Sandy Denny

There is a lonely train called the 3.10 to Yuma And it's the only train left for me to ride on I'll catch that lonely train called the 3.10 to Yuma I'll get my ticket now for my last time They say the life of man is made up of four seasons And springtime find...

A Sailor's Life A sailor's life, it is a merry life. He robs young girls of their hearts' delight, Leaving them behind to weep and mourn, They never know when they will return. Well, there's four and twenty all in a row My true love he makes the finest show...

After Halloween Red and gold, and halloween have passed us by, The charcoal branches lean against the rosy sky, You are so far away, yet I could touch you if I may, But don't you worry now, I'm only dreaming anyway. You may be lonely, you may be just on you...

All Our Days We search for everything Keeping what we would win Orchids or tiny flowers Wooden huts or ivory towers Centuries or hours Dark are the winter days Holy in many ways Vaults of time unshaken Whilst as through them we are taken Sleeping forests wa...

At The End Of The Day Oh babe you are the one I love, You are the one I'm thinking of. You know it's still a long long way, But I'll be home at the end of the day. I'll sing my songs just for you And I'll bring my love home to you. I can hardly wait to see...

Autopsy You must philosophise, But why must you bore me to tears? You're red around the eyes, You tell me things no one else hears. You spend all your time crying, Crying the hours into years, Crying the hours into years. Come, lend your time to me, And you...

Ballad Of Easy Rider The river flows it flows to the sea Wherever that river goes that's where I want to be Flow river flow let your waters wash down Take me from this road to some other town All he wanted was to be free And that's the way it turned out to...

Banks Of The Nile Oh hark, the drums do beat, my love, no longer can we stay The bugle-horns are sounding clear and we must march away We're ordered down to Portsmouth and it's many is the weary mile To join the British Army on the banks of the Nile Oh Will...

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Bird On A Wire Like a bird on the wire, Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free. Like a worm on a hook, Like a knight from some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee. If i, if I have been unkind, I hope that you c...

Blackwaterside One evening fair I took the air Down by Blackwaterside 'Twas gazing all around me When the Irish lad I spied All through the first part of that night We did lie in sport and play, When this young man arose and he gathered his clothes, Saying,...

Blow Away One of the band told me last night, That music is all that he's got in his life. So where does it go? Surely not with his soul. Will all of his licks and his r & b blow away- Blow away, blow away. Our engineer had a different idea. From people...

Blue Tattoo 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 Bloo...

Blues Run The Game Lyrics (sandy denny version) Catch a boat to england baby Maybe to spain Whereever I have gone Whereever I've been and gone Whereever I have gone The blues are all the same Send out for whisky baby Send out for gin Me and room service ho...

Bold Jack Donahue Come all you gallant bushrangers who gallop o'er the plains Refuse to live in slavery, or wear the convict chains. Attention pay to what I say, and value if I do For I will relate the matchless tale of bold jack donahue. Come all you sons...

Book Song If she knew what I've seen while I'm watching Would she know where to smile, what to say? When she leaves from her book to be with me Where's her mind as she stands while I play? She left behind names in the pages And the time she took out, they s...

Box Full Of Treasure 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 f...

Bring 'em Down Time stood dark and silent and the stars they gave no light I wandered in an endless dream, haunted by the night I saw four ghostly riders, the horses in a line Each in turn did point at me and say a mournful rhyme We are the sculptors of the...

Bruton Town In bruton town there lived a noble man He had two sons and a daughter fair By night and day they were contriving For to fill their sister's heart with care One night one night of restless slumber One brother rose up from his bed He heard th...

Bushes and Briars I can't believe that it's so cold And there ain't been no snow. The sound of music it comes to me From every place I go. Sunday morning, there's no one in church But the clergy's chosen man And he is fine I won't worry about him Got the boo...

Bushes And Briars (thistles And Thorns) (By Sandy Denny. U.F.O. Music, Inc. (C) 1972) I can't believe that it's so cold And there ain't been no snow. The sound of music it comes to me >From every place I go. Sunday morning, there's no one in church, But...

By The Time It Gets Dark Baby, every cloud has a silver lining Baby every dog really has his day And it matters to me to see you smiling Why don't we blow all your cares away ? Yesterday is gone and will be forgotten And today is where every new day starts...

Cajun Woman Baby that preacher gave you spring In the window with his finger in the undertaker's wing Chorus Oh, cajun woman Some people still call you a queen I don't believe you're sinking Look at all the trouble you've been He grew up in the bayou with a...

Goodbye norma jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled They crawled out of the woodwork And they whispered into your brain They set you on the treadmill And they made you change your name Chorus And...

Carnival The Summertime's escaping, and the carnival's away, And the sunshine is awaiting for another sunny day. Breakers whisper to the shells upon the shore, And hear the seagulls they cry for more. And hear the gulls they cry for more. Good day to you sw...

Cold Feet I know you're the wayward kind The way you always drag behind Show me a horse and I'll feed it hay Show me the cart and I'll throw it away Prettiest face I've ever seen It looked like something in a magazine To a blind man it's plain to see That I n...

Come All Ye Come all ye rolling minstrels, And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the air And move the rolling sky. Those that dance will start to dance And those who don't will sway In time to this our merry tune That we play for you today. Choru...

Cradle Song (balulalow) O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit, Prepare thy creddil in my spreit, And I sall rock thee in my hert And never mair from thee depart. But I sall praise thee evermore With sangis sweit unto thy gloir; The knees of my heart sall I bow,...

Crazy Lady Blues Missed the morning too, didn't rise before noon. She's a lazy lady today. Always yawning, you with your eyes on the moon. Your're a crazy lady I'd say, da da da. Now should I say more, for I know so well And you're no hazy maiden in grey. H...

Within the fire And out upon the sea Crazy man Michael was walking He met with a raven With eyes black as coal And shortly they were talking "Your future, your future I will tell to you Your future You often have asked me Your true love will die By...

Dark The Night Love, oh don't we know how can the river flow Without you. Warming like the sand upon the land. How can we doubt you? Dark to me the night and dim the morning light Tomorrow. How can we not see the simple melody Of sorrow? Oh to be with you,...

Dawn Morning shone among the shadows, Sunlight bled upon the silence, From the blackest night Must come the morning sky. But yesterday was such a long time, Yesterday may last forever, From the barren land Yesterday might always rise. Sleep, will we ever...

Dear Landlord Dear landlord, Please don't put a price on my soul. My burden is heavy, My dreams are beyond control. When that steamboat whistle blows, I'm gonna give you all I got to give, And I do hope you receive it well, Depending on the way you feel that...

Down In The Flood Crash on the levee, mama, Water's gonna overflow, Swamp's gonna rise, No boat's gonna row. Now, you can train on down To Williams Point, You can bust your feet, You can rock this joint. But oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now...

Down Where The Drunkards Roll See the boys out walking, The boys look so fine, Dressed up in green velvet Their silver buckles shine. Soon they'll be bleary eyed Under a keg of wine. Down where the drunkards roll, Down where the drunkards roll. See that lov...

East Virginia I was born in east virginia, North carolina I did go. There I met the fairest maiden But her name I do not know. Her hair it was a brightsome color And her cheeks were rosy red. On her breast she wore white lilies, All the tears that I have sh...

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

Ecoute Ecoute The young man rose his pretty face All for to feel the salty spray When storms are mustering, they say I'll come and take you all away I am a traveller by trade I only have what I have made A fortune teller too they say And I can take you all...

Eppy Moray Four-and-twenty highland men Come from the carron side To carry away eppy moray for She would not be a bride, a bride, She would not be a bride. Then out it came her mither for It was a moonlit night, She couldn't see her daughter for The moon it...

Farewell, Farewell Farewell, farewell to you who?d hear You lonely travelers all The cold north wind will blow again The winding road does call And will you never return to see Your bruised and beaten sons Oh I would, I would if welcome I were For they loa...

Although the flames they are so dim, I can see them from over here. But this is no time to worry now, No time to shed a tear. The people are all smiling, And the letters are all too, The flowers they are all arranged And the notes they are all blue. Where are...

For Shame Of Doing Wrong It seems like a lifetime since I saw you Lover lover I've been away too long When I see lovers holdings hands and sighing I hang my head for shame of doing wrong Bus wheels spinning, song birds singing break my heart Take me back t...

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

Fotheringay How often she has gazed from castle windows over 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 l...

I've watched you rise up and I've watched you fall down 'til you've lost everything but what money can own. And you feel alright now, but for how long? You feel alright now, how long? Do me a favour, stay away from my door. I could use some good company but...

Full Moon Everybody else has gone, But you're still here with me. All the world is sleeping by and by. Through the windowpane The frosted light is streaming in, Full moon sailing high across the sky. Tonight is like the night when we first met. I always knew...

Genesis Hall My father he rides in your ships; 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...

Geordie As I walked under london bridge One misty morning early, I overheard a fair, pretty maid, Lamenting for her geordie. ''my geordie will be hanged with a golden chain, 'tis not the chain of many. He stole sixteen of the king's royal deer And he sold t...

Georgia On My Mind Georgia, georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet song keeps georgia on my mind Georgia, oh georgia, a song of you Comes as sweet and clean as moonlight through the pines Other arms reach out to me Other eyes smile tenderly Still...

Gold Dust If your eyes are blue you know the rest Champagne if it's very cool It's never very formal how you dress For oysters by the swimming pool Then slip away into the mountainside Like the man in the Lazy E' It's great to have a place where you can hid...

Green Grow The Laurels Chorus: Green grow the laurels, soft as the dew Sad I was, darling, on parting from you Perhaps in the future our love will renew We'll love one another and promise to be true I wrote my love a letter and he wrote me mine I wrote my lo...

Gypsy Davey There was a gypsy came over the land, He sang so sweet and gaily. He sang beneath the wild wood tree And charmed the great lord's lady. The lord he did come home Enquiring for his lady ``she's gone, she's gone,'' said the serving man, ``she's go...

Hearts And the light I find reflected Guides the way among the hearts left by the road By the way you seem affected I can almost taste the bitterness you show Fly away from me Try to find the reason And in a day you'll be wandering again If I fall about yo...

Summer skies are gone for ever Nothing left but to remember Morning leaves a bed of echoes Tears of blood in weeping meadows Can you see me, can you hear me? Can you leave me here in silence? Drums and flags and trumpets playing Armies in the night...

I'll Keep It With Mine You may search, at any cost But how long can you Search for what's not lost? Everybody will help you Some people are very kind But if I can save you any time Come on, give it to me I'll keep it with mine I can't help it, if you might...

I'm A Dreamer You make me nervous when I see you. I can't imagine what it's like to be you. It's a mystery to me every day, And I've got to get away. I put a bet on with a bookie For the race they put on over in Kentucky. It's lovely at this time of year, s...

I'm Leaving 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 le...

If You Saw Thro' My Eyes Lord above us hear my song Tell me if I'm doing wrong I'm just a man and not like you If you saw thro' my eyes what would you do. A simple life that's what I feel To want to sing it's not unreal So lord in heaven let me know If you...

In Memory I hear the sighing of the wind Like a murmur of regret And as I close my eyes I see a face I will never forget I see you running with the dawn But that was many years ago When you had seen the tender years The only years you were to know I knew a...

Iron Lion Now I've been an engine driver all of my days, That's the only thing I can do. I hold a good head of steam everywhere that I'm seen, Wherever my wheels rolled through, Wherever my wheels rolled through. I was nearly shut down in a mid-west town, H...

It Ain't Me Babe Go 'way from my window, Leave at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want, babe, I'm not the one you need. You say you're lookin' for someone Never weak but always strong, To protect you an' defend you Whether you are right or wrong,...

It Suits Me Well My name is Jan the gypsy I travel the land. There are no chains about me I am me own man. I can tell a fair old story which I'm sure ain't no surprise Of the places I have been, oh, And they ain't no lies. I've never had a proper home, Not...

It'll Take A Long Time Oh it's like a storm at sea And everything is lost, And the fretful sailors calling out their woes, As to the waves they're tossed. Oh they are all gentlemen, And never will they know If there is a reason each of them must go, To join...

John The Gun ''My shadow follows me Wherever I should chance to go'', John The Gun did say. ''If you should chance to meet me As I wander to and fro, Sad would be your day. My life is mine and the light did shine Till the guns they did go through me, So now...

Knockin' On Heavens Door Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore. It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knoc...

Late November The wine it was drunk, the ship it was sunk, The shot it was dead, all the sorrows were drowned. The birds they were clouds, the brides and the shrouds And as we drew south the mist it came down. The wooded ravine to the wandering stream, The...

Learning The Game Hearts that are broken and love that's untrue These go with learning the game When you love her and she doesn't love you You're only learning the game When she says that you're the only one she'll ever love Then you find that you are...

Let It Go There's no excuse for torture, that you ought to know. Let it live, let it breathe, let it go. Yonder stands a scarecrow and he's hollow in his robes. Let it live, let it breathe, let it go. Chorus The song was only in our time, They'll call it l...

Let's Jump The Broomstick Well, come-a little baby let's jump the broomstick Come on let's tie a knot Come-a little baby let's jump the broomstick Come on let's tie a knot Father don't like it, my brother don't like it My sister don't like it, my mother don'...

Like An Old Fashioned Waltz Roses are red, and violets are blue, Primroses pale on a velvet green hue, Warm summer days by cool waterfalls, Like the music we hear, Those things we'll always hold dear, Like an old fashioned waltz. When the moonlight shines d...

Listen, Listen / Ecoute, Ecoute The young man rose his pretty face, All for to feel the salty spray. When storms are mustering, they say I'll come and take you all away. I am a traveller by trade, I only have what I have made. A fortune teller too they say,...

I love you darlin' but you don't love me Might as well face it and est you free I've been playing a losing game In spite of this I'm not ashamed I gave you my love and I have no regrets I'm true to you baby with love and respect I stood by you when no o...

Lowlands Of Holland On the night that I was married and in my marriage bed There came a bold sea captain and he stood at my bed head Saying ``arise, arise young wedded man this night for to go with me To the low lowlands of holland to fight the enemy.'' Oh,...

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 san...

Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make it soft, make it low, so your woman don't know Make me a pallet on your floor. Come all you good time friends of mine, Come all you good time friends of mine....

Makes Me Think Of You No use knocking at my door, I don't think I live here anymore. I live in the past you see I think of the last time we were there Before you went with her. All my letters lie unopened, Along with calling cards and tokens. I cannot read,...

Man Of Iron Where are you riding to, Sir Knight? Alone and armed for war? If not to fight for right, Sir Knight Then what are weapons for? Why do you hide your face, Sir Knight? Within the face of iron? The more you shield your eyes from light The more you'...

Matty Groves A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year. Lord darnell's wife came into church, the gospel for to hear. And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about, And there she saw little matty groves, walking in the crowd. ``come h...

Milk And Honey Gold and silver is the autumn Soft and gentle are her skies Yes I know, are the answers Written in my true love's eyes Autumn's leaving, winter's coming I think that I'll be moving on I've got to leave him and find another I've got to sing my...

Million Dollar Bash Well, that big dumb blonde with gorgeous george And turtle, a friend of theirs, with his cheques all forged And his cheeks in a chunk with a cheese in the cash They're all gonna be there at that million dollar bash, and it's Chorus Ooh b...

Motherless Children Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone Father will do the best he can, he don't always understand Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone Mother tol...

Mr Lacey Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine Will you let me control the handles, You know it's the best thing I've ever seen Well mr lacey, where'd you learn just what to do? Well mr lacey, wher...

My Ramblin' Boy He was a man and a friend always We rambled on in the bad old days. He never cared if I had no dough, He stuck with me in the rain and snow. Chorus: And here's to you, my ramblin' boy, May all your ramblin' bring you joy. Here's to you, my r...

Never Ending Anyone here know who goes forward who can stay Did you miss your call You were having such a ball You never noticed me at all Daily thinking can always bring me down Back to the ground You were making quite a sound You never looked at what I'd...

Next Time Around Then came the question and it was about time. The answer came back and it was long. The house it was built by some man in a rhyme, But whatever came of his talented son? Who wrote me a dialogue set to a tune? Always you told me of being alon...

No End They said that it was snowing in astounded tones upon the news. I wonder why they're always so surprised 'cos every year it snows. Frozen images of snowploughs as they churn along the motorways. I haven't had no boots to wear or any loot to spare for...

No Man's Land Hey, come and make it easy Hey, come and make it black It's no use to be free If lies are all the truth they see They'll screw up what you do When you're through Hey, come and make it easy Hey, come and make it black If you need a friend And y...

No More Sad Refrains Here comes the morning how it pleases It always brings me something new Its golden light will wash away the dust of yesterday If I try it may let me forget you And when these winter days are over I mean to set myself upon my feet I see...

Nothing More My friend I know you've suffered, Although you are still young. Why was it you who'd not take help From anyone? Oh it's true, it's very true, he said, Some hard times I have known, But I have always overcome them On my own. Oh the pearls that...

Nottamun Town In nottamun town not a soul would look up, Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down, Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down, To show me the way to fair nottamun town. Met the king and the queen, and a company more Com...

Now & Then They've passed me by, many years, And I did turn well away. To give and lose love And still no word had I to say, Not to anyone. Now I see How I could speak honestly. But when you're gone Perhaps you'll long to be free. I do know When it is...

On The Banks Of The Condamine ``oh hark! the dogs are barking, I can no longer stay The men have all gone mustering, I heard the publican say And I must be off in the morning, love, before the sun does shine To meet the contract shearers on the banks of the...

One More Chance Calling all olive branches and laid-off doves There is work to do before you say good-bye 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...

One Way Donkey Ride There you may stand in your splendour and jewels Swaying me in both directions. One is the right one, the other for fools, How do I make my selection? The city lies silent in the warm morning light, The sand is as golden as saffron. Oasi...

Painted Ladies It's a grey, grey morning, the rain it do fall I'm feeling hungry and low My bed's so empty, how I wish I could call On the painted ladies I know When you've got no credit, don't hold no sway With the painted ladies I know It's a ``thank you f...

Peace In The End Come on mary, mary or you, john, To which religion do you belong? You and your lover, you and your friend, Peace in the end. What about me, me and my kind, If we're unknown, are we left behind? We have our lovers, too, and our friend, Hope...

Percy's Song Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep Turn, turn, turn again Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear Turn, turn, turn again Joliet prison and ninety-nin...

Pleasure Pain Chorus Pleasure and pain is like profit and gain Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose Be kind to yourself when you're tired of yourself Don't go mixing the reds along with the blues The coach that I ride has a horseman who's tired The reins...

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 p...

Possibly Parsons Green Don't say you caught me, if you don't need me Then I'll walk away, come on make up your mind Don't try to use me or cry to confuse me 'cause I know your games and they're the same games as mine Feels like a break-up, you're taking up...

Pretty Polly Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me Before we get married some pleasure to see She got up behind him and away they did ride She got up behind him and away they did ride Over the hills and the va...

I can't believe that it's so cold As gentle tides go rolling by, Along the salt sea strand The colours blend and roll as one Together in the sand. And often do the winds entwine Do send their distant call, The quiet joys of brotherhood, And love is lo...

Reno, Nevada It's a long long way down to reno nevada It's a long long way to your home And the change in your pocket it's beginning to crumble And you reap just about what you sow You can walk down the street Pass your face in a window You can go on foolin'...

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

Reynard The Fox Ye gentlemen of high renown, come listen unto me That takes delight in fox hunting by every degree A story I will tell to you, concerning of a fox Near royston woods and mountains high and over stony rocks Bold reynard, being in his hole and...

Reynardine One evening as I rambled Among the leaves so green, I overheard a young woman Converse with reynardine. Her hair was black, her eyes were blue, Her lips as red as wine, And he smiled to gaze upon her, Did that sly, bold reynardine. She said, ``k...

Rigs Of The Time It's of an old butcher, I must bring him in. Charges four pence a pound, and thinks it no sin. Puts his thumb on the scale which makes it go down, And swears it's good weight yet it lacks half a pound. All sing... Chorus: Honesty 's all out...

Ringing Down The Years We met when you were still a girl In nineteen sixty eight You wore a white dress and a hat I touched the hand of fate Your sweet voice took my breath away Your smile lit up your face You still had both feet on the ground I was out in s...

Rising For The Moon I travel over the sea and ride the rolling sky, For that's the way it is, that is my fortune. There are many ears to please, many people's love to try, And everyday's begun rising for the moon. There's a heart in every place, there's a...

I don't want your lonely mansion With a tear in every room All I want's the love you've promised Beneath the haloed moon But you think I should be happy With your money and your name And hide myself in sorrow While you play your cheatin' game Silver threads...

Sir Patrick Spens The king sits in dunfermline town Drinking of the blood red wine, ''where can I get a good sea captain To sail this mighty ship of mine? '' Then up there spoke a bonny boy Sitting at the king's right knee, ''sir patrick spens is the very b...

Sloth Chorus Just a roll, just a roll, Just a roll on your drum. Just a roll, just a roll, And the war has begun. Now the right thing's the wrong thing, No more excuses to come. Just one step at a time And the war has begun. (chorus) She's run away, she's...

Solo Good morning, good afternoon, And what have you got to say? Well I'm waiting, but I can't stay long, It's such a lovely day. There's a time to be talking And a time when it's no use. Right now I think the things you say Are liable to confuse. I've just...

Some Sweet Day Some sweet day, some sweet day I'm gonna hold you like I want to I'm gonna kiss you like I want to I'm gonna love you like I need to Some sweet day Some sweet day you will say That you have started dreaming of me That you love no one else ab...

Stranger To Himself He was a stranger to himself, A spy in his own camp, And his money was his health, All thrown to the dust by his very own hand. Yet his beauty lingered still, Beyond the draining of the sand, But greener was the other side of the hill, R...

Suzanne Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from chi...

Sweet Rosemary My young man, oh he is so fine, Sweet Rosemary did say. She gathered flowers and she sang All about her wedding day. Oh when I was a lass at school I looked out at the sky, And now among the woodlands cool, Gathering sweet primroses I. I wis...

Take Away The Load 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...

Take Me Away Such sweet love is so hard to find Look around, these are troublesome times The sun beats down on our hunger and thirst It would soon all be over if we let it be worse Chorus Take me away, take me away Take me away, take me away If not for yo...

Tale In Hard Time Take the sun from my heart Let me learn to despise I'll show you another who cannot tell lies The blind man can't see Who demands to his eyes I'll show you another who sings as he cries I cannot be whole As the beggar who sighs I'll show...

Tam Lin The words are different from the original (Child) version but this is a very close approximation of the song as performed by Sandy Denny. "I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair To travel to Carterhaugh, for young Tam Lin is there Non...

The Angels Took My Racehorse Away Well, the angels came to see me today Said ``we've taken your racehorse away'' And I believe it was that bookmaker from crail I believe that he put one in her pail Oh, the finest in the field Only measured to her shoulders t...

The Ballad Of Ned Kelly Eighteen hundred and eighty five Is a year I remember so well When they drove old brad into an early grave And sent my mother to jail Now I don't know what's right or wrong But they hung christ on nails But with six kids at home and t...

The Battle Of Evermore The queen of light took her bow And then she turned to go, The prince of peace embraced the gloom And walked the night alone. Oooh dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light. The dark lord rides in force tonight And time wi...

The Boatman 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...

The Deserter As I was a-walking along ratcliffe highway A recruiting party came a-beating my way. They enlisted me and treated me 'til I did not know Unto the queen's barracks they forced me to go. When first I deserted, I thought myself free Until my crue...

The False Bride I once loved a lass and I loved her so well And I hated all others who spoke of her ill. And now she's rewarded me well for my love, For she's gone and she's wed another. And I saw my love up to the church go With bridesmen and bridesmaiden...

The Hexhamshire Lass Away with the buff and the blue, and away with the cap and feather; I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire. Chorus Off to the sadie skey and over the moss and the mire I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire Her father l...

The King & Queen Of England Bring back the king to his throne, And the smile may return to the queen. How can she rule on her own, When the glory of what might have been is all she feels? The fire still burns in the hearth, The music still plays for her...

The Lady The lady she had a silver tongue. For to sing she said, And maybe that's all. Wait for the dawn and we will have that song. When it ends it will seem That we hear silence fall. The lady she had a golden heart, For to love, she said And she did not...

The Last Thing On My Mind It's a lesson too late for the learning Made of sand, made of sand In the winking of an eye my soul is turning In your hand, in your hand. Are you going away with no word of farewell? Will there be not a trace left behind? I could...

The Leaves Of Life 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...

The Music Weaver I'm a long way from you, I'm a long way from home. And who cares for the feeling Of being alone? The notes and the words They will always unfold And I'm left with a manuscript That will grow old And the secrets all told anyway. So the song...

The North Star Grassman They stood upon the deck As the ship went out to sea. The wind it took the sails And left the land a memory. All upon the shore for To wonder why the sailor goes. All to close their eyes And wonder what the sailor knows. That is you...

The Optimist The steps he took were nice and easy. He never knew he could stumble and go down. As he saw the buildings and the mountains crumble, Over the road he would take to the town. He said, ``Next year I'm coming back, I'll see you later.'' It takes l...

The Plainsman I come from the moor and the mointain, from the waterfall and stream. I've turned my back on the mountain track; I'm walking in a dream. And ev'ry new horizon to mee it looks the same But ev'rywhere looks old and bare while trav'ling on the pla...

The Pond & The Stream Annie wanders on the land She loves the freedom of the air She finds a friend in every 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 sa...

The Sea Do I ever wonder? You don't know, you'll never follow And I'll never show, do 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...

The Sea Captain To cross the wide sea I deserted, From the shore I did fly. I thought it time that I travelled, So I took to the roads of the sky. It was late and the wind it did gently blow, Oh the night it was calm. I saw the flower of the ocean And the u...

The Way I Feel The way I feel is like a robin, Whoses birds have flown to come no more, Like a tall oak-tree, alone and cryin', When the birds have flown and the nest is bare. Now a woman, lord, is like a young bird, And the tall oak-tree is a young man's...

This Train This train don't carry no gamblers, this train, This train don't carry no gamblers, this train, This train don't carry no gamblers No crap shooters, no midnight ramblers, This train don't carry no gamblers, this train. Chorus: This train is bound...

Throwaway Street Puzzle Come on now mister, step right inside and see the show You'll like it mister, it cures you if you're feeling low We'll take care of you, especially if you've got the dough They'll move you mister, just like a hurricane moves a tree S...

Tomorrow Is A Long Time If today was not an endless highway, If tonight was not a crooked trail, If tomorrow wasn't such a long time, Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all. Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting, And if I could hear his heart...

Too Much Of Nothing Well, too much of nothing Can make a man fell ill at ease One man's temper might start to rise And another man's might freeze And there's a day of long confession We cannot mock the soul But when there's too much of nothing No one has con...

Twisted It's been raining for a long time and I can't seem to stand She left about an hour ago and so did the band I'm sitting at the bar, my face in the jar And something tells me I'm twisted Whoa ho, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar Something te...

Two Weeks Last Summer Strawbs version The dancing plants grow low Burning embers start to glow The pictures soon will fade Pictures that the flames have made Your hazy, wistful face Suddenly is gone without a trace Chorus Summer days I'll float downstream...

Until The Real Thing Comes Along I'd work for you, I'd even slave for you, I'd be a beggar or a knave for you. And if that isn't love it'll have to do, Until the real thing comes along. I'd gladly move the earth for you, To prove my love dear and its worth...

Well, you left me and you went away Said that you'd be back in just a day You've broken your promise And you left me here alone I don't know why you did dear But I do know that you're gone I'm walkin' the floor over you I can't sleep a wink, you know, it's tr...

When Will I Be Loved I've been cheated, been mistreated When will I be loved? I've been made blue, I've been lied to When will I be loved? When I meet a new boy That I want for mine He always breaks my heart in two It happens every time I've been let down,...

Why do you whisper, green grass, Why tell the trees what ain't so? Whispering grass, The trees don't have to know. No no no Why tell them all your secrets, Who kissed there long ago? Whispering grass, The trees don't need to know. Now don't you tell it to th...

White Dress Feel how the wind blows, december despair, Bring me a ribbon to tie up my hair, I'll be your bride, go where you go, All of my life, you'll be my beau. Chorus Kiss me and I might Put on a white dress, If you'll take me dancing tonight. The night...

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...

Wild Mountain Thyme Oh, the summer's in it's 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 h...

Winter Winds Winter winds they do blow cold, The time of year, it is chosen. Now the frost and fire, And now the sea is frozen. He who sleeps he does not see The coming of the seasons, The filling of a dream Without a time to reason. When she walks through...

Wretched Wilbur The summer was the reason Why it took so long to see That even if I do possess Some seeds of honesty, There is no garden, So how come I have no land? I shall be waiting here awhile To see what comes to hand. Misers mise and compromise; I kn...

You Never Wanted Me Wondering and waiting, my back agaist the wall Not a word that passed between us comes to recall Just you shadow at the window as you pass on down the hall You never wanted me and never knew me at all I haven't any picture to set before...