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Wedgwoods Daughter

from Ghost Light by Corrie Shelley

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Written for Corrie's mum's husbands 70th birthday, about his Great Great Grandma who was a member of the Wedgwood family and in defying the family wishes and marrying a poor Wigan miner, was disowned by the family.

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Wedgwoods Daughter
© Corrie Shelley

She came from a high class family that had everything she could ever want
but the man who truly stole her heart was just a lowly miners son
she'd met him whilst out walking one fine summers day
and as she looked into his eyes he stole her heart away

well her family did not approve of the love she felt for her new boe
they told her she must marry one whom they had chosen long ago
his lineage was of the finest pedigree
but she was just as stubborn as a daughter could be

Eliza Wedgwood was her name John Jarvis was her lover
and in his hands he held her heart for she could love no other
they had a daughter of their own a fair and bony child
John was a fine upstanding man who dug coal up from the ground

Now her family disowned her for the poor life that she had chose
but every summer they would take her daughter to their stately home
to holiday in the big house and frolic in the sun
where she would walk the garden paths like her mother had done

so Eliza stood by her choice and in her bed she did lay
she never saw her family again until her dying day
she wished that they could only see this kind and gentle man
but they could only see his class was beneath the one she'd had

She came from a high class family that had everything she could ever want
but the man who truly stole her heart was just a lowly miners son
she'd met him whilst out walking one fine summers day
and as she looked into his eyes he stole her heart away

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from Ghost Light, released June 5, 2020

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Corrie Shelley Lancashire, UK

Corrie Shelley is a Folk Singer Songwriter from Lancashire UK.

Corrie writes from the heart and doesn't shy away from any subject matter, every song has a personal meaning to them and her voice transports you through the ages right up to the present day. ... more

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