Sweet William's Ghost Lyrics

Have you heard of the blind harper, Now he lived in Hogmaven town, He went down to fair England, To steal King Henry's wanton Brown. First he went unto his wife, With all the hast...Read Full Lyrics

I am a cobbler's daughter I'm thought of rude and mean But a finer and a bonnier lass You have never seen I've plagued my father's head For my life I wouldn't wed And my mother's i...Read Full Lyrics

As fame reports a young duke kept a court He pleased himself with his frolicsome sport He found a poor tinker lying drunk on the ground In such a deep sleep he heard not a sound H...Read Full Lyrics

Billy's fair and Billy's rare And Billy's wondrous bonny And Billy promised to marry me If e'er he'd marry any And Billy promised to marry me If e'er he'd marry any Late last nigh...Read Full Lyrics

The daughter of Megan, so lovely and blooming, I met in Glenavon's gay glittering hall, And high rose my heart, ambition assuming To dance with the damsel, the bloom of the ball. ...Read Full Lyrics

The good man he came home one night The good man, home came he There he spied an old saddle horse Where no horse should there be It's a cow, it's a cow, cried the good man's wife A...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, the Ivy and the Holly. You’d know if you have seen them. Of all the Trees that grow in the wood, there’s no good points between them Oh, the Ivy has a berry, as black a...Read Full Lyrics

Out in the field where the lark it flies, Over the earth where my heart it lies, Oh how it sings when the west wind blows, Out in the field where no-one goes. Oh how I'm cold will...Read Full Lyrics

No sheep on the mountain nor boat on the lake No coin in my coffer to keep me awake Nor corn in my garner, nor fruit on my tree, Yet the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me. N...Read Full Lyrics

"What's the matter with you, me lass, and where's your dashing Jimmy?" "Them soldier boys have picked him up and taken him far from me Last pay-day he went into town and them red-c...Read Full Lyrics