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Stuart Sutcliffe Handwritten Lyrics With McCartney

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Stuart Sutcliffe Handwritten Lyrics With McCartney
Five song titles are written at the top of page preceding the lyrics to "When Your Lover Has Gone." During Sutcliffe’s tenure with The Beatles, he assumed lead vocal duties on Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender;” the only song known to have been sung by Sutcliffe as a member of The Beatles. “It’s Late” and “Sweeter Than You” by Rick Nelson, Gene Vincent’s “Peace Of Mind” and “Lovin You” by Presley were other songs he was hoping to sing (a supposition confirmed by Pauline Sutcliffe.) Stuart then drew a line across the page and proceeds to write the 2nd & third verses from the 1931 Einar Aaron Swan song later made famous by Billie Holliday “When Your Lover Has Gone": "When you’re alone who cares for starry skies. When you’re alone, the magic moonlight dies. At break of dawn there is no sunrise, When your lover has. (Twice) What lonely hours the evening shadows bring…………………..with memories lingering. Like faded flowers, life can’t mean anything. When your lover has gone.” Paul McCartney then added the song's title "When You're Lover Has Gone" above the lyrics. Written in bold artist’s pencil on a sheet of 8.25 x 11.75” paper, quarter-folded, with creases, wrinkles and some staining.