Light Flight  
 (Pentangle)  

Let's get away, you say, find a better place,
Miles and miles away from the city's race,
Look around for someone lying in the sunshine
Marking time, hear the sighs, close your eyes...

Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...

Stepping from cloud to cloud passing years of light
Visit the frosty stars in the backward flight
Star becomes a vision, never mind the meaning,
Hidden there, moving fast, it won't last...

Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...

Time passes all too soon, how it rushes by,
Now a thousand moons are about to die
No time to reflect on what the time was spent on,
Nothing left, far away, dreamers fade

Strange visions pass me by, winging sweetly close inside [*]
O-ver the wa-ter, ah....

Swirling, the waters rise up above my head.
Gone are the curling mists how they all have fled.
Look, the door is open, step into the space
Provided there

Da do da, da, do da...
Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...


Once I Had a Sweetheart 
 (traditional)  

Once I had a sweetheart and now I have none
Once I had a sweetheart and now I have none
He's gone and left me, he's gone and left me
Gone and left me in sorrow to mourn.

Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see
Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see
My own darling jewel sat smiling by me
Own darling jewel sat smiling by me.

But when I awakened I found it not so
But when I awakened I found it not so
My eyes like some fountain with tears overflowed
Eyes like some fountain with tears overflowed.

I'll venture through England, through France and through Spain
I'll venture through England, through France and through Spain
My life I'll venture on the watery main
My life I will venture on the watery main

I'll set sail of silver and steer toward the sun
I'll set sail of silver and steer toward the sun
And my false love will weep, my false love will weep
False love will weep for the after and gone



Springtime Promises
(Pentangle)

Summertime is with us once again
Flowers blooming everywhere again
And the cold days of winter are behind us now
And the springtime promises all come true
 
Trees and grass and bushes green again 
The sky so blue I don't remember when 
The cold days of winter took the sun away
But the springtime promises all came true
It's summertime now, so please don't throw it away

Winterworld is with us once again
Flowers dying everywhere again
And the warm days of summer will they far behind
And the springtime promises soon forgot
 
Cassander she's with down the trees of air 
Dark and cloudy skies and people in despair 
And the warm days of summer seem so far away 
And the springtime promises still forgot 

It's wintertime so you've got to wait a while 
For the springtime promises to come true 

Now the new born year has come once more
Gentle shalls and winkles as before
It's the time when all promises are now made true
And the springtime sun returns anew

Someday all will turn to green again
Flowers will burst of seeds to bloom again
The warm days of springtime tell us all is past 
Can you feel your promises will be true 
It's springtime now, be happy again 



Lyke-Wake Dirge
(traditional)
 
This ae nighte, this ae nighte, 
Every nighte and alle, 
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, 
And Christe receive thy saule. 

When thou from hence away art past,
Every nighte and alle, 
To Whinny-muir thou com'st at last; 
And Christe receive thy saule. 

If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon, 
Every nighte and alle, 
Sit thee down and put them on; 
And Christe receive thy saule. 

If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gav'st nane 
Every nighte and alle, 
The whinnes sall prick thee to the bare bane; 
And Christe receive thy saule. 

From Whinny-muir when thou may'st pass, 
Every nighte and alle, 
To Brig o' Dread thou com'st at last; 
And Christe receive thy saule.

From Brig o' Dread when thou may'st pass, 
Every nighte and alle, 
To Purgatory fire thou com'st at last; 
And Christe receive thy saule. 

If ever thou gavest meat or drink,
Every nighte and alle, 
The fire sall never make thee shrink; 
And Christe receive thy saule. 

If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane, 
Every nighte and alle,
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane; 
And Christe receive thy saule. 

This ae nighte, this ae nighte, 
Every nighte and alle, 
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, 
And Christe receive thy saule.



Sally Go Round The Roses  
 (Spector) 

Sally go round the roses, Sally go round the roses
Sally go round the roses, Sally go round the pretty roses

Roses they can't hurt you, roses they can't hurt you
Roses they can't hurt you, no the roses they can't hurt you
Sally don't you go, don't you go downtown
Sally don't you go, don't you go downtown
Saddest thing in the whole wide world
Is see your baby with another girl

Sally go round, Sally baby go
Round and Around, don't you go downtown
Sally go round, don't you go downtown
Round and around
Saddest thing in the whole wide world
See your baby with another girl

Sally go round the roses, Sally go round the roses
Sally go round the roses, Sally go round the pretty roses

They won't tell your secret, they won't tell your secret
They won't tell your secret, no the roses won't tell your secret
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Sit and cry where the roses grow
Sit and cry now this old thing goes [*]
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Saddest thing in the whole wide world
See your baby with another girl

Sally go round the roses, Sally go round the roses...


The Cuckoo  
 (traditional) 
Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird
She singeth as she flies
She bringeth good tidings
She telleth no lies
She sucketh white flowers
For to keep her voice clear
And the more she singeth cuckoo
The summer draweth near. 

As I was a-walking
And a-talking one day
I met my own true love
As he came that way
Oh to meet him was a pleasure
Though the courting was a woe
For I found him false hearted
He'd kiss me and then he'd go.

I wish I were a scholar
And could handle the pen
I would write to my lover
And to all roving men
I would tell them of the grief and woe
That attend on their lies
I would wish them have pity
On the flower when it dies. 

I wish I were a scholar
And could handle the pen
I would write to my lover
And to all roving men
I would tell them of the grief and woe
That attend on their lies
I would wish them have pity
On the flower when it dies.

As I was a-walking
And a-talking one day
I met my own true love
As he came that way
Oh to meet him was a pleasure
Though the courting was a woe
For I found him false hearted
He'd kiss me and then he'd go.

Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird
She singeth as she flies
She bringeth good tidings
She telleth no lies
She sucketh white flowers
For to keep her voice clear
And the more she singeth cuckoo
The summer draweth near. 

And the more she singeth cuckoo
The summer draweth near. 


House Carpenter
 (traditional) 

Well I once could have married the King's third son
And a fine young man was he.
But now I'm married to a house carpenter,
And a nice young man is he.

"When will you forsake your house carpenter,
And a-go along with me?
I will take you to where the grass grows green,
On the banks of the River Dee."

"But what will you have to maintain me upon,
To keep me from slavery?"
"Well, I had seven ships, they will soon be at land,
And they at your command shall be."

She took her two babes by the hand
And gave them kisses three.
"Sit still at home you darling little babes,
Keep your father sweet company."

Now she dressed herself in her very best,
Like a high-born lady was she.
She shivered and she shivered and she proudly stepped
As she walked by the banks of the sea.

Well she hadn't been gone but a short short time
Until she wept forsore.
"I would give all the gold in this round world,
Just to see my babes once more."

"Well if you had all the gold and the silver too,
That ever did cross the sea,
You never would be at land anymore,
And your babes you would never more see."

Well they hadn't been sailing but a short short while,
About two weeks, three or four,
When the ship sprang a leak and they were doomed,
And they were far away from the shore.

"I see bright hills of Heaven, my dear,
Where angels come and go."
"I see bright hills, that's Hell my dear,
Where you and I must go."

"Oh I wish I were back to my House Carpenter
I'm sure he would treat me well.
But here I am on the raging sea
And my soul is bound for Hell."

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