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

After Halloween Fairport Convention

Red and gold and Halloween have passed us by The charcoal branches lean against the rosy sky You are so far away and I could touch you if I may But don't you worry now, I'm only dreaming anyway You may

Reynardine (Live) Fairport Convention

One evening as I rambled Among the leaves so green I overheard a young 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

Genesis Hall (Live) Fairport Convention

My father he rides with your sheriffs And I know he would 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

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

Now Be Thankful (Live At The Cropredy Festival, 1997) Fairport Convention

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 the red

If I Had A Ribbon Bow Fairport Convention

If I had ribbon bow to tie my hair And a gown of calico for me to wear I'd surely get a sweetheart, a prince or a king A palace home where I could have everything If I had a ribbon bow to tie my hair This

Suzanne (Live) Fairport Convention

Suzanne takes you down to the place by the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night forever And you know that she's half crazy That's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and

Milk And Honey Fairport Convention

"Gold and silver is the autumn Soft and gentle are her 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

Sloth (Live) Fairport Convention

Just a roll, just a roll Just a roll on your drum Just a roll, just a roll And the war has begun Now the right thing's the wrong thing No more excuses to come Just one step at a time And the war has begunShe's

Solo (Live) Fairport Convention

Good morning good afternoon And what have you got to say Well I'm waiting but I can't stay long It's such a lovely day There's a time to be talking And a time when it's no use Right now I think the things

Matty Groves (Live) Fairport Convention

A holiday, a holiday, 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

John Barleycorn (Live) Fairport Convention

let him lie for a long long time till the rains from heaven did fall And little Sir John sprang up his head and so amazed them all They've let him stand till midsummer's day and he looks both pale and

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

Walk Awhile (Live) Fairport Convention

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 as you go walking

Come All Ye (Live) Fairport Convention

Come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Those that dance will start to dance And those who don't will stay In time to [unverified

Jewel In The Crown (Live) Fairport Convention

We are a proud land we stand for freedom we've got the franchise on how to lead them we've got the history and books to prove it give us the mountain and we will move it we rule the waves and the seven

Now Be Thankful (Mono Version) Fairport Convention

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, the red

Now Be Thankful (Stereo Mix) Fairport Convention

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, the red

Time Will Show The Wiser (Live) Fairport Convention

My mind keeps on telling me that this is no good And my heart is aching that tells me I should But only time will show the wiser I've fallen in love with a girl that's not mine If I take her it will hurt

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

Mr. Lacy (Live) Fairport Convention

Please Mr Lacey let mework your loving machinePlease Mr Lacey let mework your loving machineWill you let me control the handlesyou know it's the best thingI've ever seenWell Mr Lacey where'd you le...

Reynardine Fairport Convention

One evening as I rambled Among the leaves so green I overheard a young 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

Rosie (Live At The Cropredy Festival, 1997) Fairport Convention

I 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 Come on Rosie rosin up the bow For the more I learn it's the

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman (Live) Fairport Convention

Rise for the hangman His pleasure is that you should rise He's the judge and the jury At the jester's assize Poor Will on the gallows tree Never a cruel word did say Oh that a good man Should be

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

Oh Danny 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

Fotheringay (Acoustic Version) Fairport Convention

How often she has gazed from castle windows all And watched the daylight passing within her captive wall With no one to heed her call The evening hour is fading within the dwindling sun And in a lonely

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 dwindling

Crazy Man Michael Fairport Convention

Within the fire and out upon the sea Crazy Man Michael was walking He met with a raven with eyes black as coals And shortly they were a-talking "Your future, your future, I would tell to you Your future

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

John the Wood went out one day To view the 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

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?"

Jack O' Diamonds (Live) Fairport Convention

Jack O'Diamonds on the moveJack O'Diamonds one eyed knaveOn the move hits the streetBumps his head on the groundWell he's a scout you're born to loseShouldn't stayJack O'Diamonds is a hard card to ...

The Plainsman Fairport Convention

Lucas-Roche I come from the moor and the mointain, from the waterfall and stream. I've turned my back on the mountain track; I'm walking in a dream.

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

Dear Landlord Fairport Convention

When that steamboat whistle blows, I'm gonna give you all I got to give, And I do hope you receive it well, Depending on the way you feel that you live.

A Sailor's Life Fairport Convention

A sailor's life, it is a merry life He robs young girls of their heart's delight Leaving them behind to weep and mourn They never know when they will return "Well, there's four and twenty all in a row

Iron Lion Fairport Convention

only thing I can do I hold a good head of steam everywhere that I'm seen Wherever my wheels rolled through Wherever my wheels rolled through Well, I was nearly shut down in a Midwest town Her hair was red

Si Tu Dois Partir (Live) Fairport Convention

C'est pas que je te demandeQue faire que tu ne jamais faisC'est seulement qu'il fait trop tardEt il fait trop noir pour trouver la porteMais si tu dois partir va t'enMais si tu dois partir va t'enS...

Meet On The Ledge (Live) Fairport Convention

We used to sayThat come the dayWe'd all be making songsOr finding better wordsThese ideas never lasted longThe way is upAlong the roadThe air is growing thinToo many friends who triedWere blown off...

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

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

Come All Ye Fairport Convention

Come all ye rolling minstrels And together, we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Those that dance, will start to dance And those who don't will stay In time to [unverified

Come All Ye (Take 1) Fairport Convention

Come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Those that dance will start to dance And those who don't will stay In time to lis our merry

Both Sides Now Fairport Convention

Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things

Suzanne Fairport Convention

and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you want to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been

Percy`s Song Fairport Convention

" Turn, turn, turn again "Joliet prison and ninety-nine years" Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind "Oh, what's the charge of how this came to be?"

Percy's Song Fairport Convention

there on Wednesday night Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind Without a reply, I left by the moon Turn, turn, turn again And was in his chambers by the next afternoon Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

She Moves Through The Fair Fairport Convention

My young love said to me "My mother won't mind And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind" And she laid her hand on me and this she did say "Oh, it will not be long, lord, till our wedding day