I wrote this song in the late 70's at the end of a
period
using poetry as a basis for some of my songs.
Fran Landesman wrote this poem and the first she got to
know about it was in 1995 when I was fortunate enough to
make a recording of it, getting her permission to.
It was nice to talk to her, and good to find out that
someone else had done a 'jolly' version... ?
I sent her a copy but never heard a word again.
Well, jolly mine isn't... but maybe a tad more meaningful,
as I wanted to do justice to the words and not just purely
for the purposes of entertainment.