1. |
Once I had a True Love
03:08
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Once I had a true love but now I have none,
Once I had a true love but now I have none,
She's gone and left me, she's gone and left me,
She's gone and left me, in sorrow to mourn.
Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see
My own dearest true love come smiling by me.
But when I awakened I found it not so
My eyes like fountains with tears overflow
My true love is married I know she's not dead
Her bunch of blue ribbons I'll wear round my head.
I'll wander through England, through France and through Spain
My life I will venture on the watery main.
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2. |
The Derby Refugee
02:23
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When first I came to Derby I was hungry, I was hungry
Nothing in my belly since I left the coast of France
The citizens of Derby, well they fed me and they clothed me
Their kindness was the refuge that gave my life a chance
When first I came to Derby I was homeless, I was homeless
My country burned away like a paper in the flame
The armies that destroyed it shot my family, shot my family
And told the world outside that they did it in my name
When first I came to Derby I was nameless, I was nameless
The name my mother gave me left behind me in the sea
At first they called me nothing, I was voiceless, I was voiceless
So someone chose a name for me: my name was Refugee
When first I came to Derby I was broken, I was broken
They set me on my feet: their goodness mended me
Now voices from the shadows whisper lies to make them hate me
Whatever they may call me I still am Refugee
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3. |
Bonny Portmore
03:01
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O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore.
O bonny Portmore, I am sorry to see
Such a woeful destruction of your ornament tree
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day
Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away.
All the birds in the forest they bitterly weep
Saying, "Where shall we shelter or where shall we sleep?"
For the Oak and the Ash, they are all cutten down
And the walls of bonny Portmore are all down to the ground.
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
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4. |
Black is the Colour
03:20
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Black is the colour of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She's the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
I love the ground whereon she stands
I love my love and well she knows
I love the ground whereon she goes.
I wish the day it soon would come
When she and I could be as one
I walk to the Clyde to mourn and weep
Satisfied I never can be
I write her a letter, just a few short lines
And suffer death a thousand times
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She's the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
I love the ground whereon she stands
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5. |
Guillemot
03:25
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Some birds fly in sunshine some birds build a nest
Some live all their lives along the shore
Some have lives of comfort places they can rest
Some will never hear the ocean roar
I am home in cold Atlantic spray
(Where) easterlies and ice are all my day
Where the wild white horses shake their manes at me
In the rolling thunder of the sea
Find me on a cliff face high above the sea
Open to the stars and to the spray
Sheltering my babies clinging close to me
Here is where they first came to the day
Breaking through the egg into the light
Fighters from the first day of their flight
Stepping into nothing (be)fore they learn to fly
Hung between the water and the sky
Find me on the ocean in the winter gales
Far beyond the thought of human home
Salted cold my comfort where the sunlight fails
Where the world is racing sky and foam
This is where my life is bound to be
Drifting in the wild and wasteful sea
This is all I long for this is all I ask
Life where only living is my task
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6. |
Counting
03:03
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One for the little boy who sat on his own
Two for the girl on the road
Three for the woman with a handmade heart
Carrying a heavy load
Carrying a heavy load
One for the girl with the sun in her eyes
Two for never stopping to rest
Three for the bad boy back from the boats
Flying like a man possessed
Flying like a man possessed
And nobody knows what’s happening
In the hollow of the human heart
We see the end and we see the road
But we don’t know where to start
One for the man in a different room
Two for the lady in black
Three for the glittering gun she holds
Stroking it along your back
Stroking it along your back
One for the wisdom of the wire and wood
Two for the birds of the air
Three for the music nobody hears
Playing when there’s no-one there
Playing when there’s no-one there
And nobody knows what’s happening
In the hollow of the human heart
We see the end and we see the road
But we don’t know where to start
One for the woman where the barricades burn
Two for the ship that sailed
Three for the child who woke on the day
When the future finally failed
When the future finally failed
One for the rustle of the raspberry canes
Two for a walk in the wild
Three for us all when we live our lives
Waiting to be reconciled
Waiting to be reconciled
And nobody knows what’s happening
In the hollow of the human heart
We see the end and we see the road
But we don’t know where to start
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7. |
Dacw 'nghariad
01:58
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Dacw 'nghariad i lawr yn y berllan,
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
O na bawn i yno fy hunan,
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
Dacw'r tŷ, a dacw'r 'sgubor,
Dacw ddrws y beudy'n agor.
Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl idl dal,
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
Dacw’r dderwen wych ganghennog,
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
Golwg arni sydd dra serchog.
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
Mi arhosaf dan ei chysgod
Nes daw 'nghariad i 'nghyfarfod.
Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl idl dal,
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
Dacw'r delyn, dacw'r tannau;
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
Beth wyf well, heb neb i'w chwarae?
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
Dacw'r feinwen hoenus fanwl
Beth wyf nes heb gael ei meddwl?
Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl idl dal,
Tw rym di ro rym di radl idl dal
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8. |
If I Had
03:05
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If I had the words I would say them to you
Poor as I am, poor as I am
Words of an errant heart trying to be true
I have so little I can give
If I had the tunes, all the melodies sweet
Poor as I am, poor as I am
I would pour them out before you, cool water in the heat
I have so little I can give
If I had the certainty that others seem to know
Poor as I am, poor as I am
I would melt away your doubts and fears, fire in the snow
I have so little I can give
If I had the time that I wasted on the way
Poor as I am, poor as I am
I would live with you a lifetime in every shining day
I have so little I can give
If I had the words I would say them to you
Poor as I am, poor as I am
Words of an errant heart trying to be true
I have so little I can give
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9. |
Half the World
01:58
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I am not a slave at your command
A maid to clean And cook your food
I am not willing to be less than I can be
Less than myself Less than a man
I am not a plaything for your bed
Someone to use At any time
Not second best for when you've nothing else to do
A toy you bought A moment's fun
I am not a fragile little child
A tender flower A broken reed
I do not want protection from the world outside
I want to breathe I want to live
I am nothing less than any man
Not second class Not bought and sold
I will not settle for a life two steps behind
A silent life A place aside
We demand the right to be ourselves
To have a brain To have a life
To take a place in all that happens in the world
To be alive To be alive
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10. |
Magpie
03:23
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One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy
Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never told
Devil, devil, I defy thee (x3)
Oh the magpie brings us tidings of news both fair and foul
She's more cunning than the raven, more wise than any owl
She brings us news of the harvest, of barley wheat and corn,
She knows when we'll go to our graves, how we shall be born
One for sorrow...
She brings us joy when from the right, grief when from the left,
Of all the news that's in the air we know to trust her best
For she sees us at our labour and she mocks us at our work
She steals the egg from out of the nest and she can mob the hawk
Devil, devil...
Now the priest he says we're wicked to worship the devil's bird
Ah, but we respect the old ways and we disregard his word
For we know they rest uneasy as we slumber in the night
And we always leave out a little bit of meat for the bird that's black and white
One for sorrow...
Devil, devil...
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11. |
Go To Town
03:40
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CHORUS:
Will you go to town my Billy oh will you go to town?
When the sun shines high in the sky, my Billy,
and there’s laughter all around.
Come feein’ day, we’ll lead the way,
for a new home we are bound.
We’ll pack our bags and leave the rags,
when we go town.
For six months now you’ve steered the plough and worked your pair all day
Through rain and wind I saw you grin and smile at me that way,
but as the seasons move around the clouds will blow away
and out again will come the sun to warm us on our way.
CHORUS
I rise at five to milk the kye in the dairy I have been
and the fairest pleasures of this world I have seldom seen,
but now that I’ve an honest lad to make the days pass by,
oh, I cannae stay an’ bide alone when you bid me goodbye.
CHORUS
It’s long my lad you’ve loved me well and held me in your care
As we worked hard the summer long by Campbell’s banks so fair
It’s there you gave your word to me, between the dusk and dawn,
that when the gowan leaves had turned we’d be moving on.
CHORUS
So side by side, we’ll bid farewell to what was our first home.
We’ve served our time a full term long now we’ll take the road again
New lodgings we do seek my boy and who knows where they’ll be?
So up ye rise, put on your coat an’ take the road with me
CHORUS
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12. |
Y Gwydr Glas
03:37
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Os daw ‘nghariad yma heno, yma heno i guro’r gwydyr glas.
Rhowch ateb gweddus iddo, gweddus iddo, na atebwch mono’n gas
Nad ydyw’r ferch ddim gartre na’i h’wyllys da’n y tŷ,
Llanc ifanc o’r plwy aralI, o’r plwy arall sydd wedi mynd â hi.
Pe meddwn edyn eryr, edyn eryr, mi fyddwn lawer gwell
I hedeg at fy nghariad, at fy nghariad, sydd yn y gwledydd pell;
Dros diroedd maith a moroedd, gobeithio’i fod o’n iach
Rwy’n caru’r tir lIe cerddodd, tir lle cerddodd o wraidd fy nghalon fach.
Fy nghalon sydd cyn drymed, sydd cyn drymed a’r march sy’n dringo’r rhiw.
Wrth geisio bod yn llawen, bod yn llawen, ni fedrwn yn fy myw.
Mae’r esgid yn fy ngwasgu mewn man nas gwyddoch chi
A llawer gofid meddwl, gofid meddwl sy’n torrri nghalon i.
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13. |
Scissors Paper Stone
02:14
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Once you were strong like a stone so he smothered you
Keeping you safe, secluded, alone
Wrapping you up, he carefully covered you
Scissors, paper, stone
You were incisive and bright so he blunted you
Couldn't accept that you shone on your own
He's playing a game that you'll never win
Scissors, paper, stone
And I know you're frightened to leave him
He's made you believe you can't cope on your own
He's playing a game that you'll never win
Scissors, paper, stone
And the game goes round and round
And the game goes round and round
And the game goes round and round
And now you are paper but what will you write
Who will you tell when he cuts you to shreds
What will you do when he orders his dinner
And plates start to smash once the baby's in bed?
I know you're frightened to leave him
He's made you believe you can't cope on your own
He's playing a game that you'll never win
Scissors, paper, stone
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14. |
P stands for Paddy
04:27
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As I went out on a bright morning to take a pleasant walk.
I sat down beside an old stone wall just to hear two lovers talk
For to hear two lovers talk, my love to hear what they might say.
So I might learn a little more love before I go away.
P stands for Paddy, I suppose.
J for my love John.
W stands for false Willy O
But Johnny is the fairest man.
"Johnny is the fairest man," she said
"Johnny is the fairest man.
I don't care what anybody says
for Johnny is the fairest man."
Well come on sit beside me, love Beside me on the green
It's a long three quarters of a year or more Since together we have been
Since together we have been, my dear Together we have been
It's a long three quarters of a year or more since together we have been
P stands for Paddy, I suppose...
Oh I'll not sit beside you, love Now or any other time
For I hear you love another little lass and your heart's no longer mine.
"And your heart's no longer mine" she said, "Your heart's no longer mine.
I don't care what anybody says Your heart's no longer mine."
P stands for Paddy, I suppose...
So I will climb a high, high tree, And rob the wild bird's nest.
Back I'll bring what I find there To the girl I love the best
"To the girl I love the best," he said "The girl I love best
Back I'll bring what I find there To the girl I love the best."
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Broadoak Wales, UK
Chris Kay (voice, keyboard, whistle)
Peter Kay (voice, guitars, knob twiddling)
Wendy Lewis (violin, voice,
knitting)
We live in West Wales, and are very glad that we do.
Our website is www.broadoakfolk.com
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