Sandy Denny (6 January 1947 / 21 April 1978), born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English England singer and songwriter who has been described by Allmusic's Richie Unterberger as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer". She emerged in the mid 1960s while still a teenager, performing on the folk revival scene where she displayed her mastery of traditional singing and interpretation. Her song, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?",... [read more] - It'll Take A Long Time
Oh it's like a storm at seaAnd everything is lost,And the fretful sailors calling out their woes,As to the waves they're tossed.Oh they are all gentlemen,And never will they knowIf there is a reason each of them must...
- It Suits Me Well
My name is Jan the gypsyI travel the land.There are no chains about meI am me own man.I can tell a fair old story which I'm sure ain't no surpriseOf the places I have been, oh,And they ain't no lies.I've never had a...
- The Music Weaver
I'm a long way from you,I'm a long way from home.And who cares for the feelingOf being alone?The notes and the wordsThey will always unfoldAnd I'm left with a manuscriptThat will grow oldAnd the secrets all told...
- Sweet Rosemary
My young man, oh he is so fine,Sweet Rosemary did say.She gathered flowers and she sangAll about her wedding day.Oh when I was a lass at schoolI looked out at the sky,And now among the woodlands cool,Gathering sweet...
- The Lady
The lady she had a silver tongue.For to sing she said,And maybe that's all.Wait for the dawn and we will have that song.When it ends it will seemThat we hear silence fall.The lady she had a golden heart,For to love,...
- Bushes And Briars
I can't believe that it's so coldAnd there ain't been no snow.The sound of music it comes to meFrom every place I go.Sunday morning, there's no one in churchBut the clergy's chosen manAnd he is fine I won't worry...
- Tomorrow Is A Long Time
If today was not an endless highway,If tonight was not a crooked trail,If tomorrow wasn't such a long time,Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all.Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting,And if I could...
- For Nobody To Hear
Although the flames they are so dim,I can see them from over here.But this is no time to worry now,No time to shed a tear.The people are all smiling,And the letters are all too,The flowers they are all arrangedAnd the...
- Listen, Listen
The young man rose his pretty face,All for to feel the salty spray.When storms are mustering, they sayI'll come and take you all away.I am a traveller by trade,I only have what I have made.A fortune teller too they...
- The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood
As gentle tides go rolling by,Along the salt sea strandThe colours blend and roll as oneTogether in the sand.And often do the winds entwineDo send their distant call,The quiet joys of brotherhood,And love is lord of...
- John The Gun
"My shadow follows meWherever I should chance to go",John the Gun did say."If you should chance to meet meAs I wander to and fro,Sad would be your day.My life is mine and the light did shineTill the guns they did go...
- Wretched Wilbur
The summer was the reasonWhy it took so long to seeThat even if I do possessSome seeds of honesty,There is no garden,So how come I have no land?I shall be waiting here awhileTo see what comes to hand.Misers mise and...
- Late November
The wine it was drunk, the ship it was sunk,The shot it was dead, all the sorrows were drowned.The birds they were clouds, the brides and the shroudsAnd as we drew south the mist it came down.The wooded ravine to the...
- The Sea Captain
To cross the wide sea I deserted,From the shore I did fly.I thought it time that I travelled,So I took to the roads of the sky.It was late and the wind it did gently blow,Oh the night it was calm.I saw the flower of...
- The Optimist
The steps he took were nice and easy.He never knew he could stumble and go down.As he saw the buildings and the mountains crumble,Over the road he would take to the town.He said, "Next year I'm coming back, I'll see...
- North Star Grassman And The Ravens
- Down In The Flood
Crash on the levee, mama,Water's gonna overflow,Swamp's gonna rise,No boat's gonna row.Now, you can train on downTo Williams Point,You can bust your feet,You can rock this joint.But oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your...
- Blackwaterside
One evening fair I took the airDown by Blackwaterside'Twas gazing all around meWhen the Irish lad I spiedAll through the first part of that nightWe did lie in sport and play,When this young man arose and he gathered...
- Crazy Lady Blues
Missed the morning too, didn't rise before noon.She's a lazy lady today.Always yawning, you with your eyes on the moon.Your're a crazy lady I'd say, da da da.Now should I say more, for I know so wellAnd you're no hazy...
- Next Time Around
Then came the question and it was about time.The answer came back and it was long.The house it was built by some man in a rhyme,But whatever came of his talented son?Who wrote me a dialogue set to a tune?Always you...
- Let's Jump The Broomstick
- I'm A Dreamer
You make me nervous when I see you.I can't imagine what it's like to be you.It's a mystery to me every day,And I've got to get away.I put a bet on with a bookieFor the race they put on over in Kentucky.It's lovely at...
- No More Sad Refrains
Here comes the morning how it pleasesIt always brings me something newIts golden light will wash away the dust of yesterdayIf I try it may let me forget youAnd when these winter days are overI mean to set myself upon...
- I Wish I Was A Fool For You
It seems like a lifetime since I saw youLover lover I've been away too longWhen I see lovers holdings hands and sighingI hang my head for shame of doing wrongBus wheels spinning, song birds singing break my heartTake...
- Full Moon
Everybody else has gone,But you're still here with me.All the world is sleeping by and by.Through the windowpaneThe frosted light is streaming in,Full moon sailing high across the sky.Tonight is like the night when we...
- Gold Dust
If your eyes are blue you know the restChampagne if it's very coolIt's never very formal how you dressFor oysters by the swimming poolThen slip away into the mountainsideLike the man in the Lazy E'It's great to have a...
- Candle In The Wind
Goodbye Norma JeanThough I never knew you at allYou had the grace to hold yourselfWhile those around you crawledThey crawled out of the woodworkAnd they whispered into your brainThey set you on the treadmillAnd they...
- Take Me Away
Such sweet love is so hard to findLook around, these are troublesome timesThe sun beats down on our hunger and thirstIt would soon all be over if we let it be worseChorus:Take me away, take me awayTake me away, take...
- One Way Donkey Ride
There you may stand in your splendour and jewelsSwaying me in both directions.One is the right one, the other for fools,How do I make my selection?The city lies silent in the warm morning light,The sand is as golden...
- Silver Threads And Golden Needles
I don't want your lonely mansion, with a tear in every roomAll I want's the love you promised beneath the haloed moonBut you think I should be happy with your money and your nameAnd hide myself in sorrow while you...
- All Our Days
We search for everythingKeeping what we would winOrchids or tiny flowersWooden huts or ivory towersCenturies or hoursDark are the winter daysHoly in many waysVaults of time unshakenWhilst as through them we are...
- The 3:10 To Yuma
There is a lonely train called the 3.10 to YumaAnd it's the only train left for me to ride onI'll catch that lonely train called the 3.10 to YumaI'll get my ticket now for my last timeThey say the life of man is made...
- The False Bride
Sandy Denny:I once loved a lass and I loved her so wellAnd I hated all others who spoke of her ill.And now she's rewarded me well for my love,For she's gone and she's wed another.And I saw my love up to the church...
- This Train
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train,This train don't carry no gamblers, this train,This train don't carry no gamblersNo crap shooters, no midnight ramblers,This train don't carry no gamblers, this...
- Been On The Road So Long
I've been on the road, so longBeen tired and broke, so longI've been to the south where the winds they were warmTravelling the road of no return, so longI've seen what was war, so longThe ruins and the scars, so...
- Milk And Honey
Gold and silver is the autumnSoft and gentle are her skiesYes and No are the answersWritten in my true love's eyesAutumn's leaving, winter's comingI think that I'll be moving onI've got to leave him and find...
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Make me a pallet on your floorMake me a pallet on your floorMake it soft, make it low, so your woman don't knowMake me a pallet on your floor.Come all you good time friends of mine,Come all you good time friends of...
- You Never Wanted Me
Wondering and waiting, my back agaist the wallNot a word that passed between us comes to recallJust you shadow at the window as you pass on down the hallYou never wanted me and never knew me at allI haven't any...
- The Last Thing On My Mind
It's a lesson too late for the learningMade of sand, made of sandIn the winking of an eye my soul is turningIn your hand, in your hand.Chorus:Are you going away with no word of farewell?Will there be not a trace left...
- Pretty Polly
Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with mePolly, pretty Polly, come go along with meBefore we get married some pleasure to seeShe got up behind him and away they did rideShe got up behind him and away they did...
- Just A Little Bit Of Rain
If I should leave you Try to remember the good times Warm days filled with sunshine And just a little bit of rain And just a little bit of rain And if you look back Try to forget all the bad times Lonely blue and sad...
- It Ain't Me Babe
Go 'way from my window,Leave at your own chosen speed.I'm not the one you want, babe,I'm not the one you need.You say you're lookin' for someoneNever weak but always strong,To protect you an' defend youWhether you are...
- In Memory (The Tender Years)
I hear the sighing of the windLike a murmur of regretAnd as I close my eyesI see a face I will never forgetI see you running with the dawnBut that was many years agoWhen you had seen the tender yearsThe only years you...
- Green Grow The Laurels
Chorus:Green grow the laurels, soft as the dewSad I was, darling, on parting from youPerhaps in the future our love will renewWe'll love one another and promise to be trueI wrote my love a letter and he wrote me mineI...
- The Boatman (FhÃr A Bhata)
How often haunting the highest hilltopI scan the ocean, a sail to seeWill it come tonight, love, will it come tomorrowOr ever come, love, to comfort meChorus "The Boatman" in Gaelic:O fare thee well, love, where'er...
- East Virginia
I was born in east Virginia,North Carolina I did go.There I met the fairest maidenBut her name I do not know.Her hair it was a brightsome colorAnd her cheeks were rosy red.On her breast she wore white lilies,All the...
- Fotheringay
How often she has gazed from castle windows o'er,And watched the daylight passing within her captive wall,With no-one to heed her call.The evening hour is fading within the dwindling sun,And in a lonely moment those...
- Geordie
As I walked under London BridgeOne misty morning early,I overheard a fair pretty maid,Lamenting for her Geordie."My Geordie will be hanged with a golden chain,'Tis not the chain of many.He stole sixteen of the King's...
- Blues Run The Game (with Jackson Frank)
Sandy:Catch a boat to England babyMaybe to SpainWhereever I have goneWhereever I've been and goneWhereever I have goneThe blues are all the sameJackson:Catch a boat to England babyMaybe to SpainWhereever I have...
- Winter Winds
Winter winds they do blow cold,The time of year, it is chosen.Now the frost and fire,And now the sea is frozen.He who sleeps he does not seeThe coming of the seasons,The filling of a dreamWithout a time to reason.When...
- Now And Then
They've passed me by, many years,And I did turn well away.To give and lose loveAnd still no word had I to say,Not to anyone.Now I seeHow I could speak honestly.But when you're gonePerhaps you'll long to be free.I do...
- Bruton Town
In Bruton Town there lived a noble manHe had two sons and a daughter fairBy night and day they were contrivingFor to fill their sister's heart with careOne night one night our restless young girlOne brother rose up...
- Gypsy Davey
There was a gypsy came over the land,He sang so sweet and gaily.He sang beneath the wild wood treeAnd charmed the great lord's lady.The lord he did come homeEnquiring for his lady"She's gone, she's gone," said the...
- When Will I Be Loved?
I've been cheated,Been mistreatedWhen will I be loved?I've been made blue,I've been lied toWhen will I be loved?When I meet a new boyThat I want for mineHe always breaks my heart in twoIt happens every timeI've been...
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Mama, take this badge off of meI can't use it anymore.It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to seeI feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's doorKnock, knock, knockin' on heaven's...
- Take Away The Load (Sandy's Song)
I sit and wonder at the thoughtThat someday you'll be goingAt the same time I realizeI must not be afraidYou are the one I loveYou are the one I touchAnd it's you who must not goBut it's I who must try notTo send you...
- Autopsy
You must philosophise,But why must you bore me to tears?You're red around the eyes,You tell me things no one else hears.You spend all your time crying,Crying the hours into years,Crying the hours into years.Come, lend...
- By The Time It Gets Dark
Baby, every cloud has a silver liningBaby every dog really has his dayAnd it matters to me to see you smilingWhy don't we blow all your cares away ?Yesterday is gone and will be forgottenAnd today is where every new...
- What Is True
Silver tongues are speaking long and hard into the night,I must be myself and I'll do alright.Oh please my darling do not make me sad,Late at night nobody really wants to feel that bad.The rain it beats impatiently...
- One More Chance
Calling all olive branches and laid-off dovesThere is work to do before we say good-bye.But who can see them turning to the face of love?Though I hear them pleading with me, "Don't let us die,"As I sit, I can see...
- After Halloween
Red and gold, and Halloween have passed us by,The charcoal branches lean against the rosy sky,You are so far away, yet I could touch you if I may,But don't you worry now, I'm only dreaming anyway.You may be lonely,...
- Nothing More
My friend I know you've suffered,Although you are still young.Why was it you who'd not take helpFrom anyone?Oh it's true, it's very true, he said,Some hard times I have known,But I have always overcome themOn my...
- Solo
Good morning, good afternoon,And what have you got to say?Well I'm waiting, but I can't stay long,It's such a lovely day.There's a time to be talkingAnd a time when it's no use.Right now I think the things you sayAre...
- Friends
I've watched you rise up and I've watched you fall down'Til you've lost everything but what money can own.And you feel alright now, but for how long?You feel alright now, how long?Do me a favour, stay away from my...
- Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
Roses are red, and violets are blue,Primroses pale on a velvet green hue,Warm summer days by cool waterfalls,Like the music we hear,Those things we'll always hold dear,Like an old fashioned waltz.When the moonlight...
- Whispering Grass
Why do you whisper, green grass,Why tell the trees what ain't so?Whispering grass,The trees don't have to know.Why tell them all your secrets,Who kissed there long ago?Whispering grass,The trees don't need to...
- Dark The Night
Love, oh don't we know how can the river flowWithout you.Warming like the sand upon the land.How can we doubt you?Dark to me the night and dim the morning lightTomorrow.How can we not see the simple melodyOf sorrow?Oh...
- No End
They said that it was snowing in astounded tones upon the news.I wonder why they're always so surprised 'cos every year it snows.Frozen images of snowploughs as they churn along the motorways.I haven't had no boots to...
- Carnival
The Summertime's escaping, and the carnival's away,And the sunshine is awaiting for another sunny day.Breakers whisper to the shells upon the shore,And hear the seagulls they cry for more.And hear the gulls they cry...
- Until The Real Thing Comes Along
I'd work for you, I'd even slave for you,I'd be a beggar or a knave for you.And if that isn't love it'll have to do,Until the real thing comes along.I'd gladly move the earth for you,To prove my love dear and its...
- At The End Of The Day
Oh, babe, you are the one I love,You are the one I'm thinking of.You know it's still a long long way,But I'll be home at the end of the day.I'll sing my songs just for youAnd I'll bring my love home to you.I can...
- The Pond And The Stream
Annie wanders on the land.She loves the freedom of the air.She finds a friend in ev'ry place she goes.There's always a face she knows.I wish that I was there.She says, "I'm leaving here tomorrowTo find a new town far...
- Farewell, Farewell
Farewell, farewell to you who would hearYou lonely travellers all.The cold North winds will blow againThe winding road does call.And you will never return to seeYour bruised and beaten sons?Oh, I would, I would if...
- Tam Lin
"I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hairTo travel to Carterhaugh, for young Tam Lin is thereNone that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledgeEither their mantles of green or else their...
- Banks Of The Nile
Oh hark! the drums do beat, my love, no longer can we stay.The bugle-horns are sounding clear, and we must march away.We're ordered down to Portsmouth, and it's many is the weary mile.To join the British Army on the...
- The Sea
Do I ever wonder? You don't know.You'll never follow, and I'll never show.D'you see the water and watch it flowAnd float an empty shell,And you think that I'm hiding from the island.You've a fault in your senses. Can...
- Stranger To Himself
He was a stranger to himself,A spy in his own camp,And his money was his health,All thrown to the dust by his very own hand.Yet his beauty lingered still,Beyond the draining of the sand,But greener was the other side...
- Learning The Game
Hearts that are broken A love that's untrueThese go with learning the gameWhen you love himAnd he doesn't love youYou're only learning the gameWhen he says that you're The only one he'll ever loveThen you find that...
- Crazy Man Michael
Within the fire and out upon the sea,Crazy Man Michael was walking.He met with a raven with eyes black as coals,And shortly they were a-talking"Your future, your future, I would tell to you.Your future, you often have...
- Man Of Iron
Where are you riding to Sir KnightAlone and armed for war?If not to fight for right Sir KnightThen what are weapons for?Why d'you hide your face Sir KnightWithin a face of iron?The more you shield your eyes from...
- Here In Silence
Summer skies are gone for everNothing left but to rememberMorning leaves a bed of echoesTears of blood in weaping meadowsCan you see me, can you hear meCan you leave me here in silence?Drums and flags and trumpets...
- Ballad Of Easy Rider
The river flows, flows to the seaWherever that river goes that's where I want to beFlow river flow, let your waters wash downTake me from this road to some other townAll he wanted was just to be freeAnd that's the way...
- Losing Game
I love you darlin' but you don't love meMight as well face it and est you freeI've been playing a losing gameIn spite of this I'm not ashamedI gave you my love and I have no regretsI'm true to you baby with love and...
- Easy To Slip
It's so easy to slip It's so easy to fall And let your memory drift And do nothin' at all All the love that you missed All the people that you can't recall Do they really exist at all Well my whole world seems so...
- No End (Solo Piano Version)
They said that it was snowing in astounded tones upon the news.I wonder why they're always so surprised 'cos every year it snows.Frozen images of snowploughs as they churn along the motorways.I haven't had no boots to...
- Moments
These are the moments that we love so wellPrecious moments caught within a spellAll too soon our lives they fade awayThese are the moments that we wish would stayIf I had my life to live againI would choose to be with...
- The King And Queen Of England
Bring back the king to his throne,And the smile may return to the queen.How can she rule on her own,When the glory of what might have been is all she feels?The fire still burns in the hearth,The music still plays for...
- My Ramblin' Boy
He was a man and a friend alwaysWe rambled on in the bad old days.He never cared if I had no dough,He stuck with me in the rain and snow.Chorus:And here's to you, my ramblin' boy,May all your ramblin' bring you...
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