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Harper's Love
02:25
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Your eyes see a sonnet in all that I do,
Your ears hear an aria's grace
Your mouth tells a story - in opera's form -
of my love that you'll never replace!
Your fingers find melodies on instruments all
as you tell about all that I do;
I wish that I had but an ounce of the talent
that lies in the heart deep in you!
(Chorus)
For the words that you find leave me trembling with love;
you weave a tune strong as a smithy's fine bond
You find untold beauty in all around you
and I never know how to respond.
Your feet find a rhythm while busy at work
as the next dazzling lyrics you craft!
Regaling the world with my beauty untold -
at your boldness I cannot but laugh!
Your pencil flies swift in the face of ideas -
inspiration gives you wondrous skill!
And yet you find time for me, day in and out,
and your songs are sensational still!
(Chorus)
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The Water Is Wide*
04:00
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The water is wide, I cannot get o'er
and neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
and both shall row: my love and I
Where love is planted, o there it grows
It grows and blossoms like a rose
It has a sweet and blessed smell
No flow'r on earth can it excel
A ship there is, and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But no so deep as the love I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim
O love is handsome, and love is wise
and love's a jewel when it is new
But when it is old, it waxes cold
and fades away, like morning dew
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Leave Her, Johnny
03:42
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Well I thought I heard the old man say
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
It's a long hard pull to the next payday
And it's time for us to leave her
(Chorus)
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her
For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow
And it's time for us to leave her
Oh the skipper was bad, and the mate was worse
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
He'd blow ye down, with a spike and a curse
And it's time for us to leave her
(Chorus)
Oh the time has come to say goodbye
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
For all those pumps we've all pumped dry
And it's time for us to leave her
(Chorus)
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The Road to Lisden Varna
01:08
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The Mingulay Boat Song
03:09
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What care we though white the Minch is
What care we for wind and weather?
Heel ya ho, boys, every inch is
sailing closer to Mingulay
Heel ya ho, boys,
Let her go, boys
Bring her head round into the weather
Heel ya ho, boys,
Let her go, boys
Sailing homeward for Mingulay
Wives are waiting by the pierhead, or
looking seaward from the heather
Heel her round, boys, and we'll anchor
Ere the sun sets on Mingulay
Heel ya ho, boys,
Let her go, boys
Bring her head round into the weather
Heel ya ho, boys,
Let her go, boys
Sailing homeward for MIngulay
Ships return now, heavy laden
Mothers holdin' bairns a-cryin'
They'll return, though, ere the sun sets
they'll return to Mingulay
Heel ya ho, boys,
Let her go, boys
Bring her head round into the weather
Heel ya ho, boys,
Let her go, boys
Sailing homeward for Mingulay
Heel ya ho, boys,
Let her go, boys
Bring her head round into the weather
Heel ya ho, boys,
Let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay
Sailing homeward to Mingulay
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Loch Lomond
03:01
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By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lonond
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae
on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond
(Chorus)
O ye'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afor ye
Where me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond
T'was then that we parted by yon shady glen
on the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond
Where in purple hue, the highland hills we view
And the moon comin' out in the gloamin'
(Chorus)
The wee birdies sing, and the wild flowers spring
And in sunshine, the waters are sleepin'
But the broken heart it kens - nae second spring again -
though the waeful may cease for their grievin'
(Chorus)
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Stargazing
02:24
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They tell me I'm looking at Orion's belt,
or some other shape in the sky
They then say I couldn't see you,
Though I know my heart wouldn't lie
I know that somewhere, I couldn't say where,
your soul lives on, stoic and true;
And I live each day looking into the sky,
hoping to find part of you.
Stargazing - is new to my life
it's not something I'd ever do
But a fragment of hope is all that I need
to spend my life searching for you
I find a certain measure of peace
as I lay alone in the sand
The wind in my hair, the tide at my feet;
I think this must, somehow, be planned
I know a newfound strength of the heart
that I never needed before
And I see your eyes smiling down on me still,
and I do not weep anymore
Stargazing - is new to my life
it's not something I'd ever do
But a fragment of hope is all that I need
to spend my life searching for you
I will spend my life waiting for you
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Lady Prudence Aiken, South Carolina
Lady Prudence, The Court Composer, appears at Renaissance Festivals around the country to play and sing for patrons of all ages. Come find her at the Arizona, Scarborough, New York, and Carolina Renaissance Festivals!
Lady Prudence recommends:
The Voices of Virtue
by The Voices of Virtue
The debut album of the Voices of Virtue, a sweet and sassy selection of Renaissance favorites!
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Presents!
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The Voices of Virtue present: Presents! A collection of Lilly and Prudence's favorite Christmas songs.
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Support Your Girls
by The Angels: Heroines in Disguise
The Angels, Heroines in Disguise, were kind enough to let Lady Prudence flex her inner hero, and add her voice to their PG-rated album. Lady Pru remains intrigued by the contents of the other album.
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