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Wings of a Goney
03:27
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Oh if I had the wings of a goney boys I'd spread 'em and fly home
I'd leave all of Greenland's icy shores, for the right whale here is none
Oh the weather's rough and the winds do blow, and there's little comfort here
I'd rather be snug in a Deptford pub a-drinking a strong beer
Oh a man must be mad or wanting money bad to go venture catching whales
For he may be drowned when the fish turns around or his head smashed in by its' tail
They world seems grand to a young greenhand, and his heart is high when he goes
In a very short burst he'd as soon as hear a curse as the cry of "There she blows"
All hands on deck, now for God's sake, move quickly if you can
Oh he stumbles on deck, so dizzy and so sick, for his life he don't give a damn
High overhead the great flukes spread, and the mate gives the whale the iron
And soon the blood, in purple flood, from his spout all comes a-flyin'
Oh these trials we bare for neigh on four years, till our flyin' jib points to home
We're supposed for our toil to get a bonus on the oil, and an equal share of the bone
So we go to the agent to settle for our debt, and it's there we have cause to repent
For we've slaved away four years of our lives, and we've earned about three pounds ten
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The Roving Peddler
03:40
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I am a jolly peddler and I've roamed this country 'round
Until I took a notion to view some other ground
With my pack upon my shoulder and my cudgel in my hand
I went into New Hampshire to view that happy land
I went into New Hampshire and the girls all jumped for joy
Said one girl to another "There's that handsome peddler boy"
They invited me to dine with them, they took me by the hand
The toast they gave primarily, Success to the peddler man
I went into New Hampshire where the girls they are so neat
They're kind in every feature, their kisses are so sweet
There's handsome Jane and Molly and fair young Betsy, too
Along with one of these fair maids I'll roam the country through
I went into New Hampshire and there among the maids
With my bold conversation they seemed but not afraid
While such fine things I sold to them they came to understand
The humor and good nature of the handsome peddler man
I went into a tavern and there all night I stayed
The landlady's fair daughter of me was not afraid
She held me and she kissed me, she took me by the hand
And shyly told her momma that she loved the peddler man
But early the next morning as I was going away
The landlady's fair daughter these words to me did say
"How can you be so cruel and treat me so unkind
And go onece more a roaming and to leave me here behind"
But I'll leave off my peddling and I'll take to me a wife
For with this handsome fair maid I'd gladly spend my life
I'll embrace her late and early and do the best I can
To make her bless the day she wed the handsome peddler man
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Dirty Old Town
04:06
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I found my love by the gas works croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Out springs a girl from the streets at night
I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I smelled the spring on the Salford wind
I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll cut you down like an old dead tree
I found my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
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Jack Tar
02:28
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So come all you ladies gay who delights is sailor’s joy
Listen while I sing to you a song
When Jack Tar he comes ashore with his gold and silver store
There’s no one can get rid of it so soon
The first thing Jack requires is a fiddler to his hand
Likewise the best liquor of every kind
And a pretty girl likewise with two dark and rolling eyes
And Jacky he is suited to his mind
The landlady she comes in dressed all in her Sunday best
She looks like some bright and morning star
She’s ready to wait on him when she finds he’s plenty of tin
Chalk him down to the one behind the bar
His wages were soon gone and his friends they are all flown
And the flash girls, they departed for another
And the landlady, she cried pay your score and get outside
Your cargo’s gone and you’ve hit stormy weather
Now Jack all in his rage he threw bottles at her head
And likewise all the glasses he let fly
And the poor girl in her fright called the watchman of the night
Saying take this young sailor lad away
Now Jack did understand that a ship lay wanting hands
And to her he went straight down
With a sweet and pleasant gale he unfurled his lofty sail
And bid adieu to the flash girls of the town
So he laid her on a tack like a cutter or smack
As she rolled from the lee to the weather
And he kept a full on eye close to the wind as she would lie
We were bound for black wall and stormy weather
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Ed Yother West Lafayette, Indiana
Mostly Irish traditional music from West Lafayette, Indiana.
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