Basket of Light

As I did travel all on a journey Over the wayside and under a dark moon Hanging above a mountain I spied a young man riding a fine horse Chasing a white hart and all through the woodland There go the hunting and cries And there followed after ten kin

The Cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies. She bringeth good tidings, she telleth no lies She sucketh white flowers for to keep her voice clear And she never sings "cuckoo" till summer draweth near As I once was a-walking and talking o

This ae nighte, this ae nighte, Every nighte and alle, Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, And Christe receive thy saule. When thou from hence away art past, Every nighte and alle, To Whinny-muir thou com'st at last; And Christe receive thy saule. If e

Once I had a sweetheart and now I have none Once I had a sweetheart and now I have none He's gone and left me He's gone and left me Gone and left me in sorrow to mourn Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see Last night in sweet slumber I drea

Well I once could have married the king's third son And a fine young man was he But now I'm married to a house carpenter And a noisy old man is he. "(but) Will you forsake your house carpenter And a go along with a me I will take you to where the gra

Let's get away, you say, find a better place, Miles and miles away from the city's race, Look around for someone lying in the sunshine Marking time, hear the sighs, close your eyes... Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da... Stepping from cloud to