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

Night-Time Girl Fairport Convention

for the city Dresses for the ball and she looks so young and pretty Night-time girl, there's a place they want to put you Night-time girl, they say you're insane Night-time girl, they tell me you're crazy

One Sure Thing Fairport Convention

He used to be the only man I would see He used to be the only good man for me Oh, he used to be my one sure thing Look at me now, what you see, it isn't me Look at me now, just a leaf without a tree Oh

It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft Fairport Convention

Everlasting Looks like he's been fasting With his friends in the den where directors roll Like a bandarillo With his cigarillo Robs the rich, robs the rest, brings it all back home Please don't get us wrong man

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

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.

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman (1988 Version) 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 treated

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

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman 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 treated

John Barleycorn (Live) Fairport Convention

clods upon his head Till these three men were satisfied John Barleycorn was dead There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass But little Sir John with his nut brown bowl proved the strongest man

Doctor Of Physick Fairport Convention

in here So wear your relic near Doctor Monk unpacks his trunk tonight "Oh, father dear I dreamed last night a man sat on my bed And I fear When I awoke I could not find my maidenhead" Every ?sign?

Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 1) Fairport Convention

But man has come to plough the tide, The oak lies on the ground. I hear their tires in the fields, They drive the stallion down. The roses bleed both light and dark, The winds do seldom call.

Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 4) Fairport Convention

But man has come to plough the tide, The oak lies on the ground. I hear their tires in the fields, They drive the stallion down. The roses bleed both light and dark, The winds do seldom call.

WHITE DRESS Fairport Convention

dancing tonight <Interlude> Come from the window let's climb the stairs All of my sorrows are none of your cares While life is in us let's love all we can I'll be your woman if you'll be my man

The Journeyman's Grace Fairport Convention

Oh please, journeyman, help me on my way Oh please, help me please, I won't be afraid Leave my weary flesh and bone to a circle made of stone Take me to the mountains for my pleasure And if the dead man

Suzanne Fairport Convention

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

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

Genesis Hall Fairport Convention

the homeless And leave them to die in the cold The gypsy who begged for your presents He will laugh in your face when you're old Oh, oh, helpless and slow And you don't have anywhere to go Well, one man

Genesis Hall (Live) Fairport Convention

homes from the homeless And leave them to die in the cold The gypsy who begged for your favours Will laugh in your face when you're old Oh oh helpless and slow And you don't have anywhere to go Well one man

Matty Groves (Live) Fairport Convention

your sheets But better I like your lady gay who lies in my arms asleep" "Well, get up, get up," Lord Donald cried, "get up as quick as you can It'll never be said in fair England that I slew a naked man

Matty Groves Fairport Convention

your sheets But better I like your lady gay who lies in my arms asleep" "Well, get up, get up," Lord Donald cried, "get up as quick as you can It'll never be said in fair England that I slew a naked man

Matty Groves (Take 1) Fairport Convention

your sheets But better I like your lady gay who lies in my arms asleep" "Well, get up, get up," Lord Donald cried, "get up as quick as you can It'll never be said in fair England that I slew a naked man

The Deserter Fairport Convention

that I was to be shot May the Lord have mercy on them for their sad cruelty For now the Queen's duty lies heavy on me Then up rode Prince Albert in his carriage and sticks Saying "Where is that young man

Restless Fairport Convention

wind seems to call me like a friend So I guess that I'll be on my way, on my way again There are dreams that I have carried all my lifetime And the dreams have made me a stranger In the eyes of many a man

Reno, Nevada Fairport Convention

There's a man at the table and you know he's been able To return all the odds that you lay But you can't feed your hunger and you ain't getting younger And your tongue ain't got nothing to say.

POLLY ON THE SHORE Fairport Convention

Indies we were bound to plunder the raging main And it's many the brave and a galliant ship we sent to a watery grave Ah, for Freeport we did steer our provisions to renew When we did spy a bold man-of-war

Come All Ye Fairport Convention

behind you'll hear And to the rhythm of guitar We hope you'll lend an ear So, come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Well, the man

Come All Ye (Take 1) Fairport Convention

behind you'll hear And to the rhythm of guitar We hope you'll lend an ear So come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Well, the man

Come All Ye (Live) Fairport Convention

behind you'll hear And to the rhythm of guitar We hope you'll lend an ear So come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Well the man

Angel Delight Fairport Convention

la la la la la la la la la la la The music room would make you grin It's cold as a freezing pit There's a hole in the wall where a lorry came in Let's split I quite like a breast of chicken And I'm crazy

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

la la la la la la la la la la la la The music room would make you grin It's cold as a freezing pit There's a hole in the wall where a lorry came in Let's split I quite like a breast of chicken And I'm crazy

THE HEXHAMSHIRE LASS Fairport Convention

Hexhamshire Off with the and over the moss and the mire I want to see my lass who lives in Hexhamshire Her father loves her well her mother loves her dearer I love them better than them both but, man

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 dwindl...

ONE MORE CHANCE Fairport Convention

Calling all olive branches and laid off doves There is work to do before we say goodbye But who can see them turning to the face of love Though I hear them pleading with me, don't let us die As I s...

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES Fairport Convention

Across the evening sky all the birds are leaving But how can they know it's time for them to go? Before the winter fire I will still be dreaming I have no thought of time For who knows where the ti...

MEET ON THE LEDGE Fairport Convention

We used to say that come the day We'd all be making songs Or finding better words These ideas never lasted long The way is up along the road The air is growing thin Too many friends who tried Blown...

Percy`s Song Fairport Convention

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep" Turn, turn, turn again "Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep" Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind "Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear...

BOOK SONG Fairport Convention

If she knew what I've seen while I'm watching Would she know where to smile, what to say? When she leaves from her book to be with me Where's her mind as she stands while I play? <Interlude> ...

RISING FOR THE MOON Fairport Convention

I travel over the sea and ride the rolling sky For that's the way it is that is my fortune There are many ears to please many people's love to try And every day's begun rising for the moon There's ...

STRANGER TO HIMSELF Fairport Convention

He was a stranger to himself A spy in his own camp And his money was his health All thrown to the dust by his very own hand Yet his beauty lingered still Beyond the draining of the sand But greener...

Knockin\' On Heven\'s Door Fairport Convention

Mama, take this badge off of me I can\'t use it anymore. It\'s gettin\' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I\'m knockin\' on heaven\'s door. Knock, knock, knockin\' on heaven\'s door Knock, ...

Knockin' On Heven's Door Fairport Convention

Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore. It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, k...

Farewell, Farewell Fairport Convention

Farewell, farewell to you who would hearYou lonely travelers all.The cold North winds will blow againThe winding road does call.And you will never return to seeYour bruised and beaten sons?Oh, I wo...

Tam Lin Fairport Convention

The words are different from the original (Child) version but this is a very close approximation of the song as performed by Sandy Denny."I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hairTo trav...

Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Fairport Convention

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leavingBut how can they know it's time for them to go?Before the winter fire, I will still be dreamingI have no thought of timeFor who knows where the time...

To Althea From Prison Fairport Convention

When love, with unconfined wings, hovers within my gatesAnd my ?divine now fear? brings to whisper at my gratesWhen I lie tangled in her hair and fettered with her eyeBirds that wanton in the air k...

Bring 'Em Down Fairport Convention

Time stood dark and silent and the stars they gave no lightI wandered in an endless dream, haunted by the nightI saw four ghostly riders, the horses in a lineEach in turn did point at me and say I'...

Big William Fairport Convention

He never put a foot wrongUntil the day Joe met Big WilliamHe made him an offer but he often was wrongI'll tell you where to stick it,said Big William to JoeYou can put it where the monkey sticks hi...

Pleasure & Pain Fairport Convention

Chorus)Pleasure and pain is like profit and gainSometimes you win and sometimes you loseBe kind to yourself when you're tired of yourselfDon't go mixing the reds along with the bluesThe coach that ...

Possibly Parsons Green Fairport Convention

Don't say you caught me, if you don't need meThen I'll walk away, come on make up your mindDon't try to use me or cry to confuse me causeI know your games and they're the same games as mineFeels li...