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Sunday morning, in the summertime
Over worship we hurlers climb Over mountains, valleys deep Those bells are ringing around our feet "Come! Take this morning" cried the priest, "For all good hurlers are the Devil's feast! He will curse you where you stand Mark his circle upon our land" "Oh hurler boys, come on make your choice." He said "Oh, you hurler boys, come on, make your choice - Where you stand! Where you stand!" Bold, brave and strong, we ran the day 'Til thunder rolled in with silver rain Through our fingers; down our backs - The curse was rising and we were trapped "Oh hurler boys, come on make your choice." He said "Oh, you hurler boys, come on, make your choice - Where you stand! Where you stand!" Tall, straight and stubborn, we face the sky That lightening pierced us, our voices cried out Bloody silver, our hearts of stone, We make no shadows, we stand alone "Oh hurler boys, well come on make your choice." He said "Oh you hurler boys, come on, make a choice He said "Oh you hurler boys, come on, make your choice, He said "Oh you hurler boys, come on, make your choice - Where you stand! You hurler boys, Where you stand! You hurler boys, Where you stand! You hurler boys, Where you stand! You hurler boys, Where you stand! Where you stand!" |
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High waves she cut them up in two
The storm's eye we could see With her tattered sails shaking in the gale A terror for a sight was she Cutting through the clouds the moon swept the deck Her wooden bones all alight With a quick glimpse, ghostly was the wreck I couldn't see a soul in sight She's like a feather in a storm Blowing on the wind She's like a feather in a storm When the devil threw those cold scarlet eyes Two beacons bright Timber cracked as she broke upon her back Her wooden bones all exposed Stuck there fast with a weather-beaten mast A pale strong figure he arose Then standing at the helm, the devil I could tell His silver cloak all alight With two burning eyes dancing in the sky A terror on a winter's night She's like a feather in a storm Blowing on the wind She's like a feather in a storm When the devil threw those cold scarlet eyes Two beacons burning brightly on the tide A fair warning to return another night Go quickly when he's chasing you with flames burning bright She's like a feather in a storm Blowing on the wind She's like a feather in a storm When the devil threw those cold scarlet eyes She's like a feather in a storm Blowing on the wind She's like a feather in a storm When the devil threw those cold scarlet eyes Two beacons bright Cold scarlet eyes Two beacons bright |
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One fateful night
I woke to hear that sound Like a gun shot Both windows shaking loud Great lengthy cries They came racing from the sky From a fearsome wreck With grey daggers stuck in her neck Crimson dawn, my heart was torn A midnight rescue we were called upon Freedom fire with burning eyes Her figure tangled up in turning tides So I cut her free and fine This floating town It had broke up, run aground When the call came out To put fair Charlotte in So we ploughed those waves With a hundred left to save And in fading light Well I held on strong and tight Crimson dawn, my heart was torn A midnight rescue we were called upon Freedom fire with burning eyes Her figure tangled up in turning tides I'll stay with you, till the morning tides I'll set you free Sharp rocks we braved For the last hand I would save Was a beauty fair with wild, torn, tangled hair Thick rope entwined, well I cut her free and fine Into a fast embrace Well I held her face to face Crimson dawn, my heart was torn A midnight rescue we were called upon Freedom fire with burning eyes Her figure tangled up in turning tides So I cut her free and fine So I cut her free and fine I'll stay with you, till the morning tides I'll set you free I'll stay with you, till the morning tides I'll set you free It was a fateful night When I woke to hear that sound Like a gun shot With both windows shaking loud |
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Staring at the dark with hungry eyes
The moonlight flickered and a shadow cried A gold ring flashed as the howling stopped I called her name as the west wind dropped I called her name as the west wind dropped I brushed her on the arm with a silver cane Took her by the hand and saw her pain My breath smelt like a burning house With bitter cold words upon my mouth With bitter cold words upon my mouth A tall dark figure is on the loose With bright sharp teeth to bite the truth I'll steal your honour and tell you lies And leave you all alone in a blood red sky I'll leave you all alone in a blood red sky You'll wake up late in the midday sun Reach for a shadow but I'll be gone Through empty fields, storm blown trees Praying to the night to set you free Praying to the night to set you free A tall dark figure is on the loose With bright sharp teeth to bite the truth I'll steal your honour and tell you lies And leave you all alone in a blood red sky I'll leave you all alone in a blood red sky Stained glass windows and shattered pains A fairytale story and autumn rains A falling shadow and a cold embrace Cross your heart and you'll see my face Cross your heart and you'll see my face A tall dark figure is on the loose With bright sharp teeth to bite the truth I'll steal your honour and tell you lies And leave you all alone in a blood red sky A tall dark figure is on the loose With bright sharp teeth to bite the truth I'll steal your honour and tell you lies And leave you all alone in a blood red sky A tall dark figure is on the loose With bright sharp teeth to bite the truth I'll steal your honour and tell you lies And leave you all alone in a blood red sky I'll leave you all alone in a blood red sky I'll leave you all alone in a blood red sky |
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At fair Mounts Bay on that Christmas week
Such a raging storm no man could speak A lifeboat thundered through an angry sea Called Solomon Browne and her company Good courage it was called On our heroes brave and bold Good courage it was called upon that night Now this stricken coaster called the Union Star Her maiden voyage she never thought that far With Captain Morton and his four man crew A woman to save and her daughters two Never had a lifeboat fought in vain She could have made a dash for port but they tried again All sixteen perished in that mighty wave It tossed them overboard into a watery grave Good courage it was called On our heroes brave and bold Good courage it was called upon that night Back at Penlee Point time stood still For twelve young children cried for their fathers killed A nation shed tears for years as the news went around Of the constant courage of Solomon Browne Good courage it was called On our heroes brave and bold Good courage it was called upon that night Good courage it was called On our heroes brave and bold Good courage it was called upon that night |
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Welcome to this garden girl
Cold is the rose where the white lilies blow A heavenly paradise place Where all the pleasant little fruits do grow Here are lovers they lie down For the night 'Til cherry red their hearts are burning bright So cold is the heart of the cherry red girl So cold is the heart of the cherry red girl Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Pick a fruit from her fine wardrobe In oriental pearl and the whole double row When her lovely little daughter shows She looks like rosebuds filled with snow Let no peer or prince from here Or up on high Meet cherry red until their hearts are burning bright So cold is the heart of the cherry red girl So cold is the heart of the cherry red girl Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Innocent our angel still With threatening eyes and a stare that could kill Her brows like bows do stand Straight in the heart, with no ring in the hand Let no sacred fruit from here or up on high Meet cherry red until their hearts are burning bright So cold is the heart of the cherry red girl So cold is the heart of the cherry red girl Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world Caught in the dark is the cherry red girl Torn apart from an innocent world |
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A year at sea, your letter came
To shatter all my plans You set me free, changed your name I stretch out these cold hands On board ship the rumours ride And no-one meets my eye I've thrown your ring out on the tide I pray my curses fly To haunt you Haunt your bed Tap the windows, awake in dread I'd pray that you'd loved me instead But I'll haunt you I've walked alone upon this deck A thousand times or more Half a year from my return These cries fly back to shore You promised me our love was strong You said that you'd be true Go tell yourself that I'm long gone 'Cause here's what I will do I'll haunt you Haunt your bed Tap the windows, awake in dread Pray that you'd loved me instead I'll haunt you, I'll haunt your bed And I'll haunt you Sleep in fear Whisper secrets in your ear A world away but I'll be near I'll haunt you, I'll haunt you here And I'll haunt you Haunt your bed Tap the windows, awake in dread Pray that you'd loved me instead I'll haunt you Fear me Whenever you're sleeping I will be watching over you Whenever you're sleeping I will be watching over you Whenever you're sleeping I will be watching over you Whenever you're sleeping A year at sea since your letter came To shatter all my plans You set me free, changed your name I stretch out these cold hands To haunt you Haunt your bed Tap the windows, awake in dread Pray that you'd loved me instead But I'll haunt you, I'll haunt your bed And I'll haunt you Sleep in fear Whisper secrets in your ear A world away but I'll be near I'll haunt you, I'll haunt you here And I'll haunt you Haunt your bed Tap the windows, awake in dread Pray that you'd loved me instead But I'll haunt you Fear me Whenever you're sleeping I will be watching over you Whenever you're sleeping I will be watching over you Whenever you're sleeping I will be watching over you Whenever you're sleeping |
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We left our sweethearts and our wives
Along the pier "Cheer up", they said "You'll soon return in half the year" So we sailed up north To reach the ice We took full sail Each boat was manned with guns and rope To hunt that whale We know we'll be fighting in this frost on our own And we'll see no sound nor sights of our homes And our lovers they'll be waiting there 'til spring It's a ramble and a race to be king A race to be king Now we'd been sailing a league or three To glimpse that shore The night was dark and won no hearts so we stayed on board There fired a shot along our deck and down one side And it cracked our mast and swept in fast Our bird she cried out That we know we'll be fighting in this frost on our own And we'll see no sound nor sights of our homes And our lovers they'll be waiting there 'til spring It's a ramble and a race to be king A race to be king A race to be king Race to be king A race to be king And we know we'll be fighting in this frost on our own And we'll see no sound nor sights of our homes And our lovers they'll be waiting there 'til spring It's a ramble and a race to be king A race to be king A race to be king A race to be king A race to be king |
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Kind friends, well gather round
There's a dream that I had late last night There's plenty of land, good soil and sea We won't have to struggle and fight It's a poor man's heaven we'll have our way We won't have nothing to fear, no With real feather beds to rest their heads We'll all have one of our own It's a poor man's heaven to be free A poor man's heaven to believe It's a poor man's vision up above A poor man's heaven to be loved We'll run up their banks, we'll shoot their cranks We won't give a damn who we hurt With the rich man's son we'll have our fun We'll stick him there shovelling dirt We'll live on champagne and drive that train Drink from the day until midnight If someone should dare to ask our fare We'll punch him and put out his lights It's a poor man's heaven to be free A poor man's heaven to believe It's a poor man's vision up above A poor man's heaven to be loved We'll live at our ease, take all we please We won't have no-one to fend for If someone gets smart we'll take him apart And spread him all over the floor It's a poor man's heaven we'll have our way We won't have nothing to fear, no With real feather beds to rest our heads We'll all have one of our own It's a poor man's heaven to be free A poor man's heaven to believe It's a poor man's vision up above A poor man's heaven to be loved It's a poor man's heaven It's a poor man's heaven It's a poor man's heaven |
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I heard a loud knock upon my door
A sweet stranger she entered in The night was dark, the wind it roared Beauty she did bring Greed and gold Greed and gold Forever the loneliest road Welcome fine lady, won't you stay this night? For fortunes may unfold I see precious jewels you keep so tight Like a sweet child out from the cold Greed and gold Greed and gold Forever the loneliest road A silent room in the dead of night Two lovers lay there entwined From a deep sleep to her bed I creep Great treasures there I find The midnight moon all across her face It steals her out from a dream The mirror smashed, sharp silver flashed Broken beauty she did scream, crying: Greed and gold Greed and gold Forever the loneliest road Greed and gold Greed and gold Forever the loneliest road Early in the morn you will find me gone I'll seek a dark distant shore I'll walk in fear but always hear Her knocking at my front door She's crying: Greed and gold Greed and gold Forever the loneliest road Greed and gold Greed and gold Forever the loneliest road |
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I come to you with honour
I come to you in vain I've come to you my true love In the greenwood you were slain I do as much for my love As any young man may I'll sit and mourn her memory For twelve months and a day The sound of a drum Is beating all around Like a shadow on the run Caught in the dark And lover lay down She lay down I'll think upon this garden The purest footprints walked The fairest flower now blossomed Has now withered to a stalk Your lips they are cold sweetheart Your breath is earthly strong And if I kiss your cold clay lips My time here may not be long The sound of a drum Is beating all around Like a shadow on the run Caught in the dark And lover lay down She lay down Lover lay down She lay down The sound of a drum I hear it beating all around me Like a shadow on the run Caught in the dark The sound of a drum I hear it beating all around me Like a shadow on the run Caught in the dark She lay down |
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