1. |
Don't Step on Me
01:30
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Don't step on me please
Cos I'm under your feet
And I'm bruised and I'm beat
And I'm black and I'm blue
I'm stuck on the line
And I've lost track of time
But I hope you don't mind
Least I think you might do
And can't you hear me calling
Cos I'm warning what you're getting in to
I've seen in my dreams
All great mountains and streams
I've seen pictures and scenes
That I'll paint out for you
I've broke out my cage
And I've pulled of my chains
But I see myself age babe
Right in front of you
And can't you see me running
Cos I'm coming on home to you
I'm weary and worn
And I'm tattered and torn
But I'll keep keeping on
If I'm keeping to you
I swear I can change
Though I know I'm quite strange
I'm derailed and deranged
Least I think you are to
And can't you hear me calling
Cos I'm falling on back to you
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2. |
Handsome Molly
03:19
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I wish I was in London hmm
Or some other seaport town
I'd get myself a steamboat
And sail the oceans round hmm
While sailing round the oceans hmm
While sailing round the sea
I'd think of handsome Molly
Wherever she might be hmm
Don't you remember Molly hmm
You gave me your right hand
Said if ever you'd marry
That I would be your man hmm
But you broke your promise hmm
To go with who you please
Now my poor heart is aching
And you are at your ease hmm
So I go to the river hmm
While all the worlds asleep
I think of handsome Molly
And I began to weep
And I never will get married no no
As long as to give
And I'll never look at another soul
As long as I live hmm
And I went to town on Sunday hmm
Saw Molly riding by
I could tell her heart was breaking
From the roving in her eye hmm
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3. |
My Six Silver Strings
03:00
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Well I don't need a songbird
To hear the songs it sings
All I want is what I need
And my six silver strings
And I don't want riches and crowns
And many precious things
It might seem hard but I'm richer by far
With my six silver strings
And I don't wish for wealth
And all the gifts that wise men bring
I'd give them away just so I could stay
With my six silver strings
And if I had gold and silk and land
And forty diamond rings
I'd forsake it all and much much more
For my six silver strings
And if there was a kingdom
And if I was their king
I'd not hesitate to abdicate
For my six silver strings
Well I don't need a songbird
To hear the songs it sings
All I want is what I need
And my six silver strings
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As the lashing of the rain cut me down
Through the wild fury of the summer storms
With luck I stumbled 'cross a lonesome farm
And pleaded that they put me up til dawn
It was then that I first set eyes on her
And I knew with no doubt that for sure
She was all that I had been looking for
All the while anyway
I watched as the sun began to sink
And spent the night in her sweet company
I looked into her weary roving eyes
And asked if she would come away with me
She said sir I'm afraid I've lead astray
But please say what you have to say
But just know in the morning you can't stay
Very long anyway
I begged and I pleaded to her please
My dear won't you leave here with me
I'll take you where the grass grows green
On the shores of sunny Italy
But she just smiled and looked the other way
Though I thought I heard a voice so far off say
We were bound to meet again some other day
Anyhow anyway
I wandered as restless as the tides
Trying hard to forget all the while
But no matter how ever hard I tried
I could never seem to get her off my mind
But I'll not wait like a horse that's gone lame
I'll cut off my hair and change my name
Cos I know that things won't ever be the same
Anymore anyway
And now as I'm going back
To that house in the lonely valley
I hope this time when we meet
That things will end differently
And I won't have to strain to look behind the vail
And ride that horse along the trail
Cos I need somewhere to pound my nails
Anywhere anyway
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5. |
The Leaving of Liverpool
03:03
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Farewell to princes landing stage
River Mersey fare thee well
I am bound for California
It's a place I knows right well
[Chorus] So fare thee well my own true love
When I return united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that's grieving me
But my darling when I think of thee
I'm bound for California
By way of the stormy cape horn
And I will send a letter love
When I am homeward bound once more
[Chorus]
I've shipped on board a Yankee ship
Davy Crockett is her name
And Burgess is the captain of her
And I hear she's a floating shame
[Chorus]
Farewell to lower Frederick street
Handsome terrace and Park lane
For it will be some long long time
E'er shall I see you again
[Chorus]
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6. |
If I had Three Wishes
02:06
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If I had three wishes
Or even just two
I'd wish for the world
And I'd give it to you
I'd not wish for diamonds
Or many fine things
Or trinkets and jewels
Or fine golden rings
And I'd not wish for money
Or men to command
Or the finest of clothes
Or aches of land
I'd not wish for beauty
For it tells only lies
I'd not wish for youth
Just to rot 'fore my eyes
I'd wish for a minute
Or maybe just two
And I'd take that minute
And spend them with you
But I don't have three wishes
Not even two
But I do have those minutes
To spend here with you
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7. |
Lord Franklin
03:57
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It was homeward bound one night on the deep
Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep
I dreamed a dream and thought it true
Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew
With a hundred sailors he sailed away
To the frozen ocean in the month of May
To seek that passage around the pole
Where we poor sailors do sometimes go
Through cruel hardship these men did go
His ship on mountains of ice was drove
Where the Eskimo in his skin canoe
Was the only one that ever came through
In Baffin bay where the whale fish blow
The fate of Franklin no men may know
The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell
Lord Franklin along with his sailors do dwell
And now my burden it gives me pain
For my long lost Franklin I'd cross the main
Ten thousand pounds I'd freely give
To know on Earth my Franklin do live
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8. |
John Doe's Plea
03:13
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If I was a richer man
If richer I was to be
If I was a richer man
Oh my dear would you want me then
[Refrain] No no oh then I would go
Farewell farewell I would go
So if I was a poorer man
If poorer I was to be
So if I was a poorer man
Oh my dear would you want me then
[Refrain]
If I was an older man
Older like soon I will be
If I was an older man
Oh my dear would you hold me then
[Refrain]
So if I was a younger man
Younger like I used to be
If I was a younger man
Oh my dear would you hold me then
[Refrain]
So if I was a wiser man
If wiser I was to be
So if I was a wiser man
Oh my dear would you love me then
[Refrain]
So if I was a stronger man
If stronger I was to be
If I was a stronger man
Oh my dear would you love me then
[Refrain]
Then what then what do you ask of me
What my dear must I be
Then what oh what do you ask of me
When my dear when would you want me
Oh no no why must I have to say
I love you already this way
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9. |
The Balladeer
08:29
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My name means nothing
Yet I stand here today
You judge me a murderer
And send me to my grave
I'll die upon the gallows
When the moon is clear
And these are my last words
That you will ever hear
When I first left my home
I was so very young
And I had no parents
To tell me when I'd done wrong
No matter how far I went
I never made a friend
I could never get along
With the people that I met
If I'd had some education
To give me some start
Then I might have been a doctor
Or a master in the arts
But I turned to stealing
When I was so young
And they locked me away
That's how my life begun
The people in the prisons
I found they were my kind
And in those walls
I found peace of mind
But the prisons became crowded
So they let me go
To struggle on the outside
With no friends and no home
And there's danger on the oceans
Where the waves crash high
And there's danger on the battlefields
Where the fast bullets fly
There's danger in the world
Wherever you may be
The thing that scared me most
Was to be living free
I asked them to send me back
To my prison home
But they said they were too crowded
And for me they had no room
I begged and I pleaded
Please put me away
But they wouldn't listen
To what I had to say
And so one Christmas eve
With nobody by my side
On that night I killed a man
And did not try to hide
The judge found me guilty
I did not disagree
For I knew it would happen
Sooner or later to me
And I'm glad I had no family
To care for me or cry
For now they'll never know
The death that I die
And I'm glad I had no friends
To visit me around
For they'll never see me
In that cold cold ground
Farewell to the prisons
That I called my home
Farewell to the streets
That I used to roam
And farewell to you people
That think so bad of me
I hope you'll feel better
When there's nothing left of me
But there's one question
That I've left to ask
I'm wondering if I'll
Be the last
Of all of the people
That turn out like me
Are they enemies or victims
Of your society
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11. |
Behind Closed Eyes
04:13
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I know you've got something to cry about
But you don't like to let it out
Cos I know it's not something you want me to see
I know you've got things to be shy about
And we could try and talk 'em out
If only you would be still talking to me
Though babe I'm not that strong
Still I know right from wrong
What I think what I feel keeps me going on
You know I've got things I feel bad about
But I can't change the past and now
It's all another mystery to me
You know I've got things that I've lied about
But you don't have to shout it out
Cos girl that's not something you should have to be
But don't cut me loose
I've to much to lose
And I've given it all to you please don't refuse
I'm sure you've got something to sigh about
Behind your closed eyes no doubt
There are somethings that you're keeping from me
I don't mind if there's things that you hide around
And you don't want them to be found
No that won't change nothing between you and me
And though it might seem strange
Some things never change
And I don't expect you just to stay the same
I'm sure you've got things left to say to me
It seemed like a dream to me
But you know that's not the way it should be
You know I've got things that I've cried about
But don't make me spell it out
Cos girl let's just keep that between you and me
So take hold of my hands
And me as I am
Come on please won't you just try to understand
I know you've got time to think for awhile
But please let me see you smile
And I won't pretend it means nothing to me
You've got things we need to be big about
And we could try and figure out
Though I know that ain't how it's going to be
I don't know what went wrong
I just know that she's gone
And I'm left on my own just to try and go on
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12. |
Dink's Song
03:18
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If I had wings like the whitest dove
I'd fly the river to the one I love
Fare thee well my honey fare three well
Early one morning in the drizzling rain
Here in my heart I felt an aching pain
Fare thee well my honey fare thee well
Girl I love's long and tall
Moves her body like a cannon ball
Fare thee well my honey fare thee well
One of these mornings it won't be long
You'll call my name and I'll be gone
Fare thee well my honey fare thee well
Once I wore my apron low
Been a-keeping you away from my door
Fare thee well my honey fare thee well
Now my aprons up to my chin
You pass my door but you don't come in
Fare thee well my honey fare thee well
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13. |
Moonshiner
03:00
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I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
I've spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
I go to some hollow
And sit at my still
And if whiskey don't kill me
I don't know what will
I go to some barroom
And drink with my friends
Where my love won't follow
And see what I spend
I love that woman
I wish she was mine
Her breath is as sweet as
The dew on the vine
Let me eat when I'm hungry
Let me drink when I'm dry
Some money when I'm hard up
Religion when I die
Life's but a bottle
And it's but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
It sure ain't worth a damn
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Archie Noble Sheffield, UK
From Sheffield, UK. Lived in Utrecht. Currently based in Prague. Member of The Roundabouts and The Forecasters
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