- Black is the Color
Black is the Color
Black is the color of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
The sweetest smile and the softest hands
I love the ground whereon she stands
I go to the Clyde for to mourn and weep
- Black Mountainside
Black Mountainside
Black mountainside, I’ll never grieve you
Your lonesome days and lonely nights
Won’t look back once I leave here
Won’t look back when I’m gone
Black mountainside, been here too long
- IV - 01 -Weatherman
Weatherman
Despite what the weatherman said
I feel clouds over my head
Can’t see the sun in your smile
But I’m looking for a sign
CHORUS
- IV - 03 - Mary and the Soldier
Mary and the Soldier
Come all you lads of high renown that will hear of a fair young maiden
And she roved out on a summer's day to view the soldier's parading
They march so bold and they look so gay
The drums did beat and the bands did play
And it caused young Mary for to say
- IV - 04 - Home Again
Home Again
Why have you gone from me
Where is this fortune you seek
Where do my dreams now lie
How long till you’re by my side
When you leave,
- IV - 05 - Letters
Letters
Thanks for the letters
That you left for me
To tell me you were there
You said it’d be better
You said you will see
- Mary and the Soldier
Mary and the Soldier
Come all you lads of high renown that will hear of a fair young maiden
And she roved out on a summer's day to view the soldier's parading
They march so bold and they look so gay
The drums did beat and the bands did play
And it caused young Mary for to say
- Mary Mack
Chrous:
Mary Mack's mother's making Mary Mack marry me,
My mother's making me marry Mary Mack.
I'm gonna marry Mary so my Mary will take care O' me,
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mary Mack.
Now there's a nice wee lass and her name is Mary Mack,
- Nova Scotia Farewell
The sun was setting in the west
The birds were singing on every tree
All nature seemed inclined for to rest
But still there was no rest for me.
Chorus
Farewell to Nova Scotia, you sea-bound coast
Let your mountains dark and dreary be
- One More Day 02 - Nova Scotia Farewell
Nova Scotia Farewell
Trad and Orig. lyrics, music by Rising Gael
Farewell to Nova Scotia,
And to the coast bound sea,
Will you ever heave a sigh,
Or have a wish for me?
- One More Day 04 - Bold Riley
Bold Riley
Trad. and Original lyrics, Music by Rising Gael
Oh the rain it rains all day long
Bold Riley
And the northern winds blow so strong
Bold Riley
Come on Mary don’t look so glum
- One More Day 06 - Some Day
Some Day
Music and Lyrics: Rising Gael
Sailing out of the harbor,
Packed down in the hold
Bound for land and freedom,
At least that’s what we’ve been told
- One more Day 08 - Journeyman
Journeyman
A Journeyman came up one night,
With walking he was weary.
A Journeyman came up one night,
When the moon shone bright and clearly.
He met a fox upon the road,
A-running through the heather.
- One More Day 09 - Stretched On Your Grave
Stretched on Your Grave
Trad. lyrics, music Rising Gael
I am stretched on your grave
And I'll lie here forever
If you hands were in mine
I'd be sure they would not sever
My apple tree, my brightness,
- One More Day 11 - Never Know
Never Know
Music and lyrics: Rising Gael
City Lights are burning low.
Nothing left but amber glow
Shining like a lighthouse never know
They’ll pass you by if you let them go,
Fire dies but it burns so slow
- One More Day 13 - He Moved Through the Fair
He Moved Through The Fair
Trad. Lyrics, Arr. by Rising Gael
My young love said to me
My mother won’t mind
And my father won’t slight you
For your lack of kind
- One More Day 16 - One More Day
One More Day
Music and Lyrics: Rising Gael
I tripped over luck and bumped into you,
You said you were feeling lucky too
Done is this summer night and day is on its way,
If you leave there’s one thing left to say
- Stretched on your grave
I am stretched on your grave
And I'll lie here forever
If my hands were in yours
I'd be sure they would not sever
My apple tree, my brightness,
It's time we were together
For I smell by the Earth
And I'm worn by the weather.
- These City Walls - 02 - William's Ghost
William's Ghost
My true love, my own true William Where thou ever may be
This dark night I long to be with you, why have you gone from me
Though the night be dark as a dungeon, no light through the window pain
I'll be guided without a stumble into my true love's arms