The First

Not many of us can be The First. For example, not everyone can be the first in their class to graduate as valedictorian. Not everyone can be first to win a division title. Not everyone can win the first prize in various contests.

    There is another First, however. This is the first time you see the person who will become your true love.

 Here is a great First Song by Roberta Flack called:

  The First Time Ever I Saw Your  Face

Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl

The song was written by the composer Ewan MacColl (pictured above).  Do you know the love story behind the song?
   Roberta Flack tells us in an interview:
Peggy Seeger was at a folk festival in Canada in the late ‘50s with her husband, and Ewan was with his wife there. Apparently he looked at Peggy and wrote the song: I thought the sun rose in your eyes, and the moon and stars were the gifts you gave, to the dark and empty skies. Wow. Peggy eventually became Ewan's wife. 

                         Here is another poet's view of the first time:


"At first glance, I loved you with a thousand hearts." - Mihri Hatun, 17th century Ottoman poet