Category Archives: Renaissance Festival Lyrics

All Around My HatLyrics and music TraditionalPerformed by Empty Hats on Captured All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,And all around my hat, for a twelve-month and a day.And if anyone should ask me the reason why … Continue reading →

Come Down You Roses/Blood Red RosesLyrics and music traditional, Arrangement by Darcy NairPerformed by The Pyrates Royale on Tales of the Brigantine Our boots and clothes are all in pawnAnd it’s flamin’ drafty ’round Cape Horn.My dear old mother said … Continue reading →

Black Velvet BandLyrics & Music are TraditionalPerformed by Axel the Sot on Favorite Pub SongsAlso performed by Marooned on Marooned,Jim Hancock on Bedlam Boys,Howl-O on Disc o’ Peers and many others… Well, I was out strolling one eveningNot intending to … Continue reading →

Donald, Where’s Your Trousers?Lyrics and Music TraditionalPerformed by Queen’s Gambit on Off the BoardPerformed by The Brobdingnagian Bards on A Faire to Rememberand various others… I just down from the Isle of SkyeI’m no’ very big an’ I’m awful shyAll … Continue reading →

Little BeggarmanLyrics and music are traditionalPerformed by Bret Blackshear on Fingers, Frets and Fire and alsoPerformed by Celtic Stone on Celtic Stone I am a little beggarman, a begging I have beenFor three score years in this little isle of … Continue reading →

The CoachmanLyrics and music are traditionalPerformed by Jessie Linder as “The Coachman’s Whip” on Easy and Free I once took a job as a coachmanMe money was paid in advanceI then took a trip down to LondonFrom there I crossed … Continue reading →

As is usually the case, life can tend to get in the way of things we love. Such has been the case with these postings lately. As things in CA cool down, I expect the frequency of the postings to … Continue reading →

Lily the PinkLyrics and music traditionalPerformed by The Brobdingnagian Bards on Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales Here’s a story, a little bit gory,A little bit happy, a little bit sad,Of Lily the Pink and her medicinal compound,And how it drove her to … Continue reading →

The Minstrel Boy Lyrics and music Thomas MoorePerformed by The Corsairs on The Blue One The minstrel boy to the war is gone,In the ranks of death you will find him;His father’s sword he hath girded on,And his wild harp … Continue reading →

The Lusty Young SmithLyrics and music traditionalPerformed by Queen Anne’s Lace on Faire…To Stormy Weather A lusty young smith at his vice, stood a-filing,His hammer laid by but his forge still a-glow.When to him a buxom young damsel came smiling,And … Continue reading →