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
All on a Saturday
Bright as a Bell
Early, and just for the ride
We took a trip
Cycling down to the sea
You and your lady, and I
Oh what a summer
Oh what a sun
Bright in the blue s...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
Dying's not easy today
Trying but can't get away
Feel just the almost touch of her hand and the trees in her hair
? Lies float? The sun, she saw only me in the sky
What could be hi...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair
To travel to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there
None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge
Either their mantle...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
As I walked out on a midsummer's morning
For to view the fields and to take the air
Down by the banks of the sweet primroses
There I beheld a most? Love lie? Fair
Three short step...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
I've heard them lilting
? At are? You milking
And I've heard them lilting
Before light a-day
Now they are mourning
For all time a-lilting
The flowers of the forest
Are all? Wean? A...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention
I went down to the hiring fair for to sell my labour,
And I noticed a maid in the very next row and I hoped
She'd be my neighbour.
Imagine then my delight when the farmer picked u...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Fairport Convention