(traditional) Alison Gross that lives in yon tower The ugliest witch in the North Country Has trysted me one day up to her bower And many a fair speech she made...

Chorus: All around my hat, I will wear the green willow All around my hat, For a twelvemonth and a day And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it...

All things are quite silent, each mortal at rest, When me and my true love lay snug in one nest, When a bold set of ruffians broke into our cave, And they fo...

And the evergreen flame Together in a dark day Appears symbolic Even in the dream There is mysterious Mystical promise In the two together And these combined ...

I rode seven horses all to death I rode them till they had no breath I wore five saddles to the trees Non of those girls will marry me Those women will fret, th...

Beyond the dreaming place I watch from my darkness All the stars I know Kiss your head, my love Beyond the dreaming place And no backward journey Nothing's lef...

Late last night when the squire came home Enquiring for his lady Some denied and some replied She's gone with the Black Jack Davy Go saddle to me the bonny bro...

It's in the evening after dark When the blackleg miner creeps to work, With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt, There goes the blackleg miner Well, he grabs his...

A blacksmith courted me nine months or better He fairly won my heart, wrote me a letter With his hammer in his hand he looked so clever And if I were with my lo...

(Hogg's "Jacobite reliques") Cam ye o'er frae France? Cam ye doon by Lunnon? Saw ye Geordie Whelps And his bonnie woman? Oh, weren't ye at the place Called the ...

A knight he rode his lonely way Thinking about his wedding day As he rode through a forest near The elf king's daughter did appear Out she stepped from the elf...

What makes you go abroad fighting for strangers When you could be safe at home free from all dangers? A recruiting sergeant came our way To an Inn nearby at the...

There chanced to be a pedlar bold A pedlar bold he chanced to be He rolled his pack all on his back And he came tripping o'er the sea By chance he met two trou...

Gaudete, gaudete Christos est natus Ex Maria virginae, gaudete Tempus ad est gratiae hoc quod optabamus, Carmina laetitiae devote redamus Gaudete, gaudete Chris...

Married him in April, lost him in July; Listen to my story and I'll tell you why, They said that he'd been poaching and stealing wine, They said I wouldn't see ...

Come all brother tradesment that travel along O pray, come and tell me where the trade is all gone Long time have I travelled, and I cannot find none Chorus And...

There were three men Came from the west Their fortunes for to tell, And the life of John Barleycorn As well They laid him three furrows deep, Laid clods upon hi...

In the spring of thirteen twenty two Henry Felip and his son Were riding home from Northampton When they met with six bold robbers Henry shouted to his son "Ta...

Let never a man a wooing wend That lacketh things three, A store of gold, and open heart, And full of charity; And this was seen of King Henry Though he lay qui...

Sometime in October, We sailed from England's shore, When we sailed into a raging storm Like I've never ever seen before; And all of the crew they were brave me...

There's your lords and ladies fine, Riding in a coach and six, Nothing to drink but claret wine, Talking politicks London is a dainty place, A great and gallant...

Said the lord unto his lady as he rode over the moss "Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse; Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lanki...

My Johnny was a shoemaker and did he love me My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea With pitch and tar to soil his hands And to sail across the sea,...

Do you remember what we promised when we met, my love? There would never be a reason for regret, my love; The news has come to town, the news flies up and down,...

As I walked down through Chatham Street a fair maid I did meet, She asked me to see her home-- she lived in Bleecker Street Chorus: And away you santy, my dear ...

(traditional) One misty moisty morning when cloudy was the weather I met with an old man a-clothed all in leather He was clothed all in leather with a cap benea...

Oh, you poor old soldier, what will you become When there's no one left marching to the beat of your drum? You fought all the battles and survived every one Old...

It's a rosebud in June and the violets in full bloom, And the small birds are singing love songs on each spray (chorus) We'll pipe and we'll sing love, We'll da...

It's a rosebud in June and the violets in full bloom, And the small birds are singing love songs on each spray (chorus) We'll pipe and we'll sing love, We'll ...

What is it makes her to weep and to moan? I am as a tall sailing ship out on the sea, Where only long breezes reach out to me Chorus: And I'll set my sails of s...

Come my own one, come my fair one, Come now unto me, Could you fancy a poor sailor lad Who has just come from sea You are ragged love, you are dirty love, And ...

Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog, I give it to you, Here's my bag and my budget, I bid it adieu, Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog I leave them behin...

Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog, I give it to you, Here's my bag and my budget, I bid it adieu, Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog I leave them behin...

One morning in the month of June, As from my cot' I strayed Just at the dawning of the day I met with a charming maid 'Good morning you, whither?' said I, 'Goo...

Stephen was a stable groom He watered five foals all and some Ere the morning star was risen Nor daylight to be seen He saw a star was fair and bright Over Bed...

It's in the evening after dark when the blackleg miner creeps to work, With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt, There goes the blackleg miner Well, he grabs his...

A blacksmith courted me nine months or better He fairly won my heart, wrote me a letter With his hammer in his hand he looked so clever And if I were with my lo...

If I were a singer I'd sing you a song, A song that would live in your heart forever; I'd sing it loud and strong, Every single word, So that when my life is ov...

I am a youthful lady My troubles they are great, My tongue is scarcely able My grievance to relate; Since I have lost my true love, That was ever dear to me, He...

The Weaver and the Factory Maid Oh, when I was a tailor, I carried my bodkin and shears When I was a weaver, I carried my roods and my gear My temples also, my...

There lived a wife in Ushers Well A wealthy wife was she She had three stout and stalwart sons And sent them o'er the sea They had not been from Ushers Well A w...

There was a wealthy merchant In London he did dwell He had a beautiful daughter The truth to you I'll tell Oh, the truth to you I'll tell She had sweethearts a...

True Thomas sat on Huntley bank, And he beheld a lady gay; A lady that was brisk and bold, Come riding o'er the ferny brae Her skirt was of the grass green silk...

With solstice here we'll celebrate This sacred time and have much cheer We will bring warmth and we'll bring light Unto the darkest time of year The mistletoe w...

Oh, some do say the farmer's best But I must needs say no If it weren't for we poor laboring men What would the farmers do? They'd beat out all of their old st...

I saw a snail drive a nail I saw a snail drive a nail Well done liar! I saw a hare chase a hound Twenty miles above the ground Well done liar! Who's the fool ...

When I was on horseback, wasn't I pretty? When I was on horseback, wasn't I gay? Wasn't I pretty when I entered Cork City And met with my downfall on the fourte...

Oh, who told the Butcher All about the Grey Goose? Oh, it could have been the Poacher Nobody knows Or it could have been the Royal Coachman Or Connemara Black ...