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Artist: Roy Harper
Canonical path: /harper-roy/the-flycatcher
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Flycatcher
Read The Flycatcher lyrics by Roy Harper on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Flycatcher
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As I walked over North Botley copse
I saw a fine lady ghost across the tops
With a ring on her finger and the wings on her toes
She can have music wherever she goes
Those were the days in the cradle of our love
Those are the days I dream of sweetly
Those were the days and I thank the stars above
The flycatcher, the cherry tree, the chestnut coal fire sea
As the last hope of sunshine embers on the hill
At the end of all the rainbows where the timeless legends dwell
A ghostly coach and four love, storms the midnight rain
As silently aurora almightly refrains
Those were the days in the cradle of our love
Those are the days I dream of sweetly
Those were the days and I thank the stars above
The flycatcher, the cherry tree, the chestnut coal fire sea
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Roy Harper performs "The Flycatcher", and this lyric page sits inside the Roy Harper catalog on LyroVerse.
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