and weary sits by the fireside the long day behind
Now she's all cosy, dozy and dreaming and the jumper she's knitting falls from her hands
And from the wall a picture looks down, a gentle face, a smiling man
Ah yes the picture smiles down from the wall

What are you dreaming poor Mrs Fisher and what do you whisper and why do you smile
She shares her dreams with the man in the picture, happy together just for a while
And once again they dream and plan, a laughing girl with a smiling man
And it's ten years ago on a holiday seashore, walking beside her, holding her hand
While the picture smiles down from the wall

Now safely upstairs young children are sleeping and they dream where they're going and they dream where they've been
And in a drawer of a dressing room table there's a small brown case all lined with green
And in the case in the drawer in the bedroom there's another picture of the smiling man
Another picture of a place in Naples, two shiny medals and a telegram
While the picture smiles down from the wall

And down through the years her dreams been the same and every evening they meet once again
She tells him all whats happened today, the smiling man who lies far away
She closed her eyes just for a while and memories came calling into her mind
Poor Mrs Fisher tired and weary sits by the fireside the long day behind
While the picture smiles down from the wall

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mrs Fisher (Derek Brimstone)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 23 May 22 - 04:19 PM

Can anybody correct these lyrics? Martin?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mrs Fisher (Derek Brimstone)
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 24 May 22 - 07:13 AM

I'll bite (as aforethreatened) ....

MRS FISHER
Derek Brimstone

She's closed her eyes just for a while
and mem'ries come calling into her mind
Poor Mrs Fisher, tired and weary,
sits by the fireside, the long day behind

Now she's all cosy, dozy and dreaming
and the jumper she's knitting falls from her hand
And from the wall a picture looks down
a gentle face, a smiling man

       Ah yes the picture smiles down from the wall.

What are you dreaming, poor Mrs Fisher,
and what do you whisper, and why do you smile?
She shares her dream with the man in the picture
happy together, just for a while

And once again, they scheme and plan
the laughing girl with the smiling man
And it's ten years ago on the holiday seashore
walking beside her, holding her hand

       While the picture smiles down from the wall.

Now safely upstairs young children are sleeping
and they dream where they're going and they dream where they've been
And in a drawer of the dressing-room table
there's a small brown case all lined with green

And in the case in the drawer in the bedroom
there's another picture of the smiling man,
Another picture of a place in Naples,
two shiny medals, and a telegram

       While the picture smiles down from the wall.

And all down the years her dream's been the same
and every evening they meet once again
She tells him all that's happened today
the smiling man who lies far away

She's closed her eyes just for a while
and mem'ries come calling into her mind
Poor Mrs Fisher, tired and weary,
sleep by the fireside, the long day behind

       While the picture smiles down from the wall.

NB: This is as I sang it last night at the Singaround; differences from your version above, of which only one or two seem signifiant, are in italics. I originally transcribed it from a sampler LP, but I can't go back yet to check it, as our record machine hasn't been set up properly yet (we only moved here 16 years ago).

Hope this helps.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mrs Fisher (Derek Brimstone)
From: cnd
Date: 24 May 22 - 11:27 AM

There's a recording on YouTube (link) -- is it the same one as the LP you learned it from?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mrs Fisher (Derek Brimstone)
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 24 May 22 - 02:33 PM

Sorry, cnd: I don't do YouTube (I used to be a computer systems admin, specialising in security, and the stain of paranoia runs indelibly deep). But if it's a live recording, then No --- what I have is from a studio LP without audience; "Very Good Time" (Rubber RUB 005), according to the sleeve notes on the sampler.