Rexroth's Daughter Lyrics

(Music by Joan Baez, Lyrics by Nina Duscheck) Farewell my wistful Saigon bride I'm going out to stem the tide A tide that never saw the seas It flows through jungles, round the tr...Read Full Lyrics

"Sail Away Ladies" as performed in the album "Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square" (First verse is hummed.) Ain't no use sit 'n cry You'll be an angel by and by Chorus: Don't you ro...Read Full Lyrics

(Words and Music by Joan Baez) Don't worry about my politics They are what they are I work best when I get some rest Right now I'm in a bar Overlooking the whole wide world It's o...Read Full Lyrics

Fields of children running wild in the sun Like a forest is your child growing wild in the sun Doomed in his innocence in the sun Gather your children to your side in the sun Tell...Read Full Lyrics

(Words and Music by Joan Baez) I never knew you meant that much to me Why did I pour a candle when you died Find a picture of you walking in Central Park With the iron woman by yo...Read Full Lyrics

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright ’Round Yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent nigh...Read Full Lyrics

Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bangladesh, Bangladesh When the sun sinks in the west Die a million people of the Bangladesh The story of Bangladesh Is an ancient one again made fres...Read Full Lyrics

An earthly nurse sits and sings, And aye she sings a lily wean - "Little ken I my bairn's father, Far less the land that he dwells in. " For he's come one night to her bed's foot ...Read Full Lyrics

So we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night Though the heart be still as loving And the moon be still as bright For the sword outwears the sheath And the soul wears out th...Read Full Lyrics

(Words and Music by Joan Baez) Speaking of dreams Here we are in the glistening streets of Gay Paree Playing the Gipsy Kings After the rain and taking tea at the Ritz in boots and...Read Full Lyrics