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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She Moves Through The Fair (Acoustic Version) 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 And

POLLY ON THE SHORE Fairport Convention

Come all you wild young men and a warning take by me Never lead your single life astray or into bad company As I myself have done being all in the month of May When I, as pressed by a sea captain

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

Matty Groves 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

Matty Groves (Take 1) 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

Reno, Nevada Fairport Convention

It's a long, long way down to Reno, Nevada and a long, long way to your home. But the change in your pocket is beginning to grumble And you reap just about what you, ve sown.

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

The Deserter Fairport Convention

As I was a-walking down Radcliffe highway A recruiting party came a-beating my way They enlisted me and treated me till I did not know And to the Queen's barracks they forced me to go When first I deserted

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

No Man's Land Fairport Convention

Hey, come and make it easy Hey, come and make it black It's no use to be free If lies are all the truth they see They'll screw up what you do When you're through Hey, come and make it easy Hey, come and

The Bonny Black Hare Fairport Convention

Oh, the answer she gave me, her answer was "No But it's under me apron they say it do go And if you'll not deceive me I vow and declare We'll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare" Well, I laid

Tam Lin Fairport Convention

" "I'll come and go", young Janet said, "and ask no leave of thee" Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee And she's gone to her father as fast as go can she Well, up then spoke her father dear

You Never Wanted Me Fairport Convention

Wondering and waiting my back agaist the wall Not a word that passed between us comes to recall Just your shadow at the window as you pass on down the hall You never wanted me and never knew me at all

Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 1) Fairport Convention

I can't believe that it's so cold As gentle tides go rolling by, Along the salt sea strand The colours blend and roll as one Together in the sand.

Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 4) Fairport Convention

I can't believe that it's so cold As gentle tides go rolling by, Along the salt sea strand The colours blend and roll as one Together in the sand.

Six Days On The Road Fairport Convention

Green-Montgomery Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh down the Eastern seaboard I got my diesel wound up and she's a-running like never before There's a speed zone ahead alright but I can't see a cop in sight

Bonny Bunch Of Roses Fairport Convention

"Near by the swelling ocean, One morning in the month of June, While feather'd warbling songsters Their charming notes did sweetly tune, I overheard a lady Lamenting in sad grief and woe, And talking with

Time Will Show The Wiser 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

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

I Don't Know Where I Stand Fairport Convention

Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there Sunny day, braiding white flowers and leaves in my hair Picked up a pencil and wrote 'I love you' in my finest hand Wanted to send it but I don't know

The Journeyman's Grace Fairport Convention

Someone told me there's a grace that leads you straight from place to place And you always leave the road behind you You don't need your horses shod, just a dowser and his rod Leave your mistress, she

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.

Been On The Road So Long Fairport Convention

"I've been on the road, so long Been tired and broke, so long I've been to the south where the winds they were warm Traveling the road of no return, so long I've seen what was war, so long The ruins and

Bring 'Em Down Fairport Convention

Time stood dark and silent and the stars they gave no light I wandered in an endless dream, haunted by the night I saw four ghostly riders, the horses in a line Each in turn did point at me and say I'm

Pleasure & Pain Fairport Convention

Chorus) Pleasure and pain is like profit and gain Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose Be kind to yourself when you're tired of yourself Don't go mixing the reds along with the blues The coach that

Million Dollar Bash Fairport Convention

Well, that big dumb blonde with Gorgeous George And Turtle, a friend of theirs, with his cheques all forged And his cheeks in a trunk with a cheese in the cash You're all gonna be there at that million

Rosie Fairport Convention

Swarbrick In 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 (Chorus:) Come on Rosie, rosin up the bow For the

What Is True? Fairport Convention

Silver tongues are speaking long and hard into the night I must be myself and I'll do alright Oh, please my darling, do not make me sad Late at night nobody really wants to feel that bad The rain it beats

Morning Glory Fairport Convention

I lit my purest candle close to my window, hoping it would catch the eye Of any vagabond who passed it by, And I waited in my fleeting house Before he came I felt him drawing near As he neared I felt the

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

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

To Althea From Prison Fairport Convention

When love, with unconfined wings, hovers within my gates And my ?divine now fear?

Sloth Fairport Convention

Chorus) 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