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A song about growing up in North Berwick a seaside town in East Lothian near Edinburgh where our house looked over a putting green leading to the beach front only a few minutes away. One day a boat was washed up on the shore and us boys played on it until gradually it was absorbed by the sands and the tide in the relentless industry of sea and shoreline. Rosanna used to chum me when I did my cub Bob a Job around our neighbours houses to raise funds but the whole thing morphed into this mythical dreamlike state of ship, shore and the inability to express the wonder of life and love.

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MARMION ROAD


A house by the sea, a child tossed on his sleep
The shale shifts under the bay, shapes rise up from the deep
The Hallow's Eve Ship paints white sails on the indigo blue
Midnight Captain's grim face shows a storm will break through

The ketch beached in the night; her dog howled for the crew
The Saturday boys cried out 'She's in one whole piece too...'
'Let's all sail away' shouted Bill, 'Blabbermouth' we all bawled
And by Spring tide she was lost to Flot and Jetsam's crab claws

And her long white gown tumbles down this Autumn evening
And the lightning cracks, interrupts our breathing
And all the words I lack
Fill up all the space between the stars

Sparkledark, sparkledark, who tailored your gown?
Just like my Taffeta girl, your sequins light up this town
See Rosanne float like the moon, lonely as sin
What a lovely cradle of light for my night to rest in


Have you lilies to crush, a dead arms to break through?
Where the old house gathers dust and memories fasten like glue?
Now hush child, don't you cry, don't fret any more
Your Moon-Ship waits for you just off the lee shore


Rosanna you’re warm, Rosanna I’m cold
Go on chum me back home down Marmion Road

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from David Heavenor - LIVE BOOK LAUNCH CONCERT, released May 7, 2023

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David Heavenor is a Scottish singer songwriter based in Edinburgh Scotland. He has produced 8 albums plus 3 EP's.

I'm Watching Rosanna. ' An insightful song....beautifully written and observed. Iain Anderson. BBC Radio

'Jenny & the Cold Caller. One of the best songs ever written...' Ricky Ross ... more

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