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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Down on the moor in a green old field, There lies a knight slain under his shield, His hounds they lie down at his feet, So well they can their master keep.
The bold knight above, If he see that angel with her love The bold knight above, If he could see that angel with her love.
Down on the moor a fallow girl As great with young for all the world. She lifted up his bloody head, And kissed his wounds that were so red.
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She picked him up upon her back, And carried him no hands attached. She buried him before their prime, Then she was dead herself at even time,
I'll sing you a song how first we began, Our toils and our troubles our plot and our plan. We left our fair country, our friends and our homes, Across to the deserts wild and the mountains to roll.
We travelled three weeks 'til we came to the platt. Set up our camp ahead of the pack, In just a moment low we heard a faint yell, Five hundred cavalry they were riding from hell.
We fight for favour, We will fight for pride, And oh we will fight for favour, We will fight 'til they die.
They made a bold dash came near to our train, Bullets fell around like showers of rain, With long rifles at hand we fed them hot lead 'Til many a brave warrior around us lay dead,
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We travel by day but guard in the night, Across all those mountains so high in their might, Now in a green valley we live beside a clear old stream, Our journey now ended in the land of our dreams,
For Seven long years now Down that tunnel and shaft Working out my season. Oh how it better not last, By twenty my hearing, Oh had suffered those days, Blood upon the copper, Oh how I fade away.
Working in the darkness day by day, With nothin' but the dreams to light my way.
Nothin' but a short life, Down that tunnel and shaft, Gotta breath the air in, Oh how I suffocate fast, For profits and taxes, Oh no money to save, Blood upon the copper, Oh how I fade away
Worthy of a friendship lying underneath a stone, He was a proper master, all of a ship his own. For houses and great land many gold in store, I know he'd spent the whole lot and would again I'm sure.
The blackbirds are singing, At the breaking of the day, When poor old Henry Clark, Left and went away.
For twenty years he scarcely slept upon a proper bed. Sleepin' with that faint heart inside a weary head, In the weeks he'd gaze out over Plymouth bay, To show off all those great girls when the boys are back one day.
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Now his days are over for he was taken ill. Carried to a workhouse all against his will, But being just a mortal he lived a life quite tired, He only lived for one month then his world expired.
Make us ready boys all with wonder born, We'll guide this fair ship and sail towards the morn, Come on all alas, now here's the master dear, I fear this deadly storm is coming to us near.
We sailed from Plymouth Sound in a week or three, With not that far to go boys, some canons to retrieve. The night it grew much darker and the wind it came in strong, And it grew upon us lads and there was nothing to be done.
The waves grew higher and broke upon our ship, Then poor old master's taken with nothing left to grip, Drop the anchor downwards and throw him out a line, Poor old master's overboard he be swallowed by the tide.
So hear my warning that I give to you, Be careful when your sailing with that lucky few, Tie up every deck hand tightly 'til the morn, And well go together boys in the belly of the storm. Don't go sailing out with me, I fear your soul be lost at sea.
