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.

Night In The City Fairport Convention

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 from and places to go Night in

To Althea From Prison Fairport Convention

brings to whisper at my grates When I lie tangled in her hair and fettered with her eye Birds that wanton in the air know no such liberty When flowing cups run swiftly round with no allaying ?tense?

Jewel In The Crown (Live) Fairport Convention

it give us the mountain and we will move it we rule the waves and the seven 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 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

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

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?

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

Night-Time Girl Fairport Convention

Night-time girl, rocking in a chair Whiles her time away combing up her yellow hair Night-time girl, rocking in a chair Looking in the mirror with a wide eyed stare Night-time girl, when she's eager for

Doctor Of Physick Fairport Convention

Take care daughter dear Don't dream on many gallant men tonight Take care daughter dear For a doctor comes to steal your books in the dead of night" Every ?sign?

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...

Down In The Flood Fairport Convention

Well, it's sugar for sugar And salt for salt, If you go down in the flood, It's gonna be your own fault. Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now?

Dawn Fairport Convention

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 might always rise Sleep, will we ever sleep Oh, to sleep in

I Don't Know Where I Stand Fairport Convention

Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there Sunny day, braiding white flowers and leaves in my hair Picked up a pencil and wrote 'I love you' in my finest hand Wanted to send it but I don't know

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.

WHITE DRESS Fairport Convention

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 you'll take me dancing tonight <Interlude> The night's in

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

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 summer's in

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

Genesis Hall Fairport Convention

My father he rides in your ships And I know he would never mean harm But to see both sides of a quarrel Is to judge without hate or love Oh, oh, helpless and slow And you don't have anywhere to go You

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

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

You're Gonna Need My Help Fairport Convention

You're gonna need You're gonna need my help I say You know I won't have to worry I'll have everything goin' my way Well you wake up in the morning Your face so full of frowns Asked you What's wrong

Angel Delight Fairport Convention

scene from a different angle He stood and watched a child at play A-tinkling on an old triangle Dave the Drum who was passing by Bought the toy with a coin he'd picked up You should have seen the gleam in

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

scene from a different angle He stood and watched a child at play A tinkling on an old triangle Dave the Drum who was passing by Bought the toy with a coin he'd picked up You should have seen the gleam in

Cajun Woman Fairport Convention

on his finger in the undertaker's name (Chorus) Oh, cajun woman Some people still call you a queen I don't believe you're sinking With all the trouble you've been He grew up in the bayou with a Bible round

Matty Groves (Live) Fairport Convention

and the first one of the year Lord Donald's wife came into the church, the gospel for to hear And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about And there she saw little Matty Groves, walking in

Matty Groves Fairport Convention

and the first one of the year Lord Donald's wife came into the church, the gospel for to hear And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about And there she saw little Matty Groves, walking in

Matty Groves (Take 1) Fairport Convention

and the first one of the year Lord Donald's wife came into the church, the gospel for to hear And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about And there she saw little Matty Groves, walking in

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

Restless Fairport Convention

(Trevor Lucas, Roach) Born between a river and a railroad Restlessness has ruled me since I can't remember when There's something in the wind seems to call me like a friend So I guess that I'll be on my

Million Dollar Bash Fairport Convention

Well, that big dumb blonde with Gorgeous George And Turtle, a friend of theirs, with his cheques all forged And his cheeks in a trunk with a cheese in the cash You're all gonna be there at that million

Tam Lin Fairport Convention

"I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair To travel to Carterhaugh, for young Tam Lin is there None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge Either their mantles of green or else

Reynardine Fairport Convention

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 sly old Reynardine She said, "Kind sir, be civil My company forsake For in

Been On The Road So Long Fairport Convention

Seen the world in the shadow, so long Is its mushrooming cloud, so long And the lies and the greed of the leaders of men Those cheats who would take us to war again, so long.

Nottamun Town Fairport Convention

In Nottamun Town not a soul would look up Not a soul would look up Not a soul would look down Not a soul would look up Not a soul would look down To show me the way to fair Nottamun Town When the king

Morning Glory Fairport Convention

I lit my purest candle close to my window, hoping it would catch the eye Of any vagabond who passed it by, And I waited in my fleeting house Before he came I felt him drawing near As he neared I felt the

Reynardine (Live) Fairport Convention

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 sly old Reynardine She said Kind sir be civil My company forsake For in

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

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?"

Genesis Hall (Live) Fairport Convention

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 homeless And leave them to die in

Walk Awhile Fairport Convention

Chorus) 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

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

BOOK SONG Fairport Convention

<Interlude> She left behind names in the pages And the time she took out they stayed in Now she thinks that she maybe should tell them Of my book and the places she's been <Interlude&

The Bonny Black Hare Fairport Convention

On the fourteenth of May at the dawn of the day With my gun on my shoulder to the woods I did stray In search of some game if the weather proved fair To see could I get a shot at the bonny black hare Oh

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

Never a cruel word did say Oh that a good man Should be treated this way Run to me mother of anyone's child And tell me the revelry planned Judges and barristers, clerks at the law His show is the best in

You're Gonna Need My Help (BBC) Fairport Convention

You wake up in the morning, your face so full of frowns Asked you : ‘What's wrong ?’ - you say : ‘I'm sorry, I'm puttin' you down’.