Long Lankin Lyrics

My Johnny was a shoemaker and did he love me My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea With pitch and tar to soil his hands And to sail across the sea, stormy sea And sail...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse] The mistletoe bough in the olden time Was honoured in many a sacred rhyme By bards and by singers of high degree When cut from its place on the old oak tree By white-r...Read Full Lyrics

Do you remember what we promised when we met, my love? 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 ha...Read Full Lyrics

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. Chorus: And away you santy, my dear honey, O you New Yo...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, you poor old soldier, what will you become When there's no one left marching to the beat of your drum? You fought all the battles and survived every one Old soldier march on, m...Read Full Lyrics

(traditional) One misty moisty morning when cloudy was the weather I met with an old man a-clothed all in leather He was clothed all in leather with a cap beneath his chin Singing ...Read Full Lyrics

Farewell to all our Scottish fame Farewell our ancient glory Farewell even to our Scottish name Sae fam'd in martial story Now Sark runs over the Solway sands And Tweed runs t...Read Full Lyrics

It's a rosebud in June and the violets in full bloom, And the small birds are singing love songs on each spray. [Chorus:] We'll pipe and we'll sing love, We'll dance in a ring love...Read Full Lyrics

I am a forester of this land As you may plainly see, It's the mantle of your maidenhead That I would have from thee. He's taken her by the milk-white hand, And by the leylan sleeve...Read Full Lyrics

The priests go down to the river to fish for Friday's meal The King is brooding day and night Black with hate, cursing fate To be ill when the foe is in sight The priests the...Read Full Lyrics