File contains a one-page typescript consisting of seven verses of lyrics, and a further page containing an alternative draft of verse five (with handwritten annotations by Burgess). A handwritten couplet, "It's I and it's she / It's me and it's her - ", is included on the reverse of the draft of verse five.
File containing draft lyrics, titled Words Getting In the Way, presumably intended for the musical, Cyrano
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- ReferenceGB 3104 AB/ARCH/A/CYR/20
- Former ReferenceGB 3104 AB Poetry, 4; AB Poetry, 31
- Dates of Creationc.1971-c.1973
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description2 pages
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Tea stain to the left hand side of the page containing the draft of verse five..