| Pirates of the Saskatchewan Arrogant Worms Chords: C, F, G, Am, D 1. I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine. I had a little stretch of land along the CP line. But times were hard and though I tried the money wasn't there And bankers came and took my land and told me fair is fair. I looked for every kind of job, the answer always "no". "Hire you now?" they'd always laugh "We just let twenty go!" The government, they promised me a measly little sum But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum! Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone? I'm gonna' be a pirate on the River Saskatchewan! Chorus: 'Cause it's a "Heave HO Hi HO" coming down the plains. Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains. It's a "Ho HEY Hi HEY" farmers bar your doors When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores! (....arrggg......matey.......) 2. Well you'd think the local farmers would know that I'm at large But just the other day I found an unprotected barge. I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser. I rammed their ship and sank it and I stole their fertilizer. A bridge outside of Moose Jaw spans a mighty river. Farmers cross in so much fear their stomachs are aquiver 'Cause they know that "TRACTOR JACK" is hiding in the bay. I'll jump the bridge and knock 'em cold and steal off with their hay! 3. Well, Mountie Bob he chased me. He was always at my throat. He'd follow on the shoreline 'cause he didn't own a boat. But cutbacks were a-comin', so the Mountie lost his job. So now he's sailin' with me and we call him Salty Bob. A swingin' sort'a skull and bones and pleasant company. I never pay my income tax and screw the GST (Screw it!) Prince Albert down to Saskatoon, the Terror of the Sea! If you want to reach the Co-op boy you gotta' get by me! 4. Well pirate life's appealing, but you don't just find it here. I hear that in Alberta there's a band of buccaneers. They roam the Athabasca from Smith to Fort MacKay, And you're gonna' lose your Stetsons if you have to pass their way. Winter is a-comin' and a chill is in the breeze. My pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze. I'll be back in springtime, but for now I have to go. I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico!! The Blacksmith A blacksmith courted me Nine months and better He fairly won my heart Wrote me a letter With his hammer in his hand He looked quite clever And if I was with my love I�d live forever But where is my love gone With his cheeks like roses And his good black Billycock on Decked round with primroses I�m afraid the scorching sun Will shine and burn his beauty And if I was with my love I�d do my duty Strange news is come to town Strange news is carried Strange news flies up and down That my love is married. I wish them both much joy Though they can�t hear me And may God reward him well For the slighting of me. Don�t you remember when You lay beside me And you said you�d marry me And not deny me. If I said I�d marry you It was only for to try you So bring your witness love And I�ll not deny you. No witness have I none Save God Almighty And may he reward you well For the slighting of me Her lips grew pale and wan It made a poor heart tremble To think she loved a one And he proved deceitful. A blacksmith courted me Nine months and better He fairly won my heart Wrote me a letter With his hammer in his hand He looked quite clever And if I was with my love I�d live forever Stolen Child Where dips the rocky highland Of sleuth wood in the lake There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats There we�ve hid our fairy vats Full of berries And of reddest stolen cherries CHORUS Come away, oh human child To the waters and the wild With a faery hand in hand For the world�s more full of weeping Than you can understand Where the wave of moonlight glosses The dim grey sands with light By far off furthest rosses We foot it all the night Weaving olden dances Mingling hands and mingling glances Till the moon has taken flight To and fro we leap And chase the frothy bubbles Whilst the world is full of troubles And is anxious in its sleep CHORUS Where the wandring water gushes From the hills above glen car In pools among the rushes That scarce could bathe a star We seek for slumbering trout And whispering in their ears Give them unquiet dreams Leaning softly out From ferns that drop their tears Over the young streams. CHORUS Away with us he�s going The solemned eyed Eh�ll hear no more the lowing Of the calves on the warm hillside Or the kettle on the hob Sing peace into his breast Or see the brown mice bob Round and round the oatmeal chest. CHORUS For he comes the human child To the waters and the wild With a faery hand in hand For the world�s more full of weeping Than you can understand She Moved Through The Fair My love said to me My Mother won�t mind And me Father won�t slight you For your lack of kind Then she stepped away from me And this she did say It will not be long love, Till our wedding day. She stepped away from me And she moved through the fair And fondly I watched her Move here and move there And she went her way homeward With one star awake As the swans in the evening Move over the lake The people were saying No two e�er were wed But one has a sorrow That never was said And she smiled as she passed me With her goods and her gear And that was the last That I saw of my dear I dreamed it last night That my true love came in So softly she entered Her feet made no din She came close beside me And this she did say It will not be long love Till our wedding day. Carrighfergus I wish I was in Carrighfergus Only for nights in Ballygrant. I would swim over the deepest ocean Only for nights in Ballygrant. But the sea is wide, and I can�t swim over Neither have I wings to fly If I could find me a handsome boatsman To ferry me over to my love and die. Now in Kilkenny, it is reported They�ve marble stones there as black as ink. With gold and silver I would transport her But I�ll sing no more now, till I get a drink. I�m drunk today, but I�m seldom sover A handsome rover from town to town Ah, but I am sick now, my days are over Come all you young lads, and lay me down Kellswater Here�s a health to you bonny Kellswater Where you get all the pleasures of life Where you get all the fishing and fowling And a bonny wee lass for your wife Oh it�s down where yon waters run muddy I�m afraid they will never run clear And it�s when I begin for to study My mind is on him that�s not here. And it�s this one and that one may court him But if any one gets him but me It�s early and late I will curse them The parting lovely Willie from me. Oh a father he calls on his daughter Two choices I�ll give unto thee Would you rather see Willie�s ship a�sailing Or see him hung like a dog on yonder tree Oh father, dear father, I love him I can no longer hide it from thee Through an acre of fire I would travel Along with the lovely Willie to be. Oh hard was the heartbreak I�m finding She took from her full heart�s delight May the chains of old Ireland come find them And softly their pillows at night. Oh yonder there�s a ship on the ocean And she does not know which way to steer From the east and the west she�s a�blowing She reminds me of the charms of my dear Oh it�s yonder my willie will be coming He said he�d be here in the spring And it�s down by yon green shades I�ll meet him And among wild roses we�ll sing For a gold ring he placed on my finger Saying love bear this in your mind If ever I sail from old Ireland You�ll mind I�ll not leave you behind. Here�s a health to you bonny Kellswater Where you get all the pleasures of life Where you get all the fishing and fowling And a bonny wee lass for your wife. Loki Loves Me In the circle I did say Loki send some luck my way Great big big smile all I did see He said he'd come visit me (chorus--sing between each verse) Yes, Loki loves me Yes, Loki loves me Yes, Loki loves me Last night he told me so Monday morning, I woke up Found piss in my coffee cup Dung upon the kitchen floor Slipped on it right out the door Tuesday morning I arose Found matchsticks between my toes Loki's smile was nice and bright "Hey there bud, you got a light?" Wednesday when I went to work Loki, in my office lurked Heard my secretary scream: "Oh, my GOD! That's so obscene!" Thursday morn, when I was gone Loki mowed the neighbor's lawn Even though the job was free Now my neighbor�s suing me Friday when my grandma came Loki found a saucy dame! Found her tied up to my bed Great big smile, damn near dead! Saturday I went to lunch With that same ol' black tie bunch Loki came with as my guest Insulted most and f**ked the rest Sunday morning, peaceful dawn I woke up, and Loki�s gone! Found a note upon the door: "Buy more beer, I�m bringing Thor!" Whiskey In The Jar As I was a going over Gillgarry Mountain, I spied Captain Farrell and his money he was countin'. First I drew me pistol and then I drew me rapier, Sayin' stand and deliver for I am your bold receiver. cho: Well shirigim duraham da Wack fall the daddy oh, Wack fall the daddy oh There's whiskey in the jar. He counted out his money and it made a pretty penny, I put it in me pocket to take home to darling' Jenny. She sighed and swore she loved me and never would deceive me But the devil take the women for they always lie so easy. I went into me chamber all for to take a slumber To dream of gold and girls and of course it was no wonder. Me Jenny took me charges and she filled them up with water, Called on Captain Farrell to get ready for the slaughter. Next morning early before I rose to travel, There came a band of footmen and likewise Colonel Farrell. I goes to draw me pistol for she'd stole away me rapier, but a prisoner I was taken I couldn't shoot the water. They put me into jail with a judge all a writin' For robbing Captain Farrell on Gilgarry Mountain. But they didn't take me fists so I knocked the jailer down, And bid a farewell to this tight fisted town. I'd like to find me brother the one that's in the army, I don't know where he's stationed in Cork or in Killarney. Together we'd go roving o'r the mountains of Killkenney, And I swear he'd treat me better than me darling' sporting Jenny. There's some takes delight in the carriages and rolling, Some takes delight in the hurley or the bowlin'. But I takes delight in the juice of the barley, Courting pretty maids in the mourning oh so early. MY AIN FOLK Far frae my hame I wander but still my thoughts return To my ain folk ower yonder in the sheiling by the burn I see the cosy ingle and the mist abune the brae And joy and sadness mingle as I list some auld-warld lay. cho: And it's Oh but I'm longing for my ain folk Tho they be lowly, puir and plain folk I am far beyond the sea but my heart will ever be At hame in dear auld Scotland wi' my ain folk. A bonnie lassie's greetin' though she tries to stay the tears, And sweet will be our meeting after mony weary years, How my mother will caress me when I'm standing by her side, Now she prays that heaven will bless me though the stormy seas divide. WILD MOUNTAIN THYME (Jimmy McPeake) 1. Oh, the summer time is coming, And the trees are sweetly blooming, And the wild mountain thyme grows around the blooming heather. Chorus: Will you go, lassie, go? And we'll all go together To pull wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather, Will you go lassie, go? 2. I will build my love a bower By yon clear and crystal fountain, And on it I will pile All the flowers of the mountain. 3. If my true love, she won't have me, I will surely find another To pull wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather. 4. Oh, the summer time is coming And the trees are sweetly blooming And the wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather. |