A rare set of handwritten lyrics in Eric Clapton's hand for an unreleased song Sweet Eloraine, credited to Clapton and songwriting partner Marcy Levy, the 12 lines in blue ink on the reverse of a half-page torn from a facsimile tour schedule for 12-13 November 1976, the lyrics probably inspired by his relationship with Pattie Boyd Sweet Eloraine, come on home, cause I love you, sweet Eloraine, come on home, drives me insane, when I think of how, i used to hurt you, sweet Eloraine, come on home, can't you see i'm still crying, don't you know i'm trying, tell me it's not all in vain, these tears i cry for you, bitter sweet Eloraine, cause i love you, sweet Eloraine, come on home
6¹⁄₂ x 8¹⁄₂ in. (16.7 x 21.5 cm.)

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As Pattie Boyd was still married to George Harrison until their divorce in 1977, Clapton preferred to call her by nicknames, revealing in his 2007 autobiography Calling her Pattie really meant acknowledging that she was still George’s wife, so as a kind of subconscious sidestep I nicknamed her ‘Nell’, or ‘Nelly’, sometimes ‘Nello’. She didn’t seem to mind, even though it meant becoming known in this persona by everyone involved in her new life. I suppose I may have been paying homage to my favourite great-aunt, or just trying to relegate her to a sort of barmaid status, so that I wasn’t so much in awe of her. Clapton himself was often known by the nickname 'El'. In the same way that he had famously referred to Pattie as Layla in his songwriting years before, it's possible that Clapton may have used the name 'Eloraine' as another anonymous nickname for Pattie now that they were together, with reference to their pet names for each other at this time.