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Irish '60s Songbook page 15 |
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| Long Black Veil
(Wilkin/Dill) Recorded by Peter Law & The Pacific Showband 1968 Major Minor MM545 / You'll Never Get The Chance Again _____________________________________________________ Ten years ago on a cold dark night Someone was killed beneath the town hall light There were few at the scene, but they all agreed That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees, Nobody knows but me The judge said son, "What is your alibi? If you were somewhere else, then you wont have to die." I said not a word, though it meant my life, For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife. Now the scaffold is high, eternity is near She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear, And sometimes at night when the cold winds blow In a long black veil she cries over my bones. She walks these hills.... |
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| Yellow River
(Christie) Recorded by The Gentry 1969 Dolphin DOS56 / Lonely But Free _________________________________________ So long, boy, you can take my place, I got my papers, I got my pay, So pack my bags and I'll be on my way, to Yellow River. Put my gun down, the war is won, Fill my glass high, the time has come, I'm goin' back to the place that I love, Yellow River. Yellow River, Yellow River, is in my mind and in my eyes, Yellow River, Yellow River, is in my blood, it's the place I love, Got no time for explanations, got no time to lose, Tomorrow night you'll find me sleepin' underneath the moon And Yellow River. Cannon fire lingers in my mind, I'm so glad that I'm still alive And I've been gone for such a long time, from Yellow River, I remember the nights were cool, I can still see the water pool, And I remember the girl that I knew, from Yellow River, Yellow River, Yellow River, is in my mind....... |
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| Crystal Chandelier Recorded by Tony & The Graduates 1967 Pye 7N17418 / City Lights _____________________________________________________ Oh, the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall, The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall, But will the timely crowd that has you laughing loud help you dry your tears When the new wears off of your crystal chandelier? I never did fit in too well with those you knew And it's plain to see that the likes of me don't fit with you, For you traded me for the gaiety of the well-to-do And you turned away from the love I offered you. I see your picture in the news most every day, You're the chosen girl of the social world, so the stories say, But a paper smile only lasts a while then it fades away, And the love we knew will come home to you someday. |
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| My Elusive Dreams
(Putman/Sherrill) Recorded by D.J. Curtin & The Kerry Blues 1968 Emerald MD1113 / One Day Soon ______________________________________________ You followed me to Texas, you followed me to Utah, We didn't find it there so we moved on. Then you went with me to Alabam', Things looked good in Birmingham, We didn't find it there so we moved on. I know you're tired of following My elusive dreams and schemes For they're only fleeting things, My elusive dreams. You had my child in Memphis then I heard of work in Nashville, But we didn't find it there so we moved on. To a small farm in Nebraska, to a gold mine in Alaska, We didn't find it there so we moved on. I know you're tired.... And now we've left Alaska because there was no gold mine, But this time only two of us move on, And now all we have is each other and a little memory To cling to and still you won't let me go on alone I know you're tired.... |
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| Wonderland By
Night (Chase/Neumann) Recorded by Danny Pearse & The Lions 1968 Phoenix CAS101 / Let's Pretend It's Yesterday ____________________________________________ Stars hang suspended Above a floating yellow moon, Two hearts were blended While angels sang a lovers tune, And so we kissed not knowing if Our hearts could pay the price, But heaven welcomed us To paradise blessing our love. Then came the sunrise Fading the moon and stars from sight, Recalling always Our wonderland by night. |
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