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The Plesiosaur

from Mary Anning of Lyme by Kevin Adams

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"Then I found my Plesiosaur."
After a storm in December 1823 Mary uncovered a near complete fossilised Plesiosaur skeleton, one of the most important of her many discoveries.

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06 The Plesiosaur

The morning is dark
Near the turning of the year,
The storm was raising Cain throughout the night.
But the gale has abated
And Mary has waited
To see what the waves have brought to light.

Her hands are red and raw,
Her face is chapped and sore,
But the cold is not the reason that she shivered
Is this the day
For which she’s been praying?
Maybe the tempest has delivered.

Her heart skips a beat -
What is this? What is this?
An empty eye glares down from the monster in the mudstone.
Her heart skips a beat - what is this?

What is this, what is this?
Not a whale, not a lizard nor a fish.
Not a seal, not a serpent,
Not a crocodile nor turtle,
What is this?

Her heart skips a beat - what is this?

With an eye on the tide,
And faithful Tray sat by her side,
She starts to dig the monster from Black Ven.
This is not like the others,
This wonder of wonders -
I’ve found you, I’ll set you free again.

Her heart skips a beat,
There it is and here is she,
Locked eye to eye with a monster in the mudstone
Her heart skips a beat- what is this?

Her heart skips a beat…

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from Mary Anning of Lyme, released June 21, 2020
Words & music Kevin Adams

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Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK

Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…

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