= A rare and fairly unique opportunity to acquire an autograph manuscript original exquisite song lyric, here of the song "Where the Wild Roses Grow". It was recorded for the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' album Murder Ballads of 1996. The song is a duet between Nick Cave and tremendously popular pop artist Kylie Minogue and formed the - albeit unwantingly - breakthrough song for a larger public for Nick Cave. NME music-magazine listed the song in their 100 Best Songs of the 1990s list at number 35, while in 2014, NME placed it at number 378 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Cave described writing the song: "Where The Wild Roses Grow" was written very much with Kylie in mind. I'd wanted to write a song for Kylie for many years. I had a quiet obsession with her for about six years. I wrote several songs for her, none of which I felt was appropriate to give her. It was only when I wrote this song, which is a dialogue between a killer and his victim, that I thought finally I'd written the right song for Kylie to sing. I sent the song to her and she replied the next day.” (Nick Cave, quoted in Molly Meldrum presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia (2007)). Text includes several markings, crossings-out and the musician's autograph "Nick Cave" crossed-out. These song-lyrics where donated by Nick Cave for the charity auction in 2011 "Save Kensal Rise Public Library". The lyrics as recorded:They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me it I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayFrom the first day I saw her I knew she was the oneShe stared in my eyes and smiledFor her lips were the colour of the rosesThat grew down the river, all bloody and wildWhen he knocked on my door and entered the roomMy trembling subsided in his sure embraceHe would be my first man, and with a careful handHe wiped at the tears that ran down my faceThey call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me that I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayOn the second day I brought her a flowerShe was more beautiful than any woman I'd seenI said, "Do you know where the wild roses growSo sweet and scarlet and free?"On the second day he came with a single red roseHe said "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow"I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed"If I show you the roses, will you follow?"They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me that I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayOn the third day he took me to the riverHe showed me the roses and we kissedAnd the last thing I heard was a muttered wordAs he knelt above me with a rock in his fistOn the last day I took her where the wild roses growAnd she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thiefAnd I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"And I lent down and planted a rose 'tween her teethThey call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me that I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayMy name was Elisa DayFor my name was Elisa Day