This week’s prompt is “First” from Helen Vahdati’s Song Lyric Sunday
I choose “The First Tine Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack. According to Song Facts, this is when and why this song was written.
“Folk singer Ewan MacColl wrote this in 1957 for his lover Peggy Seeger. She was in a play and phoned him for suggestions on a song for a romantic scene. MacColl wrote this on the spot in less than an hour, playing it over the phone for his wife to use in her play. “We weren’t really getting along at the time,” Peggy Seeger recalled to Mojo magazine of the romantic epic in a 2015 interview. “After all, he was married to someone else then.”
MacColl was married to his second wife, Jean Newlove at the time. He left her for Peggy Seeger and the pair eventually tied the knot in 1977.”
Enjoy your Sunday!
Song Lyrics
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless skies
The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth move in my hand
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command my love
And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And last till the end of time my love
The first time ever I saw your face
Your face, your face
Writer/s: EWAN MACCOLL
Publisher: THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC.
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
Excellent choice!
Great song. One of my first choices for today’s theme.
Thanks Mary!
Triplets so far as I make my way through the list. Great minds thinking alike. I love that 🙂
HaHa! The best!
I was hoping this would turn up more than once. Great choice from some great minds.
Thanks! This time I didn’t mind choosing something most people would go for. I just love this song 🙂
It’s such a beautiful song.
Now I’m really happy I didn’t use this one. It’s a great song…
Yes John. Seems like a lot of us went straight to it. I have to look through all of today’s posts now.
Beautiful information this story of love. The song makes me cry, it is filled with such loving words.
Yes, so tender 💕
Love this song!
Seems like a lot of us do! 🙂
Wonderful choice!
Thanks Jordy 💕
Great minds think alike ;O) x
Oh you too?!!! Perfect 🙂💕
I think there’s were a few of us who had the same idea this week but it is such a great song 😊x
Yes, I didn’t care this week. I try and avoid the obvious, but not this time 🙂 . A great song.
Yep I’m with you, couldn’t resist it 😊
🙂