Jay Thurber Show on Nostr: If you thought that song was melancholy, you don't know the half of it. Ray Davies ...

If you thought that song was melancholy, you don't know the half of it.

Ray Davies wrote that song in memory of his sister, who had a weak heart; she died while dancing at the Lyceum ballroom in London's West End, age 31.

I get something wet in my eye every time I hear it. Must be my allergies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Dancing_(song)