The Connemara Cradle Song Lyrics

The elf-knight sits on yonder hill Fine flowers in the valley He blows his horn both loud and shrill As the rose is blown He blows it East, he blows it West Fine flowers in ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse] Oh, the holly and the ivy Now they are both full grown Of all the trees that are in the wood The holly tree bears the crown [Chorus] Oh, the rising of the sun And ...Read Full Lyrics

Lay still my fond shepherd and don't you rise yet It's a fine dewy morning and besides, my love, it is wet Oh let it be wet my love and ever so cold I will rise my fond Floro ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, the maid went down to the well for to wash, And the dew fell down from her snow-white flesh, The dew fell down from her snow-white flesh, As the sun shone down so early. ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse] As I was going to Aylesbury all on a market day A pretty little Aylesbury girl I met upon the way Her business was to market with butter, cheese and whey And we both jo...Read Full Lyrics

The Weaver and the Factory Maid ------------------------------- Oh, when I was a tailor, I carried my bodkin and shears. When I was a weaver, I carried my roods and my gear. My te...Read Full Lyrics

I am a youthful lady My troubles they are great, My tongue is scarcely able My grievance to relate; Since I have lost my true love, That was ever dear to me, He's gone to plough th...Read Full Lyrics

'Twas down by Carterhaugh Father Between the water and the wall There i met with a wee wee man And he was the least that ever I saw His legs were scarce a finger's length An...Read Full Lyrics

There lived a wife in Ushers Well A wealthy wife was she She had three stout and stalwart sons And sent them o'er the sea They had not been from Ushers Well A week but barely one W...Read Full Lyrics

There was a wealthy merchant In London he did dwell He had a beautiful daughter The truth to you I'll tell Oh, the truth to you I'll tell She had sweethearts a-plenty And men of h...Read Full Lyrics