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Lyr Req: Richmond (andy Roberts)

19 Sep 12 - 03:38 PM (#3407418)
Subject: Lyr Req: Richmond (Andy Roberts)
From: GUEST,Gio

This song by folk rock singer-songwriter artist Andy Roberts is from 1973 album Urban Cowboy (Elektra).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJxRm-LWUnM

In this link, audio quality is more low than my channel, but conteins references for the lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-gm3cGWc1I


20 Sep 12 - 10:13 AM (#3407710)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Richmond (andy Roberts)
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)

Going from memory, it goes like this:

Seems so long since I've seen you
Must be five years I guess
You don't look a day over nineteen
But then you never looked a day less, my love
You never looked a day less

Remember the nights on the island
Newcastle ale on the grass
Jeff on stage with the Tridents
Talking 'bout the past, my love
Talking bout the past, my love

(gutar break)

Walking home 'cross the footbridge
Moon in the river below
Wishing we didn't have to walk home
But the buses they weren't slow enough
The buses they weren't slow enough

Seems so long since I've been here
Must be five years I guess
You don't look a day over nineteen
But then you never looked a day less, my love
You never looked a day less

The version I have is from the 1972 B&C sampler, 'Clogs', which is well worth seeking out if you've still got a record player.


20 Sep 12 - 02:09 PM (#3407817)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Richmond (andy Roberts)
From: GUEST,Gio

Thank you very much, Chris B


20 Sep 12 - 06:51 PM (#3407943)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Richmond (andy Roberts)
From: GUEST

Shelagh McDonald recorded a wonderful - perhaps definitive - version on her 1970 B&C LP "Album" which Roberts played on - so maybe she recorded it first?


21 Sep 12 - 02:27 PM (#3408330)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Richmond (andy Roberts)
From: GUEST,Gio

Yes, the first version is by Shelagh McDonald in Shelagh McDonald Album


25 Sep 12 - 09:47 AM (#3409892)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Richmond (andy Roberts)
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)

Really? I never knew that. Pleasure, by the way, Gio. Glad someone else likes this song.