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The Great Eradicator
(Down The Alley)
The red rose of (...) was pinned to her breast
Where the black heart of folk music beats between rests
The beauty MacGowen swung McColl's axe around (???)
Never getting his way through the streets of this town
Chorus:
Hallelujah we're drunk to hell and it's good that we are
O great eradicator who is driving this car
Fill up my radiator with the great eradicator
Then carry me home, you're never alone
With the great eradicator
Those sons of the water, the dishevelled crew
Slamming (?) the steel iron, women, for you
And the sad rent boys and the melody men
Roaring (?) the guts of an accordion
Chorus
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Down In The
Alley
(Down The Alley)
Down in the alley where the drink gets spilled
Children move through the rubbish and the (...) rain
The rubbish and rain
Children move through the rubbish and the (...) rain
Chorus:
O merry, merry day, o merry merry day
Mark what I say, (...) get away
Be a merry day
Can you cut yourself on another man's dream
If he lies in shards and splinters seen by all
Seen by all
If he lies in shards and splinters seen by all
Chorus
Down in the alley where the (...)
Would you risk it all for one sweet kiss for me
For me
Would you risk it all for one sweet kiss for me
Chorus
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Alabaster
(Down The Alley)
Alabaster, beauty and life
Filling chambers from cradle to rafter
My cup, it overflows with light
Floods everything inside
How I love the waiting
Heaven knows I love the waiting
I wish tomorrow would hold out its hand
I wish tomorrow would hold out its hand
Chorus:
The sun heal everything, everything in time
Everything in time
Whith your heart you did all your thinking
With all of your heart you have flown and in sinking
The debt (?) of packing in the dark
Mending lives torn apart
I wish tomorrow would hold out its hand
I wish tomorrow would just hold out its hand
Chorus
It's time to crack the wheat and the corn
These English mornings so cold and unborn
You light the fire and call my name
Reach out and touch, and touch again
And you hold the children
Looking at you hold the children
Chorus
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No One Or Nothing
(Down The Alley)
Shoot at (?) the moon and the stars tonight
Climb a ladder higher than a satelite
Up where the sky changes from purple to blue
I see no one or nothing, nothing or no one above you
19th of November at a cross roads in town
I look you up, honey, I look you down
From the tip of your hair to the print that is left by your shoe
I see no one or nothing, nothing or no one above you
Your former lover can kick cans and curse
(...) for it only gets worse
He gave to me the greatest gift I ever knew
I see no one or nothing, nothing or no one above you
You can run with the spirits on the buffalo plain
Tie yourself to the mast on the old Spanish Main
All the while looking for someone to stick to like glue
I see no one or nothing, nothing or no one above you
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Righteous
(Down The
Alley)
When I left Mary Ellen there were tears in the hall
I remember looking down at them, they made quite a pool
And I turned my back upon her and I slowly walked away
And I cleansed myself in the water of the cold Atlantic spray
Chorus:
And I was righteous in my soul
Yes indeed I was, I was righteous in my soul
Only way to accomplish that delicate personal goal
You've gotta be righteous in your soul
Now I did a deal with a Frenchman to set some Chinese free
When they died in the back of my potato truck they put the blame on me
So I scrawled my prison memoirs and I turned my life around
Now I'm an after dinner speaker for a 100,000 pounds
Chorus:
And I am righteous in my soul
Yes indeed I am, I am righteous in my soul
Only way to accomplish that delicate financial goal
You've gotta be righteous in your soul
Now when I'm elected president with a huge majority
You will be amazed at the depth of my depravity
All the senseless slaughter and the brutal savagery
Tear down those tall head temples, man, and build them up to me
Chorus
'Cause I am righteous in my soul
Yes indeed I am, I am righteous in my soul
Only way to accomplish that delicate political goal
You've gotta be righteous in your soul
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Springtime
in England
(Down The Alley)
Well I signed on a piece of paper in 1870
Signed again in 1914, 2005
I was choked in the mud at Flanders and burned in the desert sand
I was there at the fall of Eden and the death of the Promised Land
The death of the Promised Land
Chorus:
Back for springtime in England from a world at war
Hiding under kitchen tables from shadows on the kitchen floor
There's no way to cheat yourself, boy, I tell myself each day
But you gotta stay clear of the open ground and the cold, cold light of day
The cold, cold light of day
Chorus
I jump at the slamming of a car door, boy you should see me run
I run from the city to the derelict ground where I hide the things I've done
Where I hide that piece of paper and the medals that I've won
Where I hide the knife and the golden band and the picture of my son
And the picture of my son
Chorus
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Jack O'Green
(Down The Alley)
Why don't you sway with me to the wind that shakes
the barley
Shake the winter out of broken bones
I'm your saviour, I'm your saviour once again
Both hands full of sunshine and rain
Chorus:
They say Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candle stick
Jack of spades, Jack of Kent
Whatever the name I've been lent
Whatever the places that I've been
In springtime they call me Jack of Green
O Jack of the green wood
Why don't you burry me, o you know it will be done
From charcoal I can carve your flowers
O warm earth, let it rise between my toes
Jack Frost has left us for a season
Chorus
I am not hiding here, I'm waiting to get noticed
By the tree of a thousand coloured rags
It is amazing, but you will find your own way back
But first you must find your own way here
Chorus
Cf. "Jack o' Kent", "Jack in the green", and "Jack Frost" in the Wikipedia.
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Just Like
Trevelyan
(Down The Alley)
19th of December and a devil wind blew
I got set in the line with Trevelyan and his crew
And the Union Star she was Arklow bound
"We're powerless and helpless and running aground" Chorus:
If I reach out for you, will you reach out for me
Just like Trevelyan when I'm lost to the stormy sea
Well the waves went up and a call came down
To the lifeboat men of the Solomon Browne
One man from each familiy set sail to save
The Union Star from a bottomless grave
Chorus
I took four from the deck, we could have headed for shore
When Trevelyan stood up with a mighty great roar
Said, "Turn this boat around, boys, we're heading back in
I see more on the wreck, I can't live with that sin"
Chorus
Up and over the freighter the lifeboat was tossed
It was the devil's own night, all hands were lost
Chorus
See "Penlee lifeboat desaster" in the Wikipedia for the historical background of this song
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Every Woman's Pain
(Down The Alley; Freeborn John Box Set)
The sun is coming up, you're too far away to see
I will live on bread and water and the apples from the tree
And I could pray each day (...)
For the children round the table, for a little meat to bite
Chorus:
And I say, God, go protect my lover,
God, go protect my lover now
And I say, God, go protect my lover,
God, go protect my lover now
Every night I light the candle, every night I fan the flame
Sing, there always was a man behind every woman's pain
I say every woman's pain, boy, every woman's pain
There always was a man behind every woman's pain
Chorus
Well I never seem to dream though the night is dark and deep
I could dress us up in rags but it's still too cold to sleep
I see kings and I see tyrants, here is churchmen at the door
Here is husbands, boys and babies and bodies on the floor
Chorus
Every night I light the candle ...
This song was originally written
for Maddy Prior (as Elizabeth Lilburne) and her daughter Rose Kemp as
an extra song for the Freeborn John live show
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Rocks
(Down The Alley)
Doing rocks with my lover, doing rocks with my lover
We are just 13 but we're happy here doing rocks with each other
Light a candle, save a soul, dry your eyes, walk away
Run, run, run, fetch the mother, she's doing rocks with her brother
Too few truly recover, doing rocks with each other
Light a candle, save a soul, dry your eyes, walk away
Babababababababa
Light a candle, save a soul, dry your eyes, walk away
One day's much like another, doing rocks with your lover
Not that much to discover, doing rocks with each other
Light a candle, save a soul, dry your eyes, walk away
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Mimi Mae
(Down The Alley)
Two of us waited across the town, one of us down by the sea
There were two of us there at the hospital just to catch a glimpse of thee
There were a lot of nervous people in this family
Waiting for the ray of light, the ray of hope that comes with (...)
Chorus:
O Mimi Mae, o Mimi Mae
Waited such a long time to see you, Mimi Mae
And now there's Russ the bear with the golden hair, and he's sitting in your cot
He sayd, "I've been waiting, little girl, so patiently, you better show me what you've got"
Then Russ the bear with the golden hair, he burst into song
Russie, he took the verses and the family sang along
Chorus
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