The Blackbird Of Sweet Avondale Lyrics

Prepare you sweet flowers, for winter advances And drink well the sunlight that touches your form. Draw strength from the earth and repay her with beauty, For the dark days are com...Read Full Lyrics

By the storm-torn shoreline a woman is standing The spray strung like jewels in her hair And the sea tore the rocks near the desolate landing As though it had known she stood there...Read Full Lyrics

I have funds tae buy me whiskey Monie funds tae call my ain But if I should get to fu' o' water Wha's the man that would carry me hame? CHORUS: And if I be dround in the Isla Wate...Read Full Lyrics

O, what a parish, a terrible parish, O, what a parish is that o' Dunkel', They hangit their minister, droon'd their precentor Dang doun the steeple, and fuddled the bell. The steep...Read Full Lyrics

When I've done the work o day, And I row my boat away, Down the waters o Loch Tay, When the evening light is fallin', And I look towards Ben lawyers, Where the after glory glow, An...Read Full Lyrics

Gentlemen it is me duty To inform you of one beauty Though I'd ask of you a favour Not to seek her for a while Though I own she is a creature Of character and feature No words can ...Read Full Lyrics

O as I was a-walking down by yon mill-town, The fair and lovely mountains they did me surround; 'Twas there I saw a fair maid, and to me she looked grand; She was plucking wild ros...Read Full Lyrics

Two pretty boys were goin' tae the school And one evening coming home Says William to John, Can you throw a stone Or can you play at a ball, a ball, or can you play at a ball Says...Read Full Lyrics

Come through the heather, around him gather, Ye're a' the welcomer early Around him cling wi' a' your kin, For wha'll be King but Charlie? Come through the heather, around him gath...Read Full Lyrics

Wi' my dog and gun, through the bloomin' heather, For game and pleasure I took my way. I met a maid, she was tall and slender, Her eyes enticed me some time to stay. I said "Fair ...Read Full Lyrics