A Man You Don T Meet Every Day

A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day

Oh, my name is Jock Stewart,
I'm a canny gaun 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't meet every day.

I have acres of land,
I have men at command,
I have always a shilling to spare.
So be easy and free,
When you're drinking with me,
I'm a man you don't meet every day.

Oh, I took up my dog,
And him I did shoot,
All down in the County Kildare,
So be easy and free,
When you're drinking with me,
I'm a man you don't meet every day.

I'm a roving young blade,
I'm a piper by trade
And there's many the tunes I can play.
So be easy and free,
when you're drinking with me,
I'm a man you don't meet every day.

So come fill up your glasses
With brandy and wine.
Whatever it costs, I will pay.
So be easy and free,
When you're drinking with me,
I'm a man you don't meet every day.

ADIEU SWEET LOVELY NANCY

Here's adieu, sweet lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu,
I'm a-going across the ocean, love, to seek for something new.
Come change your ring with me, dear girl, come change your ring with me,
For it might be a token of true love while I am on the sea.

And when I'm far upon the sea you’ll know not where I am.
Kind letters I will write to you from every foreign land.
The secrets of your heart, dear girl, are the best of my good will,
So let my body be where it might, my heart shall be with you still.

There's a heavy storm a-rising, see how it gathers round,
While we poor souls on the ocean wide are fighting for the crown.
There's nothing to protect us, love, or to keep us from the cold,
On the ocean wide, where we must bide like jolly seamen bold.

There's tinkers, tailors, shoemakers, lie snoring fast asleep,
While we poor souls on the ocean wide are ploughing through the deep.
Our officers commanding us and them we must obey,
Expecting every moment for to get cast away.

But when the wars are over there'll be peace on every shore,
We'll return to our wives and our families and the girls that we adore.
We'll call for liquor merrily and spend our money free,
And when our money is all gone we'll boldly go to sea.

All For Me Grog

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Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog,

It's all for me beer and tobacco.

For I spent all me tin on the lassies drinking gin,

And across the western ocean I must wander.

Where are me boots, me noggin', noggin' boots,

All gone for beer and tobacco.

For the heels they are worn out and the toes are kicked about

And the soles are looking out for better weather.

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Where is me shirt, me noggin', noggin' shirt,

All gone for beer and tobacco,

For the collar is all worn, and the sleeves they are all torn,

And the tail is looking out for better weather.

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I'm sick in the head and I haven't been to bed,

Since I came ashore from me slumber,

For I spent all me dough on the lassies don't you know,

And across the western ocean I must wander.

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BABES IN THE WOOD

Oh, don't you remember, a long time ago,
Those two little babies, their names I don't know?
They strayed far away one bright summer's day,
These two little babies got lost on their way.

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Pretty babes in the wood, pretty babes in the wood,
Oh, don't you remember those babes in the wood?

Now the day being long and the night coming on
These two little babies sat under a stone.
They sobbed and they sighed, they sat down and cried;
These two little babies they laid down and died.

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Now the robins so red, so swiftly they sped,
They put out their wide wings and over them spread.
And all the day long on the branches did throng;
They sweetly did carol and this was their song.

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Banks of The Ohio

I asked my love to take a walk

To take a walk just a little way

Down beside where the waters flow

Down by the Banks of the Ohio

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And only say that you’ll be mine

In no other’s arms entwined

Down beside where the waters flow

Down by the Banks of the Ohio

I held a knife against her breast

As into my arms she pressed

She cried “Oh Willy, don’t you murder me

I’m not prepared for eternity.”

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I wandered home ‘tween twelve and one

I cried “My God, what have I done?

I killed the only woman I love

Because she would not be my bride.”

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Beulah Land

Far away the noise of strife upon my ear is falling;
Then I know the sins of earth beset on every hand;
Doubt and fear and things of earth in vain to me are calling;
None of these shall move me from Beulah Land.

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I’m living on the mountain, underneath a cloudless sky,
I’m drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry;
Oh, yes! I’m feasting on the manna from a bountiful supply,
For I am dwelling in BeulahLand.

Far below the storm of doubt upon the world is beating,
Sons of men in battle long the enemy withstand;
Safe am I within the castle of God’s Word retreating;
Nothing then can reach me—’tis Beulah Land.

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Let the stormy breezes blow, their cry cannot alarm me;
I am safely sheltered here, protected by God’s hand;
Here the sun is always shining, here there’s naught can harm me;
I am safe forever in Beulah Land.

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Viewing here the works of God, I sink in contemplation;
Hearing now His blessed voice, I see the way He planned;
Dwelling in the Spirit, here I learn of full salvation;
Gladly I will tarry in BeulahLand.

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Charles A. Miles

Blood Red Roses

Our boots and clothes are all in pawn
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
It's mighty drafty 'round Cape Horn
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
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Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down

But it's round Cape Horn that we must go
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
For that is where them whalefish blow
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down

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My dear old mother wrote to me
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Oh, son, dear son come home from sea
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down

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Now one more pull and that will do
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
For we're the boys to pull her through
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
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Bold General Wolfe

One Monday morning as we set sail

The wind did blow a pleasant gale

To fight the French it was our intent

Through smoke and fire, through smoke and fire,

And it was a dark and a gloomy night.

The French were landed on mountains high

While we poor souls in the valley lie

“Cheer up me lads” General Wolfe did say

“Brave lads of honour, brave lads of honour,

Old England she shall win the day.”

The very first broadside we gave to them

We wounded a hundred and fifty men

“Well done me lads” General Wolfe did say

“Brave lads of honour, brave lads of honour,

Old England she shall win the day.”

The very next broadside they gave to us

They wounded our general in his right breast,

And from his breast precious blood did flow

Like any fountain, like any fountain,

And all his men were filled with woe.

“Here’s a hundred guineas all in bright gold

Take it, part it, for my love’s quite cold.

And use your men as you did before

Your soldiers own, your soldiers own,

And they will fight for evermore.

“And when to England you do return

Tell all my friends that I’m dead and gone,

And tell my tender old mother dear

That I am dead, oh, that I am dead, oh,

And never shall see her no more.”

BRIGHT MORNING STARS

Bright morning stars are rising

Day is a-breaking in my soul

Oh where are our dear fathers?

They’re down in the valley a-praying

Day is a-breaking in my soul

Oh where are our dear mothers?

They’ve gone to heaven a-shouting

Day is a-breaking in my soul

Bright morning stars are rising

Day is a-breaking in my soul

Bully in the Alley

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So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Way-ay, hay-ay, bully in the alley
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al

Well, Sally is a girl that I loved dearly
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
Well, Sally is the girl that I spliced nearly
Bully down in Shinbone Al

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When I get to Saint Lou, I'm gonna steer for my Sally
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
I'll throw her a line and make fast in her alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al

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I'm gonna make damn sure nobody ties up at her quay
Way-ay, hay-ay, bully in the alley
She told me that this mooring was just for me
Bully down in Shinbone Al

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When it's time to leave, I'm gonna slip my cable
Way-ay, hay-ay, bully in the alley
Gonna visit my Sal as often as I'm able
Bully down in Shinbone Al

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I'm gonna leave my Sal and go out a-sailing
Way-ay, hay-ay, bully in the alley
Gonna leave my gal and go out a-whaling
Bully down in Shinbone Al

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Byker Hill

If I had another penny, I would have another gill

I would make the piper playThe bonny lass of Byker Hill

(Chorus) Byker Hill and Walker Shore, Collier lads for ever more (2x)

The pitman and the keelman trimThey drink bumble made from gin

Then to dance they do beginTo the tune of Elsie Marley

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When first I went down to the dirtI had no trousers nor pitshirt

Now I've gotten two or threeWalker Pit's done well by me

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Me Ginny she sits out ower late upMe Ginny she sits out ower late up

Me Ginny she sits out ower late upBetween the pint pot and the cup

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Me Ginny she is never nearMe Ginny she is never near

And when I call out, Where’s me supper?She orders up another pint of beer

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Hey Ginny come home to your little babyHey Ginny come home to your little baby

Hey Ginny come home to your little babyWith a pint of beer all under your arm

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The poor coal carter gets two shillingsThe deputy gets half a crown

The overman gets five and sixpenceThat’s just for riding up and down.

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Geordie Johnson had a pigHehit it with a shovel and it danced a jig

All the way to Walker Shore the tune of Elsie Marley

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Chickens in the Garden

When first I came down Yorkshire,

Not many years ago.

I met with a little Yorkshire lass,

And I'd have you all to know,

That she was so blithe, so buxom,

So beautiful and gay,

Now listen whilst I tell you,

What her daddy used to say.

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"Treat me daughter decent,

Don't do her any harm.

And when I die I'll leave you both

Me tidy little farm.

Me cow, me pigs, me sheep and goat,

Me stock, me fields and barn.

And all the little chickens in the garden."

When first I came to court the girl,

She was so awful shy.

She never said a blooming word,

When other folks was by.

But as soon as we were on our own,

She made me name the day,

Now listen while I tell you,

What her daddy used to say.

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And so I wed meYorkshire lass,

So pleasing to me mind,

I always been proved true to her

And she’s proved true in kind.

We’ve had three bairns, they’ve growed up now,

With a grandun’ on the way.

And when I look into her eyes,

I can hear her father say

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CLAUDY BANKS

‘Twas on one Summer’s evening, all in the month of May

Down by a flowery garden where Betsy she did stray

I overheard a damsel in sorrow to complain

All for her absent lover that ploughs the raging main.

I stepped up to this fair maid and put her in surprise

She owned she did not know me, I being all in disguise

I said, My charming creature, my joy and heart’s delight,

How far have you to travel this dark and rainy night?

Away kind sir to the Claudy Banks if you will please to show

Pity a poor girl distracted, it’s there I have to go

I am searching for a young man, and Johnny is his name,

And on the banks of Claudy I’m told he does remain.

If Johnny he was here this night he’d keep me from all harm

But he’s cruising the wide ocean in tempest and in storm.

He’s a-cruising the wide ocean for honour or for gain,

But I’m told his ship got wreck-ed all on the coast of Spain.

When Betsy heard this dreadful news she fell into despair

A-wringing of her hands and a-tearing of her hair,

Since Johnny he has left me, no man on earth I’ll take,

But all my life on Claudy Banks I’ll wander for his sake.

Now Johnny hearing her say so he could no longer stand

He fell into her arms, crying Betsy I’m the man

I am that faithful young man and who you thought was slain

And since we met on Claudy Banks we’ll never part again.

Country Life

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I like to rise when the sun she rises
Early in the morning,
I like to hear the small birds singing
Merrily upon the laylum.
And hurrah for the life of a country boy
And to ramble in the new-mown hay.

In spring we sow, at the harvest mow,
And that is how the seasons round they go.
But of all the times if choose I may
't would be rambling through the new-mown hay.

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In winter when the sky is grey
We hedge and ditch our times away;
But in the summer when the sun shines gay
We go rambling through the new-mown hay.

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Diadem

All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall,
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him, Lord of all.

Ye saints redeemed of Adam's race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Ye ransomed from the fall;
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him, Lord of all.

Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall,
The wormwood and the gall,
Go, spread your trophies at His feet
And crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him, Lord of all.

O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall!
We at His feet may fall!
We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him, Lord of all.

And crown Him, Lord of all,
Crown Him, Lord of all,
Crown Him, Lord of all,
And crown Him, Lord of all.

DIDO BENDIGO

As I was a walking one morning last autumn
I overheard some nobles foxhunting
Between some noblemen
And the Duke of Wellington
So early before the day was dawning.

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There was Dido, Bendigo,
Gentry he was there-o
Traveller he never looked behind him.
There was Countess, Rover,
Bonnie Lass and Jover
These were the hounds that could find him.

2. Well the first fox being young
And his trials just beginning
He's made straight way for his cover
He's run up yon highest hill
And gone down yon lowest gill
Thinking that he'd find his freedom there forever.

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3. Well the next fox being old,
And his trials fast advancing
He's made straight way for the river
Well the fox he has jumped in
But a hound jumped after him
It was Traveller who straited him forever.

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4. Well they run across the plain
But they soon returned again
The fox nor the hounds never failing
It's been just twelve months today,
Since I heard the squire say,
Hark, forward then me brave hounds forever.

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DOODLE LET ME GO

Oh once I had a doudou fair come from Callayo

Hurrah me yeller girls, doodle let me go!

Doodle let me go, me girls, doodle let me go,

Hurrah me yeller girls, doodle let me go!

I picked her up, I took her out, I walked her round the town