Oh my name is Jock Stewart I'm a canny gun man And a roving young fellow I've been So be easy and free When you're drinking with me I'm a man you don
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They wear green and they are beautiful And their hearts are filled with love They're as pure as any lily And as gentle as the dove They'll sing and cheer
The night is dark, the moon is full Across the blood red plain And every step and every breath Brings me nearer home Those spirits watch me on my way
It was 1962 and I was two years out of school When I got on board a boat That was bound for Liverpool The day we sailed away I remember it so well Took
The snakes they can crawl and the cheetahs they can bawl And their ghosts can wait for the hereafter But if you are so proud as to say that's not allowed
Oh Lord, won't you tell me, I'm sure I don't know Who makes the plans that change our lives so From a place in the country so peaceful and calm We moved
The hour's late and the lights are low I'm walkin' home just kicking stones I waited at the depot, you never showed You missed the last bus hours ago
Four o'clock in the morning When the ambulance arrived Four o'clock in the morning When the ambulance arrived Blue light was flashing As they lay my
Seen the carnival at Rome, had the women, I had the booze All I can remember now, is little kids without no shoes So I saw that train and I got on it
The guests are stood in silence They stare and drink their wine On the wall the canvas hangs Frozen there in time They marvel at the beauty The horror
The night stank of diesel A stranger came to town A cold wind blowing And the rain pouring down Street lights flicker And the power lines moan The moon
The island it is silent now But the ghosts still haunt the waves And the torch lights up a famished man Who fortune could not save Did you work upon
The boys from the village were festering sore For a day on the rant with some music and more They'd drink porter in Maura's way over in fore And they
I am a young fellow that's easy and bold, In Castletown Conner I'm very well known; In Newcastle West I spent many a night With Kitty and Judy and Mary
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I love you baby since we were at school I didn't show it I was a fool You were burning I was cold as ice And baby now I realize Oh yeah Yeah yeah yeah
Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dream The girl from the Wadi Hammamat Lovely as a green parakeet I awoke alone again In the desert of my dreams A