…back, Maecenas, to the list
Your worn-out swordsman, pensioned and dismissed?
My age, my mind, no longer are the same
As when I…
…upon the arena's marge
He'd care to stand and supplicate discharge?
No: I've a Mentor who, not once nor twice,
Breathes in my well…
…on,
Slow as the year to the impatient ward
Who finds a mother's tutelage too hard,
So long, so slow the moments that prevent
The execution of my…
…will say and sing:
2. To you this night is born a child
Of Mary, chosen virgin mild;
This little child, of lowly birth,
Shall…
…with the shepherds and draw near
To see the precious gift of God,
Who hath His own dear Son bestowed.
7. Give heed, my heart, lift up thine eyes!
What is it in yon…
…undefiled,
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber kept for Thee.
14. My heart for very joy doth leap,
My lips…
…!
You're standing on a hillside, near a little town in Palestine
Do you see the man in the distance, walking slowly, leading a…
And they're heading for a little town near the hillside
On which we're standing!
Something very special will happen in this little town…
…baby boy is born to Mary and Joseph
Whom they call Jesus!
They have no baby's crib, so Mary puts little Jesus…
…are free from cares.
I need not run through all: so long the list,
Fabius himself would weary and desist:
So take in brief my meaning…
…: just suppose
Some God should come, and with their wishes close:
"See, here am I, come down of my mere grace
To right you: soldier…
…for me,
Why truth may not be gay, I cannot see:
Just as, we know, judicious teachers coax
With sugar-plum or cake their little folks…
By Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, And Rod Mc
Albert, their son.
A fine little lad were young Albert,
All dressed in his best, quite a swell.
He'd a…
And stuck it in Wallace's ear.
You could see that the lion din't like it,
For givin' a kind of a roll,
'E pulled Albert inside the cage with 'im
And swallered the little…
…"Yon lion's et Albert,
And 'im in 'is Sunday clothes, too!"
Father said "Right's right, young feller-
I think it's a shame and a…
Albert, their son.
A fine little lad were young Albert,
All dressed in his best, quite a swell.
He'd a…
And stuck it in Wallace's ear.
You could see that the lion din't like it,
For givin' a kind of a roll,
'E pulled Albert inside the cage with 'im
And swallered the little…
…"Yon lion's et Albert,
And 'im in 'is Sunday clothes, too!"
Father said "Right's right, young feller-
I think it's a shame and a…
…the roses that bloom in the spring
Her skin like the lily that grows in yon valley
She was only a hard workin' factory girl
I stepped up…
…to her more closely to view her
When on me she cast a look of destain
Saying, "Young man, stand off me and do not come near me
I work for my…
…me
A faint scent of roses my senses begun
I lifted my face and I saw that above me
A thousand young butterflies darkened the sun…
…
And now, poor Guinever, take heart;
Brush back they bitter tears;
Trust in thy subtle woman's wit
Born of thy woman's fears.
She…
…and trinkets fine
To grace my bridal day.'
False Mordred granted her request,
In that she spake so fair;
Then quick she hied…
To mar the truce. Just then from out
Some heather on the right
An adder glided forth, and stung
Upon his foot a knight,
Who…
To see this wondrous Gift of God,
Who hath His own dear Son bestowed.
Give heed, my heart, lift up thine eyes!
What is it in yon…
…manger lies?
Who is this Child, so young and fair?
The blessèd Christ Child lieth there!
Welcome to earth, Thou noble Guest…
…and might
Are naught and worthless in Thy sight.
Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child,
Make Thee a bed, soft, undefiled,
Here in my poor…
…hundred men.
"Oh, roaring Clyde, you roar so loud.
your steams are wondrous stong,
Make me a wreck as I come back,
but spare me as I'm…
…this night come to her home.
Open your gates this night, oh open and let me in,
For my boots are full of the Clyde
and I'm frozen…
…
The very hour this young man sank
into the part so deep,
Up and awoke Miss May Margaret
out from her dreary sleep.
"Come here…
By The Manhattan Transfer (1985)
On album Vocalese (1985)
…so stuck with m'present situation
Later, when I got a little older
that was when I discovered I could split
'N find myself…
…another groove
That was all I need
I was on the move
I packed my little sack 'n started ramblin'
To this day I'm a rover who'll always…
…it! That's his bit!
Nex' time he might leave an address
'Cause the little girl that he met
Las' night
Paid him so much attention…
To Maecenas
Quinque Dies Tibi Pollicitus
Five days I told you at my farm I'd stay,
And lo! the whole of August I'm away.
Well…
…but, Maecenas, yon would have me live,
And, were I sick, my absence you'd forgive;
So let me crave indulgence…
Cinara from the table fled.
A poor pinched field-mouse chanced to make its way
Through a small rent in a wheat-sack one day…
By June Tabor (2007)
On album Apples (2007)
As I was a-linking o'er the lea,
The finest weel that I ever did see
Looking for his charity,
"Would you lodge a lame poor man…
…crook,
All his bags about his crook,
And so merrily he did sing.
Now he grew canty and she was fain,
But little did her mother ken…
…knee,
And I'll put a black patch on my e'e,
And for a beggar they'll take me,
So along wi' you I'll gang."
All the doors being…
…stand,
And glory—glory dwelleth in Immanuel's land.
Oft in yon sea beat prison My Lord and I held tryst…
…
For Anwoth was not heaven, and preaching was not Christ:
And aye, my murkiest storm cloud was by a rainbow spanned,
Caught from the glory dwelling…
…am my Beloved's and my Beloved's mine!
He brings a poor vile sinner into His "house of wine."
I stand upon His merit—I know…
…you roar so loud
Your streams are wondrous strong
Make me a wreck as I come back
And spare me as I'm going."
Oh and when he's…
…got to Margaret's bower
He's turled low on the pin
Saying "Rise up, me good Margaret
Rise up and let me in."
"Oh who is this at my…
…castle gates
Open and let me in
For me boots they are full of the Clyde water
And I'm frozen to the skin."
"Oh me barns…