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1. _ Wild Mountain Thyme
Oh, the summer's in its prime
And the leaves are sweetly blooming,
And the wild mountain thyme
All the mountains is perfuming
Will you go lassie go?
Chorus
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather,
Will you go lassie go?
I will build my love a bower
By yon clear crystal fountain.
And on it i will pile
All the flowers of the mountain.
Will you go lassie go?
(chorus)
If my true love he won't go,
I will surely find no other
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather.
Will you go lassie go?
(chorus)
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2. _ Winter Winds
Winter winds they do blow cold,
The time of year, it is chosen.
Now the frost and fire,
And now the sea is frozen.
He who sleeps he does not see
The coming of the seasons,
The filling of a dream
Without a time to reason.
When she walks through evil
O'er the paths of broken illusions,
Carefully now she lives,
For she has mended her confusion.
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3. _ Nothing More
My friend i know you've suffered,
Although you are still young.
Why was it you who'd not take help
From anyone?
Oh it's true, it's very true, he said,
Some hard times i have known,
But i have always overcome them
On my own.
Oh the pearls that you hold in your hand
They are beautiful to see,
But you show them not to anyone,
Not even me.
For you are like the others, he said.
I never can be sure
That you wish just to see the pearls
And nothing more.
Why can you not see reason?
Our lives they are not long.
Why can you take no time
To tell us all we're wrong?
My tune it does not change, he said,
And neither does your song,
And words i use them rarely
When i'm all alone.
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4. _ Now And Then
They've passed me by, many years,
And i did turn well away.
To give and lose love
And still no word had i to say,
Not to anyone.
Now i see
How i could speak honestly.
But when you're gone
Perhaps you'll long to be free.
I do know
When it is
That i must go.
For you can think of love
Wandering far from you,
Or of a warm heart
Wishing well and loving you.
I do believe
The way is
To live.
I have loved many
And you have, too.
But with the strength of the young
This love has memories,
They are worth to be sung.
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5. _ Blue Tattoo (coal Town Road)
Travelin' down that coaltown road,
Listen to my rubber tires whine;
Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore,
I'm leavin' you behind.
I've been a coal miner all my life
Layin' down track in the hole,
Got a back like an ironwood bent by the wind
Blood veins as black as the coal.
Somebody said "that's a strange tattoo
You have on the side of your head."
I said "that's a mark of number nine coal
A little more and i'd be dead"
But i love the rumble and i love the dark
I love the cool of the slate.
But it's travelin' down this new road lookin' for a job
It's the travelin' and lookin' i hate.
I've stood for the union, i walked in the line,
I fought against the company;
I stood for the u. m. w. of a.
Now who's gonna stand for me?
Cause i got no job, i got no pay,
I just got a worried soul;
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the number nine coal.
Someday when i'm dead and gone
To heaven, the land of my dreams,
I won't have to worry on losin' my job
To bad times 'n big machines.
But i got no job and i got no pay,
I just got a worried soul;
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by that number nine coal,
Left by that number nine coal.
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6. _ Take Away The Load (sandy's Song)
I sit and wonder at the thought
That someday you'll be going
At the same time i realize
I must not be afraid
You are the one i love
You are the one i touch
And it's you who must not go
But it's i who must try not
To send you away.
Out of my door and along the path
Where i have never travelled
Could it be that you would help me
Out along that road?
I only want your hand
I only want your smile
From you that is everything
From you that is all i need
To take away the load.
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7. _ My Ramblin' Boy
He was a man and a friend always
We rambled on in the bad old days.
He never cared if i had no dough,
He stuck with me in the rain and snow.
Chorus:
And here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
In tulsa town we chanced to stray.
We thought we try and work one day.
The boss said he had room for one,
Said my old pal, ``we'd rather bum.''
Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp.
He got the chills and he got them bad,
I lost the only friend i had.
He left me here to ramble on,
My ramblin' pal is dead and gone.
When we die, we go somewhere,
I'll bet you a dollar he'll be ramblin' there.
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8. _ After Halloween
Red and gold, and halloween have passed us by,
The charcoal branches lean against the rosy sky,
You are so far away, yet i could touch you if i may,
But don't you worry now, i'm only dreaming anyway.
You may be lonely, you may be just on your own.
You could be anywhere, someplace that i have known.
But who am i and do we really live these days at all?
And are they simply feelings we have loved and do recall?
Oh the sea has made me cry,
But i love her, too, so maybe i love you.
For tears are only made of salt and water,
And across the waves the sound of laughter.
October it has gone and left me with a song
That i will sing to you although the moment may be wrong.
Could it be the sea's as real as you and i?
I often wonder why i always have to say
I'm only dreaming anyway.
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9. _ Autopsy
You must philosophise,
But why must you bore me to tears?
You're red around the eyes,
You tell me things no one else hears.
You spend all your time crying,
Crying the hours into years,
Crying the hours into years.
Come, lend your time to me,
And you will know that you are free.
And when you look at me,
Don't think you're owning what you see,
For remember that you're free,
And that's what you want to be,
So just lend your time to me.
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10. _ Nottamun Town
In nottamun town not a soul would look up,
Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down,
Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down,
To show me the way to fair nottamun town.
Met the king and the queen, and a company more
Come a-walking behind and a-riding before
Come a stark naked drummer a-beating the drum
With his hands on his bosom, come marching along.
Sat down on a hard, hard cold frozen stone,
Ten thousand stood 'round me, yet i was alone
Took my hat in my hands for to keep my head warm,
Ten thousand got drownded that never was born.
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Jean ritchie had three more verses than the ones sung by fairport convention:
I rode a grey horse that was called a grey mare.
Grey mane and grey tail, green stripe down her back,
Grey mane and grey tail, green stripe down her back,
There wa'nt a hair on her but what was coal black.
She stood so still she threw me to the dirt.
She tore my hide and bruised my shirt,
From saddle to stirrup i mounted again
And on my ten toes i rode over the plain.
They laughed and they smiled, not a soul did look gay,
They talked all the while, not a word did they say,
I bought me a quart to drive gladness away,
And to stifle the dust, for it rained the whole day.
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11. _ Magic Lady
Magic lady
One for the magic lady
And one for me,
Songs of the land
And a song of the sea.
Though the silver halls stand empty
And decaying in the dust
As they silently remember
The lady that they lost.
Magic lady (reprise)
Here's to the magic lady
Who sang her songs for me
And left them to the land
And sailed across the sea.
Though the silver halls stand empty
And the lady's flown away
So goodbye magic lady
And goodbye to the day.
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12. _ Mr Lacey
Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Will you let me control the handles,
You know it's the best thing i've ever seen
Well mr lacey, where'd you learn just what to do?
Well mr lacey, where'd you learn just what to do?
Can you fix me up now with a teacher,
I wanna become an inventor too
Why mr lacey, why d'you do the things you do?
Why mr lacey, why d'you do the things you do?
It's true no one here understands now
But maybe someday they'll catch up with you
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13. _ White Dress
Feel how the wind blows, december despair,
Bring me a ribbon to tie up my hair,
I'll be your bride, go where you go,
All of my life, you'll be my beau.
Chorus
Kiss me and i might
Put on a white dress,
If you'll take me dancing tonight.
The night's in your face, sky's in your eyes,
The day's in my arms when you're by my side,
Whenever you're weary i'll sing you a song,
Whenever you're lonely i'll show you you're wrong.
(chorus)
Come from the window, let's climb the stairs,
All of my sorrows are none of your cares;
While life is in us, let's love all we can.
I'll be your women, you'll be my man.
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14. _ Tam Lin
The words are different from the original (child) version but this is a very close approximation of the song as performed by sandy denny.
''i forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair
To travel to carterhaugh, for young tam lin is there
None that go by carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge
Either their mantles of green or else their maidenhead''
Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to carterhaugh as fast as go can she
She'd not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two
When up then came young tam lin, says,''lady, pull no more''
''and why come you to carterhaugh without command from me?''
''i'll come and go'', young janet said, ''and ask no leave of thee''
Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to her father as fast as go can she
Well, up then spoke her father dear and he spoke meek and mild
``oh, and alas, janet,'' he said, ''i think you go with child''
``well, if that be so,'' janet said, ''myself shall bear the blame
There's not a knight in all your hall shall get the baby's name
For if my love were an earthly knight, as he is an elfin grey
I'd not change my own true love for any knight you have''
So janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to carterhaugh as fast as go can she
``oh, tell to me, tam lin,'' she said, ''why came you here to dwell?''
``the queen of fairies caught me when from my horse i fell
And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to hell
I so fair and full of flesh and fear it be myself
But tonight is halloween and the fairy folk ride
Those that would let true love win at mile's cross they must bide
So first let pass the horses black and then let pass the brown
Quickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down
For i'll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town
For i was an earthly knight, they give me that renown
Oh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or a snake
But hold me tight and fear not, i am your baby's father
And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold
But hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child
And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight
But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight''
In the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring
She heeded what he did say and young tam lin did win
Then up spoke the fairy queen, an angry queen was she
Woe betide her ill-far'd face, an ill death may she die
''oh, had i known, tam lin,'' she said, ''what this night i did see
I'd have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree''
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15. _ Come All Ye
Come all ye rolling minstrels,
And together we will try
To rouse the spirit of the air
And move the rolling sky.
Those that dance will start to dance
And those who don't will sway
In time to this our merry tune
That we play for you today.
Chorus:
So come all ye rolling minstrels
And together we will try
To rouse the spirit of the air
And move the rolling sky.
Our fiddler, he just loves to play
And that's why he plays so good.
And now he plays a violin
Made out of solid wood.
(chorus)
Possessor of the magic touch,
But no magician, he
Will play for you some magic notes
Instead as you will see.
(chorus)
The sound of beating on the drums
From behind you hear,
And to the rhythm of guitar
We hope you'll lend an ear.
(chorus)
Well, the man who plays the bass does make
Those low notes that you hear.
And the high notes come from you and me
For we will sing so clear.
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16. _ Here In Silence
Summer skies are gone for ever
Nothing left but to remember
Morning leaves a bed of echoes
Tears of blood in weaping meadows
Can you see me, can you hear me
Can you leave me here in silence?
Drums and flags and trumpets playing
Armies in the night are praying
Hymns of hate to have their souls blessed
For the morning's blood shed harvest
Can you reach me, can you hold me
Can you leave me here in silence?
Take my children, golden children
Grow them, train them, cut them, kill them
For the justice of your jesus
For the service of your leaders
Can you feel me, can you touch me
Can you leave me here in silence?
Innocence is gone forever
Nothing left but to remember
Autumn cracks the leaves of pity
Winter chokes the cries of mercy
Can you free me, can you love me
Can you leave me here in silence?
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17. _ Eppy Moray
Four-and-twenty highland men
Come from the carron side
To carry away eppy moray for
She would not be a bride, a bride,
She would not be a bride.
Then out it came her mither for
It was a moonlit night,
She couldn't see her daughter for
The moon it shone so bright, so bright
The moon it shone so bright.
Hold away from me, mither,
Hold away from me!
There's not a man in all strathdon
Should married be with me, with me,
Should married be with me.
They've taken eppy moray,
And a horse they've bound her on,
And they had rid to the minister's house
As fast as horse could run, could run,
As fast as horse could run.
[ then willie he's taken his pistol out
And set it to the minister's breast,
O marry me, marry me, minister,
Or else i'll be your priest, your priest
Or else i'll be your priest.
Hold away from me, willie,
Hold away from me,
I not avow to marry you
Except she's willing as thee, as thee,
Except she's willing as thee.
They've taken eppy moray then,
She'd better could not be,
And they have rid over carron side
As fast as horse could flee, could flee,
As fast as horse could flee.
Then mass was sung and bells were rung
And they're away to bed,
And willie and eppy moray,
In ane bed they were laid, were laid
In ane bed they were laid. ]
He's taken the sack from off his back
And kicked away his shoes,
And thrown away the chamber key,
And naked he's lay down, lay down
And naked he's lay down.
Hold away from me, willie,
Hold away from me,
Before i lose my maidenhead
I'll try my strength with thee, with thee.
I'll try my strength with thee.
He's kissed her on the lily breast
And held her shoulders twa
But aye she grat and aye she spat
And turned to the wall, the wall,
And turned to the wall.
All through the night they wrestled there
Until the light of day,
And willie grat and willie swat
But he could not stretch her spey, her spey
He could not stretch her spey.
Weary fa' you, willie, then,
For you could not prove a man,
For if you gained her maidenheid,
She would have held your hand, your hand,
She would have held your hand.
Go away from me, lady,
Go away from me!
There's not a man in all strathdon
Shall married be with me, with me,
Shall married be with me.
Go fetch me a horse,
And fetch it like a man,
And send me back to my mither
A maiden as i came, i came
A maiden as i came.
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18. _ The Deserter
As i was a-walking along ratcliffe highway
A recruiting party came a-beating my way.
They enlisted me and treated me 'til i did not know
Unto the queen's barracks they forced me to go.
When first i deserted, i thought myself free
Until my cruel comrade informed against me.
I was quickly followed after and brought back with speed,
I was handcuffed and guarded, heavy irons put on me.
Court martial, court martial, they held upon me
And the sentence passed upon me, three hundred and three.
May the lord have mercy on them for their sad cruelty,
For now the queen's duty lies heavy on me.
When next i deserted, i thought myself free
Until my cruel sweetheart informed against me.
I was quickly followed after and brought back with speed
I was handcuffed and guarded, heavy irons put on me.
Court martial, court martial then quickly was got
And the sentence passed upon me, that i was to be shot.
May the lord have mercy on them for their sad cruelty,
For now the queen's duty lies heavy on me,
Then up rode prince albert in his carriage and six,
Saying, ''where is that young man whose coffin is fixed?
Set him free from his irons and let him go free,
For he'll make a good soldier for his queen and country.''
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19. _ The Leaves Of Life (the Seven Virgins)
All under the leaves and the leaves of life
I met with virgins seven
And one of them was mary mild,
Our lord's best mother in heaven.
``oh what are you seeking, my seven pretty maids,
All under the leaves of life?''
``we are seeking for no leaves, thomas,
But for a friend of thine.''
``go down, go down into yonder town
And sit in the gallery
And there you'll see sweet jesus christ,
Nailed to a big yew tree.''
So down they went into yonder town
And sat in the gallery
And there they saw sweet jesus christ,
Nailed to a big yew tree.
Yes down they went into yonder town
As fast as foot could follow
And many a sad and a lonely tear
From them virgin's eyes did fall.
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20. _ Stranger To Himself
He was a stranger to himself,
A spy in his own camp,
And his money was his health,
All thrown to the dust by his very own hand.
Yet his beauty lingered still,
Beyond the draining of the sand,
But greener was the other side of the hill,
Richer was the other man's land.
But we loved him, loved him just like brothers would.
We loved him, loved him like no others could,
And she loved him, loved him like a lover should.
Take good care of an aching heart,
You never can replace it.
You know you are the master of your art,
You'll realise that when you think it fit.
Those orbs of blue are jading away,
No laughter from these dances.
Yet you're bound to remember this one day,
Hazards are risks, and risks are chances.
You can run for cover, run for cover like a frightened hare,
Till it's all over, all over and there's no-one there,
'cause you daren't discover, daren't discover that we really care.
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21. _ Reynardine
One evening as i rambled
Among the leaves so green,
I overheard a young woman
Converse with reynardine.
Her hair was black, her eyes were blue,
Her lips as red as wine,
And he smiled to gaze upon her,
Did that sly, bold reynardine.
She said, ``kind sir, be civil,
My company forsake,
For in my own opinion
I fear you are some rake.''
``oh no,'' he said, ``no rake am i,
Brought up in venus' train,
But i'm seeking for concealment
All along the lonesome plain.''
``your beauty so enticed me,
I could not pass it by,
So it's with my gun i'll guard you
All on the mountains high.''
``and if by chance you should look for me,
Perhaps you'll not me find,
For i'll be in my castle,
Inquire for reynardine.''
Sun and dark she followed him,
His teeth did brightly shine,
And he led her up a-the mountains,
Did that sly, bold reynardine.
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22. _ Gypsy Davey
There was a gypsy came over the land,
He sang so sweet and gaily.
He sang beneath the wild wood tree
And charmed the great lord's lady.
The lord he did come home
Enquiring for his lady
``she's gone, she's gone,'' said the serving man,
``she's gone with the gypsy davey.''
``go saddle me my black mare,
The grey is ne'er so speedy.
And i'll ride all night and i'll ride all day
Till i overtake my lady.''
He rode all by the riverside
On the grass so wet and dewy.
And seated with her gipsy lad
It's there he spied his lady.
``would you forsake your house and home,
Would you forsake your baby?
Would you forsake your own true love
And the promises you gave me?''
``what care i for my house and home
Or even my wee baby?
What care i for my own true love
For i love the gypsy davey.''
``well it's fare thee well my dearest dear,
It's fare thee well forever.
And if you don't return with me
I swear you'll see me never.''
And the lord he did go homeward
And kissed his own wee baby.
And ere six months had passed away
He'd married another lady.
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23. _ Two Weeks Last Summer
Strawbs version
The dancing plants grow low
Burning embers start to glow
The pictures soon will fade
Pictures that the flames have made
Your hazy, wistful face
Suddenly is gone without a trace
Chorus
Summer days i'll float downstream
Wondering where the day has been
Boats that sail away at night
Come the day
Have sailed far out of sight
Reminiscing summer walks
Empty glances, moonlit talks
Candyfloss and ice-cream cones
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24. _ East Virginia
I was born in east virginia,
North carolina i did go.
There i met the fairest maiden
But her name i do not know.
Her hair it was a brightsome color
And her cheeks were rosy red.
On her breast she wore white lilies,
All the tears that i have shed.
In my heart you are my darling,
At my door you're welcome in.
At my gate i'll always meet you
If your love i could only win.
In the night i'm dreaming of you,
In the day i find no rest.
Just the thought of you, my darling,
Sends aching pains all through my breast.
I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun refused to shine
Than to see you with another one, darling,
To know you never will be mine.
Oh, when i'm dead and in my coffin
With my face towards the sun,
Come and look upon me, darling
See the deed that you have done.
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25. _ Eastern Rain
Rain comes from the east one night
We watch it come
To hang like beaded curtains till the morning sun
Water dripping from our clothes
You, with raindrops on your nose,
Ask me sadly, "please don't go away, no"
"till the rain is done," i say, "i'll stay now"
Rain outside but inside we don't mind at all
Shadows by the fire
Slowly climb and fall
Kisses fade and leave no trace
Whispers vanish into space
None will send me on a chase to nowhere
What matters if i were the first to go there?
Morning comes up from the east
We watch it come
And far away now rolls the angry rain god's drum
You, with daybreak in your eyes
Afraid to speak for telling lies
I watch you search for some reply to lend me
But when the rain is done we'll stop pretending
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26. _ Book Song
If she knew what i've seen while i'm watching
Would she know where to smile, what to say?
When she leaves from her book to be with me
Where's her mind as she stands while i play?
She left behind names in the pages
And the time she took out, they stayed in
Now she thinks that she maybe should tell them
Of my book and the places she's been
Now she's looking at me while i'm writing
Does she know where to smile, what to say?
When she leaves from her book to be with me
What's she thinking about while i play?
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27. _ Forever Young
May god bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb up every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see its light surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
And may you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
And may you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
Stay forever young.
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28. _ Lowlands Of Holland
On the night that i was married and in my marriage bed
There came a bold sea captain and he stood at my bed head
Saying ``arise, arise young wedded man this night for to go with me
To the low lowlands of holland to fight the enemy.''
Oh, i held my love all in my arms, still hoping he might stay,
When the captain he gave another order and we had to march away,
Saying ``there's many a blithe young married man this night must go with me
To the low lowlands of holland to fight the enemy.''
But holland it is a wondrous place and in it grows much green
'tis a wild inhabitation for my true love to be in.
Where the leaves they grow and the winds they do blow and strange fruit grows on every tree
'tis the wild wild lands of holland where twined my love and me.
No shoes nor stocking i'll put on nor comb to go through my hair
And nor shall day or candlelight shine on my bower fair
Nor shall i sleep with any young man until the day i die
For the lowlands of holland they parted my love and i.
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29. _ The Ballad Of Ned Kelly
Eighteen hundred and eighty five
Is a year i remember so well
When they drove old brad into an early grave
And sent my mother to jail
Now i don't know what's right or wrong
But they hung christ on nails
But with six kids at home and two still on her breast
They wouldn't even give her bail
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Oh ned, you're better off dead
You get no peace of mind
A track's a trail
And they're hot on your tail
Before they're gonna hang you high
I did write a letter
And i sealed it with my hand
Tried to tell about stringy bog creek
And tried to make them understand
Oh, that i didn't wanna kill kennedy
Or cause his blood to run
Well he alone could have saved his life
By throwing down his gun
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Well i'd rather die like donahue
That bush-ranger so brave
Than be taken by the government
And forced to walk in chains
Well i'd rather fight with all my might
While i have eyes to see
Well i'd rather die ten thousand times
Than hang from a gallow's tree.
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30. _ Motherless Children
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Father will do the best he can, he don't always understand
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Mother told me i must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must obey that religion have its way
Mother told me i must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must prey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must prey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must prey get my feet in jesus's way
Mother told me i must prey when mother's gone
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31. _ What Is True?
Silver tongues are speaking long and hard into the night,
I must be myself and i'll do alright.
Oh please my darling do not make me sad,
Late at night nobody really wants to feel that bad.
The rain it beats impatiently upon the window pane,
I must close my ears or i'll go insane.
Can't you be a gentle breeze or silent as a snowfall,
Won't you try and listen for the voice behind the wall.
It cries to you.
Even though it only ever whispers part of what it knows,
And it's never ventured through the locks,
Where the brazen river flows.
It's the fingerprint which is never made.
It's the perfume of a rose.
And it is there if you are searching,
But the moment must be right,
As the night is black, as the day is white.
Please my friend help to make me glad,
Help me find the one and only thing i've never had.
What is true?
Even though it only ever whispers part of what it knows,
And it's never ventured through the locks,
Where the brazen river flows.
It's the fingerprint which is never made.
It's the perfume of a rose.
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32. _ Hearts
And the light i find reflected
Guides the way among the hearts left by the road
By the way you seem affected
I can almost taste the bitterness you show
Fly away from me
Try to find the reason
And in a day you'll be wandering again
If i fall about you now
I may never find the answer to your prayer
Would i hear you tell me how
I'm a loser pulling out if this affair
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33. _ Sloth
Chorus
Just a roll, just a roll,
Just a roll on your drum.
Just a roll, just a roll,
And the war has begun.
Now the right thing's the wrong thing,
No more excuses to come.
Just one step at a time
And the war has begun.
(chorus)
She's run away, she's run away,
And she ran so bitterly.
Now, call to your colours, friend,
Don't you call to me.
(chorus)
Don't you cry, don't you cry,
Don't you cry upon the sea.
Don't you cry, don't you cry
For your lady and me.
(chorus)
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34. _ One More Chance
Calling all olive branches and laid-off doves
There is work to do before we say good-bye.
But who can see them turning to the face of love?
Though i hear them pleading with me, ``don't let us die,''
As i sit, i can see their troubled souls wander by,
And i feel them leaning on my shoulder to cry,
``oh, oh one more chance.''
The naked tree of winter seems to stand so proud,
Lording the poor mortal as he goes.
And the tears which well beneath his sombre shroud,
Will they fall with the shame of somebody who knows
He can never be like the thought of a rose
Whose beauty remains even though the bloom goes?
``oh, oh one more chance.''
Oh is it too late to change the way we're bound to go?
Is it too late? then surely one of us must know.
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35. _ Let It Go
There's no excuse for torture, that you ought to know.
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
Yonder stands a scarecrow and he's hollow in his robes.
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
Chorus
The song was only in our time,
They'll call it long, long ago.
They'll say - ``ah, well, it was their best.''
Let it go, let it go
The master and the mistress, trying hard to show,
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
There is no time for shame, or tears on a window pane.
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
Chorus
Eyes were made to smile and water, tears were made to flow,
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
There's a game that would have bought you, were you ever set to throw,
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
Chorus
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36. _ Ballad Of Easy Rider
The river flows, flows to the sea
Whereever that river goes that's where i want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to someother town
All he wanted was just to be free
And that's the way it turned out to be
Flow, river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to someother town
Flow river go, past the shady tree
Flow river flow, flow to the sea
Flow river flow, flow to the sea
The river flows to the sea
Whereever that river goes that's where i want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to someother town
All he wanted was just to be free
And that's the way it turned out to be
Flow, river flow, let your waters rush down
Take me from this road to someother town
Flow river go, past the shady tree
Flow river flow, flow to the sea
Flow river flow, flow to the sea
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37. _ I'll Keep It With Mine
You may search, at any cost
But how long can you
Search for what's not lost?
Everybody will help you
Some people are very kind
But if i can save you any time
Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine
I can't help it, if you might think i'm odd
If i say i'm loving you,
Not for what you are, but for what you're not
Everybody will help you
Discover what you set out to find
But if i can save you any time
Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine
The train leaves at half past ten
But i'll be back to-morrow
At the same time again
The conductor, he's weary
He's still stuck on the line
But if i can save you any time
Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine
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38. _ Rising For The Moon
I travel over the sea and ride the rolling sky,
For that's the way it is, that is my fortune.
There are many ears to please, many people's love to try,
And everyday's begun rising for the moon.
There's a heart in every place, there's a tear for each farewell,
For that's the way it is, that is my fortune.
I'll lure you as the lace that the wayward gypsies sell,
With the sinking of the sun, rising of the moon.
Rising for the moon, the sun has set and it is dark,
But the star of the enchanted tune is bright as any spark.
The chorus of the dusk regail the evening lark,
Whose every day does start rising for the moon.
We travel over the sea and ride the rolling sky,
For that's the way it is, that is our fortune.
There are many ears to please, many peoples love to try,
And everyday's begun rising for the moon.
Rising for the moon, the sun has set and it is dark,
But the star of the enchanted tune is bright as any spark.
The chorus of the dusk regail the evening lark,
Whose every day does start rising for the moon.
Rising for the moon, the sun has set and it is dark,
But the star of the enchanted tune is bright as any spark.
The chorus of the dusk regail the evening lark,
Whose every day does start rising for the moon.
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39. _ Cajun Woman
Baby that preacher gave you spring
In the window with his finger in the undertaker's wing
Chorus
Oh, cajun woman
Some people still call you a queen
I don't believe you're sinking
Look at all the trouble you've been
He grew up in the bayou with a bible around his neck
He never loved a woman in the way you would expect
(chorus)
Don't tell him about his father, don't tell him about his name
The gods won't get to heaven till they'll crucify his brain
(chorus)
Well, it's welcome to the graveyard and welcome to the throne
Welcome to the orphanage where your family sit and moan
Welcome to the liquor stand and welcome to the poor
Your mama never told you how lucky you are
(chorus)
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40. _ Matty Groves
A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year.
Lord darnell's wife came into church, the gospel for to hear.
And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about,
And there she saw little matty groves, walking in the crowd.
``come home with me, little matty groves, come home with me tonight.
Come home with me, little matty groves, and sleep with me till light.''
``oh, i can't come home, i won't come home and sleep with you tonight,
By the rings on your fingers i can tell you are lord darnell's wife.''
``what if i am lord darnell's wife? lord darnell's not at home.
For he is out in the far cornfields, bringing the yearlings home.''
And a servant who was standing by and hearing what was said,
He swore lord darnell he would know before the sun would set.
And in his hurry to carry the news, he bent his breast and ran,
And when he came to the broad mill stream, he took off his shoes and swam.
Little matty groves, he lay down and took a little sleep.
When he awoke, lord darnell he was standing at his feet.
Saying ``how do you like my feather bed? and how do you like my sheets?
How do you like my lady who lies in your arms asleep?''
``oh, well i like your feather bed, and well i like your sheets.
But better i like your lady gay who lies in my arms asleep.''
``well, get up, get up,'' lord darnell cried, ``get up as quick as you can!
It'll never be said in fair england that i slew a naked man.''
``oh, i can't get up, i won't get up, i can't get up for my life.
For you have two long beaten swords and i not a pocket-knife.''
``well it's true i have two beaten swords, and they cost me deep in the purse.
But you will have the better of them and i will have the worse.''
``and you will strike the very first blow, and strike it like a man.
I will strike the very next blow, and i'll kill you if i can.''
So matty struck the very first blow, and he hurt lord darnell sore.
Lord darnell struck the very next blow, and matty struck no more.
And then lord darnell he took his wife and he sat her on his knee,
Saying, ``who do you like the best of us, matty groves or me?''
And then up spoke his own dear wife, never heard to speak so free.
``i'd rather a kiss from dead matty's lips than you and your finery.''
Lord darnell he jumped up and loudly he did bawl,
He struck his wife right through the heart and pinned her against the wall.
``a grave, a grave!'' lord darnell cried, ``to put these lovers in.
But bury my lady at the top for she was of noble kin.''
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41. _ Peace In The End
Come on mary, mary or you, john,
To which religion do you belong?
You and your lover, you and your friend,
Peace in the end.
What about me, me and my kind,
If we're unknown, are we left behind?
We have our lovers, too, and our friend,
Hope in the end.
You may think our lives are forever.
I think you could be wrong.
But if we were together, together,
I know we could get on.
Go ask your neighbours to come and sing songs,
You know they've wanted to all along.
I've seen them smile for their friends,
All in the end.
You may think our lives are forever.
I think you could be wrong.
But if we were together, together
I know we could get on.
I've seen them stand at the top of the hill,
And none of them coming down,
But who will be the last one to kill?
And who will be the clown?
Come on mary, mary or you, john,
To which religion do you belong?
You are our lovers, you aare our friends,
Peace in the end.
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42. _ Iron Lion
Now i've been an engine driver all of my days,
That's the only thing i can do.
I hold a good head of steam everywhere that i'm seen,
Wherever my wheels rolled through,
Wherever my wheels rolled through.
I was nearly shut down in a mid-west town,
Her hair was red, her eyes were blue,
But the wheels on the truck kept calling me back,
So i bid that girl adieu,
Yes i bid that girl adieu.
Chorus
Blow whistle, steel wheels keep on humming,
Hold on darling your engine driver's coming,
He's coming through
Some day i'll have to give up the iron line,
And then i'll know just what i will find.
I'll find me some shack by some old railroad track,
So i can hear them motors whine,
So i can hear them motors whine.
(chorus)
Now i've been an engine driver all of my days,
That's the only thing i can do.
I hold a good head of steam everywhere that i'm seen,
Anywhere my trains rolled through,
Anywhere my trains rolled through.
(chorus)
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43. _ Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Come all you fair and tender girls
That flourish in your prime,
Oh beware, beware, keep your garden fair
And let no man steal your thyme,
Let no man steal your thyme
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44. _ Painted Ladies
It's a grey, grey morning, the rain it do fall
I'm feeling hungry and low
My bed's so empty, how i wish i could call
On the painted ladies i know
When you've got no credit, don't hold no sway
With the painted ladies i know
It's a ``thank you for nothing, we'll see you someday''
The painted ladies i know
Leave at home what you value enough
And laugh all your senses away
When you want to love everyone, how can you love
The painted ladies all say
Those film stars and beauties will please you tonight
If you go to bed with a book
But they can't hold a candle to something that trembles
If you need to do more than look
They come from rich fathers and twinkle their eyes
And you're begging them please not to go
When you're starved for some loving, they can make you feel special
The painted ladies i know
If you're seeking fortune, if you're seeking fame
And you're looking yourself in the eye
And god help the children, playing their game
The end of the game is goodbye
They pass through your vision like thoughts in a dream
Your good times are slipping away
It's time to move on or go down with the ship
The painted ladies all say
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45. _ Sir Patrick Spens
The king sits in dunfermline town
Drinking of the blood red wine,
''where can i get a good sea captain
To sail this mighty ship of mine?''
Then up there spoke a bonny boy
Sitting at the king's right knee,
''sir patrick spens is the very best seaman
That ever sailed upon the sea.''
The king has written a broad letter
And sealed it up with his own right hand,
Sending word unto sir patrick
To come to him at his command.
''an enemy then this must be
Who told a lie concerning me,
For i was never a very good seaman
Nor ever do intend to be.''
''last night i saw the new moon
With the old moon in her arm,
A sign, the sign since we were born
That means there'll be a deadly storm.''
They had not sailed upon the sea
A day, a day, but barely three,
When loud and boisterous grew the winds
And loud and stormy grew the sea.
Then up there came a mermaiden
A comb and glass all in her hand,
''here's a health to you my merry young men,
For you'll not see dry land again!''
''oh, long may my lady look
With a lantern in her hand
Before she sees my bonny ship
Come sailing homewards to dry land.''
Forty miles off aberdeen
The water's fifty fathoms deep
There lies good sir patrick spens
With the scots lords at his feet.
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46. _ The Hexhamshire Lass
Away with the buff and the blue, and away with the cap and feather;
I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire.
Chorus
Off to the sadie skey and over the moss and the mire
I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire
Her father loves her well, her mother loves her dearer;
I love her better than them both but, man, i can't get near her.
(chorus)
If only i could be lying there aside her
While i watched my dear my arms would be denied her.
(chorus)
Her skin is like the silk and her hair is like the silver
Her breast are deep but full, they'll fall when i get near her
(chorus)
Of this love of mine, of this love i am weary;
Sleep i can't get none for thinking of my dearie
(chorus)
Away with the parson's shilling and away with the cap and feather
I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire
(chorus)
(4 instrumental verses)
(repeat first verse.)
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47. _ The Plainsman
I come from the moor and the mointain, from the waterfall and stream.
I've turned my back on the mountain track; i'm walking in a dream.
And ev'ry new horizon to mee it looks the same
But ev'rywhere looks old and bare while trav'ling on the plain.
There's no-one rides this road with me, a plainsman rides alone.
The welcome waits by a city gate, no voice to call me home.
Alone i came into this place, and that is how i will go
And all i learn is the season's turn, that's all i need to know.
Oh the world is hung with silver tongues wiht good advice to give.
If you can't show me how to die, don't tell me how to live.
The plainsman's song, though it's seldom long, it's more than meets the ear
And all i believe is the falling leaves at the turning of the year.
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48. _ Box Full Of Treasure (christmas In June)
A box full of treasure and a golden comb
I was surely give to you when the moon is [young?]
And christmas is in june.
I will paint an evening of which there will be few,
When the sky is water and the sun is blue,
And all this is just for you.
A handkerchief of silver to brush away your tear,
A sword of finest leather to match your paper spear,
For when the day draws near.
When i will write these words in languages unknown
I'll be the one to tell you your heart is made of stone
And christmas will never be in june.
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49. _ Bring 'em Down
Time stood dark and silent and the stars they gave no light
I wandered in an endless dream, haunted by the night
I saw four ghostly riders, the horses in a line
Each in turn did point at me and say a mournful rhyme
We are the sculptors of the land, the rulers of the sea
We are the falcons of your sins, gardeners of the trees
The air about you is burning and the sea below does drown
And the legacy you leave your spawn will surely bring 'em down
Bring 'em down, bring 'em down, bring 'em down
Bring 'em down, bring 'em down, bring 'em down
A curse upon you men of war, with gun or pen in hand
The power sought or won or bought, the castles made of sand
You always have good reason to take more than you need
Your hearts are full of hatred and your minds are full of greed
Bring 'em down, bring 'em down, bring 'em down
Bring 'em down, bring 'em down, bring 'em down
What is deeper than the ocean, colder than the grave
And stronger than your armies all and braver than the brave?
Those who know and all they know will sow on fertile ground
Those who don't and never will are those who will go down
Bring 'em down, bring 'em down, bring 'em down
Bring 'em down, bring 'em down, bring 'em down
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50. _ Geordie
As i walked under london bridge
One misty morning early,
I overheard a fair, pretty maid,
Lamenting for her geordie.
''my geordie will be hanged with a golden chain,
'tis not the chain of many.
He stole sixteen of the king's royal deer
And he sold them in boeny.''
''go saddle me my milk white steed
Go saddle me my pony
That i may ride to london's courts
To plead for the life of geordie.''
''my geordie never hurt a man nor calf
He never hurted any
He stole sixteen of the king's royal deer
And he sold them in boeny.''
''two pretty babies have i borne,
The third lies in my body,
And i would part with them every one,
If you pardon my dear geordie.''
But the judge looked over his left shoulder,
He said, ''fair maid, i'm sorry,
I cannot pardon the one you love,
He has been hanged already.''
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51. _ Makes Me Think Of You
No use knocking at my door,
I don't think i live here anymore.
I live in the past you see
I think of the last time we were there
Before you went with her.
All my letters lie unopened,
Along with calling cards and tokens.
I cannot read, you see,
I think of the need to be by you now
If i could only move somehow.
The albums strewn without their clothes
Gather dust amoung the grooves.
The only one i play is ''blue'',
It makes me think of you.
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52. _ The Way I Feel
The way i feel is like a robin,
Whoses birds have flown to come no more,
Like a tall oak-tree, alone and cryin',
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.
Now a woman, lord, is like a young bird,
And the tall oak-tree is a young man's heart.
Among its branches, you'll find her nesting
When the nights are cool, she is warm and dry.
In leaves of green they will protect her,
Her wings will grow, your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
Will fail to hold her, she'll fly from you.
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53. _ Banks Of The Nile
Oh hark! the drums do beat, my love, no longer can we stay.
The bugle-horns are sounding clear, and we must march away.
We're ordered down to portsmouth, and it's many is the weary mile.
To join the british army on the banks of the nile.
Oh willie, dearest willie, don't leave me here to mourn,
Don't make me curse and rue the day that ever i was born.
For the parting of our love would be like parting with my life.
So stay at home, my dearest love, and i will be your wife.
Oh my nancy, dearest nancy, sure that will never do.
The government has ordered, and we are bound to go.
The government has ordered, and the queen she gives command.
And i am bound on oath, my love, to serve in a foreign land.
Oh, but i'll cut off my yellow hair, and i'll go along with you.
I'll dress myself in uniform, and i'll see egypt too.
I'll march beneath your banner while fortune it do smile,
And we'll comfort one another on the banks of the nile.
But your waist it is too slender, and your fingers they are too small.
In the sultry suns of egypt your rosy cheeks would spoil.
Where the cannons they do rattle, when the bullets they do fly,
And the silver trumpets sound so loud to hide the dismal cries.
Oh, cursed be those cruel wars, that ever they began,
For they have robbed our country of manys the handsome men.
They've robbed us of our sweethearts while their bodies they feed the lions,
On the dry and sandy deserts which are the banks of the nile.
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54. _ The Pond And The Stream
Annie wanders on the land.
She loves the freedom of the air.
She finds a friend in ev'ry place she goes.
There's always a face she knows.
I wish that i was there.
She says, ``i'm leaving here tomorrow
To find a new town far away.''
She says, ``won't you come too? you need a break.
You love to wake up somewhere new
And find another day.''
But i live in the city
And imagine country scenes.
For among the rich,
Within four walls and out of reach,
I live behind the screen.
She smiles as one who loves to smile,
To show that she is free.
But is she thinking now it's time
To wander back again,
To see her friends and me?
We all live in the city
And imagine country scenes,
For among the rich,
Within four walls and out of reach,
We live behind a screen.
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55. _ Bruton Town
In bruton town there lived a noble man
He had two sons and a daughter fair
By night and day they were contriving
For to fill their sister's heart with care
One night one night our restless young girl
One brother rose up from his bed
He heard the servant court their sister
Oh he heard they had a mind to wed
Oh when he rose the very next morning
Went searching for the servant-man
And when he found him this young man he murdered
Oh left him lying in the briars around
Oh she went to bed a-crying and lamenting
And thinking of her own true love
And as she slept she dreamt that she saw him
A-lying in the countryside all covered with gore and blood
Oh brothers, brothers why do you whisper
And what's become of this servant man?
Oh we lost him when we were a-contending
We lost him were he won't ever be found
Oh she early rose the very next morning
And searched the countryside around
And there she saw her own dear jewel
A-lying in the briars where he'd been found
Three days and nights she'd lie by him
She thought her heart it would break with woe
When a cruel hunger came upon her
And in despair to her home she did go
Oh sister, sister why do you whisper
And won't you tell us where you've been
Stand off, stand off you bloody butchers
My love and i you have all slain
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56. _ Never Ending
Anyone here know who goes forward who can stay
Did you miss your call
You were having such a ball
You never noticed me at all
Daily thinking can always bring me down
Back to the ground
You were making quite a sound
You never looked at what i'd found
Messages were passed along the line down to the end,
From hand to hand
You were hard to understand
You never saw what i had planned
I must admit my life has only just begun to take its toll,
And it isn't very old
I never saw you as a soul
As i watched you losing hold
I was getting too involved
I never thought it could be told
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57. _ On The Banks Of The Condamine
``oh hark! the dogs are barking, i can no longer stay
The men have all gone mustering, i heard the publican say
And i must be off in the morning, love, before the sun does shine
To meet the contract shearers on the banks of the condamine.''
``oh willie, dearest willie, don't leave me here to mourn
Don't make me curse and rue the day that ever i was born
For parting with you willie is like parting with me life
So stay and be a selector, love, and i will be your wife.''
``oh nancy, dearest nancy, you know that i must go
Old hallerand is expecting me, his shearing for to do
But while i'm on the bogs, me love, i'll think of you with pride
And our shears they will go freely when i'm on the whippin' side.''
``oh i'll cut off my yellow hair and go along with you
I'll dress myself in men's attire and be a shearer too
I'll cook and count your tally, love while, ringer, you will shine?
And i'll wash your greasy moleskins on the banks of the condamine.''
``oh nancy, dearest nancy, you know that can't be so
The boss has given order, love, no woman shall do so
And your delicate constitution's not equal unto mine
To eat the ramstack mutton on the banks of the condamine.
But when the shearing's over, love, i'll make you me wife
I'll take up a selection and i'll settle down for life
And when the day's work's over, love, and the evening's clear and fine
I'll tell of them sandy cobblers on the banks of the condamine.''
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58. _ Polly On The Shore
Come all you wild young men and a warning take by me
Never lead your single life astray or into bad company
As i myself have done, being all in the month of may
When i, as pressed by a sea captain, a privateer to trade
To the east indies we were bound to plunder the raging main
And it's many the brave and a galliant ship we sent to a watery grave
Ah, for freeport we did steer, our provisions to renew
When we did spy a bold man-of-war sailing three feet to our two
Oh, she fired across our bows, ``heave to and don't refuse
Surrender now unto my command or else your lives you'll lose''
And our decks they were sputtered with blood
And the cannons did loudly roar
And broadside and broadside a long time we lay
Till we could fight no more
And a thousand times i wished meself alone,
All alone with me polly on the shore
She's a tall and a slender girl with a dark and a-rolling eye
And here am i, a-bleeding on the deck
And for a sweet saint must die
Farewell, me family and me friends, likewise me polly too
I'd never have crossed the salt sea wide
If i'd have been ruled by you
And a thousand times i saw meself again,
All alone with me polly on the shore
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59. _ The Battle Of Evermore
The queen of light took her bow
And then she turned to go,
The prince of peace embraced the gloom
And walked the night alone.
Oooh dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The dark lord rides in force tonight
And time will tell us all.
Ohhh throw down your plow and hoe,
Rest not to lock your homes.
As side by side we wait the might
Of the darkest of them all.
Ohhh
I hear the horses thunder
Down in the valley below.
I'm waitin' for the angels of avalon,
Waitin' for the eastern glow.
The apples of the valley hold,
The seeds of happiness.
The ground is rich from tender care,
Repay, do not forget.
Ohhh no, no! dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The apples turn to brown and black,
The tyrant's face is red.
Oooh hohh now! war is the common cry,
Pick up your swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad
That mortals never know.
Ohhh. now.
Oh well, the night is long,
The beads of time pass slow.
Tired eyes on the sunrise,
Waitin' for the eastern glow.
The pain of war cannot exceed
The woe of aftermath.
The drums will shake the castle wall,
The ring wraiths ride in black. ride on.
Ohhh sing as you raise your bow, ride on.
Shoot straighter than before
No comfort has the fire that night
That lights the face so cold.
Ohhh dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The magic runes are writ in gold
To bring the balance back. bring it back.
At last the sun is shinin',
The clouds of blue roll by.
A-with flames from the dragon of darkness,
The sunlight blinds his eyes. eyes.
Ah-ah-oh. oooh-ooh-ooh.
Ahhh. oooh.
Bring it back. bring it back.
A-bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. bring it back.
Oh now, oh now, oh now ahh.
Oh now, oh now, oh now.
Bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. a-bring it back.
Whoah now, oh now, oh now ohh.
Whoah now, oh now, oh now.
Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring - ahhh.
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60. _ Too Much Of Nothing
Well, too much of nothing
Can make a man fell ill at ease
One man's temper might start to rise
And another man's might freeze
And there's a day of long confession
We cannot mock the soul
But when there's too much of nothing
No one has control.
Chorus
Say hello to valerie
Say hello to marian
Send them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion.
Well, too much of nothing
Can make a man abuse his king
Well, he can walk down streets and boast like most
But it don't mean a thing
It's all been done before
It's all been written in the book
But when there's too much of nothing
Nobody should look.
(chorus)
Well, too much of nothing
Can turn a man into a liar
It can cause some man to sleep on nails
And another one to eat fire
Well, everybody's doin' somethin'
I saw it in a dream
But when there's too much of nothing
It just makes a fellow mean.
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61. _ Million Dollar Bash
Well, that big dumb blonde with gorgeous george
And turtle, a friend of theirs, with his cheques all forged
And his cheeks in a chunk with a cheese in the cash
They're all gonna be there at that million dollar bash, and it's
Chorus
Ooh baby, ooh-ee
Ooh baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash
Everybody from right now go over there and back
The louder they come, well, the bigger they crack
Come now, sweet cream, and don't forget the flash
We're all gonna meet at that million dollar bash
(chorus)
Well, i took my counsellor out to the barn
Silly nelly was there, she told him a yarn
Then along came jones and emptied the trash
Everybody went down to that million dollar bash
(chorus)
Well, i been hittin' it too hard, you know, my stones won't take
I get up in the morning, bit too early to wake
First it's ``hello'' and ``goodbye'', and then push and then crash
But everybody's gonna make it to that million dollar bash
(chorus)
Well, i looked at my watch, then i looked at my wrists
Punched myself in my face with my fists
And i took my taters back a-home to be mashed
But then i made it right on to that million dollar bash
(chorus)
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62. _ No Man's Land
Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
It's no use to be free
If lies are all the truth they see
They'll screw up what you do
When you're through
Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
If you need a friend
And you need a way to loose the end
You know a place for you
When you're through
Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
It's no use to be free
If lies are all the truth they see
They'll screw up what you do
When you're through
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63. _ Pleasure & Pain
Chorus
Pleasure and pain is like profit and gain
Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose
Be kind to yourself when you're tired of yourself
Don't go mixing the reds along with the blues
The coach that i ride has a horseman who's tired
The reins to his hands they are tied
The one to alight, if he's lucky, he might
Learn to slow down and drift with the tide
(chorus)
It's ever so low when there's nowhere to go
And your spirit lies close to the ground
Take a long look behind, i'm sure you'll find
A friend there who'll help pull you round
(chorus)
You have to agree, it's not easy to see
A sheep underneath all that fleece
If you'll take my advice, stick with people you like
It's a big world, you're only one piece
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64. _ Bird On A Wire
Like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.
Like a baby, stillborn,
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
Oh like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
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65. _ By The Time It Gets Dark
Baby, every cloud has a silver lining
Baby every dog really has his day
And it matters to me to see you smiling
Why don't we blow all your cares away ?
Yesterday is gone and will be forgotten
And today is where every new day starts
Got to be free as the leaves in autumn
You may be sad but it never lasts.
And maybe, by the evening we'll be laughing
Just wait and see
All the changes there'll be
By the time it gets dark.
We could go walking out in the sunshine
Look at all the people out in the street
Hurrying away to a business luncheon
Waiting for a taxi for aching feet.
Light up your face, baby, let's get going
Want to see a change in those weary eyes
We'll have some fun, take a boat out rowing
Why on earth should life be so serious?
And maybe, by the evening we'll be laughing
Just wait and see
All the changes there'll be
By the time it gets dark.
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66. _ Dear Landlord
Dear landlord,
Please don't put a price on my soul.
My burden is heavy,
My dreams are beyond control.
When that steamboat whistle blows,
I'm gonna give you all i got to give,
And i do hope you receive it well,
Depending on the way you feel that you live.
Dear landlord,
Please heed these words that i speak.
I know you've suffered much,
But in this you are not so unique.
Each of us, at times, we might work too hard
To have it too fast and too much,
And anyone who fills his life up
With things he can see but he just cannot touch.
Dear landlord,
Please don't dismiss my case.
I'm not about to argue,
I'm not about to move to no other place.
Each of us, he has his own special gifts
And you know this was meant to be true,
And if you don't underestimate me,
I won't underestimate you.
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67. _ Tale In Hard Time
Take the sun from my heart
Let me learn to despise
I'll show you another who cannot tell lies
The blind man can't see
Who demands to his eyes
I'll show you another who sings as he cries
I cannot be whole
As the beggar who sighs
I'll show you another who knows as he dies
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68. _ Twisted
It's been raining for a long time and i can't seem to stand
She left about an hour ago and so did the band
I'm sitting at the bar, my face in the jar
And something tells me i'm twisted
Whoa ho, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me i'm twisted
People are looking hazy and people are looking dim
I'd go for help if i could find the way i came in
I feel in clover, it's time to keel over
Something tells me i'm twisted
Whoa ho, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me i'm twisted
Here's the one to lay you out with charlie in the trough
This one's got your name on it written in the froth
Draining the dregs, i'm running out of legs
And something tells me i'm twisted
Whoa ho, i'm sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me i'm twisted
Whoa ho, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me i'm twisted
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69. _ (cradle Song (balulalow)
O my deir hert, young jesus sweit, prepare thy creddil in my spreit, and i sall rock thee in my hert and never mair from thee depart.
But i sall praise thee evermore with sangis sweit unto thy gloir; the knees of my heart sall i bow, and sing that richt balulalow!
The knees of my heart sall i bow, and sing that richt balulalow
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70. _ Possibly Parsons Green
Don't say you caught me, if you don't need me
Then i'll walk away, come on make up your mind
Don't try to use me or cry to confuse me 'cause
I know your games and they're the same games as mine
Feels like a break-up, you're taking up time
Don't say you told her, *you* still you love her
Oh, that's where you've been, i hadn't seen all the signs
You swear you've changed then you tell me again
That it's you i can trust, for you must think that i'm blind
Why don't you wake up? you're taking up time
Stop all the schooling, just keep it cool and
Believe what i say though it may seem unkind
Too late for pleading, *i just want some peace*
And go find a new friend 'cause it's the end of the line
Why don't you wake up? you're taking up time
Don't say you caught me, if you don't need me
Then i'll walk away, come on make up your mind
Don't try to use me or cry to confuse me 'cause
I know your games and they're the same games as mine
Why don't you wake up? you're taking up time
Don't say you caught me, if you don't need me
Then i'll walk away, come on make up your mind
Don't try to use me or cry to confuse me 'cause
I know your games and they're the same games as mine
Why don't you wake up? you're taking up time
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71. _ The Boatman (fh
How often haunting the highest hilltop
I scan the ocean, a sail to see
Will it come tonight, love, will it come tomorrow
Or ever come, love, to comfort me
(chorus "the boatman" in gaelic):
O fare thee well, love, where'er thou be
They call thee fickle, they call thee false one
And seek to change me but all in vain
Thou art my dream yet throughout the dark night
And every moment i watch the main
There's not a hamlet, too well i know it,
Where you go wandering or stay awhile
But all its old folk you win with talking
And charm its maidens with song and smile
Doth thou remember the promise made me,
A token plead, a silken gown
That ring of gold with your hair and portrait
That gown and ring i will never own
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72. _ The Sea
Do i ever wonder? you don't know.
You'll never follow, and i'll never show.
D'you see the water and watch it flow
And float an empty shell,
And you think that i'm hiding from the island.
You've a fault in your senses. can you feel it now?
Time? what is that? i've no time to care.
I've lived for a long while nearly everywhere.
You will be taken, everyone, you ladies and you gentlemen.
Fall and listen with your ears upon the paving stone.
Is that what you hear? the coming of the sea?
Sea flows under your doors in london town.
And all your defences are all broken down.
You laugh at me on funny days, but mine's the slight of hand.
Don't you know i am a joker, a deceiver?
And i'm waiting for the land.
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73. _ Green Grow The Laurels
Chorus:
Green grow the laurels, soft as the dew
Sad i was, darling, on parting from you
Perhaps in the future our love will renew
We'll love one another and promise to be true
I wrote my love a letter and he wrote me mine
I wrote my love a letter, he wrote me mine,
Said: keep your love letter and i will keep mine,
You write to your love and i'll write to mine.
I passed my love's window both night time and day,
I passed my love's window both night time and day.
And the looks that he gave me a thousand would slay,
And the looks that he gave me a thousand would slay.
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74. _ I'm Leaving (america)
It's true i often thought of leaving
But it's you
I never stopped believing
When i was down
Your arms were open to me
When the cost of loving was free
You were much to sure to re-arrange
My love for you hasn't changed
But you have.
Chorus
I'm leaving
I'm leaving
Goodbye
The ones you tried to keep inside
Are on the streets
You tried to hide
With walls you built
So strong and tall
No one thought
That they could fall
But the lies you put
Between the cracks
To hold us down
And keep us back
Have fallen through.
(chorus)
You asked
Will i
Come back to you
I just can't see that
Coming true
Like sea-birds
On a high spring tide
Whose paths can't run
Side by side
I couldn't take it
Anymore
And like a sea-bird
On a winter's shore
I'm leaving.
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75. _ Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, i will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But i will still be here, i have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
And i am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?
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76. _ It Ain't Me Babe
Go 'way from my window,
Leave at your own chosen speed.
I'm not the one you want, babe,
I'm not the one you need.
You say you're lookin' for someone
Never weak but always strong,
To protect you an' defend you
Whether you are right or wrong,
Someone to open each and every door,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.
Go lightly from the ledge, babe,
Go lightly on the ground.
I'm not the one you want, babe,
I will only let you down.
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who will promise never to part,
Someone to close his eyes for you,
Someone to close his heart,
Someone who will die for you an' more,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.
Go melt back into the night, babe,
Everything inside is made of stone.
There's nothing in here moving
An' anyway i'm not alone.
You say you're looking for someone
Who'll pick you up each time you fall,
To gather flowers constantly
An' to come each time you call,
A lover for your life an' nothing more,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe
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77. _ The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
Well, the angels came to see me today
Said ``we've taken your racehorse away''
And i believe it was that bookmaker from crail
I believe that he put one in her pail
Oh, the finest in the field
Only measured to her shoulders they only ever see her heels
And i believe (i believe) every sporting man will cry
I believe (i believe) to see his income pass him by
She won the lanark silver bell
And she stole every heart away
She stood her stand at sixteen hands
And i'd ride her easy
But they've taken, they've taken, my racehorse away
There's a racecourse in the sky
And that's where all the racing horses must go by and by
And i believe (i believe) every steward, lord and groom
I believe (i believe) that they're calling her home
She would look me in the eye
And that was all she had to say
She stood her stand at sixteen hands
And i'd ride her easy
But they've taken, taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
Taken my racehorse away
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78. _ Cold Feet
I know you're the wayward kind
The way you always drag behind
Show me a horse and i'll feed it hay
Show me the cart and i'll throw it away
Prettiest face i've ever seen
It looked like something in a magazine
To a blind man it's plain to see
That i need you and you need me
I've got cold feet, it's a-crazy chasin'
When things get serious, time is a-wastin'
I'd cross my fingers but they don't seem to meet
There's no need to tell me that i've got cold feet, a-ha-ha
Took me home to tell your dad
That you were the best girl i've ever had
I stayed for dinner, i couldn't refuse
I spilt the tea and i ate the news
Ah, you must think you're really neat
Got me tied down to my seat
I can't move, it's hard to think
With cramp in my eyelids and i can't blink
Well, i've got cold feet, it's a-crazy chasin'
Things get serious, time is a-wastin'
I cross my fingers but they don't seem to meet
There's no need to tell me that i've got cold feet, a-ha-ha
A-ha-ha
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79. _ Man Of Iron
Where are you riding to sir knight
Alone and armed for war?
If not to fight for right sir knight
Then what are weapons for?
Why d'you hide your face sir knight
Within a face of iron?
The more you shield your eyes from light
The more you'll make them blind.
Turn your horse for home sir knight
Your hawk and hounds are waiting.
Your lady does not sleep at night
She fears the hand of fate tonight.
Turn your face towards the sun
And listen to the minutes run
Oh can't you feel the warning breeze
And hear the whisper in the trees?
Look behind you, man of iron
And your children call and do
Not find you and a wall of silent
Laughter scornes the chorus of their cries.
Was this the end you chose, sir knight
Was this why you were born so bright?
The wolves will chew your bones tonight
It is your brother's hand you hold so tight.
Your brother's blood, your brother's life,
Your brother's love, your brother's knife
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80. _ A Sailor's Life
A sailor's life, it is a merry life.
He robs young girls of their hearts' delight,
Leaving them behind to weep and mourn,
They never know when they will return.
Well, there's four and twenty all in a row
My true love he makes the finest show.
He's proper tall, genteel and all,
And if i don't have him, i'll have none at all.
Oh father, build for me a bonny boat,
That on the wide ocean i may float
And every queen's ship that we pass by,
There i'll enquire for my sailor boy
They had not sailed long on the deep
When a queen's ship they chanced to meet.
``you sailors all, pray tell me true,
Does my sweet william sail among your crew?''
``oh no, fair maiden, he is not here
For he's been drownded we greatly fear
On yon green island as we passed it by,
There we lost sight of your sailor boy.''
Well, she wrung her hands and she tore her hair.
She was like a young girl in great despair.
And her little boat against a rock did run.
''how can i live now my sweet william is gone?''
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81. _ Down Where The Drunkards Roll
See the boys out walking,
The boys look so fine,
Dressed up in green velvet
Their silver buckles shine.
Soon they'll be bleary eyed
Under a keg of wine.
Down where the drunkards roll,
Down where the drunkards roll.
See that lover standing
Staring at the ground,
He's looking for the real thing,
Lies were all he found.
You can get the real thing
It will only cost a pound.
Down where the drunkards roll,
Down where the drunkards roll.
There goes a troubled woman
She dreams a troubled dream,
She lives out on the highway,
She keeps her money clean.
Soon she'll be returning
To the place where she's queen.
Down where the drunkards roll,
Down where the drunkards roll.
You can be a gambler
Who never drew a hand,
You can be a sailor
Who never left dry land,
You can be lord jesus,
All the world will understand.
Down where the drunkards roll,
Down where the drunkards roll.
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82. _ Fotheringay
How often she has gazed from castle windows o'er,
And watched the daylight passing within her captive wall,
With no-one to heed her call.
The evening hour is fading within the dwindling sun,
And in a lonely moment those embers will be gone
And the last of all the young birds flown.
Her days of precious freedom, forfeited long before,
To live such fruitless years behind a guarded door,
But those days will last no more.
Tomorrow at this hour she will be far away,
Much farther than these islands,
Or the lonely fotheringay
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83. _ If You Saw Thro' My Eyes
Lord above us hear my song
Tell me if i'm doing wrong
I'm just a man and not like you
If you saw thro' my eyes what would you do.
A simple life that's what i feel
To want to sing it's not unreal
So lord in heaven let me know
If you saw thro' my eyes where would you go.
I take the blame for where i've been
On all the ones i've had to lean
And now i've shared it all with you
If you saw thro' my eyes what would you do.
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84. _ Knockin' On Heavens Door
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
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85. _ Ringing Down The Years
We met when you were still a girl
In nineteen sixty eight
You wore a white dress and a hat
I touched the hand of fate
Your sweet voice took my breath away
Your smile lit up your face
You still had both feet on the ground
I was out in space
That certain sadness in your eyes
The secret of your smile
I've carried all these memories
Down many's the weary mile
And every time i hear your name
My eyes moist up with tears
As every word you ever sang
Comes ringing down the years.
We sat and talked the whole night long
Of all our rights and wrongs
Of mutual acquaintances
We sang each other's song
You were with me when the morning broke
The birds refused to sing
They knew when they were beaten
They hid beneath their wings.
I was in a cleveland hotel room
When they telephoned the news
I drowned my sorrow all night long
The southern comfort blues
The show went on to great applause
Choking back the tears
As every word you ever sang
Came ringing down the years.
I reached out for the hourglass
To turn it face about
But who knows where the time goes
When your time is running out
I know someday we'll meet again
And i know just what i'll find
You'll have taught the angels how to sing
Georgia - georgia on my mind.
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86. _ Some Sweet Day
Some sweet day, some sweet day
I'm gonna hold you like i want to
I'm gonna kiss you like i want to
I'm gonna love you like i need to
Some sweet day
Some sweet day you will say
That you have started dreaming of me
That you love no one else above me,
I'll find a way to make you love me,
Some sweet day
I hope it won't be long
Till i can take you and make you my very own
Cause can't you see i get so tired
Of wishing and dreaming alone
Some sweet day, some sweet day
You'll get that twinkle in your eye, love
You're gonna look at me and sigh, love
And then you tell me that you're my love
Some sweet day
(repeat last verse)
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87. _ Reno, Nevada
It's a long long way down to reno nevada
It's a long long way to your home
And the change in your pocket it's beginning to crumble
And you reap just about what you sow
You can walk down the street
Pass your face in a window
You can go on foolin' around
You can work night and day take a chance on promotion
You can fall through a hole in the ground
Well there ain't no game like the game that you're playing
When you've got a little something to lose
And there ain't no time like the time that you're wasting
And you waste just about what you choose
There's a man at the table and you know he's been able
To return all the odds that you lay
And you can't feed your hunger
And you ain't getting younger
And your tongue it's got nothing to say
It's a long long way down to reno nevada
It's a long long way to your home
And the ground underneath you it's beginning to crumble
And the sky up above you has grown
There's a time to be grievin' and a time to be screamin'
And a time just to scroll on the wall
And you ain't got the double
And it ain't worth the trouble
You're feeling you're going nowhere at all
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88. _ Throwaway Street Puzzle
Come on now mister, step right inside and see the show
You'll like it mister, it cures you if you're feeling low
We'll take care of you, especially if you've got the dough
They'll move you mister, just like a hurricane moves a tree
See here now mister, just look at what they've done for me
You're gonna like it, they'll take you where you want to be
All right now mister, come in and join the other guys
Just one thing mister, don't try to touch the merchandise
Or get too friendly, you know that wouldn't be too wise
Come on now mister, step right inside and see the show
You'll like it mister, it cures you if you're feeling low
We'll take care of you, especially if you've got the dough
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89. _ Dawn
Morning shone among the shadows,
Sunlight bled upon the silence,
From the blackest night
Must come the morning sky.
But yesterday was such a long time,
Yesterday may last forever,
From the barren land
Yesterday might always rise.
Sleep, will we ever sleep.
Oh to sleep in peace once again,
My love.
Tears are falling in the darkness,
Hearts are bleeding in the silence.
From the widest ocean
Who would miss the smallest tear.
Then might always be a bad time,
Then might last forever.
But these stormy clouds
We may see them all disappear.
Hope has she really gone,
Will she ever come back again,
My love.
Sleep, will we ever sleep.
Oh to sleep in peace once again,
My love.
Hope has she really gone,
Will she ever come back again,
My love.
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90. _ In Memory (tender Years)
I hear the sighing of the wind
Like a murmur of regret
And as i close my eyes
I see a face i will never forget
I see you running with the dawn
But that was many years ago
When you had seen the tender years
The only years you were to know
I knew a time when you and i
Ran through trees of green and gold
And gazed at clouds of feather grey
I never dreamt we would ever grow old.
But time has passed, my mind will dim
The hands will turn away my days
But you remain a timeless smile
Who'd just begun life's tangled ways.
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91. _ Night-time Girl
Night-time girl rocking in a chair,
Whiles her time away combing up her yellow hair.
Night-time girl rocking in a chair,
Looking in the mirror with a wide eyed stare.
Night-time girl, when she's eager for the city,
Dresses for the ball and she looks so young and pretty.
Night-time girl, when she's eager for the city,
Dresses for the ball and she looks so young and pretty.
Chorus
Night-time girl, there's a place they want to put ouy.
Night-time girl, they say you're insane.
Night-time girl, they tell me you're crazy,
Isn't that a crying shame.
Night-time girl, maybe all these changes
Are stages of what i'm hoping.
Hard luck girl, your peace of mind
Must seem a long time coming.
Chorus
Night-time girl rocking in a chair,
Whiles her time away combing up her yellow hair.
Night-time girl rocking in a chair,
Looking in the mirror with a wide eyed stare.
Chorus
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92. _ Percy's Song
Bad news, bad news, come to me where i sleep
Turn, turn, turn again
Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
Turn, turn, turn again
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
Oh, what's the charge of how this came to be?
Turn, turn, turn again
Manslaughter in the highest degree
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
I sat down and wrote the best words i could write
Turn, turn, turn again
Explaining to the judge i'd be there on wednesday night
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
Without a reply, i left by the moon
Turn, turn, turn again
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
Would you tell me the facts, i said without fear
Turn, turn, turn again
That a friend of mine could get ninety-nine years
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
A crash on the highway, flew the car to a field
Turn, turn, turn again
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
But i knew him as good as i'm knowing myself
Turn, turn, turn again
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
The judge he spoke out of the side of his mouth
Turn, turn, turn again
Saying ``the witness who saw, he left without doubt''
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
That may be true, he's got a sentence to serve
Turn, turn, turn again
But ninety-nine years he just don't deserve
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
Too late, too late, for his case it is sealed
Turn, turn, turn again
His sentence it is passed and cannot be repealed
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none
Turn, turn, turn again
What happened to him could happen to anyone
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
At that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
Turn, turn, turn again
Saying, ``could you kindly leave my office now please?''
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
His eyes looked funny and i stood up so slow
Turn, turn, turn again
With no other choice except for to go
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
I walked down the hallway and i heard his door slam
Turn, turn, turn again
I walked down the courthouse stairs and did not understand
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
And i played my guitar through the night to the day
Turn, turn, turn again
And the only tune my guitar could play
Was ``the old cruel rain and the wind''
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93. _ Blues Run The Game
Lyrics (sandy denny version)
Catch a boat to england baby
Maybe to spain
Whereever i have gone
Whereever i've been and gone
Whereever i have gone
The blues are all the same
Send out for whisky baby
Send out for gin
Me and room service honey
Me and room service babe
Me and room service
We're living a life of sin
When i'm not drinking baby
You're on my mind
When i'm not sleeping honey
When i'm not sleeping honey
When i'm not sleeping
Well you know you find me crying
Maybe tomorrow baby
Some place down the line
I'll wake up older
So much older honey
I'll wake up older
And i'll just stop all my trying
Living is a gamble baby
Loving's much the same
Whereever i have gone
Whereever i've been and gone
Whereever i have gone
The blues have run the game
(repeat first verse)
Lyrics (jackson c. frank version)
Catch a boat to england baby
Maybe to spain
Whereever i have gone
Whereever i've been and gone
Whereever i have gone
The blues are all the same
Send out for whisky baby
Send out for gin
Me and room service honey
Me and room service babe
Me and room service, well
We're living a life of sin
When i'm not drinking baby
You are on my mind
When i'm not sleeping honey
When i ain't sleeping mama
When i'm not sleeping
You know you find me crying
Try another city baby
Another town
Whereever i have gone
Whereever i've been and gone
Whereever i have gone
The blues come following down
Living is a gamble baby
Loving's much the same
Whereever i have played
Whenever i've thrown them dice
Whereever i have played
The blues have run the game
Maybe tomorrow honey
Some place down the line
I'll wake up older
So much older mama
I'll wake up older
And i'll just stop all my trying
(repeat first verse)
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94. _ Rigs Of The Time
It's of an old butcher, i must bring him in.
Charges four pence a pound, and thinks it no sin.
Puts his thumb on the scale which makes it go down,
And swears it's good weight yet it lacks half a pound.
All sing...
Chorus:
Honesty 's all out of fashion
These are the rigs of the time
Time, me boys,
These are the rigs of the time
Now it's next to the baker, i must bring him in.
Charges tuppence a loaf and he thinks it no sin.
When he do bring it in, is not bigger than your fist,
And the top of the loaf is all covered in yeast
All sing...
(chorus)
Now it's next to the landlord, well i must bring him in.
Charges tuppence a pint and he thinks it no sin.
When he do bring it in, now the measure it is short
And the top of the pot it is all covered in froth.
All sing...
(chorus)
Now the best of all plans that comes to me mind
Is to set them all off in a high gale of wind
And when they go up, oh, the cloud it will burst
And the biggest old rascal come tumbling down first
Singing...
(chorus)
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95. _ Blow Away
One of the band told me last night,
That music is all that he's got in his life.
So where does it go?
Surely not with his soul.
Will all of his licks and his r & b blow away-
Blow away, blow away.
Our engineer had a different idea.
From people who nearly died, but survived,
Feeling no fear, of leaving their bodies here,
And went to a room that was soon full of visitors-
Chorus
Hello minnie, moony, vicious, vicious, buddy holly, sandy denny,
Please don't thump me, don't bump me, don't dump me back there.
Please don't thump me, don't bump me, i want to stay here.
Put out the light, then put out the light-
Vibes in the sky invite you to dine,
Dust to dust, blow to blow,
Bolan and moony are heading the show tonight.
Chorus
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96. _ Crazy Man Michael
Within the fire and out upon the sea,
Crazy man michael was walking.
He met with a raven with eyes black as coals,
And shortly they were a-talking
``your future, your future, i would tell to you.
Your future, you often have asked me.
Your true love will die by your own right hand.
And crazy man michael will cursed be.''
Michael he ranted and michael he raved,
And beat at the four winds with his fists-o.
He laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore,
For his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss-o.
``you speak with an evil, you speak with a hate,
You speak for the devil that haunts me
For is she not the fairest in all the broad land,
Your sorcerer's words are to taunt me.''
He took out his dagger of fire and of steel,
And struck down the raven through the heart-o.
The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin,
And the cold earth did wonder and start-o.
``oh, where is the raven that i struck down dead,
That here'd lie on the ground-o?
I see but my true love with a wound so red,
Where her lover's heart it did pound-o.''
Crazy man michael, he wanders and walks,
And talks to the night and the day-o.
But his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clear
And he longs to be far away-o.
Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes,
And asks of the wild woods their pardon.
For his true love is flown into every flower grown,
And he must be keeper of the garden.
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97. _ Farewell, Farewell
Farewell, farewell to you who'd hear
You lonely travellers all.
The cold north winds will blow again
The winding road does call.
And you will never return to see your
Bruised and beaten sons?
Oh, i would, i would if welcome i were
For they loathe me ev'ryone.
And will you never cut the cloth
Or drink the light to be?
And can you never swear a year
To anyone but me?
No i will never cut the cloth
Or drink the light to be,
But i'll swear a year to one who lies
Asleep alongside of me.
(repeat first verse)
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98. _ Reynard The Fox
Ye gentlemen of high renown, come listen unto me
That takes delight in fox hunting by every degree
A story i will tell to you, concerning of a fox
Near royston woods and mountains high and over stony rocks
Bold reynard, being in his hole and hearing of these hounds
Which made him for to prick up his ears and tread upon the ground
``methinks me hears some jubal hounds a-pressing upon the life
Before that they should come to me, i'll tread upon the ground''
We hunted for four hours or more through parishes sixteen
We hunted for four hours or more and came by parkworth green
``oh, if you'll only spare my life, i promise and fulfil
To touch no more your feathered fowl or lambs on yonder hill''
Bold reynard, spent and out of breath and treading on this ground
Thinking he must give up his life before these jubal hounds
``so here's adieu to ducks and geese, likewise to lambs also''
They've got poor reynard by the slabs and will not let them go
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99. _ Suzanne
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from china
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
And jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said ``all men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them''
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.
Now suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From salvation army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.
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100. _ Genesis Hall
My father he rides with your sheriffs;
And i know he would never mean harm,
But to see both sides of a quarrel
Is to judge without haste or alarm
Chorus
Oh, oh, helpless and slow,
And you don't have anywhere to go
You take away homes from the homeless
And leave them to die in the cold
The gypsy who begged for your presents
He will laugh in your face when you're old
(chorus)
Well, one man he drinks up his whiskey
Another he drinks up his wine
And they'll drink till their eyes are red with hate
For those of a different kind
(chorus)
When the rivers run quicker than trouble
I'll be there at your side in the flood
It was all i could do to keep myself
From taking revenge on your blood
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101. _ Georgia On My Mind
Georgia, georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song keeps georgia on my mind
Georgia, oh georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clean as moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams i see
The roads leads back to you
Georgia, oh georgia, no peace i find
Just an old sweet song keeps georgia on my mind
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102. _ The King And Queen Of England
Bring back the king to his throne,
And the smile may return to the queen.
How can she rule on her own,
When the glory of what might have been is all she feels?
The fire still burns in the hearth,
The music still plays for her pleasure.
But the air is as cold as the death,
And the soft melodies only measure her bittersweet tears.
Every note of each song brings a vision
Of love and of pain back to me,
Like a captive i've locked in a prison
And whose liberty rests upon me.
But i can't find the key.
You may never be free.
The servants still hang on his every word,
But his youthfulness passes him by.
The king only watches the seasons
And they watching him see his sparkling eye
Holds no diamond any more.
In the folds which begin every ending,
I wish i forever could lie.
But the cloth i wear is not for mending,
For what tailor could stitch up the torn blue sky?
So the battle is done.
Nobody won.
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103. _ Restless
Born between a river and a railroad,
Restlessness has ruled me since i can't remember when.
There's something in the wind seems to call me like a friend,
So i guess that i'll be on my way, on my way again.
There are dreams that i have carried all my lifetime,
And the dreams have made me a stranger in the eyes of many a man.
For i do not count the time and my reasons do not rhyme,
And down the line and on my way, on my way again.
Rolling along like a shipwrecked sailor
Who never finds a home.
Broken lines and signs of failure
Rub me to the bone.
Well i'm weary of the company of strangers,
I'm weary of the city with its heart of hollow stone.
Something in the wind seems to call me like a friend,
So i guess that i'll be on my way, on my way again.
There's something in the wind seems to call me like a friend,
So i guess that i'll be on my way, on my way again.
Yes i guess that i'll be on my way, on my way again...
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104. _ Bold Jack Donahue
Come all you gallant bushrangers who gallop o'er the plains
Refuse to live in slavery, or wear the convict chains.
Attention pay to what i say, and value if i do
For i will relate the matchless tale of bold jack donahue.
Come all you sons of liberty and everyone besides
I'll sing to you a story that will fill you with surprise
Concerning of a bold bushranger, jack donahue was his name
And he scorned to humble to the crown, bound down with iron chain.
Now donahue was taken all for a notorious crime
And sentenced to be hanged upon the gallows tree so high
But when they took him to bathurst gaol, he left them in a stew
For when they came to call the roll, they missed jack donahue.
Now when donahue made his escape, to the bush he went straight way.
The squatters they were all afraid to travel by night and by day
And every day in the newspapers, they brought out something new,
Concerning that bold bushranger they called jack donahue.
Now one day as he was riding the mountainside alone
Not thinking that the pains of death would overtake him soon.
When all he spied the horse police well on they came up into view
And in double quick time they did advance to take jack donahue.
``oh donahue, donahue, throw down your carbine.
Or do you intend to fight us all and will you not resign?''
``surrender to such cowardly dogs is a thing that i never would do,
For this day i'll fight with all my might'', cried bold jack donahue.
Now the sergeant and the corporal, their men they did divide
Some fired at him from behind and some from every side.
The sergeant and the corporal, they both fired at him, too.
And a rifle bullet pierced the heart of bold jack donahue.
Now nine rounds he fired and nine men down before that fated ball
Which pierced his heart and made him smart and caused him for to fall
And as he closed his mournful eyes, he bid the world adieu,
Saying ``convicts all, pray for the soul of bold jack donahue.''
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