"Lee," the sargeant said to me, "acting on my discretion
It is my solemn duty to arrest you on suspicion"
They put me in a carriage, I was driven many miles
They locked me in a pri...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
Wake up John, it's time to go Come along John and don't be slow
Come along John, don't be slow Wake up John, it's time to go
Wake up John, it's time to go
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 t...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 Cropre...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
(Sandy Denny)
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 b...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
C'est pas que je te demande
Que faire que tu ne jamais fais
C'est seulement qu'il fait trop tard
Et il fait trop noir pour trouver la porte
Mais si tu dois partir, va t'en
Mais si ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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?"
Then up there spoke a bonny boy, sitting at th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
I am a sailor, both stout and strong
To a goodly vessel I do belong
Well guard and anchored and well equipped
Sir William Gower and a very fine ship
Our captain in his cabin lay
Wh...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
I have a tale of deceit and anger
How love's young hope can twist bitterly
A girl who [Incomprehensible] and her handsome sailor
Their dreams of livin' across the sea
Amelia walke...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention