Suzanne Chawner
On Primrose Hill
from the album On Primrose Hill, 1994.
In the sleeve notes, playwright and musician Willy Russell (Blood Brothers) recalls the genesis of the song. "At a gathering of songwriters, we wondered why...British popular song did not reflect and celebrate place as thoroughly as its American counterpart. We agreed that, just as an exercise, we would each go and find a corner and see if we could...come up with a verse or two. Less than an hour later I had the great pleasure of hearing Suzanne sing On Primrose Hill, a beautiful and complete song which, just sixty minutes earlier, had not existed."'Nice to be here, see the view,
Can you see St. Paul's, can you see the Zoo,
Can you see St. Pancras, see Big Ben,
Can you see the way that we were then
On Primrose Hill, on Primrose Hill?One for sorrow, two for joy.
Who was that girl, who was that boy
Whose love was just a dream away?
I still recall the place they lay
On Primrose Hill, on Primrose Hill...Can you see the view today
And have the clouds all gone away
And are you standing on your own
And are you dancing all alone
On Primrose Hill, on Primrose Hill?...'