Freddie Mercury
A rare set of handwritten lyrics in Freddie Mercury's hand for the Queen song Fat Bottomed Girls, 1978, the 26 lines in blue ballpoint pen on two sheets of paper, the first titled Fat Bottomed Girls detailing the three verses, on the reverse of a Mountain Recording Studio recording log sheet, the second outlining both versions of the chorus on a sheet of white legal paper, probably written out for recording purposes, with some words underlined for accent, showing slight variations from the released version including Cause I kept my greatest treasure instead of I still got my greatest treasure and omitting Hey big in the reprise Hey big woman... and revisions including big eyed floozie to blue eyed floozie; accompanied by a document concerning the provenance from Jacky Smith, Secretary of the Official International Queen Fan Club
11½x8½in. (30x21cm.)

Exhibited
Queen Forever, Tokyo Tower Exhibition Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 21 November - 11 December, 2011
Queen Backstage, Elbe Park, Dresden, 12 October - 24 November, 2012

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