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Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes
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Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir
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Fairport Convention - Flowers of the Forest
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Fairport Convention - Lord Marlborough
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Fairport Convention - Matty Groves
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Fairport Convention - Rising for the Moon
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Fairport Convention - Sir Patrick Spens
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Fairport Convention - The Time Is Near
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Fairport Convention - Time Will Show the Wiser
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Fairport Convention - To Althea From Prison
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Fairport Convention - A Sailor's Life
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Fairport Convention - After Halloween
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Fairport Convention - Angel Delight
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Fairport Convention - Autopsy
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Fairport Convention - Banks Of The Sweet Primroses
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Fairport Convention - Big William
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Fairport Convention - Book Song
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Fairport Convention - Bring 'em Down
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Fairport Convention - Cajun Woman
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Fairport Convention - Chelsea Morning
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Fairport Convention - Close The Door Lightly When You Go
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Fairport Convention - Come All Ye
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Fairport Convention - Come All Ye Rolling Minstrels
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Fairport Convention - Crazy Man
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Fairport Convention - Crazy Man Michael
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Fairport Convention - Dawn
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Fairport Convention - Decameron
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Fairport Convention - Doctor of Physick
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Fairport Convention - Eastern Rain
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Fairport Convention - Farewell, Farewell
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Fairport Convention - Fotheringay
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Fairport Convention - Genesis Hall
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Fairport Convention - Gone, Gone, Gone
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Fairport Convention - Home Is Where The Heart Is
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Fairport Convention - I Don't Know Where I Stand
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Fairport Convention - I Still Miss Someone
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Fairport Convention - I'll Keep It With Mine
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Fairport Convention - I'm Already There
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Fairport Convention - If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong
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Fairport Convention - If Stomp
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Fairport Convention - Iron Lion
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Fairport Convention - It'll Take a Long Time
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Fairport Convention - It's Alright Ma It's Only Witchcraft
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Fairport Convention - It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft
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Fairport Convention - Jack O'diamonds
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Fairport Convention - Jack O'rion
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Fairport Convention - Jewel In The Crown
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Fairport Convention - John Barleycorn
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Fairport Convention - Lady of Pleasure
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Fairport Convention - Let It Go
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Fairport Convention - London River
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Fairport Convention - Medley: The Lark In The Morning/rakish Paddy/foxhunter's Jig/toss The Feathers
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Fairport Convention - Meet On The Ledge
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Fairport Convention - Million Dollar Bash
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Fairport Convention - Mr Lacey
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Fairport Convention - Night Time Girl
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Fairport Convention - No Man's Land
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Fairport Convention - Nottamun Town
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Fairport Convention - Now Be Thankful
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Fairport Convention - One More Chance
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Fairport Convention - One Sure Thing
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Fairport Convention - Part I
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Fairport Convention - Part Ii
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Fairport Convention - Part Iv
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Fairport Convention - Part Ix
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Fairport Convention - Part V
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Fairport Convention - Part Vi
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Fairport Convention - Part Vii
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Fairport Convention - Part Viii
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Fairport Convention - Part X
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Fairport Convention - Part Xi
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Fairport Convention - Percy's Song
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Fairport Convention - Pilgrims
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Fairport Convention - Pleasure and Pain
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Fairport Convention - Polly on the Shore
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Fairport Convention - Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman
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Fairport Convention - Possibly Parsons Green
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Fairport Convention - Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood
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Fairport Convention - Red And Gold
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Fairport Convention - Reno, Nevada
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Fairport Convention - Restless
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Fairport Convention - Reynard the Fox
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Fairport Convention - Reynardine
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Fairport Convention - Rolling Minstrels
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Fairport Convention - Rosie
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Fairport Convention - She Moves Through the Fair
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Fairport Convention - Sickness and Diseases
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Fairport Convention - Sir William Gower
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Fairport Convention - Sloth
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Fairport Convention - Solo
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Fairport Convention - Some Sweet Day
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Fairport Convention - Stranger to Himself
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Fairport Convention - Sun Shade
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Fairport Convention - Suzanne
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Fairport Convention - Tale In A Hard Time
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Fairport Convention - Tale In Hard Time
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Fairport Convention - Tam Lin
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Fairport Convention - The Ballad Of Easy Rider
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Fairport Convention - The Bonny Black Hare
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Fairport Convention - The Deserter
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Fairport Convention - The Hexhamshire Lass
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Fairport Convention - The Hiring Fair
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Fairport Convention - The Journeyman's Grace
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Fairport Convention - The Lobster
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Fairport Convention - The Widow Of Westmorland's Daughter
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Fairport Convention - Three Drunken Maidens
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Fairport Convention - Throwaway Street Puzzle
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Fairport Convention - Trial Song
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Fairport Convention - Tried So Hard
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Fairport Convention - Walk Awhile
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Fairport Convention - What is True
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Fairport Convention - White Dress
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Fairport Convention - Wizard of the Worldly Game
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Fairport Convention - Ye Mariners All
Part Xi
Fairport Convention
Come along John, don't be slow Wake up John, it's time to go
Wake up John, it's time to go
A priest joins the procession just to help me kneel
With a warder at my elbow and another at my heel
Marching in the morning down a path I've lately seen
I was sleeping in this garden, am I still within my dream?
The echo of my heartbeat is the beating of a drum
And all the earth is singing with life's sweet hum
We filed in solemn silence, shuffled through a door
The place where life is taken for the letter of the law
(Chorus)
Shake the holy water, summon up the guard
Dying's very easy, waiting's very hard
A rope was hanging from the roof, a sight which puzzles me
I thought a gibbet and a guard would make a gallows tree
But now all is revealed, stamped there is the command
My feet are on the trapdoor with a rope around my hand
And now the executioner is shaking hands with me
"My duty I must carry out, you poor fellow," says he
A strap is tied around my feet and a bag upon my head
And then the noose which separates the living from the dead
(Chorus)
There he whispers to me "Have you anything to say?"
My mouth is dry, my throat is tight, I answer "Drop away"
Silence now surrounds me, my heart is beating on
The trapdoor hardly moves at all, my life is still my own
They stand me in a corner with my hands and feet still bound
While a carpenter is called for and an explanation found
"The rain has warped the timbers," I hear the hangman say
"It's funny but it worked well, I tried it yesterday"
"All is mended now," they say, "your ordeal's nearly over
Your life's as good as ended," but I hear their voices waver
Once more the ?board is shaked? and again I hang in limbo
While the guards jump on the trapdoor and my body stands on tip-toe
(Chorus)
They stand me in a corner with my hands and feet still ties
A warder holds onto the noose, the trapdoor opens wide
Is it magic or coincidence that keeps me on the brink?
It seems to work without me, "Will it kill me now?" I think
"Please, I'm tired of living and I really want to die"
I was taken to the scaffold and I heard the hangman cry
"Lee, I'm truly sorry, forgive these hands of mine"
He drew the bolt and I felt the jolt the third and final time
My life was spared that morning 'cos it wasn't theirs to take
Three's the ?boat? the law requires, a man could feel the stake
(Repeat chorus)