In loving memory of Mary Alice Pollard, Cornwall's Voice For Animals,  'I Am The Owner of This Coat' is re-released online this Christmas and available as a free download for all those who wish to share it and help to raise awareness of the need to end the cruel fur trade.

This song was inspired by Mary Alice when we met via the internet in December 2005 and we dedicated it to her tireless work to end cruelty and suffering to sentient beings. 
Our thanks to Bill Pearson for his photography and art work.

Please also visit the link below -
http://www.itv.com/news/2016-12-16/could-your-faux-fur-actually-be-real/

'I Am The Owner of This Coat'

I am the owner, the owner of this coat
Brown eyed, small
Without a hope
Soon to perish, soon to cry
Just so you may wear, my fur with pride...

You may not wonder, how I feel
N' you may not know, my pain is real
But I wonder, how you live with YOU
As you live with me -
Now I'm through...

Yes I grace your neck, oh I keep you warm
And through my death, there's your careless arm -
Oh you're stroking oh, what once was alive
My heart, my bone, laid aside...

Now I'm merely, dirt and dust
Just a memory, of broken trust
Just an animal, for you to KILL
A trinket made of life, for your fashion thrill...

Oh I have no voice
Oh I have no name
Just a wretched piece of meat
Drowning in vain
Oh speak for me now
Oh please hear my plea..
Oh don't, don't, don't, don't turn your back on me...

I am the owner, the owner of this coat
Brown eyed, small
Without a hope
Soon to perish, so soon to cry
Just so you may wear, my fur with pride....


©Maria Daines/Paul Killington
22.12.05
Published by NorthStar Music UK Ltd

I Am The Owner of This Coat

Daines/Killington songs are published by North Star Music and feature in several film documentaries, including Saving America's Horses, A Minority Pastime and Dark Water Rising, the survival stories of family pets rescued during hurricane Katrina. 

