Songs of the british isles

I gave my love a cherry which had no stone I gave my love a chicken which had no bone I gave my love a story which had no end I gave my love a baby with no cryin' How can there be a cherry which has...

Huna blentyn yn fy mynwes, Clyd a chynnes ydyw hon; Breichiau mam sy'n dyn am danat, Cariad mam sy dan fy mron; Ni cha dim amharu'th gyntun, Ni wna undyn â thi gam; Huna'n dawel, anwyl blentyn,...

Down in the meadows the other day A-gath-ring flowers both fine and gay A-gath-ring flowers,both red and blue I little thought what love could do I leaned my back against an oak Thinking it was a...

Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, Onward, the sailors cry Carry the lad that's born to be king Over the sea to skye Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, Thunder clouds rend the air;...

Early one morning, just as the sun was rising I heard a maid sing in the valley below "Oh don't deceive me, Oh never leave me, How could you use, a poor maiden so?" Remember the vows that...

Mellow the moonlight to shine is beginning Close by the window young Eileen is spinning Bent o'er the fire her grand grandmother sitting is crooning and moaning and drowsily knitting. Merrily cheerily...

The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly `tis speaking, The wind [harp] through it playing has language for me. Whenever the light through its branches is breaking A host of kind faces is gazing on...

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying 'tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. But come you...

Bheir mi oh a ro van oh;bheir mi oh a ro van e. Bheir mi oh a ro ho! Sad and I without thee. When I'm lonely dear white heart;Black the night or wild the sea, By love's light my foot finds the old...

(Sharpe/Jordan) How many gentle flowers grow In an English country garden? I'll tell you now of some I know And those I'll miss I hope you'll pardon Daffodils, heart's ease and flox Meadowsweet and...