Fighting For Strangers Steeleye Span

What makes you go abroad fighting for strangers When you could be safe at home free from all dangers?

Hard Times Of Old England Steeleye Span

have I traveled and I cannot find none And sing all the hard times of old England In old England, very hard times Provisions you buy at the shop, it is true But if you've no money, there's none there for

Copshawholme Fair Steeleye Span

em a-comin' in from the mountains and glens Those rosy-faced lasses and strappin' young men With a joy in their heart and unburdened o' care A'meetin' old friends at Copshawholme Fair There are lads for

Lovely On The Water Steeleye Span

As I walked out one morning In the springtime of the year I overheard a sailor boy Likewise a lady fair They sang a song together Made the valleys for to ring While the birds on the spray in the meadows

Boys Of Bedlam Steeleye Span

For to see mad Tom of Bedlam Ten thousand miles I'd travel Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes For to save her shoes from gravel Chorus: Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys Bedlam boys are bonnie, For

All Around My Hat Steeleye Span

All around my hat I will wear the green willow And all around my hat for a twelve month and a day And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it It's all for my true love who's far, far away

My Love Steeleye Span

There would never be a reason for regret, my love The news has come to town, the news flies up and down That another you have found to lie with you, my love If the wind doth whisper by that it's not true

All Things Are Quite Silent Steeleye Span

I begged hard for my darling as I would for my life.

The Hills Of Greenmore Steeleye Span

Traditional One fine winter's morn my horn I did blow To the green fields of Keady for hours we did go We covered our dogs and we searched all the way For none loves this sport better than the boys in

John Barleycorn Steeleye Span

There were three men Came from the west Their fortunes for to tell, And the life of John Barleycorn As well.

Captain Coulston Steeleye Span

Come and join with Captain Coulston, that hero stout and bold Who fought his way all on the sea and never was controlled For six long weeks in summer gales we sailed upon the sea All bound for New York

Captain Coulston (BBC Radio 1 In Concert With John Peel) Steeleye Span

Come and join with Captain Coulston that hero stout and bold Who fought his way all on the sea and never was controlled For six long weeks in summer gales we sailed upon the sea All bound for New York

Bold Poachers (Stuart Henry Radio Session 23/7/70) Steeleye Span

When another keeper faced them They fired at him also He on the ground lay crying Just like some person dying With no assistance nigh him May God forgive their crime Then they were taken with speed All for

Cam Ye O'Er Frae France Steeleye Span

Hey for Sandy Don! Hey for Cockolorum! Hey for Bobbing John and his Highland Quorum! Mony a sword and lance swings at Highland hurdie; How they'll skip and dance o'er the bum o' Geordie!

Skewball Steeleye Span

The trumpet it did sound, they shot off like an arrow They scarcely touched the ground for the going it was narrow Then Griselda passed him by and the gentlemen did holler The grey will win the day and

Rave On (Bonus Track: Original Fake Scratch Ver.) Steeleye Span

Little things I like to say and do Make me want to be with you Rave on it's a crazy feelin' I know it's got me reelin' I'm so glad you're revealin' your love for me Rave on rave on and tell me Tell me

Rave On (Bonus Track: Cleaned Up Extended Ver.) Steeleye Span

Little things I like to say and do Make me want to be with you Rave on it's a crazy feelin' I know it's got me reelin' I'm so glad you're revealin' your love for me Rave on rave on and tell me Tell me

Rave On (BBC Radio 1 In Concert With John Peel) Steeleye Span

Little things I like to say and do Make me want to be with you Rave on it's a crazy feelin' I know it's got me reelin' I'm so glad you're revealin' your love for me Rave on rave on and tell me Tell me

Rave On Steeleye Span

Little things I like to say and do Make me want to be with you Rave on, it's a crazy feelin' I know it's got me reelin' I'm so glad, you're revealin' your love for me Rave on, rave on and tell me

Rave On (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70) Steeleye Span

Little things I like to say and do Make me want to be with you Rave on it`s a crazy feelin` I know it`s got me reelin` I`m so glad you`re revealin` your love for me Rave on rave on and tell me Tell me

Lowlands Of Holland Steeleye Span

My love has built another (or: a nether) ship and set her on the sea And nane but twenty mariners all for to bring her hame.

Let Her Go Down Steeleye Span

Chorus: Let her go down, Swim for your lives, Swim for your children, Swim for your wives, But let her go down, Just let her go down.

Cold, Haily, Windy Night Steeleye Span

Feet, they are like a lump of lead Oh, my shoes, they are frozen to my feet With standing at your window "Let me in", the soldier cried "Cold, haily, windy night, oh" "Let me in", the soldier cried "For

Rogues In A Nation Steeleye Span

What force or gile could not subdue Through many warlike ages Is wrought now by a coward few For hireling traitor's wages The English steel we could disdain Secure in valour's station But English gold

The Victory Steeleye Span

Chorus: Mourn, England, mourn and complain; For the brave Lord Nelson's men, That died upon the main.

Black Jack Davy Steeleye Span

Late last night when the squire came home inquiring for his lady, Some denied and some replied, "She's gone with Black Jack Davy."

Fisherman's Wife Steeleye Span

"a' the week your man's awa' and a' the week you bide your lane a' the time you're waiting for the minute that he's comin' hame ye ken whit why he has tae work ye ken the hours he has tae keep and yet

The Wife Of Ushers Well Steeleye Span

were made of bark That neither grew in forest green Nor on any wooded rise But from the north side of the tree That grows in Paradise Blow up the fire my merry merry maidens Bring water from the well For

Little Sir Hugh Steeleye Span

Little Sir Hugh Chorus: Mother mother make my bed Make for me a winding sheet Wrap me up in a cloak of gold See if I can sleep Four and twenty bonny bonny boys playing at the hall Along came little Sir

Sails Of Silver Steeleye Span

Chorus: And I'll set my sails of silver, And I'll steer towards the sun, And you, false love, will weep for me When I'm gone, when I'm gone, when I'm gone.

Gower Wassail Steeleye Span

Fol de de ro Fol de da ri Sing too ra li o Our wassail is made of the elderberry bough And so my good neighbors we'll drink unto thou Besides all on earth you have apples in store Pray let us come in for

A Calling-On Song Steeleye Span

Good people pray heed a petition Your attention we beg and crave And if you are inclined for to listen An abundance of pastime we'll have We have come to relate many stories Concerning our forefathers

When I Was On Horseback (BBC Radio 1 In Concert With John Peel) Steeleye Span

entered Cork City And met with my downfall on the fourteenth of May Six jolly soldiers to carry my coffin Six jolly soldiers to march by my side And it's six jolly soldiers take a bunch of red roses Then for

When I Was On Horseback Steeleye Span

entered Cork City And met with my downfall on the fourteenth of May Six jolly soldiers to carry my coffin Six jolly soldiers to march by my side And it's six jolly soldiers take a bunch of red roses Then for

My Johnny Was A Shoemaker Steeleye Span

tar to soil his hands And to sail across the sea, stormy sea And sail across the stormy sea His jacket was a deep sky blue and curly was his hair His jacket was a deep sky blue, it was, I do declare For

To Know Him Is To Love Him Steeleye Span

Someday he'll see Then he was meant for me To know know know him Is to love love love him Just to see him smile Makes my life worthwhile To know know know him Is to love love love him And I do and I do

Long Lankin Steeleye Span

, says Long Lankin "He's asleep in the cradle", says the nurse to him "We will pinch him, we will prick him We will stab him with a pin And the nurse shall hold the basin For the blood all to run in" So

Gone To America Steeleye Span

Married him in April, lost him in July; Listen to my story and I'll tell you why, They said that he'd been poaching and stealing wine, They said I wouldn't see him for a long long time.

The Blackleg Miner Steeleye Span

Don't wait till your dyin' day, For that may not be far away, Ye dorty blackleg miners ! *toon-raw = town-row

The Lark In The Morning Steeleye Span

nest And she mounts in the air with the dew on her breast And like a pretty ploughboy she'll whistle and sing And at night she will return to her own nest again When the ploughboy has done all he's got for

The Lark In The Morning (BBC Radio 1 In Concert With John Peel) Steeleye Span

nest And she mounts in the air with the dew on her breast And like a pretty ploughboy she'll whistle and sing And at night she will return to her own nest again When the ploughboy has done all he's got for

The Lark In the Morning (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70) Steeleye Span

And she mounts in the air with the dew on her breast And like the pretty ploughboy she`ll whistle and sing And at night she will return to her own nest again When the ploughboy has done all he`s got for

The Lark In The Morning (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71) Steeleye Span

And she mounts in the air with the dew on her breast And like the pretty ploughboy she`ll whistle and sing And at night she will return to her own nest again When the ploughboy has done all he`s got for

Blackleg Miner Steeleye Span

in the evening after dark When the blackleg miner creeps to work With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt There goes the blackleg miner So join the union while you may Don't wait 'til your dying day For

New York Girls Steeleye Span

Chorus: With a flour barrel for a suit of clothes, Down Cherry Street forlorn, There Martin Churchill took me in, And sent me 'round Cape Horn. Chorus: Sam Waring

Alison Gross Steeleye Span

Well set with jewels so fair to see Saying if you will be my lover so true This goodly gift I will give to thee Away, away, you ugly witch Go far away and let me be I never would kiss your ugly mouth For

False Knight On The Road (BBC Radio 1 In Concert With John Peel) Steeleye Span

the boat will surely sink says the false knight on the road and you will surely drown says the wee boy and still he stood has your mother more than you says the false knight on the road none of them for

Marrowbones Steeleye Span

So loudly she did holler and loud for mercy call But the old man says : 'I am so blind, I can't see you at all' And sing Folder oh la la la ...

False Knight On The Road Steeleye Span

will surely sink," says the false knight on the road "And you will surely drown," says the wee boy and still he stood "Has your mother more than you," says the false knight on the road "Oh, none of them for

False Knight On The Road (BBC 'Folk On 1' 17 October 1970) Steeleye Span

The boat will surely sink says the false knight on the road And you will surely drown says the wee boy and still he stood Has your mother more than you says the false knight on the road Oh none of them for