The Herring Song 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

I asped the elephant in the elevator Where you had gone, he said you were boozing round with the bees When I had the bucks my dear, you were so fawn Now my doe is gone and you're s...Read Full Lyrics

Lips, ripe as the berries in June Red the rose, red the rose Skin, pale as the light of the moon Gently as she goes... Eyes, blue as the sea and the sky Water flows, water flows H...Read Full Lyrics

The miles go by Like water under the bridge Reach for tomorrow With the new sunrise The road before us Leading to what we need Right from the start Follow our hearts Giving...Read Full Lyrics