ROBERTA FLACK : FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE 1972 HD

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face is a 1957 folk song written by political singer, songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who was later to become his wife. MacColl wrote the song for Seeger, also a folk singer, after she asked him to pen a song for a play she was in. MacColl wrote the song and taught it to Seeger over the phone. The alternative version of the creation of this song is that MacColl was challenged by a friend to write a love song, with no politics. This song was the result.