While she was doing the final cleaning of the Coverleys' home, Janet Mignott went through all the papers very carefully. And she found something that excited her tremendously.

On a letter pad, she saw the original draft of the song Evening Time.

"I was so excited when I found it," Mignott said. She'd had no idea that Miss Lou had written her favourite song. Mignott passed it on to Miss Lou and it became relevant to legal dispute over the ownership of the song, which captures the joy of relaxation after a long day of work:

"Evening time

Work is over now it's evening time

We deh walk pon mountain

Deh walk pon mountain

De walk pon mountainside

Mek we cook de bickle pon de way

Mek we eat an drink

Dance an play Ring Ding

Pon de mountainside

The Queen Anne piece which Miss Lou had returned from the auctioneers. - Photo by Mel Cooke

Mignott makes it clear that Miss Lou spoke perfect English, even though she thought that Patois was "our language" and was related to African heritage.

She says when Miss Lou used a Patois word in conversation with her, she would often explain where it came from.

"She was a brilliant woman," Mignott says.

Among the many pieces of furniture in the house that belonged to the Coverleys is a Queen Anne piece. It had actually been moved out of the house and sent to the auctioneers during the clearing-out process.

However, when the house was sold, Miss Lou said that it belonged in the house and specifically in the corner it now occupies. When Mignott said she could not afford it, Miss Lou had the Queen Anne piece returned from the auctioneers and arranged a payment plan.

There is one piece of furniture that was transferred at no charge, though. Mignott says the house was built in the 1940s by a Mr Willoughby and Miss Lou acquired it with a bookcase that is still in the house. "She did not charge me for it," Mignott said.