Big Ted The Incredible String Band

Big Ted's dead , he was a great old pig He'd eat most anything, never wore a wig Now he's gone like snow on the water , good bye He was getting old so the farmer said "Sold him to the butcher just to make

Adam And Eve The Incredible String Band

once before the world began God was sitting in the sky he began to get some mud together o I wonder why first he made a man and then he made a woman mr.

Evolution Rag The Incredible String Band

we're the fish men or the sea apes look at our tails and scales and out big tough leader away he wails he thinks he is the king pin but he's outraced by the little weedy stranger with the grin on his face

Lordly Nightshade The Incredible String Band

Captured by Hitler with Oliver Twist in the tower Guards say here's pens and paper just sit down and work for an hour O, Goodness, how can we escape? but it's not worthwhile All I can do is smile.

Smoke Shoveling Song The Incredible String Band

> Last winter blew so cold no lies, And my fire smoke would not rise; Soon as the smoke tried to depart, It'd be froze up harder than a landlord's heart.

Footsteps Of The Heron The Incredible String Band

"One day as I sat in a big noisy crowd There was me and the whole of my conscience And I thought that I wouldn't be missed if I went And that my going would be of no importance And I've nothing to do and

No Sleep Blues The Incredible String Band

Cracks rack the windows, howls hold the floor Rains rot the rafters and do you just have to snore?

The Intro and the Outro The Bonzo Dog Band

with you, happy you could stick around Like to introduce "Legs" Larry Smith, drums Sam Spoons, rhythm pole And Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, bass guitar And Neil Innes, piano Come in, Rodney Slater on the

The Tree The Incredible String Band

I had a tree In the dream hills where my childhood lay And I'd go there in the wide long days And my tree would listen to all that I'd say And the sun was shining brightly and the sky was smiling Then

Waltz Of The New Moon The Incredible String Band

I hear that the emperor of china used to wear iron shoes with ease We are the tablecloth and also the table also the fable of the dancing leaves The new moon is rising the axe of the thunder is broken

The Half Remarkable Question The Incredible String Band

"The Half-Remarkable Question Lyrics Who moved the black castle Who moved the white queen When Gimmel and Daleth where standing between?

Vishangro The Incredible String Band

Moon of the berries is waning to clay Bavol the wind leap on the whale's way Sing for Veshengro, oak ash and may I will not flash the day glance on the strong king's shield Nor yet the moon glance on the

Maya The Incredible String Band

shall fellow the shallows Small waves and thunder be my pillow Upon the gleaming water two swans that swim And every place shall be my native home The east gate like a fortress dissolve it away The west

The Mad Hatter's Song The Incredible String Band

"The Mad Hatter's Song Lyrics Oh seekers of spring how could you not find contentment In a time of riddling reasons in this land of the blind By the joke of fate alone It's sure that as the loved hand

Three Is A Green Crown The Incredible String Band

"Not with the lips of skin nor yet with the lips of dark snow But let the white dove sing Of the body of life of the lover whose love is complete Hold hands out to greet ah let not the swan be brought

Douglas Traherne Harding The Incredible String Band

When I was born I had no head My eye was single and my body was filled with light And the light that I was, was the light that I saw by And the light that I saw by, was the light that I was And many's

The Iron Stone The Incredible String Band

"A long wind a weaving mind Over all the land the wild flowers grow, Echoing kind to kind On that day when I found the iron stone Heavy in my hand in the sloping rain Ever the seas rolled on and o'er my

Picture's In A Mirror The Incredible String Band

Deep in the hollow jail Sleeps Lord Randall The mixed voices speak of bread And of sheets that were scarlet And blue are at his head His heart like a cat drowns in a well He thinks of all the girls he

Moon Hang Low The Incredible String Band

let the moon hang low low down in the sky the lower it goes the higher we fly one small candle is just enough light for endless moments of love bright and the more I know you the more I know and the more

Black Jack Davey The Incredible String Band

Black Jack David is the name that I bear been alone in the forest for a long time But the time is coming when a lady I'll find I will love her Hold her singing through the green green trees And the skin

Queen Of Love The Incredible String Band

A strong power calls from the left hand Across the waters deep a strong power calls from the left hand let all things sleep or weep oh the queen of love, you have unwove my eyes and my heart will not sleep

The Mountain Of God The Incredible String Band

"The Mountain Of God Lyrics Behold the mountain of the Lord in latter days shall rise Hark, the herald angels sing Hush, hush, whisper who dare, Christopher Robin is saying his prayers Do ye not fly as

Antoine The Incredible String Band

So still the green and golden plain in icy spring They young French convent girls in white singing He took the sacrament young Antoine not without a blush He left the priest the good book the bread and

Invocation The Incredible String Band

you that create the diversity of the forms open to my words you that divide and multiply it hear my sounds I make yield league to you ancient associates and fellow wanderers you that move the heart in

The Hedgehog's Song The Incredible String Band

Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, But you never quite learned the song, she sang. I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, That you never quite learned the song.

Creation The Incredible String Band

she named it Hyperion And she made it a day of light and healing The second was silver And she colored the Moon And she named it Phoebe And she made a day of enchantment and the living waters

Dust Be Diamonds The Incredible String Band

time, time Dust be diamonds, water be wine Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time Dust be diamonds, water be wine Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time The things that you claim are

Darling Belle The Incredible String Band

papa would take me to the park to see the swans by hansom cab trotting so high holding his hand to see the swans hissing louder than rustling dresses of gracious ladies bustling by see swan ships come

The Circle Is Unbroken The Incredible String Band

"Seasons they change while cold blood is raining I have been waiting beyond the years Now over the skyline I see you're traveling Brothers from all time gathering here Come let us build the ship of the

When You Find Out Who You Are The Incredible String Band

mind's blade In the blackness feel it all Repeated faces rise and fall With ancient goals unwondering fail Further obscure the ancient trail Filling with the endless years The river of your heart's tears

Tree The Incredible String Band

I had a tree In the dream hills where my childhood lay And I'd go there in the wide long days And my tree would listen to all that I'd say And the sun was shining brightly and the sky was smiling Then

October Song The Incredible String Band

The words and tune are none of my own, for my joys and sorrows bore it. Beside the sea The brambly briars, in the still of evening, Birds fly out behind the sun, and with them I'll be leavng.

Puppet Song The Incredible String Band

right he wondered did the world go rolling along on its own or did some spirit move it with a black cat bone and he set out to find the causes behind the events in the world and the seasons of the mind

The Minotaur's Song The Incredible String Band

> Straight from the shoulder I think like a soldier I know what's right and what's wrong He knows what's right and what's wrong.

The Water Song The Incredible String Band

> Water water see the water flow Glancing dancing see the water flow Oh wizard of changes water water water Dark or silvery mother of life Water water holy mystery heavens daughter God made a song when

The Juggler's Song The Incredible String Band

show you what I made, Something in my bag that'll surprise you all It's a secret, don't push, I'm not ready Something to dazzle your eyes-o Something to blow your mind away, Something that I made today The

Cutting The Strings The Incredible String Band

as if they never had been I turn my eyes backwards and I gaze into my own gaze I turn my eyes inwards and I gaze into my own face I built my prison stone by stone how many useless knots I tied I dug the

A Very Cellular Song The Incredible String Band

Winter was cold and the clothing was thin But the gentle shepherd calls the tune Oh, dear mother what shall I do?

See Your Face and Know You The Incredible String Band

I sit down in the Underground trying to be gay see the wild grass turn just into hay I see the magic movement but they don't fly away bad karma and it ricochets my eye bad karma round me the asp and the

Painted Chariot The Incredible String Band

only a painted chariot but it took you so far into the rain and the coachman slapped his fist on the chariot in the mist he said look here sonny, can't you see its as real as pain see this fine chariot

The Eyes Of Fate The Incredible String Band

"Oh, who can see in the eyes of fate?

Good As Gone The Incredible String Band

A strange thought just crossed my mind paid the rains back in kind. Twas the thought of sweet May coming on.

When The Music Starts To Play The Incredible String Band

All my life and it's been a short one; I've met the happy and the sad together. I chased the soft warm air that flew before me, And through the storm on wings of love, the song of life bore me.

Chinese White The Incredible String Band

The bent twig of darkness Grows the petals of the morning It shows to them the birds singing Just behind the dawning Come dip into the cloud cream lapping I can't keep my hand on the plough Because

The Son Of Noah's Brother The Incredible String Band

"Many were the lifetimes of the Son of Noah's brother See his coat the ragged riches of the soul "

Greatest Friend The Incredible String Band

"The greatest friend I have in life Has brought me here to dwell Awhile among your green green hills All by the watery well The water from that wondrous well Has made my eyes to see And loosed my tongue

Bridge Song The Incredible String Band

Beautiful Girl: To the South a brightness It is not the moon deep dreams unfurling It is not the starlight far but near I feel in my heart bright joy stirring Look yonder love, see it comes more clear

Talking Of The End The Incredible String Band

talking of the end talking of the end let me hear you say you disagree talking of the end talking of the end let me hear you say it will not be this is no time for easy riding this is no time to cry better

Fair As You The Incredible String Band

My fairest love I live and learn the songs that ring true Whose message is plain whose words are few whose melodies smell of the pines love dwells between the lines cast upon the air to fly when words

White Bird The Incredible String Band

white bird on the water In beauty calm and still White bird, white bird, white bird Of the morning White bird, white bird, White bird, white bird, white bird Of the morning White bird, white bird, See