Part Two
Go Home Girl
Black is the Colour
Mary’s Eyes
Ferryman
I thought I knew you
She was the Prize
Go Home, Girl! (aka The Gypsy)
Don't say that you're in love me listen to what I say
You're too young to come with me, you must be on your way.
And stop your silly crying now how can I make you see
That I'm a gypsy rover, love, and you'll not come with me.
Go home, Girl, go home, go home!
And I met you at the market when your mam was just with you.
You liked me long brown ringlets and me handkerchief of blue.
And although I'm very fond you, you asked me home for tea,
But I'm a gypsy rover, love, and you'll not come with me.
Go home, Girl, go home, go home!
And your brother is a peeler and would lock me up in the jail
If he knew I was a poacher and I hunt your lord's best quail.
Well your daddy is a gentleman, your mammy just as grand
But I'm a gypsy rover, love, and I'll not be your man.
Go home, Girl, go home, go home!
Well the hour's drawing on my love, your mam's expecting thee.
Don't tell her that you met me here or I'm a gypsy free.
And let's get off me jacket now, your love will have to wait.
For I am twenty-two years old, and you, you’re only eight!
Go home, Girl, go home, go home!
Go home, Girl, go home, go home!
Black is the Colour
Chorus:
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
The sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
I love the ground where on she stands
I love my love and well she knows
I love the ground where on she goes
I hope the day will one day come
When she and I will be as one
Chorus
I go to the Clyde for to mourn and weep
For satisfied I never can be
I write her letters, just a few short lines
and suffer death a thousand times
Chorus
I love the ground where on she stands
Mary's Eyes
lyrics by Janis Ian
Mary's eyes are startling blue
And her hair's newcastle gold
And she walks the thin white line
Between the body and the soul
She's as faithful to her history
As a novice to his fast
For she is standing on the bones of Ireland's past
She is singing of the troubles
And a fire in the land
'Til I can almost feel the famine
Slipping through my trembling hand
And I wonder as I hear her
That the spirit still shines through
And she can reach across the ocean deep
And break my heart in two
Mary is wise as she is foolish
She's as constant as the tide
For it's a woman's heart that beats beneath
That stubborn Irish pride
We are saints and we are sinners
We are heroes we are thieves
We are all of us beginners
On the road to Galilee
She is singing of the troubles
And a fire in the land
'Til I can almost feel the famine
Slipping through my trembling hand
And I wonder as I hear her
That the spirit still shines through
And she can reach across the ocean deep
And break my heart in two
So let us hoist a pint of silence
To the east where Ireland lies
And we will stare across the waters
For a glimpse of Mary's eyes
We are ships without a harbour
We are sailors on dry land
And the song goes on forever
Even though the record can't
She is singing of the troubles
And a fire in the land
'Til I can almost feel the famine
Slipping through my trembling hand
And I wonder as I hear her
That the spirit still shines through
And she can reach across the ocean deep
And break my heart in two
The Ferryman
Paddy Schmidt
All the little boats are
gone
From the breast of Anna Liffey
And the ferrymen are stranded on the quay
The Dublin docks are dying
And a way of life is gone
It’s over, Molly, over, can’t you see?
Chorus:
Where the strawberry beds
Sweep down to the Liffey
You’ll kiss away the worries from my brow
I love you well today
And I’ll love you more tomorrow
If you ever loved me, Molly, love me now
Twas the only job I knew
It was hard but never lonely
The Liffey Ferry made a man of me
Now it’s gone without a whisper
Forgotten even now
Oh Molly, it was part of you and me
Chorus
Well now my work is over
And spend my days here
roving
I hear them whisper Charley’s on the dole
But Molly we’re still living
And darling we’re still young
And the river never ruled my heart or soul
I thought I knew you
Surfin’ through the pages in my mind, I find a picture of
you,
You
were young and I was too, “I do,” you said, and I believed you.
Singin’ songs and dancin’ in the
street, the beat I don’t remember
A
barking dog, a velvet chain, the rain was cold, you were colder.
Chorus:
I
thought I knew you
I
thought I knew you
I
thought I knew what you’re about
I
doubt if I ever knew you
We
took the ferry late at night, first light discovered us together
We
agreed that paradise was nice, but couldn’t last forever.
Bright
eyed and bushy tailed, I failed to see what everyone saw
Moss
growing on the roof the truth was getting hard to swallow.
Chorus:
I
thought I knew you
I
thought I knew you
I
thought I knew what you’re about
I
doubt if I ever knew you
For
every left there is a right, for every day there is a night
A moon,
a sun, a smoking gun, a tear, an eye, hello, goodbye
For
every hand there is a glove, every hate there is a love
Heaven,
earth, a death, a birth, a hat, a head and a hunger…a hunger never fed!
You
dropped the TV in the pool that’s cool, I know, but no one saw you
Hotel
rooms and limousines, it seems to me you got your heaven.
Chorus:
I
thought I knew you
I
thought I knew you
I
thought I knew what you’re about
I
doubt if I ever knew you
Tomorrow
never comes, they say, but hey you know I don’t believe them
I
close my eyes and drift away today has gone, I’m still standin’
I’m
still standin’
I’m
still standin’, Oh!
She Was The Prize
I've lived a long life and now I'm looking back
It's the end of the road; the last stop on the track
And I smile as think of my true love once more
The light of my life; the one I adore
(chorus)
She...she was the prize
The prettiest girl with the loveliest eyes
She...she was the prize
Shiny black hair and those lovely...those lovely brown eyes
I met her one night at the Harvest Fair Dance
I long for a whisper; I hoped for a glance
then she turned and she smiled
and I melted away
and I knew I'd be with her 'til my dying day
(repeat chorus)
We lay on the cliffs and and we walked hand in hand
we threw stones in the waves
we drew hearts in the sand
without warning, clouds rolled in and blackened the sun
and when they rolled out
my light, she was gone
(repeat chorus)
I've shed all my tears and I've said my goodbyes;
now I'll lay myself down
were my pretty girl lies
and when I awake
I'll be on earth no more
I'll be dancing a jig with the girl adore
(repeat chorus)