Jewel In The Crown (Live) Fairport Convention

seas we bring the mighty to thier knees we offer hope and inspiration a fine example to lesser nations we are Britania jewel in the crown we brought a system to the masses divide a nation into classes

Reynardine (Live) Fairport Convention

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

Suzanne (Live) Fairport Convention

Suzanne takes you down to the place by the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night forever And you know that she's half crazy That's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and

Solo (Live) Fairport Convention

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

Chelsea Morning Fairport Convention

Woke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window And the traffic wrote the words It came ringing up like Christmas bells And rapping up like pipes and drums

Matty Groves (Live) Fairport Convention

Groves, walking in the crowd "Come home with me, little Matty Groves, come home with me tonight Come home with me, little Matty Groves, and sleep with me till light" "Oh, I can't come home, I won't come

Genesis Hall (Live) Fairport Convention

your sheriffs And I know he would never mean harm But to see both sides of a quarrel Is to judge without hate or alarm Oh oh helpless and slow And you don't have anywhere to go You take away homes from the

Walk Awhile (Live) Fairport Convention

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 walking

Red And Gold (Live) Fairport Convention

Red and Gold are royal colours Peasant colours are green and brown Green is the corn in the brown earth when it's growing Red and gold when the harvest is cut down Through Cropredy in Oxfordshire the Cherwell

John Barleycorn (Live) Fairport Convention

head Till these three men were satisfied John Barleycorn was dead There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass But little Sir John with his nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last They've

Sloth (Live) Fairport Convention

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 begunShe's

Let It Go Fairport Convention

There's no excuse for torture, that you ought to know Let it live, let it breathe, let it go Yonder stands a scarecrow, he's hollow in his robes Let it live, let it breathe, let it go: The song was only

Come All Ye (Live) Fairport Convention

Come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Those that dance will start to dance And those who don't will stay In time to [unverified

Mr. Lacy (Live) Fairport Convention

Please Mr Lacey let me work your loving machine Please Mr Lacey let me work your loving 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

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman (Live) Fairport Convention

Rise for the hangman His pleasure is that you should rise He's the judge and the jury At the jester's assize Poor Will on the gallows tree Never a cruel word did say Oh that a good man Should be

Rosie (Live At The Cropredy Festival, 1997) Fairport Convention

I know Rosie You're living in a world you didn't make And I know it's hard feeling happy When the things you want aren't even there to take Come on Rosie rosin up the bow For the more I learn it's the

Danny Boy (Live At The Cropredy Festival, 1997) Fairport Convention

Oh Danny boy the pipes the pipes are calling From glen to glen and down the mountain side The summer's gone and all the roses falling It's you it's you must go and I must bide But come ye back when

Angel Delight (Live At The Cropredy Festival, 1997) Fairport Convention

picked up You should have seen the gleam in his eye As he saw a tune he's gleaned up shined up La la la la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la la la Out in the rain if you want

Time Will Show The Wiser (Live) Fairport Convention

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

Fotheringay (Acoustic Version) Fairport Convention

How often she has gazed from castle windows all 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

Now Be Thankful (Live At The Cropredy Festival, 1997) Fairport Convention

When the stone is grown too cold to kneel In crystal waters I'll be bound Cold as stone weary to the sounds upon the wheel Now be thankful for good things below Now be thankful to your maker For the rose

Jack O' Diamonds (Live) Fairport Convention

Jack O'Diamonds on the move Jack O'Diamonds one eyed knave On the move hits the street Bumps his head on the ground Well he's a scout you're born to lose Shouldn't stay Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to

FOTHERINGAY Fairport Convention

How often she has gazed from castle windows o'er And watched the daylight passing within her captive wall With no-one to heed her call <Interlude> The evening hour is fading within the dwindling

Meet On The Ledge (Live) Fairport Convention

We used to say That come the day We'd all be making songs Or finding better words These ideas never lasted long The way is up Along the road The air is growing thin Too many friends who tried Were blown

The Plainsman Fairport Convention

Lucas-Roche 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.

If I Had A Ribbon Bow Fairport Convention

to wear I'd surely get a sweetheart, a prince or a king A palace home where I could have everything If I had a ribbon bow to tie my hair This old world could come and go, I wouldn't care I'd stay up in

A Sailor's Life Fairport Convention

A sailor's life, it is a merry life He robs young girls of their heart's 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

Dear Landlord Fairport Convention

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 you live.

After Halloween Fairport Convention

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

Si Tu Dois Partir (Live) Fairport Convention

C'est pas que je te demandeQue faire que tu ne jamais faisC'est seulement qu'il fait trop tardEt il fait trop noir pour trouver la porteMais si tu dois partir va t'enMais si tu dois partir va t'enS...

Breakfast In Mayfair Fairport Convention

Breakfast I' mayfair Fairport Convention The world has surely lost it's head The news is full of crimes. There's robberies in The Telegraph, And there's murders in The Times.

THE HEXHAMSHIRE LASS Fairport Convention

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

Night In The City Fairport Convention

Light up light up Light up your lazy blue eyes Moons up nights up Taking the town by surprise Night time night time Day left an hour ago City light time Must you get ready so slow There are places to come

Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 1) Fairport Convention

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.

Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 4) Fairport Convention

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.

Sun Shade Fairport Convention

Dying's not easy today Trying but can't get away Feel just the almost touch of her hand and the trees in her hair ?Lies float? the sun, she saw only me in the sky What could be higher than we?

Dawn Fairport Convention

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

Rosie Fairport Convention

Swarbrick In know Rosie, You're living in a world you didn't make And I know it's hard feeling happy When the things you want aren't even there to take (Chorus:) Come on Rosie, rosin up the bow For the

Autopsy (Alternate Take) Fairport Convention

You're red around the eyes You tell me things no one else hears You spend all your time crying Crying the hours in tears Crying the hours in tears Come lend your time to me And you will know that you are

Autopsy Fairport Convention

You're red around the eyes You tell me things no one else hears You spend all your time crying Crying the hours in tears Crying the hours in tears Come lend your time to me And you will know that you are

Autopsy (Demo) Fairport Convention

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 in tears Crying the hours in tears

WHITE DRESS Fairport Convention

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 Kiss me and I might Put on the white dress If

Bonny Bunch Of Roses Fairport Convention

"Near by the swelling ocean, One morning in the month of June, While feather'd warbling songsters Their charming notes did sweetly tune, I overheard a lady Lamenting in sad grief and woe, And talking with

The Lobster Fairport Convention

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

Been On The Road So Long Fairport Convention

"I've been on the road, so long Been tired and broke, so long I've been to the south where the winds they were warm Traveling the road of no return, so long I've seen what was war, so long The ruins and

Angel Delight Fairport Convention

picked up You should have seen the gleam in his eye As he saw a tune he's gleaned up shined up La la la la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la la la Out in the rain if you want

Cajun Woman Fairport Convention

let the window?

Now Be Thankful (Mono Version) Fairport Convention

When the stone is grown too cold to kneel In crystal waters I'll be bound Cold as stone, weary to the sounds upon the wheel Now be thankful for good things below Now be thankful to your maker For the rose

Now Be Thankful (Stereo Mix) Fairport Convention

When the stone is grown too cold to kneel In crystal waters I'll be bound Cold as stone, weary to the sounds upon the wheel Now be thankful for good things below Now be thankful to your maker For the rose

Bring 'Em Down Fairport Convention

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 I'm