Tracks:
Sally Gardens
Last Thing On My Mind
Peggy And The Soldier
Golden Golden
When You Say Nothing At All
Catch The Wind
Lover's Heart
The Voyage
Raglan Road
By The Lochside
Dimming Of The Day
Landslide
Four Strong Winds
Credits:
Alex Beaton -
Bob Gothar -
Mick Linden -
Eric Rigler -
Kathleen Keane -
Stefanie Fife -
Robin Lorentz -
Novi Novog -
Randy Farrar -
John Palmer -
Rebecca Ray, Malt Mitchell -
*Kathleen Plays Michael Burke Pennywhistles
(traditional)
It was down by the Sally Gardens my love and I did meet
She passed the Sally Gardens with little snow-
She bid me take love easy as the leaves grow on the tree
But I being young and foolish with her I did not agree
In a field down by the river my love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-
She bid me take life easy as the grass grows on the weirs
But I was young and foolish and now I am full of tears
Down by the Sally Gardens my love and I did meet
She passed the Sally Gardens with little snow-
She bid me take love easy as the leaves grow on the tree
But I was young and foolish and with here I did not agree
(Tom Paxton)
It’s a lesson too late for the learning.
Made of sand made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand in your hand
Chorus:
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
Well I could have loved you better
I didn’t mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
You’ve got reasons of plenty for going
This I know this I know.
For the weeds have been steadily growing
Please don’t go please don’t go
Chorus
As I lie in my bed in the morning
Without you without you
Each song in my breast dies a borning
Without you without you
Chorus
(traditional)
Come all ye lads of high renown, let me tell of a fair young maiden
As she arose one summer’s morn just to watch the soldiers parading
They looked so bold and they marched so gay their banners flying as the band did playIt caused lovely Peggy to smile and say, I wilt go with my gallant soldier
She watched the soldiers to and fro as they were at their leisure
Then Peggy to herself did say at last I’ve found my treasure
But oh how cruel my parents can be to banish my darling so far from me
I will leave them all and I’ll go with thee my brave undaunted soldier
Oh Peggy dear the soldier said I pray don’t act so unruly
For when I’m in some foreign land believe me you’ll rue it surely
What if in battle I should fall from the shot of an angry cannon ball
And you so far from your daddy’s hail are you wise with your gallant soldier
I have fifty guinea’s in safe store likewise a heart that’s bolder
I wilt give it all to the lad I adore my brave undaunted soldier
So don’t say no but let me go and together we’ll face the fiercest foe
And pray kind providence should know of Peggy and her gallant soldier
And when he saw she was so true he could not stay hard hearted
He said my darling I’ll marry you and none but death shall part us
And when we’re in some foreign land I’ll guard you my darling with my right hand
And pray that God a friend might stand to Peggy and her gallant soldier
(A M Stewart)
Slowly slowly walk the path, And you might never stumble or fall
Slowly slowly walk the path and
You might never fall in love at all
Golden golden is her hair
Like the morning sun over fields of corn
Golden golden flows her love
So sweet and clear and warm
Lonely lonely is the heart
That ne’er another can call its own
Lonely lonely lies the part
That has to live all alone
Wildly wildly beats the heart
With a rush of love like a mountain stream
Wildly wildly plays your part
As free as a wild bird’s dream
(Overstreet/Schlitz)
It’s amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don’t say a thing
Chorus:
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There’s a truth in your eyes saying’ you’ll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
All day long I hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near you drown out the crowd
Old Mr. Webster could never define
What’s being said between your heart and mine
Chorus
(Donovan Leitch)
In the chilly hours and minutes
of uncertainty I want to be
in the warm heart of your loving’ mind
To feel you alt around me
and to take your hand along the sand
Ah but I may as welt try and catch the wind
When sundown pales the sky
I want to hide awhile, behind your smile
and everywhere I’d look your eyes I’d find
For me to love you now
would be the sweetest thing, ‘twould make me sing
Ah but I may as welt try and catch the wind
When rain has hung the leaves with tears
I want you near, to kill my fears
to help me to leave alt my blues behind
For standing’ in your heart
is where I want to be and long to be
Ah but I may as welt try and catch the wind
(Cunnigham/Stewart)
She was in a flowery garden when first she caught my eye
And I just a marching sold ter she smiled as I passed by
The flowers she held were fresh and fair her lips were full and red
And as I passed that shady bower these words to me she said
Last night we spoke of love now we’re forced to part
You leave to the sound of the marching drum and the beat of a lover’s heart
She was by the shore tn the evening when next I saw my dear
Running barefoot by the waterside she called as I drew near
The sunlight glanced at the water’s edge making fire of her auburn hair
My young heart danced to her parting words that hung in the evening air
She was on the strand next morning when orders came to sail
And as we slipped our ropes away I watched her from the rail
She threw me a rose which fell between us it floated on the bay
And as our ship pulled from the shore I heard her call and say
Now the soldier’s life won’t suit me sweet music is my trade
For I’d rather melt the hardest heart than pierce it with a blade
Let the time be short ‘tit I return to my home on the Isle of Skye
And the loving girl who stole my heart with these words as I passed by
(Johnny Duhan)1 am a sailor you’re my first mate
We signed on together we coupled our fate
Hauled up our anchor determined not to fail.
For the heart’s treasure together we set sail
With no maps to guide us we steered our own course
We rode out the storms when the winds were gale forced
Sat out the doldrums with patience and hope
Working together we learned how to cope
Chorus:
Life is an ocean and love is a boat
In troubled water it keeps us afloat
When we started the voyage there was just me and you
Now gathered round us we have our own crew
Together we’re in this relationship
We built it with care to last the whole trip
Our true destination not marked on any chart
For we’re navigating the shores of the heart
Chorus
(TraditionaV Kavanaugh)
On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue
I saw the danger and I passed along the enchanted way
And I said let grief be a fallen leaf at the dawning of the day
On Grafton Street in November we tripped lightly along the ledge.
Of a deep ravine where can be seen the true worth of passion’s pledge
The queen of hearts still making tarts and I not making hay
O I loved too much and by such by such is happiness thrown away
I gave her gifts of the mind I gave her the secret sign
That’s known to the artist who has known the true gods of sound and stone
And word and tint I did not stint for I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her long dark hair like clouds over fields in May
On a quiet street where the old ghosts meet I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow
That I had wooed not as I should a creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay he’d lose his wings at the dawn of day
(Traditional/Stewart)
In the spring when the world was young then
And the sweet songs of youth were sung then
By the Loch side I met a maiden
And my heart longed to call her mine
She was fairer than words can say man
And her smile made the world gay man
But like springtime she would not stay man
Though my heart longed to call her mine
But I would wait a thousand years now
I would shed a thousand tears now
No more sadness and no more fears now
If the lass let me call her mine
Summer came with its million flowers
Summertime that was meant for lovers
Hand in hand strolling through her bowers
But my love would not walk with me
Warm the day when the sun is shining
Warm the love when in love reclining
Cold the heart that for love is pining
Cold the love that can never be
Summer’s gone and the winter’s cold now
With his grey hand has Laid his hold now
And the story of love is told now
But the story wilt never end
By the Lochside a bird is singing
Sad the song from his heart is wringing Now he leaves and is swiftly winging
Leaving me waiting here alone
(Richard Thompson)
This old house is falling down around my ears
I’m drowning in a river of my tears
When all my will is gone you hold me sway
I need you at the dimming of the day
Come the night you’re only what I want
Come the night you could be my confidant
I see you on the streets in company
Why don’t you come and ease your mind with me
Now all the morning birds have wheeled away
I need you at the dimming of the day
You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side
What days have come to keep us far apart
A broken promise or a broken heart
I’m ready for the night we steal away
I need you at the dimming of the day
I need you at the dimming of the day
(Stevie Nicks)
I took my love and I took it down
Climbed a mountain and turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-
‘Til the landslide brought it down
Oh mirror in the sky what is love
Can the child within my heart rise aboveCan I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life I don’t know
Well I’ve been afraid of changin’
Because i’ve built my life around you.
But time makes you bolder even children get older
And I’m getting older too
So take my love take it down.
Climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
(Ian Tyson)
Four strong winds that blow lonely seven seas that run high All those things that don’t change come what may
But our good times are all gone and I’m bound for moving on
I’ll took for you if I’m ever back this way
Guess I’ll go out to Alberta weather’s good there in the fall
Got some friends that I can go to working for
Still I wish you’d change your mind If I asked you one more time
But we’ve been through that a hundred times or more
If I get there before the snow flies and if things are going good
You could meet me if I sent you down the fare
But by then it would be winter nothing much for you to do
And those winds sure blow cold way out there
