The Rose Judy Collins

Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need I say love, it is a flower and

Cruel Mother Judy Collins

There was a lady lived in the North Oh, the rose and the linsie O She fell in love with her faither's clerk Down by the greenwood sidie, O He courted her a year and a day Oh, the rose and the linsie O

Barbara Allen Judy Collins

It was in the merry month of May When the green buds were swelling A young man on his death bed lay For love of Barbara Allen He sent his servant to the town Sent him to her dwelling My master's sick and

Bonnie Ship The Diamond Judy Collins

The Diamond is a ship my boys, for Greenland she is bound And the quay it is all garnished with bonny lassies 'round The captain gives the order to sail the ocean wide Where the sun it never sets my lads

Blue Raincoat Judy Collins

It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening I hear

The Coming Of The Roads Judy Collins

We used to hunt the cool caverns Deep in our forest of green Then came the road and the tavern And you found a new love it seems Once I had you and the wild wood Now, it's just dusty roads And I can't

The Rising Of The Moon Judy Collins

together At the rising of the moon Ah then tell me Sean O'Farrell Where the gatherin' is to be In the old spot by the river Right well known to you and me One thing more for signal token Whistle up the

The Dove Judy Collins

The dove she is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies She brings us glad tidings and tells us no lies She drinks the spring waters to make her voice clear When her nest she is building and summer is near

In The Heat Of The Summer Judy Collins

In the heat of the summer When the pavements were burning The soul of a city was ravaged in the night After the city sun was sinkin' Now no one knows how it started Why the windows were shattered But deep

The Holly And The Ivy (Live Version) Judy Collins

When they are both full grown, Of all trees that are in the wood, The holly bears the crown: O, the rising of the sun, And the running of the deer The playing of the merry organ, Sweet singing in

Albatross Judy Collins

The lady comes to the gate dressed in lavender and leather Looking North to the sea she finds the weather fine She hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard All the way from town She watches

Democracy (New Recording) Judy Collins

From the sirens night and day From the fires of the homeless From the ashes of the gay Democracy is coming to the USA It's coming through a crack in the wall On a visionary flood of alcohol From the staggering

Tear Down The Walls Judy Collins

Tear down the walls, listen to freedom ringing out Tear down the walls, can't you hear the church bells singing out Give every man the chance to take his brother's hand Tear down the walls, tear down the

Salt Of The Earth Judy Collins

Let's drink to the hard working people Let's drink to the lowly of birth Raise your glass to the good and the evil Let's drink to the salt of the earth Say a prayer for the common foot soldier Spare

Morning Has Broken Judy Collins

Morning has broken like the first morning Blackbird has spoken like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for them springing fresh from the word Sweet the rain's new

Secret Gardens Judy Collins

the night In the ice and snow of winter Great grandfather's farm is still there But it isn't the same The barn is torn down And the fences are gone The Idaho wind blows The topsoil away every Spring

The Fallow Way Judy Collins

I'll learn to love the fallow way When winter draws the valley down And stills the rivers in the storm And freezes all the little brooks Time when our steps slow to the song Of falling flakes and crackling

City Of New Orleans Judy Collins

Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Fisherman Song Judy Collins

The fisherman are pitching pennies In the sand beside the sea The sunrise hits their oilskin boots And their painted boats and me They seem to know the ocean Like a man knows a woman She makes him wait

Fishermen Song (LP Version) Judy Collins

The fisherman are pitching pennies In the sand beside the sea The sunrise hits their oilskin boots And their painted boats and me They seem to know the ocean Like a man knows a woman She makes him

Twelve Gates To The City Judy Collins

Three gates in the east, three gates in the west Three gates in the north, three gates in the south That makes twelve gates to the city, hallelujah Oh, what a beautiful city Oh, what a beautiful city Oh

Crow On The Cradle Judy Collins

The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn Now is the time for a child to be born He'll cry at the moon and he'll laugh at the sun If he's a boy he'll carry a gun Sang the crow on the cradle If it

Bullgine Run Judy Collins

Well the smartest clipper you could find Heave away haul away Is the Margaret Evans on the Black Ball Line Clear away the track and let the bullgine run Tell me now are you most done Heave away haul away

Holly Ann Judy Collins

hands the wooden wheel turns the wool around Then around again A gypsy from Bolinas Sits and plays the mandolin Faces smile in the firelight of a foggy night Living north of San Francisco Sometimes it's

The Bells Of Rhymney Judy Collins

Oh what will you give me Say the sad bells of Rhymney Is there hope for the future Cry the brown bells of Merthyr Who made the mine owner Say the black bells of Rhondda And who robbed the miner

In The Hills Of Shiloh Judy Collins

Have you seen Amanda Blaine in the hills of Shiloh Wandering in the morning rain through the hills of Shiloh Have you seen her at her door listening for the cannon's roar And the man who went to war from

Joy To The World (Live Version) Judy Collins

The Lord has come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and heaven and nature sing Joy to the world The Lord has come

Blowin' In The Wind Judy Collins

How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a man How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand How many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned

Loch Lomond Judy Collins

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond Where we two have passed so many blithesome days On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond O ye’ll take the high

Since You Asked Judy Collins

What I'll give you since you asked Is all my time together; Take the rugged sunny days, The warm and Rocky weather, Take the roads that I have walked along, Looking for tomorrow’s time, Peace of

Since You've Asked Judy Collins

What I'll give you since you asked Is all my time together; Take the rugged sunny days, The warm and Rocky weather, Take the roads that I have walked along, Looking for tomorrow's time, Peace of mind.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll Judy Collins

rag away from your face Now ain't the time for your tears Hattie Carroll was a maid of the kitchen She was fifty one years old and gave birth to ten children Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage

Coal Tattoo Judy Collins

Travelin' down that coaltown road Listen to those rubber tires whine Goodbye to Buckeye and White Sycamore I'm leavin' you behind I've been a coal man all my life Layin' down track in the hole Got a back

Pirate Jenny Judy Collins

And the ship, a Black Freighter With a skull on its masthead will be comin' in Then you gentlemen can say, "Hey girl, finish the floors Get upstairs, make the beds, earn your keep here You toss me your

Wild Rippling Water Judy Collins

fair one was she Oh where are you going my pretty, fair maid Just down by the River, just down by the shade Just down by the River, just down by the spring To see the Water gliding and the nightingale

Marat / Sade Judy Collins

years after we started fighting Marat keeps up with his writing Four years after the bastille fell He still recalls the old battle yell Down with all of the ruling class Throw all the generals out on

Memory Judy Collins

"Midnight Not a sound from the pavement Has the moon lost her memory?

Black Is The Colour Judy Collins

Black, black, black is the color of my true love's hair His lips are like some rosey fair The finest face and the neatest hands I love the ground where on he stands I love my love and well he knows I love

The Times They Are A-Chaingin Judy Collins

Come gather 'round people wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon, you'll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth savin' Then you better start

Cat's In The Cradle Judy Collins

My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch, bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talking 'fore I knew it and as he grew

Farewell To Tarwathie Judy Collins

Farewell to Tarwathie Adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land of Crimmond I bid you farewell I'm bound off for Greenland And ready to sail In hopes to find riches In hunting the whale Farewell to my comrades

Farewell Judy Collins

Farewell to Tarwathie Adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land of Crimmond I bid you farewell I'm bound off for Greenland And ready to sail In hopes to find riches In hunting the whale Farewell to my comrades

A Thousand Kisses Deep (New Recording) Judy Collins

The ponies run, the girls are young The odds are there to beat You win a while, and then it's done Your little winning streak And summoned now to deal With your invincible defeat You live your life as

Hard Lovin' Loser Judy Collins

He's the kind of guy Puts on a motorcycle jacket And he weighs about A hundred and five He's the kind of surfer Got a ho daddy haircut And you wonder how He'll ever survive He's the kind of frogman Wearing

Wars Of Germany Judy Collins

Oh, woe be to the orders That marched my love away And woe be to the bitter tears I shed upon this day And woe be to the bloody wars Of high Germany For they've carried off my own true love Left a broken

Che Judy Collins

"One morning in Bolivia The leader of the partisans and two of his companions Were forced to flee the mountains for their lives Through green and dusty villages they sped along the little roads The peasants

Battle Hymn of the Republic (Album Version) Judy Collins

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth

Tell Me Who I'll Marry Judy Collins

Tell me who I'll marry, tell me who he'll be While the Vistula is flowing By the green oak tree While the Vistula is flowing By the green oak tree Here's a builder come to woo you No one can build a house

Come Away Melinda Judy Collins

Mommy, mommy, come and look and see what I have found A little way away from here while digging in the ground Come away, Melinda Come in and close the door It's nothing but a picture book they had before

Emilio Judy Collins

Emilio lives in an attic Plays a flamenco guitar Our prayers fall down his window And roll down flanders of rusted out cars They harmonize with the sirens And mix with that racket downstairs They wonder