Тексты песен «Fairport Convention»

As I was a-walking down Radcliffe highway A recruiting party came a-beating my way They enlisted me and treated me till I did not know And to the Queen's barracks they forced me to go When first I deserted, I thought...

I've heard them lilting ?At are? you milking And I've heard them lilting Before light a-day Now they are mourning For all time a-lilting The flowers of the forest Are all ?wean? away Sad they for the order That...

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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 Hexhamshire Her...

I went down to the hiring fair for to sell my labour, And I noticed a maid in the very next row and I hoped she'd be my neighbour. Imagine then my delight when the farmer picked us both. I spoke not a word in the cart...

We do not fear the long ships, We've seen longships before. Men sailed here from the Northlands And hauled their boats ashore. They brought with them their music, Their language and their lore And they burned their...

Someone told me there's a grace that leads you straight from place to place And you always leave the road behind you You don't need your horses shod, just a dowser and his rod Leave your mistress, she won't need to find...

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Like a lobster I can swim And can grow another limb Where a powerless stump you saw I have grown a powerful claw When you'd thought me safely drowned In the depths I swim around Dither when you do descend With my claw...

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All on a Saturday Bright as a Bell Early, and just for the ride We took a trip Cycling down to the sea You and your lady, and I Oh what a summer Oh what a sun Bright in the blue sky it clung ( Chorus: One...

There was an old widow in Westmorland who had no daughter but one And she has prayed both night and day she should keep her maidenhead long "Ah, don't be daft, mother," she said, "and say no more to me For a fine young...

There were three drunken maidens, lived on the Isle of Wight They drank from Monday morning, didn't stop till Saturday night When Saturday night came round, my boys, the girlies wouldn't go out These three drunken...

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...

My mind keeps on telling me that this is no good And my heart is aching, that tells me I should But only time will show the wiser I've fallen in love with a girl that's not mine If I take her it will hurt him, a very...

When love, with unconfined wings, hovers within my gates And my ?divine now fear? brings to whisper at my grates When I lie tangled in her hair and fettered with her eye Birds that wanton in the air know no such liberty...

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Lee," the sargeant said to me, "acting on my discretion It is my solemn duty to arrest you on suspicion" They put me in a carriage, I was driven many miles They locked me in a prison cell to await my trial John...

(Chorus) Walk awhile, walk awhile, walk awhile with me The more we walk together, love, the better we'll agree We'll agree One hand in your mouth and your finger in your eye Undertakers bow their heads as you go...

(Sandy Denny) 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...