West Of Roan - Yarrow
And I fear it means sorrow
I dreamed I was pulling the heather green
On the bonnie banks o' the Yarrow
Oh, sister dear, I can read your dream
Read it in grief and sorrow
Your true love John lies dead and gone
In the dewey dens of Yarrow
She's wrung her hands and she's tore her hair
All in grief and sorrow
She's a blue ribbon from out her hair
That she did recieve in Yarrow
It's ovеr hill and it's over dale
Through the strеams so narrow
'Till she's came upon her true love John
All dead and gone in Yarrow
Her hair, it was three-quarters long
The colour, it was yellow
She's wrapped it 'round his middle so small
And she's pulled him home from Yarrow
Oh, daughter dear, why did you weep?
All in grief and sorrow
I could wed you to a much nobler man
Than the one you lost in Yarrow
Oh, father dear, you have seven sons
You could wed them all tomorrow
But the fairest flower among them all
Is the one I loved in Yarrow
The fairest flower among them all
Is the one I loved in Yarrow
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West Of Roan - White Bird Falling/ Johnny's Tune
Dark birds rise from the marsh Loud and low across the sky Down below the wheat's still standing Moved once with a breath-like wind I have seen a white bird falling
West Of Roan - The Bell
There is water under the mountain Her eye is open Her eye is clear Sister, find me Sister, keep me fed Ring the bell, ring the bell Ring the bell true and
West Of Roan - Let No One Steal Your Thyme
Come all you fair and tender maids Who flourish in your prime Beware, beware, if your garden is fair Let no-one steal your thyme Let no-one steal your thyme For when
West Of Roan - Bread of Life
The fields have greened and the blossoming The fields have greened and the blossoming Blossoming Join our hands together now Here among the fields Feed us, feed us
West Of Roan - The Mountain
When I'm born they take my eyes Put in two of clay When I'm old enough they will take my tongue And put in one of stone You don't know my name You call me
West Of Roan - Queen of Eyes
Walk around my bed three times Say the words you learned from your father If you don't remember, sing, sing to me (Sing, sing to me) Sing, sing to me (Sing, sing to me)
West Of Roan - Gentian
Tell me your name, tell me your life Tell me the colour of my true love's eyes Blue as the sea, blue as the corn Blue as the baby, never will be born Oh, oh
West Of Roan - Bright
I'm asking all you brothers of mine Where's the story of your body like mine? There's a woman standing waist-deep in the sand And the river 'round her
West Of Roan - All the Water
They come to me at night In the dark when I'm asleep They say "Come away, away and down Way and down." We go together to the forest I see her running in
West Of Roan - The Beran
"The Beran, fly low, low and dark" they call in my own tongue But I don't speak this language They are the ones who carry, bear me away They open up the door, come
