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All's Fair

by Wylde Nept

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There once was a troop of Irish dragoons Come marchin’ down from Fife-e-oh And the captain fell in love with a very bonny lass and the maid she was called pretty Peggy-oh Chorus- There’s many a bonny lass in the town of Ackerglass There’s many a bonny lassie in the Cheer-e-oh There’s many a bonny Jean on the streets of Aberdeen But the flower of them all lives in Fife-e-oh Oh come the stairs pretty Peggy m’dear Come down the stairs pretty Peggy-oh Come down the stairs, comb back your yellow hair Bid a long farewell to your mommy-oh I never did intend a soldier’s lady for to be I never will marry a soldier-oh I never did intend to go to a foreign land And I never will marry a soldier-oh Well the corporal he cried, “Mount! Mount boys, mount!” The captain, he cried, “Tarry-oh! Oh tarry for a wah’ for another day or twa Till I see if this bonny lass will marry-oh.” Yonder we came to the town of Ackerglass Our captain we had to hurry-o Longer we came to the streets of Aberdeen Our captain we had to bury-o Green grow the berks on bonny Ethan-side And low lie the Lowlands of Fife-e-o The captain’s name was Ned and he died for a maid He died for the chambermaid of Fife-e-o -chorus twice-
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I awoke in Germany after a month of sleep With my true love ten thousand miles away An ocean and the enemy between the two of us With my true love ten thousand miles away Now I arrive in London town after a month of pain With my true love a thousand miles away A hellride north with all due haste, I’ve been at war too long With my true love a thousand miles away Ride on through wind and weather! Ride on through pain and thunder! Ride on! Before the kisses fade! My horse is painted foam and fleck, I’ve traded now through four With my true love five hundred miles away I wear a cloak of wind and dust, my clothes are worn and tore With my true love five hundred miles away I see her face before me now, the glory of her smile With my true love a hundred miles away I smell the sunshine in her hair stronger by the mile With my true love a hundred miles away Ride on through wind and weather! Ride on through pain and thunder! Ride on! Before the kisses fade! I see her now upon the square so close that we could touch With my true love a hundred miles away She doesn’t know me anymore, I begin to blush With my true love five hundred miles away In her arms a new born child held closely to her breast With my true love a thousand miles away A brand new husband by her side, pride upon his chest With my true love ten thousand miles away Ride on through wind and weather! Ride on through pain and thunder! Ride on! Ride on! Ride on! Until the kisses fade…
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Mountain Dew 01:26
Let grasses grow and waters flow in a free and easy way But give enough of the fine old stuff that’s made near Galway bay And policemen all from Donegal, Sligo, and Leitrim too We’ll give them the slip and we’ll take a little sip To the real ol’ mountain dew! Hi deedle ida dum di deedle ida dum di doo di diddly-i ay Hi deedle ida dum di deedle ida dum di doo di diddly-i day At the foot of the hill there’s a neat little still, where the smoke curls up to the sky From the smoke and smell, you can plainly tell there’s good gin brewin’ near-by It fills the air with odor rare, and betwixt both me and you, When home you stroll you can take a bowl, or a bucket o’ the mountain dew! Hi deedle ida dum di deedle ida dum di doo di diddly-i ay Hi deedle ida dum di deedle ida dum di doo di diddly-i day Now learned men who use the pen do hold your praises high That sweet poteen from Ireland green distilled from wheat and rye Throw away your pills it’ll cure all ills, be you Pagan, Christian, or Jew Take off your coat and grease your throat with the real ol’ mountain dew! Hi deedle ida dum di deedle ida dum di doo di diddly-i ay Hi deedle ida dum di deedle ida dum di doo di diddly-i day
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Come single men and more, and unto pay attention Don’t ever fall in love, ‘tis the devil’s own invention For once I fell in love with a maiden so bewitchin’ Miss Henrietta bell out of Captain Kelly’s kitchen With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy At the age of seventeen I was ‘prenticed to a grocer Not far from Steven’s Green where Miss Henri used to go, sir Her manners were sublime and she set me heart a twitchin’ And she invited me to a hooley in the kitchen With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy Well, next Sunday bein’ the day that we were to have our flare-up I dressed meself quite gay and I slicked and oiled me hair up The Captain had no wife, and he had gone a-fishin’ So we kicked up high life down below-stairs in the kitchen With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy Well just as the clock struck six, we sat down unto the table She handed tay and cake and I ate while I was able I drank hot punch and tay, till me side had got a stitch in And the hours pass quick way when you’re courtin’ in the kitchen With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me arms around her waist, she slyly hinted marriage With a dour and dreadful haste came Captain Kelly’s carriage Her eyes soon filled with hate, an’ poison she was spittin’ For she wished I’d get ta hell, yes get ta hell out of her kitchen! With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy Well she flew up off me knees, full five feet more or higher And over head and heels threw me slap into the fire I wore a Peeler’s coat that I bought from Mr. Mitchum And a twenty-shilling note went to blazes in the kitchen! With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy Well I grieved to see me duds all smeared with soot and ashes When a tub of dirty suds right in me face she dashes As I lay on the floor and the water she kept pitchin’ The footman broke the door and walked straight into the kitchen! With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy When the captain came downstairs though he saw me situation In spite of all me prayers I was marched off to the station For me they’d take no bail, but to get home I was itchin’ But I had to tell the jail how I came into the kitchen. With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra lady With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy Well I said she did invite me but she gave a flat denial For assault they did indict me and I was sent for trial She swore I robbed the house in spite of all her screechin’ And I got six months hard for me courtin’ in the kitchen With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, with me too-ra-loo-ra laddy With me too-ra-loo-ra-la, too-ra-loo-ra laddy
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Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding Loudly the war cries arise on the gale Fleetly the steed by Lough Swilly is bounding To join the thick squadrons on Saimer’s green vale On every mountaineer! Strangers to flight or fear! Rush to the standard of dauntless Red Hugh! Bonnacht and gallowglass throng from each mountain Pass onward for Erin O’Donnell Abu Princely O’Neil to our aid is advancing With many a chieftan and warrior clan A thousand proud steeds in his vanguard are prancing ‘neath borderers brave from the banks of the Bann Many a heart shall quail under its coat of mail Deeply the merciless foeman shall rue When on his ears shall ring Borne on the breeze’s wing Tir Conwel’s dread war cry O’Donnell Abu! Wildly o’er Desmond the war wolf is howling Fearless the eagle sweeps over the plain The fox in the streets of the city is prowling And all who who scare them are banished or slain On with O’Donnell then, fight the old fight again Sons of Tir Conwal are valiant and true Make the proud Saxon feel Erin’s avenging steel Strike for your country O’Donnell Abu!
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Lovely Brea the landlord’s daughter At the Two Stags down the road Served them whiskey with their water Slapped their hands when they grew bold T’was a dusky twilight evening While the inn was fit to burst When Liam the one-eyed crofter Limped inside and spat and cursed There’re soldiers headed this way Must be thirty score of men They are coming for the outlaw And we’ll not see Jack again - Now some men gathered weapons And some yelled “Hide the ale!” And some ran out the backway “Oh they’ll not put me in jail!” Lovely Brea the landlord’s daughter At the Two Stags down the road Served them whiskey with their water Slapped their hands when they grew bold Those remaining whispered fiercely What they needed was a plan They were smugglers of the coastline And the highwayman was kin - Then the soldiers marched in boldly And surveyed them one and all Poor Liam the one-eyed crofter Limped off meekly down the hall Where he lifted up his eye-patch And he kissed the lovely Brea And she held him oh so tightly As he made set flee Well meanwhile in the great room All the patrons bowed their best While desire burned within them to send each guard to his rest - Then drunken Jarmer Mappestone With a sign from Black Kurrynt Threw a mug at Captain Blowhard And the bloody war began There was fighting in the corner There was biting there was muss There was not one soldier standing Not involved in fisticuffs Then from the door a warning Liam held the lantern high Pointing out the night black rider’s Silhouette against the sky - And the Corporal cried, “The outlaw!” And the captain gave a roar All the soldiers ran out wildly Forming just outside the door Where they saddled up their horses And rode off after their mark You could hear the hoof beats pounding Fading off into the dark Then Gunnar set to laughing And Tinker set to wail And the Bosky started filling every smuggler’s cup with ale - For they knew they chased a phantom And ‘lame’ Liam bid farewell And raced off to meet his sweetheart, Lovely Brea, behind the mill Lovely Brea, the landlord’s daughter, And the one-eyed outlaw, Jack Were not seen again in that town And they’re never coming back
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Sail Forever 03:41
Hello my love, I’m glad to see you It pains me too, but I must leave you Our love was wrong, our love was right The air is sweeter in the night Don’t turn away with so much woe Our spark of love shall ever glow Though it may fade, your smile still beams I’ll always wait love, within your dreams Chorus- Dreams never die, they sail forever Dreams never die, they ride the night Dreams never die, they sail forever Like drifting clouds across the night There’s our two stars up in the night sky A beacon bright for us to steer by So don’t be sad, now don’t you cry I need your bright eyes up in the sky -chorus- So dream with me, alas, farewell And hold me so it lasts through hell Well you may wed, but I must sail I swear my lass, my love won’t fail He left her then and sailed forever She waited still for her fair lover She watched the stars up in the sky Her two fine sons never asked why -chorus-
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I’ve a nice little house, a cow or two with grass I’ve a plant garden runnin’ by my door I’ve a shelter for the hens, a stable for the ass Now what could a man want more? I don’t know, maybe so. But a bachelor’s life is easy and it’s free Well I’ve lots to look after, but I’m livin’ all alone Sure there’s no one lookin’ after me Well me father often tells me, I should go and have a try To find a girl that owns a bit of land And I know the way he says it, there’s someone on his mind And me mother has the whole thing planned I don’t know, maybe so, It would mollify them greatly to agree Now there’s little Bridget Flynn, its her I’d like to win But she never has an eye for me Now there’s a little lass, who’s worth her weight in gold And that’s a decent dowry don’t you see And I mean to go and ask her as soon as I get bold If she’ll come and have an eye for me Will she go? I don’t know. But I’d love to have her sittin’ on my knee And I’d sing like a thrush, in a hawthorn bush If she’d come and have an eye for me Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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In South Australia I was born Heave away, haul away South Australia ‘round Cape Horn Bound for South Australia Haul away you rollin’ kings Heave away, haul away All the way you’ll hear me sing Bound for South Australia There was a wylde colonial boy Jack Doolan was his name Stowed away for Australia Where he chose to make his fame They put him in an iron gang In the government employ But ne’er an iron on this earth held the wylde colonial boy Forsaking means of honest toil To earn his daily bread There on Australia’s sunny shores A bushranger’s life he led To help the poor he robbed the rich He robbed judge MacAvoy Who trembling cold, gave up his gold To the wylde colonial boy He bade the judge good morning And he told him to beware He’d never rob a needy man Or one who acted square But a judge who’d rob a mother of Her only pride and joy Sure he must be a worse outlaw than The wylde colonial boy South Australia my native land Heave away, haul away Full of rocks and thieves and fleas and sand Bound for South Australia Haul away you rollin’ kings Heave away, haul away All the way you’ll hear me sing Bound for South Australia As I walked out one morning fair Heave away, haul away It’s there I met Miss Nancy Blair Bound for South Australia Haul away you rollin’ kings Heave away, haul away All the way you’ll hear me sing Bound for South Australia One day as Jack was riding The mountain side along a-listening to the little birds their laughing, happy songs three mounted troopers did appear Kelly, Davis, and Fitzroy With a warrant for the capture of The wylde colonial boy “Surrender now, Jack Doolan! For you see it’s three to one. Surrender in the Queen’s own name For the plundering you’ve done!” Jack drew a pistol from his side And he waved it like a toy, “I’ll fight! But not surrender!” Cried the wylde colonial boy He quickly turned to Davis And he shot him through the thigh Then he took aim for Kelly’s brain But he missed that lucky guy! The shot returned by Davis Did not give Jack any joy! All shattered through the jaw he lay The wylde colonial boy. He fired at trooper Kelly And he brought him to the ground, And in return from Davis he received his mortal wound. His proud young heart Lie tore apart Still firing at Fitzroy And that’s the way they captured him The wylde colonial boy. It’s back again to Liverpool Heave away, haul away Spend me pay like a bloody fool We’re bound for South Australia Haul away you rollin’ kings Heave away, haul away All the way you’ll hear me sing We’re bound for South Australia And as you wallop around Cape Horn Heave away, haul away You’ll wish to Christ you’d ne’er been born Bound for South Australia Haul away you rollin’ kings Heave away, haul away All the way you’ll hear me sing Bound for South Australia There ain’t one thing that grieves me mind Heave away, haul away It’s leavin’ Nancy Blair behind Bound for South Australia Haul away you rollin’ kings Heave away, haul away All the way you’ll hear me sing Bound for South Australia
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Through the smoke and the glare, see her long auburn hair As she strides through the fair in her gown In the flickering light she’s a beautiful sight As she captures the talk the town She’s in search of a man with her smooth slight of hand She will claim whom she can with a wink And you cannot resist with a word or a fist Once you’re magically kissed; you will sink Between moonbeams you can see her When the night wind drifts and blows Between moonbeams you can love her While the fire softly glows Well the men push and shove all blinded with love Each one hoping he’ll get a chance They forget what they know when she puts on her show Now watch them all circle and dance And the women will glare as the men start to stare At that glamorous snare all the while Her men never return and it’s whispered she’ll burn But for now, watch her turn, see her style Between moonbeams you can see her When the night wind drifts and blows Between moonbeams you can love her While the fire softly glows Well the locals all tell of the girl from the dell Who only is seen once a year She comes down from the wood, and she’s up to no good You can see in old faces a fear When the dancing is done and the dawn marching on And the fire and the moon burning low She is gone with a man, last seen hand in hand Spellbound for where we’ll never know Between moonbeams you can see her When the night wind drifts and blows Between moonbeams you can love her While the fire softly glows
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So So Cold 02:33
I watch the red sun crawl up the dawn sky And the sea is black as coal I see you working, greet others passing But will anyone pray for my soul : So, sooo cold So, sooo cold : I was a young man fresh from the country Well she was fine as lace She said to meet her deep in the moonlight I thought she’d be my saving grace : So, sooo cold So, sooo cold : Now see them coming armed and forboding Two men as rough as the sea High on the cliff top, see swords a-flashing You should know it’s the death of me : Up on the cliff top, here every morning I watch for the girl fine as lace I wonder duly, wind blowing through me Was she truly my saving grace? : So, sooo cold So, sooo cold : I watch the red sun crawl up the dawn sky And the sea is black as coal I see you working, greet others passing But will anyone pray for my soul : So, sooo cold So, sooo cold
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You see me racing up the hillside Beating time to make the bend Soon she’ll be walking past the Mill-site And from the trees I’ll see her then And all the birdsong falls to nothing And the world begins to slow All my senses fill with one thing Just one breath away from now I stand waiting for the water As the breeze begins to shove Bracing feet as current rises Waiting for, Waiting for; The rush of love! The rush of love! Now I’ve seen the changing seasons And I’ve weathered many storms Now I know love takes all reason And it comes in many forms I still burn to feel the moment I still reach to touch your hair I confess my life has changed me And no longer am I fair But I stand waiting for the water As the breeze begins to shove Bracing feet as current rises Waiting for, Waiting for; The rush of love! The rush of love! Icy white upon the hillside Slowing time as snowflakes fall Al the ice has damned the mill-site Silver moon above us all Winter’s heart has stole my power And my youth is buried deep How I need the summer of you Now for all eternity I stand waiting for the water As the breeze begins to shove Bracing feet as current rises Waiting for, Waiting for; The rush of love! The rush of love!
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Jump on the road to What-May-Be We’ll travel light to reach the sea And who can know what we may find Is the harsh or is it kind? On the road to What-May-Be Take my hand run with me Across from Near-to-Far Turn a card, change your star And when we’re tired We’ll sleep past dawn Douse the fire And travel on And if we thirst Drink down the moon Discovered joys End all too soon We’ll dance like gypsies When moon is new From flow’ry cups, We’ll sip the dew On the road to What-May-Be Take my hand run with me Across from Near-to-Far Turn a card, change your star When we’re hungry We’ll steal a pie From farmer’s window It smells close-by We’ll fight like pirates And sing their songs And if we die It won’t last long On the road to What-May-Be Take my hand run with me Across from Near-to-Far Turn a card, change your star So come a-rovin’ To What-May-Be It’s that long road Not all can see Live for adventure! All for one! Here’s to the journey Everyone! Jump on the road to What-May-Be Take my hand run with me Across from Near-to-Far Turn a card, change your star
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Oh the summer time is come, and the trees are sweetly bloomin’ And the wylde mountain thyme grows along the bloomin’ heather. Will you go, lassie, go? And we’ll all go together to pull wylde mountain thyme All around the bloomin’ heather, will you go,lassie, go? I will build my love a bower, by yon clear and crystal fountain And in it I will pile, all the flowers of the mountain. Will you go, lassie, go? And we’ll all go together to pull wylde mountain thyme All around the bloomin’ heather, will you go,lassie, go? If my true love will not go, I will surely find another To pick wylde mountain thyme all around the bloomin’ heather Will you go, lassie, go? And we’ll all go together to pick wylde mountain thyme All around the bloomin’ heather, will you go,lassie, go? Oh the summer time is come, and the trees are sweetly bloomin’ And the wylde mountain thyme grows along the bloomin’ heather Will you go, lassie, go? And we’ll all go together to pick wylde mountain thyme All around the bloomin’ heather, will you go,lassie, go?
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Young tom Brown came empty handed to the party A merrier lad you’ll never meet, but poor as the night is dark Sweet Nancy Clancy welcomed him, it was her birthday With no gift to give he returned with her from a short walk in the park She was grinning slyly when I spied her dress was ruined A long green stripe along her back from her collar and on down That’s when I discovered a flat spot in the garden I put two and two together, Oh! He’d given her the old green gown! Old green gown Come on poor boy show her that you love her! Old green gown Doesn’t really matter if you don’t have wealth or fame Old green gown Even if you can’t find two coins to rub together, If you’ve nothing else to give her then give her the old green gown Black Jack Wallis had never ever been a poacher But now he’s running for his life because of one lone deer The long armed lawmen came he had to leave the county They caught up with him at a roadside pub and he had to leave his beer His feet began to drag and his strength began to falter He came upon a stately home the perfect place to hide The wealthy widow Upcott saw him run into the stable And watched him crawl onto the straw with the lawmen close behind “What brings you here?” she said, “there’s nothing here but sorrow. A lonely widow all alone and no one here but me.” The lawmen tipped their hats and took their searching elsewhere She went to the place where Jack had hid and told him; “You owe me.” Poor jack emerged grateful but embarrassed “I’ve nothing to give you for your time,” he said with a weary frown That’s when she grabbed him and she threw him in the new-mown hay She smiled at him and said to him, “You’ll be giving me the old green gown.” Old green gown Come on poor boy show her that you love her! Old green gown Doesn’t really matter if you don’t have wealth or fame Old green gown Even if you can’t find two coins to rub together, If you’ve nothing else to give her then give her the old green gown (Greensleeves bridge) Not everybody will find this to their liking This wasn’t a tale of true love or soul-mates lost at sea These days when even simple flowers cost a fortune It’s nice to know that even now the best things in life are free Old green gown Come on poor boy show her that you love her! Old green gown Doesn’t really matter if you don’t have wealth or fame Old green gown Even if you can’t find two coins to rub together, If you’ve nothing else to give her then give her the old green gown Old green gown Come on poor boy show her that you love her! Old green gown Doesn’t really matter if you don’t have wealth or fame Old green gown Even if you can’t find two coins to rub together, If you’ve nothing else to give her then give her the old green gown!
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Well there’s a trick I think I now understand A little twist between women and men Now I’ll tell you so, I think you ought to know No single line will work every time A little line won’t make the sun shine You can shake your head. Sleep in an empty bed. If you want to unlock a heart There’s no correct way to start You’ll have to just spin the wheel And say what you feel You’ll never win. Before you begin, Know; you’ll never win. So here’s the tip To all my good friends Yeah, that’s the tip; That you’ll never win Now I tell you so I think you ought to know When you’re right, just accept that you’re wrong Dead On Right Just remember this song Logic will never work Argue and you’re a jerk If you want to unlock a heart There’s no correct way to start You’ll have to just spin the wheel And say what you feel You’ll never win, Before you begin, Know; you’ll never win. Even when she knows that she’s wrong She’s right all along She’s right and she’s wrong Hey what’s the problem then? What can’t you understand? You’ll never win, Before you begin, Know; you’ll never win.

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Wylde Nept Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Whether the band is playing classic tunes of rebellion, mirthful ballads, maritime sea chanteys, popular originals, or just good, old-fashion drinking songs, the goal is always to give the crowd a rollicking evening of friends.

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