![]() ![]() The government has ordered and we are bound to go Oh Nancy darling Nancy, sure that would never do. So stay at home my dearest love, and I will be your wife. Oh Willie dearest Willie, don’t leave me here to mourn.ĭon’t make me curse and rue the day that ever I was born įor the parting of our love would be like parting with my life – To join the British army, along the banks of the Nile. ![]() We are ordered down to Portsmouth, and it’s many’s the weary mile, The bugle horns are sounding clear, and I must march away. Oh hark, the drums do beat my love, I can no longer stay. I’ll eat you alive, oh & you can hardly wait,īut I know that your fate holds you with a surer touch The sweetness in your face it lies so easily – You drape mystery lightly, like gauze around your head, You’re playing games with me and you will lose. Of your hand, and I’m almost believing you You spill tempting lies, silver, like fishes on the sand,Īnd tell me that heaven lies in the smallest touch You’re playing games with me you’ll never win. They’ve been known to strip the skin like the sun.Ĭome & touch me brave heart with your velvet skin I’m so uncool that my fingers almost burn. If you listen closely you can hear the birds joining in from outside the window. One of the tracks on there also had some guest musicians from the Chieftains with whom I’d done some touring, Triona Marshall on harp and the legendary Paddy Moloney on whistle. We went up to Scotland to record the strings on it as another old friend of mine, a wonderful violinist called Jacquie Norrie was playing with a great group of strings up there and they were wonderful, playing great and being very enthusiastic about the music. ![]() He came down to where I was living in the depths of the country and we crafted the delicate and pastoral songs in a way that came to be known as Chamber Folk. He plays some unlikely instruments such as the psaltery that features on Banks of the Nile and also has a beautiful, pure voice with an otherworldly quality to it that appears on Gently Johnny. I started recording A Distant Bell after meeting up with the very talented composer and arranger Harvey Brough. That the baby in the manger is the King of our hearts When the angel chorus filled the sky with light “Good news, great joy to this broken landįor the baby in the manger is Christ the Lamb”įor the baby in the manger was Christ the KingĬome and bow in wonder and prepare him room Ragged shepherds were watching their sheep that night Says “It is finished,” and the sun went downįrom a run-down stable, came a baby’s cryīut the baby in the manger was Christ the Lord The people in darkness will see a great light We’re longing, praying for the dawn Genesis 3, Isaiah 6:11-13, 11:1-5, 9:1-7, Malachi 4:2īut up from the stump, the bud of a flower How you first loved us (Oh, let it be so) Luke 5:12-16, John 8:2-11, Mark 2:13-17, 1 Cor 12:27, Phil 2:1-11, Matt 4:23, Eph 5:1-2, Micah 6:8, Matt 6:33 | CCLI# 7159424Īs he preached the good news of the kingdomĪs he gave up his life for God’s childrenīy His Spirit, we’ll push back the darkness You don’t want my lip service, If my heart is far away What good is money and name if I, Can’t take it when I go? What good is gaining the world if I, Forfeit my very soul? You said “Blessed are the poor in spirit, Blessed are the ones who mourn ![]() Oh let me be the man in the temple, Beating his chest No, I don’t want to miss out on the main partīut I don’t want to miss out on the heart of you I don’t want to be the rich young man, Who went away sad He poured the wine, he broke the bread, It was near the end I leaned my head, back on his chest, For he was my friend I saw the demons afraid, But the children safe in his arms I saw him walk on the waves, I saw him still the storm I saw his face shine like the sun, On the mountainsideĮlijah and Moses were there, Pale in his glorious light When all the world tries to get in the buildingĭon’t you know that your heart is a temple Your mercy is speaking right into my shame Tells me to rise up, Come out of the grave ![]()
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