Tam Lin Fairport Convention

"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

Tam Lin Steeleye Span

TraditionalI was told by my AuntI was told by my motherThat going to a weddingIs the makings of anotherWell if this be soThen I'll go without a biddingO kind ProvidenceWon't you send me to a weddin...

FOTHERINGAY Fairport Convention

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 <Interlude> The evening hour is fading within the dwindl...

ONE MORE CHANCE Fairport Convention

Calling all olive branches and laid off doves There is work to do before we say goodbye 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 s...

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES Fairport Convention

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 ti...

POLLY ON THE SHORE Fairport Convention

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...

THE HEXHAMSHIRE LASS Fairport Convention

Away with the buff and the blue And away with the cap and feather I want to see my lass who lives in Hexhamshire Off with the and over the moss and the mire I want to see my lass who lives in Hexha...

MEET ON THE LEDGE Fairport Convention

We used to say that come the day We'd all be making songs Or finding better words These ideas never lasted long The way is up along the road The air is growing thin Too many friends who tried Blown...

Percy`s Song Fairport Convention

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...

WHITE DRESS Fairport Convention

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 Kiss me and I might Put on the white dress If you'll...

BOOK SONG Fairport Convention

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? <Interlude> ...

RISING FOR THE MOON Fairport Convention

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 every day's begun rising for the moon There's ...

STRANGER TO HIMSELF Fairport Convention

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...

TALE IN HARD TIME Fairport Convention

Take the sun from my heart Let me learn to despise I'll show you another who cannot tell lies <Interlude> The blind man can't see Who demands to his eyes I'll show you another who sings as he...

Knockin\' On Heven\'s Door Fairport Convention

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, ...

Knockin' On Heven's Door Fairport Convention

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, k...

Farewell, Farewell Fairport Convention

Farewell, farewell to you who would hearYou lonely travelers all.The cold North winds will blow againThe winding road does call.And you will never return to seeYour bruised and beaten sons?Oh, I wo...

Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Fairport Convention

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leavingBut how can they know it's time for them to go?Before the winter fire, I will still be dreamingI have no thought of timeFor who knows where the time...

To Althea From Prison Fairport Convention

When love, with unconfined wings, hovers within my gatesAnd my ?divine now fear? brings to whisper at my gratesWhen I lie tangled in her hair and fettered with her eyeBirds that wanton in the air k...

Bring 'Em Down Fairport Convention

Time stood dark and silent and the stars they gave no lightI wandered in an endless dream, haunted by the nightI saw four ghostly riders, the horses in a lineEach in turn did point at me and say I'...

Big William Fairport Convention

He never put a foot wrongUntil the day Joe met Big WilliamHe made him an offer but he often was wrongI'll tell you where to stick it,said Big William to JoeYou can put it where the monkey sticks hi...

Pleasure & Pain Fairport Convention

Chorus)Pleasure and pain is like profit and gainSometimes you win and sometimes you loseBe kind to yourself when you're tired of yourselfDon't go mixing the reds along with the bluesThe coach that ...

Possibly Parsons Green Fairport Convention

Don't say you caught me, if you don't need meThen I'll walk away, come on make up your mindDon't try to use me or cry to confuse me causeI know your games and they're the same games as mineFeels li...

Mr. Lacey Fairport Convention

Please, Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machinePlease, Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machineWill you let me control the handles, you know it's the best thing I've ever seenWell, Mr Lacey, whe...

The Bonny Black Hare Fairport Convention

On the fourteenth of May at the dawn of the dayWith my gun on my shoulder to the woods I did strayIn search of some game if the weather proved fairTo see could I get a shot at the bonny black hareO...

Angel Delight Fairport Convention

John the Wood went out one dayTo view the scene from a different angleHe stood and watched a child at playA-tinkling on an old triangleDave the Drum who was passing byBought the toy with a coin he'...

John Lee Fairport Convention

John Lee, your headache's growing, the cold wind's blowingBut the sea's without a rippleJohn Lee, your forehead's damp, your muscles crampAnd the sea can't use a cripple(Chorus)John Lee, you're tur...

Breakfast In Mayfair Fairport Convention

Breakfast I' mayfair Fairport Convention The world has surely lost it's head The news is full of crimes. There's robberies in The Telegraph, And there's murders in The Times.

Matty Groves (Live) Fairport Convention

A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the yearLord Donald's wife came into the church, the gospel for to hearAnd when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes aboutAnd there she saw little M...

Sloth (Live) Fairport Convention

Just a roll, just a rollJust a roll on your drumJust a roll, just a rollAnd the war has begunNow the right thing's the wrong thingNo more excuses to comeJust one step at a timeAnd the war has begun...

Walk Awhile Fairport Convention

Chorus)Walk awhile, walk awhile, walk awhile with meThe more we walk together, love, the better we'll agreeWe'll agreeOne hand in your mouth and your finger in your eyeUndertakers bow their heads a...

Doctor Of Physick Fairport Convention

Take care daughter dearDon't dream on many gallant men tonightTake care daughter dearFor a doctor comes to steal your books in the dead of night"Every ?sign? in hereSo wear your relic nearDoctor Mo...

Sloth Fairport Convention

Chorus)Just a roll, just a rollJust a roll on your drumJust a roll, just a rollAnd the war has begunNow the right thing's the wrong thingNo more excuses to comeJust one step at a timeAnd the war ha...

Sir Patrick Spens Fairport Convention

The King sits in Dunfirmline town, drinking of the blood-red wine"Where can I get a steely skipper to sail this might boat of mine?"Then up there spoke a bonny boy, sitting at the King's right knee...

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman (1988 Version) Fairport Convention

Rise for the hangmanHis pleasure is that you should riseHe's the judge and the juryAt the jester's assizePoor Will on the gallows treeNever a cruel word did sayOh that a good manShould be treated t...

Flowers Of The Forest Fairport Convention

I've heard them lilting?At are? you milkingAnd I've heard them liltingBefore light a-dayNow they are mourningFor all time a-liltingThe flowers of the forestAre all ?wean? awaySad they for the order...

Now Be Thankful (Mono Version) Fairport Convention

When the stone is grown too cold to kneelIn crystal waters I'll be boundCold as stone, weary to the sounds upon the wheelNow be thankful for good things belowNow be thankful to your makerFor the ro...

Bonny Bunch Of Roses Fairport Convention

"Near by the swelling ocean,One morning in the month of June,While feather'd warbling songstersTheir charming notes did sweetly tune,I overheard a ladyLamenting in sad grief and woe,And talking wit...

Now Be Thankful (Stereo Mix) Fairport Convention

When the stone is grown too cold to kneelIn crystal waters I'll be boundCold as stone, weary to the sounds upon the wheelNow be thankful for good things belowNow be thankful to your makerFor the ro...

Come All Ye Fairport Convention

Come all ye rolling minstrelsAnd together, we will tryTo rouse the spirit of the earthAnd move the rolling skyThose that dance, will start to danceAnd those who don't will stayIn time to [unverifie...

Reynardine Fairport Convention

One evening as I rambledAmong the leaves so greenI overheard a young womanConverse with ReynardineHer hair was black, her eyes were blueHer lips as red as wineAnd he smiled to gaze upon herDid that...

Matty Groves Fairport Convention

A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the yearLord Donald's wife came into the church, the gospel for to hearAnd when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes aboutAnd there she saw little M...

The Deserter Fairport Convention

As I was a-walking down Radcliffe highwayA recruiting party came a-beating my wayThey enlisted me and treated me till I did not knowAnd to the Queen's barracks they forced me to goWhen first I dese...

Crazy Man Michael Fairport Convention

Within the fire and out upon the seaCrazy Man Michael was walkingHe met with a raven with eyes black as coalsAnd shortly they were a-talking"Your future, your future, I would tell to youYour future...

Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 1) Fairport Convention

I can't believe that it's so coldAs gentle tides go rolling by,Along the salt sea strandThe colours blend and roll as oneTogether in the sand.And often do the winds entwineDo send their distant cal...

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman Fairport Convention

Rise for the hangmanHis pleasure is that you should riseHe`s the judge and the juryAt the jester`s assizePoor Will on the gallows treeNever a cruel word did sayOh that a good manShould be treated t...

The Journeyman's Grace Fairport Convention

Someone told me there's a grace that leads you straight from place to placeAnd you always leave the road behind youYou don't need your horses shod, just a dowser and his rodLeave your mistress, she...

The Plainsman Fairport Convention

Lucas-RocheI come from the moor and the mointain, from the waterfall and stream.I've turned my back on the mountain track; I'm walking in a dream.And ev'ry new horizon to mee it looks the sameBut e...

Mr. Lacey (Sandy Lead Vocal Ver.) Fairport Convention

Please, Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machinePlease, Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machineWill you let me control the handles, you know it's the best thing I've ever seenWell, Mr Lacey, whe...

Autopsy (Alternate Take) Fairport Convention

You must philosophiseBut why must you bore me to tears?You're red around the eyesYou tell me things no one else hearsYou spend all your time cryingCrying the hours in tearsCrying the hours in tears...