[Verse 1] As it fell out upon one day Rich Diverus he made a feast And he invited all his friends And gentry of the best Then Lazarus laid him down and down Even down at Diverus' door Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus Do bestow upon the poor Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus That lies begging at my door No meat, no drink I’ll give to...Learn More

[Verse 1] Someday boy you'll reap what you've sown You'll catch a cold and you'll be on your own You will see that what's wrong with me Is wrong with everyone you want to play your little games on [Verse 2] Poetry and flowers pretty words and threats You've gone to the dogs again and I'm not placing bets On your coming home tonight anything but...Learn More

[Verse 1] As I roved out one evening fair It being the summertime to take the air I spied a sailor and a lady gay And I stood to listen And I stood to listen to hear what they did say [Verse 2] He said fair lady, and why do you roam? For day is spent and the night is on She heaved a sigh while the tears did roll For my dark-eyed sailor For my...Learn More

[Verse 1] There lived a lady in Scotland O my love, o my love There lived a lady in Scotland O my love so early There lived a lady in Scotland She's fallen in love with an Englishman Bonnie Susie Clelland's to be married in Dundee [Verse 2] The father to the daughter came The father to the daughter came The father to the daughter came Saying will...Learn More

[Verse 1] My hands are as cracked as an August field That's burned in the sun for a hundred years Furrows so deep you could hide yourself I ain't planting cotton no more this year I'll just sit on the porch with my eagle eye Watch for a change in the wind Rows are as straight as a shotgun barrel Long as a bullet can spin [Chorus] You know how hot...Learn More

[Verse 1] Ragged roads I'll cease to ride A thousand days I’ve laid aside Watch the sunrise in your eyes When I see you smile Some you lose and some you gain Take a chance and play the game Is it paradise or pain When I see you smile? [Chorus] Fortune teller, can you see What the future holds for me? Happiness or misery Pain or paradise? [Verse...Learn More

[Verse 1] As I walked down by the riverside One evening in the spring Heard a long-gone song from days gone by Blown in on the great north wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake's cry Of sorrow and delight You can hear the cars and the shouts from bars And the laughter and the fights [Chorus] May the ghosts that howled 'round the house at...Learn More

[Verse 1] Farewell Finisterre Sleep away the afternoon Rocking with the tide Drinking with the moon I found a ticket in my pocket All the way from Port of Spain And the warm wind from the Indies covered me again [Chorus] Santander, the sky is falling The tale we told each other has an end Santander, d'you hear me calling? You that never lost a...Learn More

[Verse 1] Night comes in like some cool river Can there be, be another day? Take my hand, oh real companion And we'll dance, dance till we fade away [Verse 2] Oh, the songs pour down like silver They can only overtake my heart Tainted wine, the wine of lovers Lovers tired of being apart [Chorus] Dancing till my feet don't touch the ground I lose...Learn More

[Verse 1] What costume shall a poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties? Hand-me-down gown from who knows where To all tomorrow's parties Where will she go and what shall she do When midnight comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door [Verse 2] What costume shall a poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties? Why...Learn More