I grew up listening to Kate & Anna McGarrigle, on scratchy vinyl, and copying in crayon the cover of "Dancer with Bruised Knees" in an effort to convince myself I could draw. I couldn't. I've just dug out this album this week, after hearing the sad news about Kate's death on Monday. In all the tributes, different songs emerge as favourites - aged 8, the title track off this album was mine:
When I first knew her she was a dancer
She'd leap (confidently)
Knowing that should she fall
It would be into the arms of her partner
She never failed to get a curtain call
For years we had been one with the stars
A Pas de Deux of reknown
I'd leap and he'd catch me on the fly
But once I came crashing down
Now I'm a weaver
Wall-hangings if you please
In everyone I feature
A dancer with bruised knees
You can read tributes to this astonishingly talented woman here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jan/20/kate-mcgarrigle
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