Donald - O


My Donald he works on the sea
On the waves that blow wild and free
He splices the ropes and sets the sails
While southward he rolls to the home of the whale

He ne'er thinks o' me far behind
Or the torments that rage in my mind
He's mine for only half part of the year
Then I'm left all alone wi' nocht but a tear

Ye ladies wha' smell o' wild rose
Think ye for your perfume tae whaur a man goes
Think ye o' the wives and the bairnies wha' yearn
For a man ne'er returning frae hunting the sperm

My Donald he works on the sea
On the waves that blow wild and free
He splices the ropes and sets the sails
While southward he rolls to the home of the whale

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Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair


Black is the color of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands

I love my love, and well she knows
I love the ground whereon she goes
I wish the day soon would come
When she and I will be as one

And black is the color of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands

I go to the Clyde and mourn and weep
But satisfied I never shall be
I'll write her a letter with a few short lines
and suffer death a thousand times

And black is the color of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands
I love the ground whereon she stands
I love the ground whereon she stands

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The Value Of Ignorance


You smile
And there's blood on your lips
Your hands show again
What your mouth has kissed
Now i know something
I did not know before
The thing that you've destroyed
Is a thing you liked me for

All those nights with my arse in your face
And your words in my dreams
Now i know what the value of ignorance means

The pain
In the sordidness
All the more choices
I thought you'd be the best

At least
I know something
About what's good and what hurts
And i'm glad that i loath it
You would have fucked me up worse

All those nights with my arse in your face
And your words in my dreams
Now i know what the value of ignorance means

All those nights with my arse in your face
And your words in my dreams
Now i know what the value of ignorance means

Don't you ever lie to me again
Because if you do
I will not be you friend

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