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Fairport Convention – Fotheringay Lyrics 6 years ago
The literal meaning is clear: death of Mary Queen of Scots.

But I think this was about Sandy Denny's inner self. She was a restless soul that felt trapped "To live such fruitless years behind a guarded door,"

When she had a child in 1977, it was not enough and a year later she was dead at 31.

"Tomorrow at this hour she will be far away,
Much farther than these islands,
Or the lonely Fotheringay"

free at last. Dear God I hope she is.

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