Graceful & Grand Mary

Here's a piece written over 5 years ago for Lady Mary and many other fair skin dark eye angels that easily cast a spell on me.  I was reminded of it as I was pitching Barry to learn the melody on his full size Irish Harp.


Graceful and grand is your beauty
Tender and soft is your white skin
I gaze into your deep dark eyes
To lose myself once again.

There but a moment when we met
You fashioned my heart
In your alchemy

Casted a spell to tear me apart.
You fashioned my heart
In your alchemy

Graceful and grand is your beauty
Tender and soft is your white skin
I gaze into your deep dark eyes
To lose myself once again.

A season must pass until we meet
You stay in my mind
Each night and day

To renew a love more replete
You stay in my mind
Each night and day

Graceful and grand is your beauty
Tender and soft is your white skin
I gaze into your deep dark eyes
To lose myself once again.

By Dave Schipper © 2012 Rose Riversongs

Fashion becomes you....

There stands a vegetarian beauty

Dreadlocks and tenuous stature

I just wonder what’s her story

What came first, genes or nature?

Dress her in an Edwardian gown,

And she becomes a PBS star.

Her eyes are the deepest brown

While moving with free grace

Dress her in a wild orange paisley

And you have Colleen Corby

Just 21 and in the summer of love

While looking so adorable

There stands a confident girl

She can smile fully aware

That she can write her own story

And take whoever she’s dares.

Originally published March 21, 2012... but I thought it was to hard to read....