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

" "Let me in", the soldier cried "For I'll not go back again, no" My father watches down on the street Mother, the chamber keys do keep Oh the doors and windows, they do creek I dare not let you in, no

Rag Doll Steeleye Span

(Hand me down) When she was just a kid. her clothes were hand-me-downs (Hand-me-down) They always laughed at her when she came into town Called her rag doll Little rag doll.

Alison Gross Steeleye Span

(traditional) Alison Gross that lives in yon tower The ugliest witch in the North Country Has trysted me one day up to her bower And many a fair speech she made to me She stroked my head and she combed

The Lark In The Morning Steeleye Span

Oh let it be wet my love and ever so cold I will rise my fond Floro and away to my fold. Oh no, my bright Floro, it is no such thing It's a bright sun a-shining and the lark is on the wing.

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

Lay still my fond shepherd and don`t you rise yet It`s a fine dewy morning and besides my love it is wet Oh let it be wet my love and ever so cold I will rise my fond Floro and away to my fold Oh no my

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

Lay still my fond shepherd and don`t you rise yet It`s a fine dewy morning and besides my love it is wet Oh let it be wet my love and ever so cold I will rise my fond Floro and away to my fold Oh no my

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

Lay still my fond shepherd and don't you rise yet It's a fine dewy morning and besides my love it is wet Oh let it be wet my love and ever so cold I will rise my fond Floro and away to my fold Oh no

Thomas The Rhymer Steeleye Span

True Thomas sat on Huntley Bank And he beheld a lady gay A lady that was brisk and bold Come riding o'er the ferny brae Her skirt was of the grass green silk Her mantle of the velvet fine At every lock

Lady Diamond Steeleye Span

Johnson There was a lord, a lord lived in the North Country He was a man of wealth and fame He only had one child, a child but only one And Lady Diamond was her name She did not love a lord, she did not

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

Marrowbones Steeleye Span

There was a woman in our town and in our town did dwell She loved her husband dearly but another man twice as well And sing Folder oh la la la ...

New York Girls Steeleye Span

As I walked down through Chatham Street a fair maid I did meet, She asked me to see her home-- she lived in Bleecker Street.

Captain Coulston Steeleye Span

He said : 'My boys, do not go down you need not think on sleep' 'For in a few hours more we shall be slumbering in the deep' 'For a pirate ship is coming down upon the western sea' 'To rob us of our property

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

came on deck each day To help us with our merriment going to Amerikay The merriment being over we're going to bed one night The captain he came upon deck to see if all was right He said my boys do not go

General Taylor (Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71) Steeleye Span

burying ground To me way hey hey Stormy Walk him along John carry him along Way hey hey Stormy Carry him to his burying ground I wish I wa sold Stormy`s son I`d build me a ship of 10000 ton I`d load her

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

Long Lankin Steeleye Span

, says Long Lankin "She's up in her chamber", says the nurse to him "Where's the baby of the house?"

All Around My Hat Steeleye Span

away Fare thee well cold winter and fare thee well cold frost Nothing have I gained but my own true love I've lost I'll sing and I'll be merry when occasion I do see He's a false deluding young man, let

Black Jack Davy Steeleye Span

Chorus: He rode up hills and he rode down dales over many a wild high mountain, and they did say that saw him go, "Black Jack Davy he is hunting."

Blackleg Miner Steeleye Span

It's in the evening after dark When the blackleg miner creeps to work With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt There goes the blackleg miner Well he grabs his duds and down he goes To hew the coal that

One Misty Moisty Morning Steeleye Span

little further and there I met a maid A-going a-milking, a-milking Sir she said Then I began to compliment and she began to sing Saying how do you do and how do you do and how do you do again This maid her

Lowlands Of Holland Steeleye Span

But lately was a bonny bride with pleasure in her e'e. But the lowlands of Holland has twined my love and me.

Tam Lin Steeleye Span

Traditional I was told by my Aunt I was told by my mother That going to a wedding Is the makings of another Well if this be so Then I'll go without a bidding O kind Providence Won't you send me to a wedding

The Wife Of Ushers Well Steeleye Span

Usher's Well A wealthy wife was she She had three stout and stalwart sons And sent them o'er the sea They had not been from Usher's Well A week but barely one When word came to this carlin wife That her

Fighting For Strangers Steeleye Span

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

Gower Wassail Steeleye Span

dedol dol de dol 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

When I Was On Horseback Steeleye Span

jolly soldiers to march by my side And it's six jolly soldiers take a bunch of red roses Then for to smell them as we march along Beat the drum slowly and play the pipes only Play up the dead march as we go

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

jolly soldiers to march by my side And it's six jolly soldiers take a bunch of red roses Then for to smell them as we march along Beat the drum slowly and play the pipes only Play up the dead march as we go

All Things Are Quite Silent Steeleye Span

But they'd not listen to me although a fond wife, Saying: The king must have sailors, to the seas he must go, And they left me lamenting in sorrow and woe.

Copshawholme Fair Steeleye Span

You should ken it as afar I've seen it myself What wages they adle it's ill to declare The muckle they vary at Copshawholme Fair Just the gal I have seen she's a strapping young queen He asked what her

Sails Of Silver Steeleye Span

What is it makes her to weep and to moan? I am as a tall sailing ship out on the sea, Where only long breezes reach out to me.

Hard Times Of Old England Steeleye Span

And sing all the hard times of old England In old England, very hard times You must go to the shop and you'll ask for a job They'll answer you there with a shake and a nod Well, that's enough to make a

The Black Freighter Steeleye Span

ship, the black freighter with fifty long cannons opens fire on the town then you gentlemen can wipe all the grins off your face every building in the town is a flat one the whole stinking place will be down

The Blackleg Miner Steeleye Span

Traditional Oh, early in the evenin', just after dark, The blackleg miners creep te wark, Wi' their moleskin trousers an' dorty short, There go the backleg miners !

Dance With Me Steeleye Span

A knight he rode his lonely way Thinking about his wedding day As he rode through a forest near The elf king's daughter did appear Out she stepped from the elfin band Smiling she held out her hand Welcome

Lovely On The Water Steeleye Span

hear the music play For our Queen she do want seamen So I will not stay on shore I will brave the wars for my country Where the blund'ring cannons roar Poor Nancy fell and fainted But soon he brought her

Cam Ye O'Er Frae France Steeleye Span

Cam ye down by Lunnon? Saw ye Geordie Whelps and his bonny woman? Were ye at the place ca'd the Kittle Housie? Saw ye Geordie's grace riding on a goosie?

John Barleycorn Steeleye Span

The let him die for a very long time Till the rain from heaven did fall, Then little Sir John sprang up his head And he did amaze them all.

The Blacksmith (Original 1970 Ver.) Steeleye Span

gathering primroses I`m afraid the shining sun might burn and scorch his beauty And if I were with my love I would do my duty Strange news is a come to town strange news is carried Strange news flies up and down

The Blacksmith (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70) Steeleye Span

gathering primroses I`m afraid the shining sun might burn and scorch his beauty And if I were with my love I would do my duty Strange news is a come to town strange news is carried Strange news flies up and down

The Blacksmith (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71) Steeleye Span

gathering primroses I`m afraid the shining sun might burn and scorch his beauty And if I were with my love I would do my duty Strange news is a come to town strange news is carried Strange news flies up and down

The Blacksmith Steeleye Span

gathering primroses I'm afraid the shining sun might burn and scorch his beauty And if I were with my love I would do my duty Strange news is a-come to town, strange news is carried Strange news flies up and down

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

Gone To America Steeleye Span

Married him in April, lost him in July; They took him as their prisoner then told me why, They said they had sent him where poachers go, I asked if I could see him but they said no.

Little Sir Hugh Steeleye Span

bonny bonny boys playing at the hall Along came little Sir Hugh, he played with them all He kicked the ball very high, he kicked the ball so low, He kicked it over a castle wall where no one dared to go

Gaudete Steeleye Span

The biggest pop brand on the plant ?Now That뭩 What I Call Music have launched their very own TV channel on sky 378 & FreeSat 512 called Now Music. To get you in the festive mood they will be themin...

A Calling-On Song Steeleye Span

Good people pray heed a petitionYour attention we beg and craveAnd if you are inclined for to listenAn abundance of pastime we'll haveWe have come to relate many storiesConcerning our forefathers t...

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 ...

Prince Charlie Stuart Steeleye Span

If you had seen my Charlie at the head of an armyHe was a gallant sight to beholdWith his fine tartan hose on his bonnie round legAnd his buckles all pure shining goldThe tartan my love wore was th...