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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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

(chorus)

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.

(chorus)

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

(repeat last verse)

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

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.

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.

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.''

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

(repeat first verse)

``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.''

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)

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, 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)

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

(chorus)

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.

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

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.

(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.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.''