Тексты песен «Ralph Mctell»

(The Boxer) If I'd been born a street away, another star ascending I'd have been a fighter, a boxer in the ring And I salute the boxer if he lose or if he win Not the cigar-ash, splashed fat men Who sit around the...

Me and my brother returned to the water I saw a pike that was two feet long. Two small magicians, each with a jam jar Cast spells on the water with hazel twig wands. Country boys catch tadpoles, dive into water Made...

You say, too much water Has gone under the bridge by now. I say that bridges Are all that's left for us now. Each side of the river, the city is burning There is no turning back. Oh, what else can I say? There's no loss...

I woke up this morning, I got booze on my breath And around my brain from the night before There's a cigarette burned out upon the table And a glass smashed out on the floor Well I must have had a good time Late last...

Dear River Thames, You keep moving along, Not knowing where you're going, Or where you've come from. Your head's in the valley, Your feet in the sea, Dear River Thames, Stay a while, stay a while, Listen to me. Dear...

I've written words that say I'm leaving. Words express the pain. Old songs loose their meanings, But new ones they gain. From Changes that I've been through, New ones I'm coming to. You were my first song, And I...

There's four who share this room as we work hard for the craic And sleeping late on Sundays I never get to Mass It's a long way from Clare to here It's a long way from Clare to here It's a long, long way, it grows...

Take a bus, who needs a car We'll eat here, take this seat near the door. Well I'm not hungry much now, are you? Is it ok if I share yours with you? I've got no money and I think I believe that you knew. Remember the...

When they looked at Joseph's hands They said, They're the hands of a carpenter They're big and they're powerful and they're strong They're the hands that should work in wood And they're the hands that should work a long...

And once I walked a million miles All the way to Yugoslavia And I carried you all of the way For where I was then there you are. As the sun rose o'er the curb stones By the road where I'd been sleeping Them night-long...

Now it's come to talking I don't have much to say, It wouldn't come out right, and so I'll leave it out, oh it's best that way And I want to get out now cos I need just a couple of drinks. Can you lend me a little money...

My Jenny Taylor, my Jenny Taylor Jenny oh oh la la Jenny Jenny Taylor My Jenny Taylor, my Jenny Taylor Jenny oh oh la la Jenny Jenny Taylor. Ne le fait pas le fait pas Le fait pas comme ca Ne le fais pas le fais pas Le...

Thousands of miles without moving In the silence and stillness we're turning Who scattered the stars in the field of night? Say it's all right, say it's all right, Well say it's all right. Ocean storm-thrown boats...

Out in the garden, amongst the bushes, Michael is crying. Caught in a spider's web, its broken wings beating, a butterfly dying. Oh la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la And they in their wisdom say...

Mr Connaughton my memory's long, though the years have flown Though the years have gone. Was your wife's name Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or Tipperary? Mr Connaughton when we lived underneath Oh you said it...

This year in my garden I grow peppers and tomatoes, Peppers and tomatoes, they grow together well, And my neighbours all around me they grow beans and potatoes Cabbages and onions in this village where we dwell. And...

Pity the boy who marries for money Or wealth and position Thinking his troubles will fade out of mind. Pity the boy who marries for beauty Only to find like a flower in the morning it withers and dies. Better by far to...

Give me sweet forgiveness And I think that it might If not relieve all the pain that I feel At least help me to sleep tonight. Come down like an angel Come on down like a woman Say that it's forgiven. Give me your...

Don't leave Martin alone tonight Just because he looks all right I've seen him look like this before And if he says he wants to be alone At least try to walk with him home See if you can put your foot in the door Don't...

A man without a job is a stranger to the seasons The April rain will soak you like the worst November brings And we're tired of the excuses and the carefully worded reasons Without Winter there's no Summer Without...