It's precipitating so I've had to break off my outside DIY.

Heard this in our Folk Club & would like to know the songwriter and singer(the singer hasn't appeared again so I can't ask her). It has a great melody.

17 YEARS OF SORROW

17 years of sorrow, pierced my heart
17 years of sorrow, pierced my hea-a-art
My one regret is fo-or the time we've spent apa-a-art
17 years of sorrow, pierced my heart

You say you neither love a slave or fear a tyra-a-ant
While all these years you've been more a slave than mo-o-ost
Chain-ed byyy yo-o-our own ideas of freedom
Till you left the ones you love the most

You are even noooow as a candle-e-e
Burning out your heaaart to light the wa-a-ay
But as you diiid wha-a-at needed, to be done
You let 17 years of sorrow steeeeal away

17 years of sorrow pierced my heart
17 years of sorrow pierced my hea-a-art
My one regret is fo-or the times we've spent apa-a-art
You let 17 years of sorrow pierce my he-a-a-a-a-a-a-art
17 years of sorrow pierced my heart

sorry about the hyphenated words - its part of my technique for phrasing.
Regards Brad