Tradycyjne piosenki

1. As I rov'd out one ev'ning fair It being in the summertime to take the air I spied a sailor and a lady gay |: And I stood listen :| To hear what they would say. 2. He said "Fair lady, why do you roam For the day it is spent and the night is on." She heaved...

At the docks there is a strike That the company don't like. A tanner on the hour they'll have to pay. Like slaves they'd have us work, Far more than any Turk, And make us sweat our lives out every day. Strike, boys, strike for better wages, Strike, boys, stri...

As I gaed in by yon greenwood I heard a fair maid singing, She sang sae sweet and sae complete That a' the woods were ringing. "I am the Duke of Athol's nurse, My post it is very weel becoming, But I would gie my half year's fee For ae sicht o' my leman." "Y...

1. Come tell me, dearest mother, what makes my father stay Or what can be the reason that he's been so long away? O hold your tongue, my darling son, your tears do grieve me sore I fear he has been murdered at the fair of Turloughmore. 2. Come all you tender...

1. As I strolled out one evening, Out for a night's career, I spied a lofty ship And after her did steer. I hoisted her my signals Which she very quickly knew; And when she seed my bunting fly She immediately hove to. She's a dark and rolling eye, And her hai...

1. By the storm torn shoreline A woman is standing the spray strung Like jewels in her hair And the sea tore the rocks Near that desolate landing As though it had known she stood there. For she has come down to condemn that wild ocean For the murderous loss o...

When I was a bachelor, I liv'd all alone I worked at the weaver's trade And the only, only thing that I did that was wrong Was to woo a fair young maid. I wooed her in the wintertime Part of the summer, too And the only, only thing that I did that was wrong Wa...

1. At Orenmore in the County Galway, One pleasant evening in the month of May, I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome Her beauty fairly took my breath away. She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds, No paint or powder, no, none at all. But she wore a bon...

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1. As I was a walking one morning in May To hear the birds whistle and see the lambkins play I espied a young damsel, so sweetly sang she Down by the green bushes where she chanced to meet me 2. "Oh why are you loitering here, pretty maid?" "I am waiting for...

s I came in by Auchindoun, A little wee bit frae the town, When to the Highlands I was bound To view the Haughs of Cromdale. I met a man in tartan trews, I spiered at him what was the news, Quo' he, "The Highland army rues That e'er we came to Cromdale. "We w...

1. As I came o'er the Cairney Mount An' doon anang the bloomin' heather The Hielan' laddie drew his dirk And sheathed it in my wanton leather Oh my bonnie Hielan' laddie Ma handsome bonnie Heilan' laddie When I'm sick an like tae dee He'll row me in his tarta...

Adieu my fair young maidens, A thousand times adieu, We must bid good-bye to the Holy Ground, The place that we love true; We will sail the salt seas over, And return again for sure, To seek the girls that wait for us - In the Holy Ground once more. Fine Girl...

A fair young maid went up the street Some fresh fish for to buy, And a bonnie clerk's fell in love wi' her, And he's followed her by and by. [Chorus:] Ricky doo dum da, Doo dum da, Ricky, dicky doo dum day. "O whaur live ye, my bonnie lass, I pray ye tell to...

1. About four years ago, I was digging the land With my brogues on my feet and my spade in my hand Says I to myself what a pity to see Such a fine strapping lad footing turf in Tralee. Wid me toora na nya, and me toora na nya Wid me toora na noora na noora na...

Come all you young fellows Wherever you be Come listen awhile And I'll tell ye, Concerning the hardships That we undergo, When we got lagh'd to Virginia. Such clever young fellows Myself I have seen, That is more fitting to Serve George our King. Those hard h...

From breakfast on through all the day At home among my friends I stay, But every night I go abroad Afar into the land of Nod. All by myself I have to go, With none to tell me what to do-- All alone beside the streams And up the mountain-sides of dreams. The...

1. Dear thoughts are in my mind And my soul soars enchanted As I hear the sweet lark sing In the clear air of the day For a tender beaming smile To my hope has been granted And tomorrow she shall hear All my fond heart would say. 2. I shall tell her all my lo...

1. Come all ye airy bachelors, A warning take by me Give over your wild ramblin' And shun bad company. I lived as happy as a prince, When I was in the North. And the first of my misfortunes Was to 'list in the Light Horse. 2. Now it being a Thursday morn To G...

"Will you walk a little faster?" Said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, And he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters And the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle - Will you come and join the dance? Will yo...