Edward

What's that blood upon your sword, Edward?
'T is the blood of my grey mare
Your grey mare's blood was never that red, Edward
You're telling lies, telling lies

What's that blood upon your sword, Edward?
'T is the blood of my greyhound
Greyhound's blood was never that red, Edward
You're telling lies, telling lies

What's that blood upon your sword, Edward?
'T is the blood of my great hawk
Great hawk's blood was never that red, Edward
You're telling lies

Chorus:
And the sun will never shine, Edward
And the moon has lost his light
And the sun will never shine, Edward
You're telling lies, telling lies 

What's that blood upon your sword, Edward?
It is the blood of my brother
Why did you kill your own brother, Edward?
You're telling lies, telling lies

Chorus

What will you do, where will you go, Edward?
What will you do, how will you live?
I'll sail away, I'll sail away, Mother
And you'll never see more of me

What of your wife, what of your son, Edward?
And what will you leave to your mother dear?
The curse of Hell to burn her with, Mother
But telling lies, telling lies,

Isabel

I lie in this cage in full public gaze
And I don't give a pin for all their scorn
For I've crowned my lover king
Such glorious days I've seen
Give me the chance I'd do it all again.

Robbie my love you've the heart of a dove
Only Scotland could raise such a man
On the wild mountain side
I have lain down by your side
In spite of the bitter wind and rain.

The soft southern dogs have never scaled the heights
They cower in their comfort secure.
But he has dared it all
And he's risked the fearsome fall
Surely God will crown the brave and sure.

At proud Bannockburn their cringing hearts did turn
From his noble and daring campaign
I watched from a distant hill
And my heart flies with him still
Though my body may be caged and disdained.

He's as bold as a ram, he's as gentle as a lamb
He's a man that could never be denied
He is generous and gay
But he's changeable as day
And for just one hour with him I'd gladly die.

Lady Diamond

There was a lord, a lord lived in the north country
Who was a man of wealth and fame
He only had one child, a child but only one
And Lady Diamond was her name

She did not love a lord, she did not love a king
She loved a kitchen boy and William was his name
And though he brought her joy he also brought her shame
And he gave his heart to Lady Diamond

Chorus:
And his hair shines like gold, says Lady Diamond
And his eyes like crystal balls, says Lady Diamond
Bright as the silver moon, she says, bright as the sun that shines
Bright as the silver moon, she says, bright as the sun that shines
On Lady Diamond 

It was a winter night the lord he got no rest
To Lady Diamond's room he came
And sat down on the bed just like a wandering ghost
Now Lady Diamond tell me plain

Do you love a lord, you say, or do you love a king
I love a kitchen boy and William is his name
And better I love that boy than all your well-bred men
I have his heart, says Lady Diamond

Where are all my men, he said, that I gave meat and fee
Go fetch the kitchen boy and bring him here to me
They dragged him from the house and hung him on a tree
And they gave his heart to Lady Diamond

Cannon by Telemann

(instrumental)

Peace On The Border

After the riding we dispersed
We drifted home in twos and threes
Through cold and rain we spat and cursed
This ancient war of families

Armies past and then returned,
They killed and raped, they stole and burnt
So from the cradle we have learnt
To be as hard as stone
And learned to stand alone

Chorus:
They are gone now, the killing and disorder
They're just ghosts now, the brigand and maurauder
And we give thanks for peace on the border
We give thanks for peace on the border 

Cloak and dagger, crime on crime,
Anarchy in the borderlands
The King's men came with a Valentine
To break to power of the border clans

Some were hung, some sent away
to Ireland and the low countries
Great was the price they had to pay
God bless their memory
And God bless you and me

The broken towers that stand today
Stand for peace and order
Reminding us until the day
That we need no more borders.

Blackleg Miner

Oh, it's in the evening after dark,
When the blackleg miner creeps to work,
With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt,
There goes the blackleg miner!

Well he grubs his dugs and down he goes
To hue the coal that lies below,
There's not a woman in this town-row
Will look at the blackleg miner.

Oh, Delaval is a terrible place.
They rub wet clay in a blackleg's face,
And around the heaps they run a foot race,
There goes the backleg miner!

So, don't go near the Seghill mine.
Across the way they stretch a line,
To catch the throat and break the spine
Of the dirty backleg miner.

Well he grubs his dugs and his stick as well,
And he hoys them down the pit of hell.
It's down you go, and fare you well,
You dirty blackleg miner!

So join the union while you may.
Don't wait till your dying day,
For that may not be far away,
You dirty blackleg miner!

White Man

Some sing of their glory
Few tell the true story
Most men they don't need it
White man he kills for it.

They took to the seas
Searching for a land that they could call Paradise
Stealing the breeze that carried them towards the sun
With lust in their eyes and a gun in their hand
They said we've found Paradise
Think of the glory look at the prize we've won.

We know who they were
They were the ones who killed their brothers
To steal from others
We know who they were
They were the ones whose sons and daughters
Are doing it still.

And in their hearts what did they feel?
Did they think they had the right to steal
Another man's land who had no name?
O they didn't think he'd feel the pain.

So they sailed away from their own country
To another man's land far across the sea
And they stole that land from the people there
And they called that land Australia.

Chorus:
Why did he do it
White Man? 

They sailed away one winter's day
To a sunlit land that was far away
And they stole that land from the people there
And they called that land America.

Chorus

Lanercost

The priests go down to the river to fish for Friday's meal 
The King is brooding day and night 
Black with hate, cursing fate 
To be ill when the foe is in sight.

The priests they kneel in the chancel in solemn peaceful prayer 
The King is laughing, grim and slow 
Three brothers die, he hung them hight 
On a gibbet they died a cruel show.

Kyrie eleison

The priests they crouch o'er their books and scratch away at history 
The King he rises from his bed 
Leads his men, rides again 
Bot before he sees the border he is dead.

The priests they walk in procession with the coffin of state 
The King he leaves his work undone 
It is his fate, despite his hate 
That his foe lives on to fight his son.

Kyrie eleison 
Christe eleison

Scarecrow

Scarecrow can you hear the wind blow?
Scarecrow can you feel the cold snow?
Can you see the young leaves dying?
Can you hear the old fox crying?
Can you see the swallows flying?
Scarecrow

Scarecrow did you hear the wind blow?
Scarecrow did you feel the cold snow?
Did you see the young men dying?
Did you hear the old men crying?
Did you see the bullets flying?
Scarecrow

Chorus:
Hail rain, wind and snow
Do not scare the old Scarecrow
He was standing there long ago
Scarecrow 

Scarecrow can you hear the wind blow?
Scarecrow can you feel the cold snow?
Can you see the young men dying?
Can you hear the old men lying?
Can you see the missiles flying?
Scarecrow

Take My Heart

Take my heart to the Holy Land
My comrade, my friend
Take my heart to the Holy Land
And with it make amends
Take my heart to the Holy Land
And give me peace at last
And wash away the sins that lay
Upon it from the past.

Give my soul eternal peace
And dig deep my grave
Give my soul eternal peace
And pray that it be saved
Give my soul eternal peace
Jesus Lord allow
For all the wrongs that I have done
God's mercy on me now

Take my heart to the Holy Land ...