I just got Mike's book, where he mentions he wrote the song in an attempt to double track the intertwining of two 12-string guitars he'd done with Ant Phillips on the previous album, but this time recorded both tracks in harmony on 12-string himself here. Lyrically he doesn't seem too proud of it, saying he'd subsequently learned not to use the word "Harvest" in songs. Don't know if that is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Neil Young, whose "Harvest" album came out around the same time as "Nursery Cryme", but this is still a neat little song even if it doesn't seem to go anywhere, seeing as the next song on the album is "Fountain Of Salmacis" which serves as a grand climax.
I just got Mike's book, where he mentions he wrote the song in an attempt to double track the intertwining of two 12-string guitars he'd done with Ant Phillips on the previous album, but this time recorded both tracks in harmony on 12-string himself here. Lyrically he doesn't seem too proud of it, saying he'd subsequently learned not to use the word "Harvest" in songs. Don't know if that is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Neil Young, whose "Harvest" album came out around the same time as "Nursery Cryme", but this is still a neat little song even if it doesn't seem to go anywhere, seeing as the next song on the album is "Fountain Of Salmacis" which serves as a grand climax.
@vtrc1220 Hey Mike, shut up! This little song is perfect and the lyric... wonderful!
@vtrc1220 Hey Mike, shut up! This little song is perfect and the lyric... wonderful!