Discover the story of the song > Beeswing – Richard Thompson

The song tells the story of a young man who falls in love with a laundry girl while working in a steamie. She is a wild, free-spirited person who doesn't want to be tied down to a conventional life. They travel around together but eventually part ways. She goes on to live a rougher life, but the protagonist misses her and remembers her as the rarest thing, fine as a bee's wing.