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I'm Counting Stars
02:57
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I’m counting stars all alone
I’m counting stars all alone
I lie and wonder why, the moon still moves round the sky…
I’ve got my eyes open wide
I’ve got my eyes open wide
The window and the wall, but I don’t see them at all…
What is there calling me out?
What is there calling me out?
I’ve not a thing to prove, but somehow I can’t seem to move…
The candles burning down low
The candles burning down low
And as it burns away, I’m counting stars till the day…
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2. |
Marta Marta
03:16
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Chorus:
Marta, Marta - Marta, sweet Marta,
Tell me where you get that money from…
Marta, Marta - Marta, sweet Marta,
Tell me where you get that money from…
Chorus
When you go park-side
When you go a water-road
Tell me where you get that money from?
Chorus
See you got a new dress,
Hear that you working less,
Tell me where you get that money from?
Chorus
See you the other night,
Talking to a coolie man
Tell me where you get that money from...
Chorus
He’ll give you diamonds, he’ll give you gold,
Pass your door when you are old,
Tell me where you get that money from…
Chorus
Repeat last line
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3. |
Lady Mary
03:53
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He came from his palace grand
He came to my cottage door
His words were few but his looks
Will linger for evermore
The look in his sad dark eyes
More tender than words could be
But I was nothing to him
And he was the world to me.
There in her garden she stands
All dressed in fine satin and lace
Lady Mary so cold and so strange
Could find in his heart no place.
He knew I would be his bride
With a kiss for a lifetime fee
But I was nothing to him
And he was the world to me.
Now in his palace grand
On a cold stone bed he lies
His beautiful lids are closed
O’er his sad dark beautiful eyes
And among the mourners who mourn
Why should I a mourner be
For I was nothing to him
And he was the world to me.
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4. |
Port Mahon
04:29
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In Port Mahon, I went down to the harbour
A tall ship from England, came up to the quay
I fell in love with a young English sailor
But he only laughed and he whispered to me:
Chorus
From Port Mahon I'll soon be gone
Laughing or weeping, the world will go on.
To Port Mahon came the orders one morning
To haul up the anchor, and not to delay
So the tall ship sailed away from the harbour
But still in my heart I could hear my love say:
Chorus
To Port Mahon came the news of a battle
But never oh never, a letter for me
And many a tall ship came back to the harbour,
But never the one that I waited to see.
The years passed by, and I married another
And many a woman would like to be me
But sometimes I lie on my bed and I listen
To the sound of the wind, and the sound of the sea
And remember the sailor who whispered to me:
Chorus
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5. |
The Old Grey Duck
04:10
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The old grey duck she stole her nest
And laid down in the fields
And when the young ones they came forth
They had no tails nor beels
They had no tails nor beels,
They had no tails nor beels
And when the young ones they came forth
They had no tails nor beels.
Two eggs were addled and one was broke
And they were throw’d away
The young ones could’n clunk nor swim
They all died that same day
They all died that same day
They all died that same day
The young ones could’n clunk nor swim
They all died that same day
Now them that wadden addled nor broke
They didn’t know what to do
They did’n even have the sense
To chaw their shells right through
To chaw their shells right through
To chaw their shells right through
They did’n even have the sense
To chaw their shells right through
Next time we'll put ‘er in the barn
And tie ‘er by the heels
The young ones then may have the chance
To grow their tails and beels To grow their tails and beels
To grow their tails and beels
The young ones then may have the chance
To grow their tails and beels
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What is a woman that you forsake her,
And the hearth-fire and the home-acre,
To go with the old grey Widow-maker?
She has no house to lay a guest in—
But one chill bed for all to rest in,
That the pale suns and the stray bergs nest in.
She has no strong white arms to fold you,
But the ten-times-fingering weed to hold you
Out on the rocks where the tide has rolled you.
Yet, when the signs of summer thicken,
And the ice breaks, and the birch-buds quicken,
Yearly you turn from our side, and sicken—
Sicken again for the shouts and the slaughters—
You steal away to the lapping waters,
To look at your ship in her winter quarters.
You forget our mirth, and our talk at the tables,
The kine in the shed and the horse in the stables—
To pitch her sides and go over her cables.
Then you drive out where the storm-clouds swallow:
And the sound of your oar-blades falling hollow
Is all we have left in the months to follow.
Ah, what is a woman that you forsake her,
And the hearth-fire and the home-acre,
To go with the old grey Widow-maker?
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7. |
The First Time Ever
02:46
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The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless sky, my love,
To the dark and the endless sky.
The first time ever I kissed your mouth,
I felt the earth move in my hand,
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love,
That was there at my command.
The first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I thought our joy would fill the earth
And last till the end of time, my love,
And last till the end of time.
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8. |
Old Maid's Song
02:17
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I had a sister Sally, younger than I am
She had so many sweethearts, she had to deny ‘em
As for my own part, I never had many
If you only knew my heart, I'd be thankful for any…
Chorus:
Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailor
Fiddler or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor
Rich man, a poor man, fool, or a witty
Don’t let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity
I had a sister Sarah, ugly and ill-shapen
Before she was sixteen, she was taken
Now she is eighteen, a son and a daughter
I’m six and forty, and nary an offer -
Chorus
I never would be scolding, I never would be jealous
My husband shall have money to go to the alehouse
While he's there a-spending, I'll be home a-saving
And I’ll leave it to the world if I’m worth the having…
Chorus
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9. |
Two Brothers
03:15
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Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
One wore blue, and one wore grey
One wore blue and one wore grey
As they marched along the way
A fife and drum began to play
All on a beautiful morning
One was gentle, one was kind
One was gentle, one was kind
One came home, one stayed behind
A cannonball don't pay no mind
A cannonball don't pay no mind
If you're gentle or you're kind
It don't think of the folks behind
All on a beautiful morning
Two girls waiting by the railroad track
Two girls waiting by the railroad track
Two girls waiting by the railroad track
One wore blue, and one wore black
One wore blue, and one wore black
Waiting by the railroad track
For their darlings to come back
All on a beautiful morning
All on a beautiful morning
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10. |
Going to the Zoo
04:08
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Mummy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow;
Mummy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
We can stay all day.
Chorus:
We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo;
How about you, you, you?
You can come too, too, too.
We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.
See the elephant with the long trunk swingin',
Great big ears and long trunk swingin',
Sniffin' up peanuts with the long trunk swingin';
We can stay all day.
Chorus
See all the monkeys scritch scritch scratchin',
Jumpin' all around and scritch scritch scratchin',
Hangin' by their long tails scritch scritch scratchin';
We can stay all day.
Chorus
Big black bear, all a huff huff a-puffin';
Coat's too heavy, he's huff huff a-puffin',
Don't get too near the huff huff a-puffin',
Or you won't stay all day.
Chorus
Seals in the pool all honk honk honkin',
Catchin' fish and honk honk honkin',
Little seals honk honk honkin'; (high pitched voice)
We can stay all day.
Chorus (slower tempo)
We stayed all day and we're gettin' sleepy,
Sittin' in the car gettin' sleep sleep sleepy,
Home already and we're sleep sleep sleepy,
We have stayed all day.
Chorus
We've been to the zoo, zoo, zoo;
So have you, you, you.
You came too, too, too,
We're been to the zoo, zoo, zoo.
Chorus (faster)
Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow;
Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
We can stay all day.
Chorus
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When cockle shells turn to silver bells,
then will my love return to me.
When roses grow in the wintery snow,
then will my love return to me.
Oh waly, waly, love be bonnie
and gay as a jewel when first tis new...
But love grows old, and waxes cold,
and fades away like morning dew.
There is a ship, and it’s sailing the sea,
It's loaded down as deep can be.
But not so deep as the love I am in
I know not e’er I sink or swim.
Oh waly, waly, love be bonnie
And gay as a jewel when first tis new...
But love grows old and waxes cold,
and fades away.....like morning dew.
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12. |
I'm Troubled
03:43
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Chorus
I'm troubled, I'm troubled
Yes I'm troubled in my mind
If Jesus don't help me
Then I surely will die
Chorus
Oh Jesus my saviour
On Thee I depend,
When troubles are near me,
You’ll be my true friend…
Chorus
When laden with trouble
And burdened with grief
To Jesus in secret
I’ll go for relief
Chorus
In darkness and bondage
To Jesus I prayed
To help me to bear it
And he gave me his aid
Chorus
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13. |
Stay Not Late
03:39
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Stay not late for love on you is waiting, within the home of your heart,
Stay not late, the name you have been naming, is keeping vigil by the door.
Stay not late, life's a moment fleeting, the shadows creep across the floor,
Stay not late, if this be our last meeting, you gain much more than you have lost.
Stay not late for there are children calling - to be sheltered, to be born,
Stay not late, our places aren't e'en over, time soon is o'er for you and me.
Stay not late for love on you is waiting, within the home of your heart,
Stay not late, the name you have been naming, is keeping vigil by the door.
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My heart’s sad and I'm all forlorn
My man's treating me mean
I regret the day that I was born
And that man of mine I never seen
My happiness it never lasts a day
My heart is almost breaking while I say
A good man is hard to find
You always get the other kind
Just when you think that he is your pal
You look around and find him foolin' 'round some other gal
And then you rave, you even crave
To see him laying in his grave
So if your man is nice, take my advice;
And hug him every morning, kiss him every night
Give him plenty lovin', treat him right
For a good man nowadays is hard to find…
A good man is hard to find
You always get the other kind
Just when you think that he is your pal
You look around and find him foolin’ round some other gal
Then you rave, you even crave
To see him layin' in his grave
So if your man is nice, take my advice
And hug him every morning, kiss him every night
Give him plenty lovin’, treat him right
For a good man nowadays is hard to find…
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15. |
Mingulay Boat Song
03:42
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Chorus:
Heel y'ho boys, let her go, boys
Bring her head round and all together
Heel y'ho boys, let her go boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
What care we tho' white the Minch is
What care we for wind and weather?
Let her go boys, every inch is
Wearing homeward to Mingulay!
Chorus
Wives are waiting by the harbour...
They’ve been waiting since break of day,
Bring her 'round boys, and we'll anchor
'Ere the sun sets on Mingulay!
Chorus
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16. |
Old Time Religion
05:23
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Gimme that old time religion
Gimme that old time religion
Gimme that old time religion
And it's good enough for me.
It was good for my mother
And it was good for my brother
And it was good for my father
And it’s good enough for me
Chorus:
Now won’t you give me that – old time religion
Won’t you give me that – old time religion
Won’t you give me that – old time religion
It’s good enough for me
Now it’ll save you from the fiery furnace
Yes it’ll save you from the fiery furnace
Yes it’ll save you from the fiery furnace
And it’s good enough for me
Chorus
Well it’ll keep you from the devil
Yes it’ll keep you from the devil
It’ll keep you from the devil,
And it’s good enough for me
Chorus
Well it’ll take you up to heaven
Yes it’ll take you up to heaven
Oh it’ll take you up to heaven
And it’s good enough for me
Chorus
It was good for the Hebrew children
It was good for the Hebrew children
It was good for the Hebrew children
And it's good enough for me.
Chorus
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Brenda Wootton Penzance, UK
Brenda Wootton (1928-1994) dearly loved to sing - about her beloved Cornwall and all things Cornish - the history and legends, the culture and the people. She was in her 40s when she began a professional singing career that spanned around 25 years, made around 30 albums, and also ran her own radio request show. Her remarkable voice and her passion for her country took her around the globe. ... more
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