![]() I’ ve come to realise that the lyrics can be interpreted in so many ways. Peggy says, “ I’ ve had two life partners, one male and one female, and I have three children and 9 grandchildren. The final verse is telling often recorded by others as “I knew our joy would fill the earth”, Peggy sings the original and far more poignant “I thought our joy would fill the earth and last til the end of time”. With a simple and moving piano accompaniment, Peggy’s new interpretation of ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,’ reflects on the memory of overwhelming love, now tempered with a deep mature knowledge of its fragility and fleetingness. MacColl also wrote the infamous, ‘Dirty Old Town, ‘ in 1956 which was covered by The Dubliners, Rod Stewart, Roger Whittaker and The Pogues, to name a few. ![]() That was the only time he ever sang the song which went on to become one of the greatest love songs of all time. “ It was a hell of a way to woo me back!” says Peggy. ![]() He sang it down a crackling transatlantic phone line to Peggy who had returned to the USA, unwilling to continue an affair with a married man. ![]() ![]() ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ was written for Seeger by her then-estranged lover Ewan MacColl in early 1957. ![]()
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