by The Royal Chessmen | Oct 26, 2006 | Songs
Traditional Performed by Empty Hats Performed by 3 Pints Gone For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam Ten thousand miles I traveled Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes For to save her shoes from gravel. Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny For they all go...
by The Royal Chessmen | Oct 26, 2006 | Songs
The Minstrels of Mayhem Jerry Barry ©1993 How many men do you think my friend, have passed this way before. And how many brave young sailors, lie upon the ocean floor. Countless sons of England, who are not afraid to die, Searching for the place where, the ocean...
by The Royal Chessmen | Oct 26, 2006 | Songs
Traditional Oh the summer time is coming, And the trees are sweetly blooming, And the wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather. Will you go, lassie, go. Chorus: And we’ll all go together, To pull wild mountain thyme, Out around the blooming heather,...
by The Royal Chessmen | Oct 26, 2006 | Songs
Traditional I’ve been a wild rover for many a year, And I spent all me money on whiskey and beer, But now I’m returning with gold in great store, And I never will play the wild rover no more. Chorus: And it’s no, nay, never; no, nay, never no more,...
by The Royal Chessmen | Oct 26, 2006 | Songs
lyrics by Archie Fisher, 1974 performed by Craig of Farrington Pale was the wounded knight That bore the rowan shield Loud and cruel were the ravens’ cries That feasted on the field, saying: "Beck water, cold and clear, Will never cleanse your wound...
by The Royal Chessmen | Oct 26, 2006 | Songs
Traditional There were three gypsies a come to my door, And down stairs ran this a-lady, O. One sang high and another sang low And the other sang bonny bonny Biscay O Then she pulled off her silk finished gown, And put on hose of leather, O The ragged ragged rags...
