BOOK SONG Fairport Convention

When she leaves from her book to be with me Where's her mind as she stands while I play?

Percy's Song Fairport Convention

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep"Turn, turn, turn again"Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep"Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind"Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear"Turn...

Percy`s Song Fairport Convention

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep" Turn, turn, turn again "Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep" Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind "Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear...

Sandy's Song (Take Away The Load) Fairport Convention

I sit and wonder at the thoughtThat someday you'll be goingAt the same time I realizeI must not be afraidYou are the one I loveYou are the one I touchAnd it's you who must not goBut it's I who must...

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

It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft Fairport Convention

he's been fasting With his friends in the den where directors roll Like a bandarillo With his cigarillo Robs the rich, robs the rest, brings it all back home Please don't get us wrong man This is just a song

Milk And Honey Fairport Convention

skies Yes and No are the answers Written in my true love's eyes Autumn's leaving, winter's coming I think that I'll be moving on I've got to leave him and find another I've got to sing my heart's true song

WHITE DRESS Fairport Convention

white dress If you'll take me dancing tonight <Interlude> The night's in your face sky's in your eyes The day's in my arms when you're by my side Whenever you're weary I'll sing you a song

The Plainsman Fairport Convention

The plainsman's song, though it's seldom long, it's more than meets the ear And all I believe is the falling leaves at the turning of the year.

After Halloween Fairport Convention

and do recall Oh, the sea has made me cry But I love her too, so maybe I love you Tears are only made of salt and water And across the waves the sound of laughter October has gone and left me with a song

Angel Delight Fairport Convention

bathroom door In his hand's a herb shampoo Waiting for the waters raw So little time, so much to do 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 Stand in a line, take a book

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

bathroom door In his hand's a herb shampoo Waiting for the waters raw So little time so much to do 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 Stand in a line take a book

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

Come All Ye Fairport Convention

play for you some magic notes Instead, as you will see So, come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Sound of beating on the drum Song

Come All Ye (Take 1) Fairport Convention

play for you some magic notes Instead, as you will see So come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Sound of beating on the drum Song

Come All Ye (Live) Fairport Convention

play for you some magic notes Instead as you will see So come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Sound of beating on the drum Song

The Bonny Black Hare Fairport Convention

my ramrod and my bullets likewise I says "Lock your legs round me and dig in with your heels For the closer we get, oh, the better it feels" The birds they were singing in the bushes and trees And the song

Si tu dois partir Fairport Convention

Mais si tu dois partir, va-t'en Mais si tu dois partir, va-t'en Si non, tu dois rester la nuit **This song is Bob Dylan's 'If You Gotta Go, Go Now'.

Tam Lin Fairport Convention

The words are different from the original (Child) version but this is a very close approximation of the song as performed by Sandy Denny.

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 dwindl...

ONE MORE CHANCE Fairport Convention

Calling all olive branches and laid off doves There is work to do before we say goodbye But who can see them turning to the face of love Though I hear them pleading with me, don't let us die As I s...

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES Fairport Convention

Across the evening sky all the birds are leaving But how can they know it's time for them to go? Before the winter fire I will still be dreaming I have no thought of time For who knows where the ti...

POLLY ON THE SHORE Fairport Convention

Come all you wild young men and a warning take by me Never lead your single life astray or into bad company As I myself have done being all in the month of May When I, as pressed by a sea captain a...

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 Hexha...

MEET ON THE LEDGE 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 Blown...

RISING FOR THE MOON Fairport Convention

I travel over the sea and ride the rolling sky For that's the way it is that is my fortune There are many ears to please many people's love to try And every day's begun rising for the moon There's ...

STRANGER TO HIMSELF Fairport Convention

He was a stranger to himself A spy in his own camp And his money was his health All thrown to the dust by his very own hand Yet his beauty lingered still Beyond the draining of the sand But greener...

TALE IN HARD TIME Fairport Convention

Take the sun from my heart Let me learn to despise I'll show you another who cannot tell lies <Interlude> The blind man can't see Who demands to his eyes I'll show you another who sings as he...

Knockin\' On Heven\'s Door Fairport Convention

Mama, take this badge off of me I can\'t use it anymore. It\'s gettin\' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I\'m knockin\' on heaven\'s door. Knock, knock, knockin\' on heaven\'s door Knock, ...

Knockin' On Heven's Door Fairport Convention

Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore. It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, k...

Farewell, Farewell Fairport Convention

Farewell, farewell to you who would hearYou lonely travelers all.The cold North winds will blow againThe winding road does call.And you will never return to seeYour bruised and beaten sons?Oh, I wo...

Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Fairport Convention

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leavingBut how can they know it's time for them to go?Before the winter fire, I will still be dreamingI have no thought of timeFor who knows where the time...

To Althea From Prison Fairport Convention

When love, with unconfined wings, hovers within my gatesAnd my ?divine now fear? brings to whisper at my gratesWhen I lie tangled in her hair and fettered with her eyeBirds that wanton in the air k...

Bring 'Em Down Fairport Convention

Time stood dark and silent and the stars they gave no lightI wandered in an endless dream, haunted by the nightI saw four ghostly riders, the horses in a lineEach in turn did point at me and say I'...

Big William Fairport Convention

He never put a foot wrongUntil the day Joe met Big WilliamHe made him an offer but he often was wrongI'll tell you where to stick it,said Big William to JoeYou can put it where the monkey sticks hi...

Pleasure & Pain Fairport Convention

Chorus)Pleasure and pain is like profit and gainSometimes you win and sometimes you loseBe kind to yourself when you're tired of yourselfDon't go mixing the reds along with the bluesThe coach that ...

Possibly Parsons Green Fairport Convention

Don't say you caught me, if you don't need meThen I'll walk away, come on make up your mindDon't try to use me or cry to confuse me causeI know your games and they're the same games as mineFeels li...

Mr. Lacey Fairport Convention

Please, Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machinePlease, Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machineWill you let me control the handles, you know it's the best thing I've ever seenWell, Mr Lacey, whe...

John Lee Fairport Convention

John Lee, your headache's growing, the cold wind's blowingBut the sea's without a rippleJohn Lee, your forehead's damp, your muscles crampAnd the sea can't use a cripple(Chorus)John Lee, you're tur...

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.

Matty Groves (Live) Fairport Convention

A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the yearLord Donald's wife came into the church, the gospel for to hearAnd when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes aboutAnd there she saw little M...

Sloth (Live) Fairport Convention

Just a roll, just a rollJust a roll on your drumJust a roll, just a rollAnd the war has begunNow the right thing's the wrong thingNo more excuses to comeJust one step at a timeAnd the war has begun...

Walk Awhile Fairport Convention

Chorus)Walk awhile, walk awhile, walk awhile with meThe more we walk together, love, the better we'll agreeWe'll agreeOne hand in your mouth and your finger in your eyeUndertakers bow their heads a...

Doctor Of Physick Fairport Convention

Take care daughter dearDon't dream on many gallant men tonightTake care daughter dearFor a doctor comes to steal your books in the dead of night"Every ?sign? in hereSo wear your relic nearDoctor Mo...

Sloth Fairport Convention

Chorus)Just a roll, just a rollJust a roll on your drumJust a roll, just a rollAnd the war has begunNow the right thing's the wrong thingNo more excuses to comeJust one step at a timeAnd the war ha...

Sir Patrick Spens Fairport Convention

The King sits in Dunfirmline town, drinking of the blood-red wine"Where can I get a steely skipper to sail this might boat of mine?"Then up there spoke a bonny boy, sitting at the King's right knee...

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman (1988 Version) Fairport Convention

Rise for the hangmanHis pleasure is that you should riseHe's the judge and the juryAt the jester's assizePoor Will on the gallows treeNever a cruel word did sayOh that a good manShould be treated t...

Flowers Of The Forest Fairport Convention

I've heard them lilting?At are? you milkingAnd I've heard them liltingBefore light a-dayNow they are mourningFor all time a-liltingThe flowers of the forestAre all ?wean? awaySad they for the order...

Now Be Thankful (Mono Version) Fairport Convention

When the stone is grown too cold to kneelIn crystal waters I'll be boundCold as stone, weary to the sounds upon the wheelNow be thankful for good things belowNow be thankful to your makerFor the ro...

Bonny Bunch Of Roses Fairport Convention

"Near by the swelling ocean,One morning in the month of June,While feather'd warbling songstersTheir charming notes did sweetly tune,I overheard a ladyLamenting in sad grief and woe,And talking wit...