Devizes Fair

from Autumn Song by Roy Smiles

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Devizes Fair

I knew her once in a faraway England
Her smile was like sunshine, it banished the rain
I saw her standing by the green of the fairground
She turned and smiled and called out my name.

I was a stranger lost in a strange town
Hated at school and unhappy at home
Sixteen and scared and somewhat forsaken
Always in trouble - always alone.

Her face was as tender as an angel in waiting
She’d make the Madonna turn and stare
But with a jangle of bracelets and murmur of laughter
I was loved by the girl from Devizes Fair.

Chorus
I was dark while she was light
She was day while I was night
I took flight and flew away
Earthbound she had to stay.

I sit upstairs on rainy day buses
I close my eyes and suddenly she’s there
Auburn haired and smelling of autumn
Gentle and gracious; tender and fair.

We parted the summer that I went to college
I was too haunted to ever go again there
But with a jangle of bracelets and murmur of laughter
I remember the girl from Devizes Fair.

(Instrumental)

Chorus

Time marches on and another day closes
I self destruct with my usual flair
But with a jangle of bracelets and murmur of laughter
I remember the girl from Devizes Fair
I remember the girl from Devizes Fair
I remember the girl from Devizes Fair.

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from Autumn Song, released June 2, 2015

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk. ... more

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