The Days of David McWilliams- 06 Lady Helen of the Laughing Eyes

Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not steal your mind
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not be unkind

Silver bells and beaded bangles, sounding out her name
Swinging from her watch-chain dangle, her music plays again
She's a diamond studded gipsy, she's a fallen star
Slipping through the mist so easy, needn't reach too far

Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not steal your mind
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not be unkind

You will buy her flowers and presents, if you don't care at all
Speak her words and breathe her incense, write her poems on the wall
Touch her hand and taste her breathing, her wonder can't be seen
She doesn't understand deceiving inside her woven dream

Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not steal your mind
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not be unkind

She's understanding, undemanding, must you all be shown
She won't sit and leave you standing, her mind is all her own
She'll just do her best to please you, searching all around
She'll love to finf you hard and then she'll leave you, unfettered and unbound

Category:

Music

Tags:

• David
• McWilliams
• Lady
• Helen
• of
• the
• Laughing
• Eyes
• Folk
• Rock
• Dylan
• Sixties
• Ireland

[armandbourgoignie]

I truly and deeply LOVE this song!! Thanks, I've been looking for it for ages. He's so underrated.

[john111257]

bloody brilliant...a writer of the elitest

[donships]

@Olivia180103 I'm with you 100%. I'm rediscovering all the 60s stuff through this site, particularly the Radio Caroline music. We didn't get this sound quality then either

[Olivia180103]

Just love David Mcwilliams stuff, used to listen on the pirate radio stations i.e. Radio Caroline. on the Major Minor labels. Still have two of his L.P.s bit scratched up now though. Thank goodness though for all this Youtube stuff.

"Aaah" brings back the memories. After all 63 years of age now. Really like this track.