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Oh, the summer's in its prime
And the leaves are sweetly blooming,
And the wild mountain thyme
All the mountains is perfuming
Will you go lassie go?

Chorus
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather,
Will you go lassie go?
I will build my love a bower
By yon clear crystal fountain.
And on it i will pile
All the flowers of the mountain.
Will you go lassie go?

(chorus)

If my true love he won't go,
I will surely find no other
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather.
Will you go lassie go?

(chorus)

My friend i know you've suffered,
Although you are still young.
Why was it you who'd not take help
From anyone?

Oh it's true, it's very true, he said,
Some hard times i have known,
But i have always overcome them
On my own.

Oh the pearls that you hold in your hand
They are beautiful to see,
But you show them not to anyone,
Not even me.

For you are like the others, he said.
I never can be sure
That you wish just to see the pearls
And nothing more.

Why can you not see reason?
Our lives they are not long.
Why can you take no time
To tell us all we're wrong?

My tune it does not change, he said,
And neither does your song,
And words i use them rarely
When i'm all alone.

Travelin' down that coaltown road,
Listen to my rubber tires whine;
Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore,
I'm leavin' you behind.
I've been a coal miner all my life
Layin' down track in the hole,
Got a back like an ironwood bent by the wind
Blood veins as black as the coal.

Somebody said "that's a strange tattoo
You have on the side of your head."
I said "that's a mark of number nine coal
A little more and i'd be dead"
But i love the rumble and i love the dark
I love the cool of the slate.
But it's travelin' down this new road lookin' for a job
It's the travelin' and lookin' i hate.

I've stood for the union, i walked in the line,
I fought against the company;
I stood for the u. m. w. of a.
Now who's gonna stand for me?
Cause i got no job, i got no pay,
I just got a worried soul;
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the number nine coal.

Someday when i'm dead and gone
To heaven, the land of my dreams,
I won't have to worry on losin' my job
To bad times 'n big machines.
But i got no job and i got no pay,
I just got a worried soul;
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by that number nine coal,
Left by that number nine coal.

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.

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.

Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Will you let me control the handles,
You know it's the best thing i've ever seen

Well mr lacey, where'd you learn just what to do?
Well mr lacey, where'd you learn just what to do?
Can you fix me up now with a teacher,
I wanna become an inventor too

Why mr lacey, why d'you do the things you do?
Why mr lacey, why d'you do the things you do?
It's true no one here understands now
But maybe someday they'll catch up with you

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)

Four-and-twenty highland men
Come from the carron side
To carry away eppy moray for
She would not be a bride, a bride,
She would not be a bride.

Then out it came her mither for
It was a moonlit night,
She couldn't see her daughter for
The moon it shone so bright, so bright
The moon it shone so bright.

Hold away from me, mither,
Hold away from me!
There's not a man in all strathdon
Should married be with me, with me,
Should married be with me.

They've taken eppy moray,
And a horse they've bound her on,
And they had rid to the minister's house
As fast as horse could run, could run,
As fast as horse could run.

[ then willie he's taken his pistol out
And set it to the minister's breast,
O marry me, marry me, minister,
Or else i'll be your priest, your priest
Or else i'll be your priest.

Hold away from me, willie,
Hold away from me,
I not avow to marry you
Except she's willing as thee, as thee,
Except she's willing as thee.

They've taken eppy moray then,
She'd better could not be,
And they have rid over carron side
As fast as horse could flee, could flee,
As fast as horse could flee.

Then mass was sung and bells were rung
And they're away to bed,
And willie and eppy moray,
In ane bed they were laid, were laid
In ane bed they were laid. ]

He's taken the sack from off his back
And kicked away his shoes,
And thrown away the chamber key,
And naked he's lay down, lay down
And naked he's lay down.

Hold away from me, willie,
Hold away from me,
Before i lose my maidenhead
I'll try my strength with thee, with thee.
I'll try my strength with thee.

He's kissed her on the lily breast
And held her shoulders twa
But aye she grat and aye she spat
And turned to the wall, the wall,
And turned to the wall.

All through the night they wrestled there
Until the light of day,
And willie grat and willie swat
But he could not stretch her spey, her spey
He could not stretch her spey.

Weary fa' you, willie, then,
For you could not prove a man,
For if you gained her maidenheid,
She would have held your hand, your hand,
She would have held your hand.

Go away from me, lady,
Go away from me!
There's not a man in all strathdon
Shall married be with me, with me,
Shall married be with me.

Go fetch me a horse,
And fetch it like a man,
And send me back to my mither
A maiden as i came, i came
A maiden as i came.

All under the leaves and the leaves of life
I met with virgins seven
And one of them was mary mild,
Our lord's best mother in heaven.

``oh what are you seeking, my seven pretty maids,
All under the leaves of life?''
``we are seeking for no leaves, thomas,
But for a friend of thine.''

``go down, go down into yonder town
And sit in the gallery
And there you'll see sweet jesus christ,
Nailed to a big yew tree.''

So down they went into yonder town
And sat in the gallery
And there they saw sweet jesus christ,
Nailed to a big yew tree.

Yes down they went into yonder town
As fast as foot could follow
And many a sad and a lonely tear
From them virgin's eyes did fall.

One evening as i rambled
Among the leaves so green,
I overheard a young woman
Converse with reynardine.

Her hair was black, her eyes were blue,
Her lips as red as wine,
And he smiled to gaze upon her,
Did that sly, bold reynardine.

She said, ``kind sir, be civil,
My company forsake,
For in my own opinion
I fear you are some rake.''

``oh no,'' he said, ``no rake am i,
Brought up in venus' train,
But i'm seeking for concealment
All along the lonesome plain.''

``your beauty so enticed me,
I could not pass it by,
So it's with my gun i'll guard you
All on the mountains high.''

``and if by chance you should look for me,
Perhaps you'll not me find,
For i'll be in my castle,
Inquire for reynardine.''

Sun and dark she followed him,
His teeth did brightly shine,
And he led her up a-the mountains,
Did that sly, bold reynardine.

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

Rain comes from the east one night
We watch it come
To hang like beaded curtains till the morning sun
Water dripping from our clothes
You, with raindrops on your nose,
Ask me sadly, "please don't go away, no"
"till the rain is done," i say, "i'll stay now"

Rain outside but inside we don't mind at all
Shadows by the fire
Slowly climb and fall
Kisses fade and leave no trace
Whispers vanish into space
None will send me on a chase to nowhere
What matters if i were the first to go there?

Morning comes up from the east
We watch it come
And far away now rolls the angry rain god's drum
You, with daybreak in your eyes
Afraid to speak for telling lies
I watch you search for some reply to lend me
But when the rain is done we'll stop pretending

May god bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb up every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see its light surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
And may you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
And may you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
Stay forever young.

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

Silver tongues are speaking long and hard into the night,
I must be myself and i'll do alright.
Oh please my darling do not make me sad,
Late at night nobody really wants to feel that bad.

The rain it beats impatiently upon the window pane,
I must close my ears or i'll go insane.
Can't you be a gentle breeze or silent as a snowfall,
Won't you try and listen for the voice behind the wall.

It cries to you.

Even though it only ever whispers part of what it knows,
And it's never ventured through the locks,
Where the brazen river flows.
It's the fingerprint which is never made.
It's the perfume of a rose.

And it is there if you are searching,
But the moment must be right,
As the night is black, as the day is white.
Please my friend help to make me glad,
Help me find the one and only thing i've never had.

What is true?

Even though it only ever whispers part of what it knows,
And it's never ventured through the locks,
Where the brazen river flows.
It's the fingerprint which is never made.
It's the perfume of a rose.

Chorus
Just a roll, just a roll,
Just a roll on your drum.
Just a roll, just a roll,
And the war has begun.
Now the right thing's the wrong thing,
No more excuses to come.
Just one step at a time
And the war has begun.

(chorus)

She's run away, she's run away,
And she ran so bitterly.
Now, call to your colours, friend,
Don't you call to me.

(chorus)

Don't you cry, don't you cry,
Don't you cry upon the sea.
Don't you cry, don't you cry
For your lady and me.

(chorus)

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

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

Baby that preacher gave you spring
In the window with his finger in the undertaker's wing

Chorus
Oh, cajun woman
Some people still call you a queen
I don't believe you're sinking
Look at all the trouble you've been
He grew up in the bayou with a bible around his neck
He never loved a woman in the way you would expect

(chorus)

Don't tell him about his father, don't tell him about his name
The gods won't get to heaven till they'll crucify his brain

(chorus)

Well, it's welcome to the graveyard and welcome to the throne
Welcome to the orphanage where your family sit and moan
Welcome to the liquor stand and welcome to the poor
Your mama never told you how lucky you are

(chorus)

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.''

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.

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.

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.

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.''

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.

The queen of light took her bow
And then she turned to go,
The prince of peace embraced the gloom
And walked the night alone.
Oooh dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The dark lord rides in force tonight
And time will tell us all.
Ohhh throw down your plow and hoe,
Rest not to lock your homes.
As side by side we wait the might
Of the darkest of them all.
Ohhh

I hear the horses thunder
Down in the valley below.
I'm waitin' for the angels of avalon,
Waitin' for the eastern glow.

The apples of the valley hold,
The seeds of happiness.
The ground is rich from tender care,
Repay, do not forget.
Ohhh no, no! dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The apples turn to brown and black,
The tyrant's face is red.
Oooh hohh now! war is the common cry,
Pick up your swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad
That mortals never know.
Ohhh. now.

Oh well, the night is long,
The beads of time pass slow.
Tired eyes on the sunrise,
Waitin' for the eastern glow.

The pain of war cannot exceed
The woe of aftermath.
The drums will shake the castle wall,
The ring wraiths ride in black. ride on.
Ohhh sing as you raise your bow, ride on.
Shoot straighter than before
No comfort has the fire that night
That lights the face so cold.
Ohhh dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The magic runes are writ in gold
To bring the balance back. bring it back.

At last the sun is shinin',
The clouds of blue roll by.
A-with flames from the dragon of darkness,
The sunlight blinds his eyes. eyes.

Ah-ah-oh. oooh-ooh-ooh.
Ahhh. oooh.

Bring it back. bring it back.
A-bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. bring it back.

Oh now, oh now, oh now ahh.
Oh now, oh now, oh now.
Bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. a-bring it back.

Whoah now, oh now, oh now ohh.
Whoah now, oh now, oh now.
Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring - ahhh.

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

``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.''

Baby, every cloud has a silver lining
Baby every dog really has his day
And it matters to me to see you smiling
Why don't we blow all your cares away ?

Yesterday is gone and will be forgotten
And today is where every new day starts
Got to be free as the leaves in autumn
You may be sad but it never lasts.

And maybe, by the evening we'll be laughing
Just wait and see
All the changes there'll be
By the time it gets dark.

We could go walking out in the sunshine
Look at all the people out in the street
Hurrying away to a business luncheon
Waiting for a taxi for aching feet.

Light up your face, baby, let's get going
Want to see a change in those weary eyes
We'll have some fun, take a boat out rowing
Why on earth should life be so serious?

And maybe, by the evening we'll be laughing
Just wait and see
All the changes there'll be
By the time it gets dark.

Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
It's no use to be free
If lies are all the truth they see
They'll screw up what you do
When you're through

Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
If you need a friend
And you need a way to loose the end
You know a place for you
When you're through

Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
It's no use to be free
If lies are all the truth they see
They'll screw up what you do
When you're through

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)

How often haunting the highest hilltop
I scan the ocean, a sail to see
Will it come tonight, love, will it come tomorrow
Or ever come, love, to comfort me

(chorus "the boatman" in gaelic):
O fare thee well, love, where'er thou be

They call thee fickle, they call thee false one
And seek to change me but all in vain
Thou art my dream yet throughout the dark night
And every moment i watch the main

There's not a hamlet, too well i know it,
Where you go wandering or stay awhile
But all its old folk you win with talking
And charm its maidens with song and smile

Doth thou remember the promise made me,
A token plead, a silken gown
That ring of gold with your hair and portrait
That gown and ring i will never own

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)

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, i will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But i will still be here, i have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And i am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time

For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?

Well, the angels came to see me today
Said ``we've taken your racehorse away''
And i believe it was that bookmaker from crail
I believe that he put one in her pail
Oh, the finest in the field
Only measured to her shoulders they only ever see her heels
And i believe (i believe) every sporting man will cry
I believe (i believe) to see his income pass him by
She won the lanark silver bell
And she stole every heart away
She stood her stand at sixteen hands
And i'd ride her easy
But they've taken, they've taken, my racehorse away

There's a racecourse in the sky
And that's where all the racing horses must go by and by
And i believe (i believe) every steward, lord and groom
I believe (i believe) that they're calling her home

She would look me in the eye
And that was all she had to say
She stood her stand at sixteen hands
And i'd ride her easy
But they've taken, taken my racehorse away

They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
Taken my racehorse away

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.

Some sweet day, some sweet day
I'm gonna hold you like i want to
I'm gonna kiss you like i want to
I'm gonna love you like i need to
Some sweet day

Some sweet day you will say
That you have started dreaming of me
That you love no one else above me,
I'll find a way to make you love me,
Some sweet day

I hope it won't be long
Till i can take you and make you my very own
Cause can't you see i get so tired
Of wishing and dreaming alone

Some sweet day, some sweet day
You'll get that twinkle in your eye, love
You're gonna look at me and sigh, love
And then you tell me that you're my love
Some sweet day

(repeat last verse)

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

Bad news, bad news, come to me where i sleep
Turn, turn, turn again
Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
Turn, turn, turn again
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Oh, what's the charge of how this came to be?
Turn, turn, turn again
Manslaughter in the highest degree
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

I sat down and wrote the best words i could write
Turn, turn, turn again
Explaining to the judge i'd be there on wednesday night
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Without a reply, i left by the moon
Turn, turn, turn again
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Would you tell me the facts, i said without fear
Turn, turn, turn again
That a friend of mine could get ninety-nine years
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

A crash on the highway, flew the car to a field
Turn, turn, turn again
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

But i knew him as good as i'm knowing myself
Turn, turn, turn again
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

The judge he spoke out of the side of his mouth
Turn, turn, turn again
Saying ``the witness who saw, he left without doubt''
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

That may be true, he's got a sentence to serve
Turn, turn, turn again
But ninety-nine years he just don't deserve
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Too late, too late, for his case it is sealed
Turn, turn, turn again
His sentence it is passed and cannot be repealed
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none
Turn, turn, turn again
What happened to him could happen to anyone
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

At that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
Turn, turn, turn again
Saying, ``could you kindly leave my office now please?''
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

His eyes looked funny and i stood up so slow
Turn, turn, turn again
With no other choice except for to go
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

I walked down the hallway and i heard his door slam
Turn, turn, turn again
I walked down the courthouse stairs and did not understand
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

And i played my guitar through the night to the day
Turn, turn, turn again
And the only tune my guitar could play
Was ``the old cruel rain and the wind''

One of the band told me last night,
That music is all that he's got in his life.
So where does it go?
Surely not with his soul.
Will all of his licks and his r & b blow away-
Blow away, blow away.
Our engineer had a different idea.
From people who nearly died, but survived,
Feeling no fear, of leaving their bodies here,
And went to a room that was soon full of visitors-


Chorus
Hello minnie, moony, vicious, vicious, buddy holly, sandy denny,
Please don't thump me, don't bump me, don't dump me back there.
Please don't thump me, don't bump me, i want to stay here.

Put out the light, then put out the light-
Vibes in the sky invite you to dine,
Dust to dust, blow to blow,
Bolan and moony are heading the show tonight.

Chorus

Farewell, farewell to you who'd hear
You lonely travellers all.
The cold north winds will blow again
The winding road does call.

And you will never return to see your
Bruised and beaten sons?
Oh, i would, i would if welcome i were
For they loathe me ev'ryone.

And will you never cut the cloth
Or drink the light to be?
And can you never swear a year
To anyone but me?

No i will never cut the cloth
Or drink the light to be,
But i'll swear a year to one who lies
Asleep alongside of me.

(repeat first verse)

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

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)

Born between a river and a railroad,
Restlessness has ruled me since i can't remember when.
There's something in the wind seems to call me like a friend,
So i guess that i'll be on my way, on my way again.

There are dreams that i have carried all my lifetime,
And the dreams have made me a stranger in the eyes of many a man.
For i do not count the time and my reasons do not rhyme,
And down the line and on my way, on my way again.

Rolling along like a shipwrecked sailor
Who never finds a home.
Broken lines and signs of failure
Rub me to the bone.

Well i'm weary of the company of strangers,
I'm weary of the city with its heart of hollow stone.
Something in the wind seems to call me like a friend,
So i guess that i'll be on my way, on my way again.

There's something in the wind seems to call me like a friend,
So i guess that i'll be on my way, on my way again.
Yes i guess that i'll be on my way, on my way again...