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The Handless Maidens Daughter

from The Handless Maiden's Daughter by Ursula Holden Gill

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I wrote this song to feature in a storytelling / shadow puppet show of Grimm's 'The Handless Maiden' I was working on back in 2011. This piece concluded the fairytale. And then, it told me.

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When I’m still enough to slow my breath and look inside,
I recall you as you were when you sat by my side,
I recall those laughter lines like dunes upon the sand
But what my slide show pause on are your lovely ladies hands.

The way my fingers used to span your wrist with ease so delicate.
The perfect contour of each nail my eye will not forget.
The gentle placing of your palms upon piano grand
I hear them through the silence now – lovely ladies hands.

Guiding my hands pen on page, planting, kneading every stage,
Dancing shadows on a wall, magic giving, mother all.

Every sinew, Knuckle, nerve, the freckles on your skin,
The veins that blush blue when my pad pushes them in,
The sapphire on your finger set in a golden band,
It sits on mine now as I play at having lovely ladies hands.

I cannot read my own lifeline I do not know my fate,
I only know for us to touch we just meet at this gate,
So may we mirror ‘til I’m called to join you in your land,
My love, may I reflect for you – lovely ladies hands.

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from The Handless Maiden's Daughter, released May 12, 2013
Ursula = Vocals, Ukulele
Anna Ryder = Piano

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Ursula Holden Gill West Yorkshire, UK

In recent years, Ursula Holden Gill has emerged as one of the UK’s most innovative, up and coming Storyteller / Musicians. An insightful comedienne, with a voice “like molasses” Ursula has that rare gift of authenticity in her humour. Her style is largely influenced by folk tradition, 19th century music hall and original song – the culmination of which is something quite spellbinding! ... more

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