The Holly And The Ivy 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

True Thomas sat on Huntley bank And he beheld a lady gay A lady that was brisk and bold Come riding o'er the ferny brae Her skirt was of the grass green silk, Her mantle of the ve...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse] In Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire Three game-keepers' houses stood three-square About a mile from each other they were Their order...Read Full Lyrics