Gilderoy Lyrics & Chords By Shirley Collins

BITTER WITHY As it fell out on a high holiday Small rain from the sky did fall Sweet Jesus asked of his own mother dear Whether he might play at ball To play, to play, dear child...read more

Down by a crystal spring where the nightingale sing, Most pleasant it is in season to hear the groves ring. Down by a riverside a young captain I espied Entreating of his true...read more

Come my lads, let us be jolly Drive away dull melancholy, For to grieve it is a folly When we're met together. Solomon in all his glory Told each wife a different story, ...read more

In Worcester City there lived a damsel And now the truth to you I'll tell; She by her servantman was courted, Who often told her he loved her well. She loved him true, but at...read more

I am a young and undaunted youth my name is John McCann, I am a native of Edinburgh and willing to trepan. For the stealing of an heiress I was laid and left in gaol And her father...read more