Rice-Oxley is believed to have said to a fan that this song was written about "a most excellent young lady".

Orlando describes both of them as 'fair and excellent ladies'.

In short," I said, "what you propose to do is deliberately to remove from this excellent lady's life the one remaining element of poetry.

There is not much more that is lacking, most excellent lady: fine clothes, fine shoes and money in my purse.

The good lady, the dear, kind lady, the sweet, excellent lady, Nemesis, whom alone I adore, has fixed her wooden eye upon me.

I am here obliged to vindicate the reputation of an excellent lady, who was an innocent sufferer upon my account.

I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts, wherein I confess me much guilty to deny so fair and excellent ladies any thing.

"Most excellent lady, this is no ordinary woman," the young soldier said quickly, pushing Old One to the fore.

Mrs Wackles was an excellent but rather vemenous old lady of three-score.

How does that excellent lady, Mrs. R?