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Greenwood Laddie
04:08
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If you had seen my dearest, and his eyes they shine the clearest
His cheeks like the red blood that's new dropped in snow
He is neat, tall and slender, and his hands soft and tender
He'll be my greenwood laddie wherever he go
My parents, my darling, they slight you with scorn
Because you have no riches wrapped up in store
But the more that they slight you, the more I'll invite you
To be my greenwood laddie, till time is no more
For if I had the wealth of the East or West Indies
Or if I had the gold of the African shore
Or if I could gain thousands, I'd lie on your bosom
You'd be my greenwood laddie whom I'll always adore
It's down yonder bower I've spent many the long hour
A-pulling the flowers by yon clear winding shore
It was his stolen kisses caused my fondest wishes
He'll be my greenwood laddie, and the boy I adore
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Locks and Bolts
03:59
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Twas over the hills, twas over the hills
Twas over the hills and the valleys
Where my true love was kept from me
Quite out of spite and malice
I went unto her father's house
Enquiring for my jewel
They answered me, She's not at home
She's in her uncle's keeping
I went unto her uncle's house
Enquiring for my jewel
They answered me, She is not here
Which proved to my heart cruel
This fair maid hearing of his voice
Put her head out of the window
She said, My dear you're welcome here
But locks and bolts do hinder
Locks and bolts do hinder
He stood a moment all in amaze
All in amaze and humour
Till at length he drew, and in passion flew
And the door he broke asunder
Her uncle's servant he being at home
Soon after did he follow
He said, Young man you must quit this room
Or in your own blood wallow
He took his true love all by the hand
His sword all in the other
Said he, If you have more right than I,
Take one and fight the other
Take one and fight the other
And now this couple in wedlock are joined
They do adore each other
They oft times think all on that day
When the door he broke asunder
When locks and bolts did hinder
When locks and bolts did hinder
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Henry Martin
04:32
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In merry Scotland, in merry Scotland
There lived brothers three
And they all did cast lots which of them should go
A robbing all on the salt sea
The lot it fell upon young Henry Martin
The youngest of the three
That he should go rob on the salt sea
To maintain his brothers and he
He had not sailed a long winter's night
Nor yet a short winter's day
Before he espied the king's gallant ship
Come sailing along that way
How far, how far, cried Henry Martin
How far are you going? Said he
For I am a robber upon the salt salt sea
To maintain my brothers and me
Stand off, stand off, the captain he cried
The lifeguards are aboard
My cannons are loaded with powder and shot
And every man hath a sword
For three long hours they merrily fought
For hours they fought full three
And many a blow it dealt many a wound
As they fought on the salt sea
Twas broadside against broadside then
And at it, the which should win
A shot in the gallant ship bored a hole
And the water did rush in
Bad news! Bad news for old England
Bad news has come to the town
The king his vessel is wrecked and lost
And all his brave soldiers drown
Bad news! Bad news through the London street
Bad news has come to the King
The lives of his guards they all be lost
O the tidings be sad that I bring
Oh had I a twisted rope of hemp
A bowstring strong though thin
I'd soon hang him up to his middle yard arm
And have done with Henry Martin
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The Mountain Stream
04:51
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With my dog and gun through the blooming heather
To seek pastime I chanced to stray
When a maid I spied, she was tall and slender
Her looks enticed me a while to stay
I said, fair maid, I own I love you
Tell to me your name, and your dwelling also
Excuse my name, sir you'll find my dwelling
By the mountain stream, where the moorcocks crow
If you'll consent, and go with a rover
My former raking I will leave aside
I'm doomed to love you so don't prove cruel
But do consent, and become my bride
If my parents knew that I loved a rover
It's great affliction I would undergo
In a dungeon dark they would close confine me
By the mountain stream where the moorcocks crow
It's crimson coloured all her features
She stood awhile but was not dismayed
Then here's my hand, love I'll pledge my honour
And it's I'll prove true, til I meet my grave
It's hand in hand we will roam together
And I'll escort you to the plains below
Where the linnet changes his notes more pleasant
By the mountain stream where the moorcocks crow
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For it's up a wide and a lonely glen
It was shed by many a lofty mountain
It being onto the busy haunts of men
It being the first day that I went out a-hunting
For it's been to me a happy day
The day I spied my roving fancy
She was herding her ewes out over the hills
And down amongst the curling heather
Her coat was white, and her gown was green
Her body it being so long and slender
With her cast down looks and her well-fared face
It has oft-times made my heart to wander
Says I, my lass, will you come with me
And sleep with me, in a bed of feathers?
I'll give you silks and scarlets, to make you shine
If you will be my queen among the heather
She said, my lad, your offer's fair
And I really think you are all for laughter
For it's you being the son of a high squire man
And me but a poor humble shepherd's daughter
But it's her I sought, and it's her I got
And it's with her I intend to be contented
Fare you well, fare you well, to your heathery hill
Fare you well, fare you well, my song is ended.
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6. |
Come Write Me Down
05:23
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Come write me down the powers above
That first created a man to love
For I have a diamond in my eye
Where all my joy and fancy lies
I'd give her gold, and I'd give her pearls
If only she'd fancy to be my girl
And all such costly robes she'd wear
If only she'd fancy to be my dear
Oh it's not your gold would me entice
To leave my friends for your advice
I never intend to marry at all
Nor be at any young man's call
Then go your way you scornful dame
Since you prove false, I will do the same
For I don't care, but I shall find
Some other fair maid to ease my mind
So he picked up his hat, he was going away
She said, don't go, young man, but stay
Stay, oh stay, my heart is true
I will never love any man but you
So to church they went, the very next day
And were married by asking, as I've heard say
And now that girl, she is his wife
She'll prove his comfort day and night
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The Deluded Lover
03:25
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As I roved out on a bright May morning
To view the flowers and the meadows gay
Who did I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under yon willow tree
I took off my hat, and I did salute her
I did salute her courageously
But she turned around and the tears fell from her
Saying, false young man you have deluded me
Three diamond rings, sure I own I gave you
Three diamond rings to wear on your right hand
But the vows you made love, you went and broke them
And married the lassie who had the land
If I married the lassie who had the land my love
It's that I'll rue until the day I die
When misfortune falls, sure, no man can shun it
I was blindfolded, I'll n'er deny
And at night when I go to my silent slumbers
The thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turn around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold, sure it's brass I'll find
And I wish the Queen would call home her armies
From England, Ireland, Americay and Spain
And every man to his wedded woman
In hopes that you and I may meet again
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Bird In A Cage
04:08
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As I walked out one May morning
To hear the birds so sweet
I hid myself in a green shady dell
And I watched two lovers meet
You courted me, was what she said
Til you got me to comply
You courted me, with a merry, merry mood
All night with you I lie
And when your heart was mine, false love
And your head lay on my breast
You could make me believe by the fall of your arm
That the sun rose in the west
I wish your breast was made of glass
That all in it might behold
I'd write our secret on your breast
In letters made of gold
There's many a girl can go about
And hear the birds so sweet
While I, poor girl, must stay at home
And rock my cradle, and weep
There's many a star shall dwindle in the west
There's many a leaf below
There's many a curse shall light on a man
For treating a poor girl so
I could sing as lonely a song
As any little bird in a cage
Who twelve long months astray has gone
Just fifteen years of age
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9. |
The Seeds of Love
03:16
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Oh I sowed the seeds of love
For to blossom all in the spring
I sowed them on one May morning
While the small birds they did sing
While the small birds they did sing
Oh I locked my garden gate
And I choosed for to keep the key
Till some young man came a courting me
And he stole my heart away
And he stole my heart away
Oh the gardener was standing by
And I asked him to choose for me
He chose me the lily, the violet, and the pink
All those flowers I refused all three
All those flowers I refused all three
Oh the violet I did not like
Because it would fade too soon
And the lily and the pink I fairly overlooked
And I vowed I would stay till June
I vowed I would stay till June
For in June there grows a red, red rose
And that is the flower for me
Oft times I have plucked at the red rose bud
Till I gained the willow tree
Till I gained the willow tree
Oh the willow tree will twist
And the willow tree will twine
And so will that false deluded young man
That once stole the heart of mine
That once stole the heart of mine
Oh come all you fair young maids
A warning take by me
For the grass that you oft times have trampled under foot
Give it time it will rise again
Give it time it will rise again
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