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My Love's Gone A-Roving
03:45
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My love's gone a-roving
Beyond the dusky twilight
My love's gone a-sailing
Upon the golden sea
My love's gone a-rambling
Into the silvery moonset
My love's gone a-roving
So far away from me
And when he said that he'd always love me
I knew it to be true
And when he promised he'd be returning
I prayed it would be soon
Long hours in the evening
I watched the stars at twilight
Long hours in the morning
I stood beside the sea
Long hours in the evening
I pined for his return, and
Long hours did I weep for him
So far away from me
But when he said that he'd always love me
I knew it to be true
And surely now he is thinking of me
Out on the waves of blue
My love's gone a-roving
And rovers love the twilight
My love's gone a-sailing
For sailors love the sea
My love went a-roving
And left me in the moonlight
My love is a rambler
And not at home with me
Long years they have passed now
I sit alone at twilight
Long years since my love set out
Upon the lonely sea
Long years since I've wept, now
And pined beneath the moonlight
Long years since my rover's gone
So far away from me
So long ago he kissed me
Beneath the autumn leaves
When we were young, I pledged my love
Now it's stolen by the sea
When we were young, I pledged my heart
But it's not come back to me
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On a night when the moon rises high
There's a rumbling deep in the earth
And the night has a star in her eyes
Gazing on at the dragon's rebirth
Silver scales in moonlight, high in the sky
A quicksilver sky
And the path of the stars opens wide
Where the glittering wings glide
And a legend is risen tonight
Silver scales in the moon's shining light
On a night when the darkness is thick
And the shadows fall over the land
He's a razor that cuts to the quick
Through the clouds flying fast as he can
Silver scales in moonlight, high in the sky
A thundering sky
And the light of the moon fades away
Leaving only the bright wings displayed
Through the night sky a shattering roar
Sends a shudder straight down heaven's core
And the wind howls
And the fire burns
'Til the night turns into day
And he shimmers
Like the silver sea
As it catches the sun's bright rays
On a night when the moon rose up high
Came a rumbling deep in the earth
Now the dragon has flame in his eyes
On the morning that marks his rebirth
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The Warrior Queen
03:40
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When she was a lass of five years old
With her eyes so bright and her smile so bold
She stood on the edge of the battleground
With her eyes so bright and her smile so bold
And a sudden grin as a dream took hold
And she said, "Someday I'm going to be like them!"
When she was a lass of five years old.
And a fire burned so bright that day
And she said she would fight 'til she got her way
As a warrior maid, as in days of old
With her eyes so bright and her smile so bold
When she was a lass of five and ten
With her heart as wild as the rolling wind
She wept beside the battleground
With her heart as wild as the rolling wind
She sighed and stared and sighed again
For she thought that she could never be like them
When she was a lass of five and ten.
But a fire burned so bright that day
And it dried her tears, and it made her stay
And it told her someday she was going to win
With her heart as wild as the rolling wind
When she was a woman eighteen years old
With her eyes so proud and her heart so bold
When first she fell on the battleground
With her eyes so proud and her heart so bold
And her face so stern as the pain took hold
She held her head up high, a warrior true
When she was a woman eighteen years old
And a fire burned so bright that day
And she swore it would never die away
And she saw her destiny unfold
With her eyes so proud and her heart so bold
When she was a warrior strong and grown
With a blade that flashed and a helm that shone
She stood alone on the battleground
With a blade that flashed and a helm that shone
And the voice of a queen in her powerful tone
As she knew at last that she had won the day
With a blade that flashed and a helm that shone
When she was a warrior strong and grown
For a fire burned so bright that day
And a spirit blazed that could not fade
And she placed herself upon the throne
With a blade that flashed and a helm that shone
And there was lass of five years old
With her eyes so bright and her smile so bold
As she watched from the edge of the battleground
With her eyes so bright and her smile so bold
And a sudden grin as the dream took hold
And she said, "Someday I'm going to be like her!"
When she was a lass of five years old.
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Greenwood
02:58
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Follow me down to the deep forest bower,
Your hand in my hand
For in the haze of the long gloaming hours,
Across the land
The eve of May, with sunlit lips, kisses green branches
Likewise our love is greener than the spring
And 'neath these broad greenwood branches,
I shall wear your ring.
And I will crown you with a wreath woven of roses
And I will wear a gown of white for the maiden queen
And midst the flowers and the mosses,
You will be my king.
And we shall gather us hawthorn and fern
And bathe in the dewshine,
Then, with our arms full of blossoms, return
To watch the sun rise.
And in the morning, you and I wedded will be
Before the eyes of the Lady and the Lord of the Green
Blessed by the songbirds in the trees,
We shall greet the spring.
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Avalon
03:14
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In the dawn, weary of our battles
There we stood, watching from the shore:
Avalon, rising from the water
Where he lay, resting evermore
Avalon, when will he rise up again?
Avalon, our Camelot has died with him.
Golden king in a golden grove
Sweetened by the apples on the isle
Where are we without you here to guide us?
Avalon keeps you all the while
Avalon, when will he ride forth again?
Avalon, the golden age has died with him.
Midst the trees, sisters keep their vigil
Where before, we, your knights, stood guard
Lord and liege, silence fills the castle
Empty halls frame its empty yards
Avalon, when will he walk them again?
Avalon, the dream we had is broken without him.
Solemn-faced, we will stand in waiting
'Til he comes to claim his crown again
In this place, we will watch forever
From the land, searching in the mist
Avalon
Avalon, when will he rise up again?
Avalon, watch over him
Watch over him
'Til he returns someday.
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The Dawn of the Day
02:44
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At the dawn of the day
With the mist on the briar
And the rain and the wind
Fast asleep in the morn
I watch with a sigh
As you're slowly departing
For with you my heart
Far away is borne.
And will you recall
As far off you wander
That ever there wait
Should you wish to return
Open arms from the one
Who loved you so true
And a place for to rest
When you tire of the world.
For it's here I shall bide
Until you're home safely
And it's here I shall dream
In the cool misty morn
Of a dawn of a day
When I see you appearing
And my heart back to me
So gently is borne.
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