Old Jim John Lyrics & Chords By John Langstaff

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

As I was going to Aylesbury all on a market day A pretty little Aylesbury girl I met upon the way Her business was to market with butter, cheese and whey And we both jogged on...read more

Lay by your pleading, law lies a-bleeding Burn all your studies down, and throw away your reading Small power the word has, and can afford us Not half so much privilege as the sword...read more

Mothers Crying in the Street Children Dying At Their Feet, Tell Me Why People Starving Everywhere There's Too Much Food But None to Spare, Tell Me Why Can You See That Shaft of...read more

All in the third part of the year When green leaves they were falling, Young Johnny Rose, all down from the war, Fell in love with Barbary Ellen. He sent his men down to the...read more