The Gartan Lullaby Lyrics

By Ivan Pawle Robin Williamson: Violin, flute, mandolin, bass and vocal. Susie W-T.: Flute solo. Janet Williamson: Organ. Strings in the earth and the air Make music sweet String...Read Full Lyrics

Words and music Robin Williamsson 1979 Young as I remember The scrag end of the war Gypsies through the borders Came a jingling door to door With posies of primroses And all the b...Read Full Lyrics

As many fine fishes as swim with the tide Sing aberamvane, sing aberoling My herrings the king of them all in their pride Sing aberamvane, sing aberoling Sing fishes, sing tide, si...Read Full Lyrics

Words and music rw 1978 Wake up Jamie strike a light For while you were lying dreaming I've been up the waterside All with the gaff and the lantern But the bailiff he's a restless...Read Full Lyrics

Words traditional English, music rw with fugal ideas by Chris Caswell 1978 Oak logs will warm you well That are old and dry Logs of pine will sweetly smell But the sparks will fly...Read Full Lyrics

By Robin Williamson Robin Williamson: Guitar, indian flute, oboe, piano, cello and vocal. I see your faces Blown through the horned clouds In the silent cities They call me so lo...Read Full Lyrics

By Robin Williamson When evening shadow fall All tongues at last will tire of bustling trade The brightest eye at last grows dull And the finest flowers fade Chorus: Life is shor...Read Full Lyrics

Three men went a-hunting But nothing could they find Till they came across a mouldy cheese And that they left behind The Englishman said "mouldy cheese" The Scotsman he said "nay" ...Read Full Lyrics

By Robin Williamson Robin Williamson: Guitar, bass, flute, oboe, piano, cello and vocal. Let me be where love is born To sail upon a scallop shell The way no hair of a thought is...Read Full Lyrics

Certainly The children have seen them In quiet places where the moss grows green Coloured shells Jangle together The wind is cold, the year is old The trees whisper together And be...Read Full Lyrics