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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.

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.

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.

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.

(repeat last verse)

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.

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.

(repeat first verse)

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.

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?

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''

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.''

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.

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.

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
Discoth

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?

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

Chorus
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

Chorus

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.

Chorus

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

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

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

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

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

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.''

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

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

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.)

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.

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.

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.''

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

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

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.

(chorus)

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

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.

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.

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.

(chorus)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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)

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)

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.

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

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.

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

(2x chorus)

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.''