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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Performer
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Vocals
Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews
Vocals
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
Acoustic Guitar
Simon Nicol
Simon Nicol
Harp
Ashley Hutchings
Ashley Hutchings
Bass Guitar
Martin Lamble
Martin Lamble
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joe Boyd
Joe Boyd
Producer
John Wood
John Wood
Engineer

Lyrics

How often she has gazed from castle windows o'er
And watched the daylight passing within her captive wall
With no one to heed her call
The evening hour is fading within the dwindling sun
And in a lonely moment those embers will be gone
And the last of all the young birds flown
Her days of precious freedom forfeited long before
To live such fruitless years behind a guarded door
But those days will last no more
Tomorrow at this hour she will be far away
Much farther than these islands
Or the lonely Fotheringay
Written by: Sandy Denny
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