拍品 115
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Elvis Presley

细节
Elvis Presley
A rare page of lyrics in Presley's hand including a verse composed by Presley himself, the lyrics for Message to my Mother, circa 1959, a composition credited by Presley to Hank Williams, the twenty-one lines of lyrics in blue ballpoint pen significantly featuring a rare example of Presley's own work, indicated by Elvis himself at the head of the page with the inscription ... Piano arrangements by Elvis Presley and addit.. and at the foot ..add. Words by E.P., the middle verse, pre-fixed by the words ..additional verse by Elvis Presley and three-quarters enclosed by lines indicating where his own composition begins and ends - Presley's verse, 8 lines long, beginning ... Oh how I cried when she left me that has filled my heart with pain I said "Mama please don't leave me for we never meet again, continuing after the chorus Take your time and love your mother every moment bring her joy Praise the lord and never bother show her that you are her boy, these poignant words complementing the two Hank Williams' verses which begin The tears and sorrow I have caused her/How I wish I could repay But tell her I'll be waiting for her We'll meet in heaven some glad day... thought to have been transcribed by Presley a year after his mother's death -- 11x8in. (28x20.3cm.), the lyrics in common mount with two black and white machine-print photographs of Presley with his mother, largest -- 10x7in. (26.6x19cm.), overall measurements -- 17x31in. (43x80cm.) framed
来源
Andy Schrer, author of Private Elvis, Elvis In Germany - The Missing Years obatained these lyrics, and those in lot 111, from Frau Pieper, Elvis Presley's landlady in Germany, who rented her house to the Presleys at 14 Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim, Germany in 1959 during Elvis' army service.

These lyrics, like the other examples of lyrics in Presley's hand to have been offered at auction and sold through these rooms in 1996, 1997 and 1998, came from Presley's personal notebook. Elvis had left this behind with his landlady in Germany when he returned to the States in 1960. He apparently used to rehearse in the living room of the house he rented from Frau Pieper using a piano he hired for the purpose.
出版
WALLRAF,Rainer and PLEHN,Heinz Elvis Presley An Illustrated Biography, Munich: Monika Nuchtern Publishing Company, 1979, p.42
CARR,Roy & FARREN,Mick Elvis - The Complete Illustrated Record, London: Eel Pie Publishing, 1982, pp.52-54

拍品专文

The only other known example of song lyrics composed by Elvis Presley were sold through these rooms on 6th June, 1996.

Elvis worshipped his mother Gladys, and was devastated by her death in Memphis on August 14th, 1958, at the age of 46, during her son's term of service with the U.S. Army in West Germany. At the time of her death Presley apparently said I just lost everything I had.. He said of their relationship ...everyone loves their mother but I was an only child and my mother was always with me, all my life, and it wasn't only like losing a mother, it was like losing a friend, a companion, someone to talk to...

Hank Williams is well-documented as being one of Presley's favourite artists, and although Presley did not record this particular song he did record two other Williams compositions You're Cheating Heart and I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, 1974.