A Tribute to Kate Jackson's Dark Shadows Character Daphne

The Silverbird Duo -- David Leinweber and Robert McMillan -- perform this original song about the Kate Jackson character Daphne, from the old TV show Dark Shadows. This is the debut of the song, as performed at Eddie's Attic on July 21, 2009 in Atlanta.

Daphne
Words and Music by David Leinweber

There once was a sailor
His ship got caught in a gale
With the wind coming hard he went over the rail
But he swam through the water
And he walked through the rain
Hitched a schooner back home
To Collinsport, Maine
He had to see her again

Cause love is big like the ocean
and love is deep like the sea
And it always has been and always will be
Like Sweet Daphne

Just a young girl so pretty
And when she'd been there
The sweet smell of lilacs would drift through the air
And she loved that sailor
When he came from the sea
She fell into his arms
it was destiny
For sweet Daphne

Cause love is soft like a flower
A gentle hand on your knee
Its a gift that you cant take, it comes on free
Just like Sweet Daphne

Break

Cause love moves in the dark shadows
Like a dream fantasy
And you look into the glass and you will see
Sweet Daphne

Crimson and clover
Lavender blue
Parsley Sage and Thyme
And Rosemary too
But sometimes he wonders
About the sweet mystery
How he heard her call his name
When he was drowning at sea
Sweet Daphne

Cause love is bigger than the ocean
Love is deeper than the sea
And she always has been and she always will be
Like Sweet Daphne

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Dark Shadows
• Kate Jackson
• David Leinweber
• Silverbird Duo
• Eddie's Attic
• Quentin Collins
• Collinsport
• Maine
• ghost songs
• Daphne Harridge

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Love the show and Kate.

Thank you.

George Vreeland Hill

[davidleinweber]

Yes, the show was really a special moment in TV history!!!

[CarolynStoddard]

Hey,

Nice job on the video. Almost like a breath of fresh air to find videos that aren't of the major DS characters :)

[davidleinweber]

Thanks.

[springleaf7]

Your song is nice, and I'm happy over the interest taken in Dark Shadows. That it still carries such interest in the show to create such a song as this. Maybe you could write more. Many of us I'm sure would welcome listening to more.

[davidleinweber]

Thanks. Watching the 1970/1840 timeline episodes on Netflix DVD was great inspiration for this one. Who knows. DL

[dafsmom78]

Oh woow, thankyou so much for doing this, it is so wonderful!!! I named my daughter Daphne and am a long time fan of ds, this is great, and perfect

[JP5466]

@chavrons1 She looks like you?... Will you marry me?  :o)

[freyacatoct]

Eddies attic in orlando?

[freyacatoct]

Great song!!! Great show!!!!

[Borgosi]

This is a great song. Did you know there's an entire CD of Dark Shadows inspired songs from this guy? It's called Songs From The Dark Shadows and it's great. You can buy it from CD Baby.com

[bgfootlover2]

@davidleinweber I am now reliving my childhood memories of watching Dark Shadows via Netflix. I started in summer of '70 when Kate Jackson first appeared. Such a natural beauty. For 7 yr. old she was one of first visions of beauty and class on television, and David Selby was my first crush!

[chavrons1]

She looks like me.

Where in UK is dark shadows the Manor ??

[MissWitchiepoo]

I have listened to the song 6 times now and I wish I could download it to my computer. It's really a great song. How about a song about the poor servant girl Beth Chavez who falls in love with Quentin only to loose him and die on the cliffs. That should be a subject for a song:) Daphne was beautiful but so was Beth and not to mention Angelique my all time favorite:)

[MissWitchiepoo]

Great song!!

[sylviabeth]

wonderful song and pics. she looked so good in those old fashioned clothes