Corrie Shelley - Wedgwoods Daughter

She came from a high-class family
That had everything she could ever want
But the man who truly stole her heart
Was just a lowly miner's son
She'd met him whilst out walking
One fine summer's day
And as she looked into his eyes
He stole her heart away

Now her family did not approve
Of the love she felt for her new beau
They told her she must marry one
Whom they had chosen long ago
His lineage was of the finest pedigree
But she was just as stubborn
As a daughter could be

Eliza Wedgwood was her name
John Jarvis was her lover
And in his hand he held her heart
For she could love no other
They had a daughter of their own
A fair and bonny child
John was a fine upstanding man
Who pulled coal upon the ground

Now her family disowned her
For the poor life that she had chose
But every summer they would take
Her daughter to their stately home
To holiday in the big house
And frolic in the sun
Where she would walk the garden paths
Like a mother had done

So Eliza stood by her choice
And in her bed she did lay
She never saw her family
Again until her dying day
She wished that they could only see
This kind and gentle man
But they could only see his class
Was beneath the one she'd had

Cos she came from a high class family
That had everything she could ever want
But the man who truly stole her heart
Was just a lowly miner's son
She'd met him whilst out walking
One fine summer's day
And as she looked into his eyes
He stole her heart away
Oh and as she looked into his eyes
He stole her heart away

Written by:
Corrie Shelley

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