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| 3:06 | ||||
Ye gentlemen of high renown, come listen unto me
That takes delight in fox hunting by every degree A story I will tell to you, concerning of a fox Near royston woods and mountains high and over stony rocks Bold Reynard, being in his hole and hearing of these hounds Which made him for to prick up his ears and tread upon the ground "Methinks me hears some jubal hounds a-pressing upon the life Before that they should come to me, I'll tread upon the ground" We hunted for four hours or more through parishes sixteen We hunted for four hours or more and came by Parkworth Green "Oh, if you'll only spare my life, I promise and fulfil To touch no more your feathered fowl or lambs on yonder hill" Bold Reynard, spent and out of breath and treading on this ground Thinking he must give up his life before these jubal hounds "So here's adieu to ducks and geese, likewise to lambs also" They've got poor Reynard by the slabs and will not let them go |
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| 4:52 | ||||
3. |
| 6:49 | ||||
The Hiring Fair
(Ralph McTell) Well, I went down to the hiring fair for to sell my labour. I noticed a maid in the very next row and I hoped she'd be my neighbour. Imagine then my delight when the farmer picked us both. I spoke not a word on the cart to the farm, but my heart beat in my throat. Well, my lodgings were dry and my master fair, and I gave him full measure. But my envy grew like the corn in the field, for in his house was my treasure. I'd watch her carry water or drive cows from the byre, And the heat from the sun made the corn grow strong, and with it my desire. Well, I'd see her in my dreaming, and in my dreams caress Her eyes, her lips, and her dark brown hair, the curves beneath her dress. When harvest time it came at last, so heavy was the task, That the women and the men worked side by side, and I had her near at last. So I swung harder with my scythe. Few words between us passed. And I cursed my tongue-tied youthfulness and hoped that she'd hear my heart. When all was safely gathered in, and we sat down to rest, My trembling fingers touched her arm and she placed them on her breast. And then she turned to me as the sun went down, and all my senses reeled, As we lay there on the scented ground and the moon rose over the field. Hmmm.... Well she was safely gathered in my arms when from the barn Drifted the sound of a violin and we hurried back to the farm. And all were dancing in the lantern light and music filled the air, And I thanked my stars for the harvest moon and the girl from the hiring fair. And all were dancing in the lantern light and music filled the air, And I thanked my stars for the harvest moon and the girl from the hiring fair. |
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4. |
| 4:57 | ||||
Within the fire and out upon the sea
Crazy Man Michael was walking He met with a raven with eyes black as coals And shortly they were a-talking "Your future, your future, I would tell to you Your future, you often have asked me Your true love will die by your own right hand And Crazy Man Michael will cursed be" Michael he ranted and Michael he raved And beat at the four winds with his fists-oh He laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore For his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss-oh "You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate You speak for the devil that haunts me For is she not the fairest in all the broad land? Your sorceror's words are to taunt me" He took out his dagger of fire and of steel And struck down the raven through the heart-oh The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin And the cold earth did wonder and start-oh "Oh, where is the raven that I struck down dead That here'd lie on the ground-oh? I see but my true love with a wound so red" Her lover's heart it did pound-oh Crazy Man Michael, he wanders and walks And talks to the night and the day-oh But his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clear And he longs to be far away-oh Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes And asks the wild woods their pardon For his true love is flown into every flower grown And he must be keeper of the garden |
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| 6:30 | ||||
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| 10:52 | ||||
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| 4:10 | ||||