(Sandy Denny) Red and gold and Halloween have passed us by The charcoal branches lean against the rosy sky You are so far away and I could touch you if
Come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Those that dance will start to dance
Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Like a worm on a hook Like a knight penned down in some old
If she knew what I've seen while I'm watching Would she know where to smile, what to say? When she leaves from her book to be with me Where's her mind
Time stood dark and silent and the stars they gave no light I wandered in an endless dream, haunted by the night I saw four ghostly riders, the horses
Baby, that preacher gave you his pain To ?let the window? on his finger in the undertaker's name (Chorus) Oh, cajun woman Some people still call you a
A sailor's life, it is a merry life He robs young girls of their heart's delight Leaving them behind to weep and mourn They never know when they will
You must philosophies But why must you bore me to tears? You're red around the eyes You tell me things no one else hears You spend all your time crying
Come all ye rolling minstrels And together, we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Those that dance, will start to dance
He never put a foot wrong Until the day Joe met Big William He made him an offer but he often was wrong "I'll tell you where to stick it," said Big William
John the Wood went out one day To view the scene from a different angle He stood and watched a child at play A-tinkling on an old triangle Dave the Drum
She doesn't see the day to day No colors where the children play She doesn't see the things she's sown White crosses painted on the door See me fly,
'Twas on one summer's evening all in the month of May Down by a flowery garden I carelessly did stray I overheard a young maid in sorrow to complain All
Rain comes from the east one night We watch it come to hang like beaded curtains Till the morning sun, water dripping from our clothes You with raindrops
Farewell, farewell to you, who would hear You lonely travelers all The cold north wind will blow again The winding road does call And will you never
"Take care daughter dearDon't dream on any gallant men tonightTake care daughter dearFor the doctor comes to steal your goods in the dead of night Every
If I were rich enough To make you need me as much as I need you If I could pitch enough You'd realise what a little country bread can do Well, if my
My father he rides in your ships And I know he would never mean harm But to see both sides of a quarrel Is to judge without hate or love Oh, oh, helpless
