MY LOVER, MY HEART

BORDERLANDS

YOU WILL BE THE LIGHT

DEAR BOSS

LET'S DRINK A ROUND

A reader has pointed out that Caledonia is not an Irish song - it's about Scotland.  ; )  We still like it.

CALEDONIA

MY LOVER, MY HEART      Back to Top

OH LOVER, MY HEART, WITH A DREAM IN YOUR HAND

MY LOVE HE'S COME HOME TO THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND

AND HE COMES THROUGH THE DOOR WITH HIS EYES LIKE THE SUN

AND HIS KIT BAG ALL FULL OF THE TREASURES HE'S WON



A BOTTLE, A BROOM, AN OLD FOREIGN TALE

AND THE SHELL OF A CLAM, THE JAWS OF A WHALE

MY KITCHEN IS FULL OF THE SMELL OF THE SEA

AND ALL THE FINE THINGS MY LOVE BRINGS TO ME.



COME GATHER YOUR TREASURES, A GARDEN IN BLOOM

AND BRING THEM ALONG TO OUR SWEET LITTLE ROOM

WITH THE SUN IN THE MORNING ABLAZE ON YOUR CHEST

MY LOVE HE'S COME HOME FROM THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST.



AND HERE IN OUR BED WE LIE AND WE SLEEP

WE LIE AND WE LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF THE DEEP

AND AS WARM AS THE SUMMER WE'LL SLEEP WINTER LONG

MY LOVE HE'S COME HOME LIKE KING SOLOMON'S SON.



OH LOVER, MY HEART, WITH A DREAM IN YOUR HAND

MY LOVE HE'S COME HOME TO THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND

AND HE COMES THROUGH THE DOOR WITH HIS EYES LIKE THE SUN

AND HIS KIT BAG ALL FULL OF THE TREASURES HE'S WON.









BORDERLANDS      Back to Top

Caswell & Carnahan



THE YOUNG MAN SAT ABOVE THE TOWN IN THE GLOW OF THE SETTING SUN

WITH HIS HEAD HELD CRADLED IN HIS HANDS, HIS BACK AGAINST THE STONE

SAYIN' "WHY HAVE I SO LITTLE TIME IN THIS WRETCHED PLACE TO STAND

WHEN I CAN'T TAKE THE GIRL I LOVE BACK HOME TO THE BORDERLAND - OH."



THEN I WATCHED HER DANCE UPON THE HILL AND TO TURN THE CORNER 'ROUND

AND SHE NEVER DREAMED I WAITED HERE SO SILENT AND SO LONG

BUT HER GOLDEN HAIR DID STRIKE ME DOWN

AND HER BROWN EYES STRIKE ME BLIND



AND THE THOUGHT I'LL NE'ER SEE HER AGAIN IS TORTURING MY MIND - OH

THE MAID WALKED DOWN THE HILL NEARBY TOWARD HOME AT THE END OF DAY

AND SHE CAUGHT THE SOUND OF THE YOUNG MAN'S WORDS



AND SHE STOPPED UPON HER WAY

NO VOICE THAT SHE EVER HEARD SO SWEET AS THE VOICE OF THE STRANGER LAD

AND SHE STOOD THERE AS IF TURNED TO STONE

AND LISTENED FROM THE SHA - DOWS



AND THE YOUNG MAN'S WORDS REACHED OUT TO HER

WHERE SHE STOOD UPON THE LEA

AND THEY BUILT HER SHIPS UPON THE CLOUDS AND CASTLES ON THE SEA

AND AS HE SPOKE HER EYES DID FLASH AND BURN AS WITH A FLAME


AND THE MAID STEPPED OUT AROUND THE STONE AS IF HE CALLED HER NAME - OH

BRING THE MINT NO MORE SHE SAID HER VOICE LIKE THE GENTLE SEA

FOR I HAVE HEARD YOUR EVERY WORD AND I KNOW THEY'RE MEANT FOR ME



AND IF YOU SPEAK IN TERMS MY LAD AND YOU LOVE ME AS YOU SAY

THERE CAN BE NO REASON WE MUST PART NOT EVEN FOR A DAY OH 


THE YOUNG MAN STARTED AT HER WORDS AND HE STOOD UP STRAIGHT AND TALL

"I NEVER MEANT FOR YOU TO HEAR ME SPEAK THIS WAY AT ALL

FOR YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ME, LOVE, IT'S USELESS TO DECEIVE

FOR I MUST RETURN TO THE BORDERLAND OH, I AM BOUND TO LEAVE YOU."


"I CARE NOT WHERE YOU'RE BOUND, MY LAD, I CARE NOT WHERE YOU'RE FROM

FOR THE ONE THING I AM CERTAIN 'TIS THIS MAIDEN'S HEART YOU'VE WON

SO TAKE ME WITH YOU WHERE YOU MUST I FREELY GO YOUR WAY

AND I WILL LIE HERE IN YOUR ARMS AND GREET THE LIGHT OF DAY - OH."


TENDERLY HE LAID HER DOWN AND NEXT TO HER DID LIE

THE WIND THAT WHISPERED THROUGH THE TREES WAS AS SWEET AS A LULLABY

HE BENDED DOWN HE FOLDED HER INTO HIS SOFT EMBRACE

WITH A TOUCH HE SENT HER FAST ASLEEP WITH A SMILE UPON HER FACE - OH.


"SLEEP CONTENT, MY LOVE", HE SAID "I CANNOT CAUSE YOU PAIN.

FOR THE DAWN WILL FIND ME FAR AWAY AND I WON'T BE BACK AGAIN

AND THOUGH I'D TAKE YOU IF I COULD I AM NOT WHAT I SEEM

SO FORGET WE EVER TARRIED HERE AND WAKE AS FROM A DREAM - OH."


"FOR I AM NOT OF YOUR WORLD, MY LOVE, I COME FROM ANOTHER TIME

AND I CROSSED HERE FROM THE BORDERLANDS BETWEEN YOUR WORLD AND MINE

IT WAS THERE THAT I FIRST HEARD YOUR VOICE

AND LONGED FOR YOUR FACE TO SEE

AND I GATHERED ALL THE POWERS I HAD AND STEPPED OUT ON YOUR LEA - OH."



"AND YOU KNOW I WATCHED YOU QUIETLY AS YOU DANCED UPON THE HILL

AND THOUGH I DARED NOT CALL TO YOU I LOVED YOU STRONGER STILL

BUT NO LONGER DO I HAVE THE POWER, NO LONGER CAN I STAY

AND I'LL BE PULLED BACK INTO MY TIME BY THE DAWNING OF THE DAY - OH."



"BUT I WILL BE YOUR PILLOW WHERE E'ER YOUR HEAD WILL LIE

AND I'LL BE THE STAR YOU CAN ONLY CATCH IN THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE

AND I'LL BE THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER IN THE FIRST LOW FLOWER OF DAWN

AND I'LL BE THE TOUCH TO BRUSH YOUR CHEEK

AND WAKE YOU IN THE MOR-NIN'."


SAYIN' THIS, HE BENDED LOW AND HE KISSED HER ONCE GOOD-BYE

AND AS THE DAWN BROKE ON THE HILL HE VANISHED LIKE A SIGH

AND THE MAID SHE OPENED UP HER EYES AND SMILED UP THROUGH THE TREES

FOR AS SHE LISTENED SHE COULD ALMOST HEAR

HIS VOICE UPON THE BREEZE -OH.



"OH I KNOW YOU HEAR ME LOVE," SHE SPOKE AS SHE LAY ON HER GRASSY BED

"FOR I FELT YOUR TOUCH AND I FELT YOUR KISS

AND I HEARD THE WORDS YOU SAID

BUT THE NEXT TIME THAT OUR WORLDS COMBINE CANNOT BE VERY FAR

AND I'LL BE WAITING THEN TO TAKE YOUR HAND

AND DANCE AMONG THE STARS -OH."








YOU WILL BE THE LIGHT      Back to Top



YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SUN, TURNING IN THE SKY

AND YOU WON'T BE THE MOON ABOVE US ON A MOONLIT NIGHT

AND YOU WON'T BE THE STARS IN HEAVEN, ALTHOUGH THEY BURN SO BRIGHT

BUT EVEN ON THE DEEPEST OCEAN, YOU WILL BE THE LIGHT.



YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS SHINE AS YOU GO BAREFOOT ON THE STONE

YOU MIGHT BE SO LONG TOGETHER OR YOU MIGHT WALK ALONE

AND YOU WON'T FIND THAT LOVE COMES EASY BUT LOVE IS ALWAYS RIGHT

SO EVEN WHEN THE DARK CLOUDS GATHER, YOU WILL BE THE LIGHT.



AND IF YOU LOSE A PART INSIDE WHEN LOVE TURNS 'ROUND ON YOU

LEAVING THE PAST BEHIND IS KNOWING YOU'LL DO LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO

HOLDING YOU BLIND KEEPING YOU TRUE



YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SUN, TURNING IN THE SKY

AND YOU WON'T BE THE MOON ABOVE US ON A MOONLIT NIGHT

AND YOU WON'T BE THE STARS IN HEAVEN, ALTHOUGH THEY BURN SO BRIGHT

BUT EVEN ON THE DEEPEST OCEAN, YOU WILL BE THE LIGHT.



YOU WILL BE THE LIGHT. YOU WILL BE THE LIGHT.







DEAR BOSS:      Back to Top



DEAR BOSS I WRITE THIS NOTE TO YOU TO TELL YOU OF MY PLIGHT

AND AT THE TIME OF WRITING, I AM NOT A PRETTY SIGHT

ME BODY IS ALL BLACK AND BLUE, AND ME FACE A DEADLY GRAY.

AND I HOPE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY PADDY'S NOT AT WORK TODAY.



I WAS WORKIN' ON THE FOURTEENTH FLOOR SOME BRICKS I HAD TO CLEAR

AND THROWIN' THEM DOWN FROM SUCH A HEIGHT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA.

THE FOREMAN WASN'T VERY PLEASED, HE BEIN' AN AWFUL SOD

HE SAID I'D HAVE TO TAKE THEM DOWN THE LADDER IN ME HOD.




NOW SHIFTIN' ALL THOSE BRICKS BY HAND IT SEEMED SO AWFUL SLOW

SO I HOISTED UP A BARREL AND SECURED A ROPE BELOW

BUT IN MY HASTE TO DO MY JOB I WAS TOO BLIND TO SEE

THE BARREL FULL OF BUILDIN' BRICKS WAS HEAVIER THAN ME.




NOW WHEN I CAME DOWN I CAUGHT THE ROPE AND THE BARREL FELL LIKE LEAD

AND CLINGING TIGHTLY TO THE ROPE I STARTED UP INSTEAD

I SHOT UP LIKE A ROCKET AND TO MY DISMAY I FOUND

THAT HALF WAY UP I MET THE BLOODY BARREL COMIN' DOWN.




NOW THE BARREL BROKE ME SHOULDER AS TO THE GROUND IT SPED

AND WHEN I REACHED THE TOP I STRUCK THE PULLEY WITH ME HEAD

I STILL HUNG ON, THOUGH NUMB AND SHOCKED FROM THIS ALMIGHTY BLOW

AND THE BARREL SPILLED OUT HALF THE BRICKS FOURTEEN FLOORS BELOW



NOW WHEN THE BRICKS HAD FALLEN FROM THE BARREL TO THE FLOOR

SURE I THEN OUTWEIGHED THE BARREL AND I STARTED DOWN ONCE MORE

STILL CLINGING TIGHTLY TO THE ROPE I HEADED FOR THE GROUND

I FELL AMONG THE BROKEN BRICKS THAT WERE ALL SCATTERED 'ROUND 




AS I LAY THERE MOANING ON THE FLOOR I WAS SURE I'D PASSED THE WORST

BUT THE BARREL STRUCK THE PULLEY WHEEL AND THE BOTTOM THEN DID BURST

A SHOWER OF BRICKS CAME DOWN ON ME, SURE I HADN'T GOT A HOPE

AND AS I WAS LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS, I LET GO THE BLOODY ROPE.




NOW THE BARREL IT BEING HEAVIER IT STARTED DOWN ONCE MORE

AND IT LANDED RIGHT ACROSS ME AS I LAY THERE ON THE FLOOR

I BROKE THREE RIBS AND MY LEFT ARM AND I CAN ONLY SAY

THAT I HOPE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY PADDY'S NOT AT WORK TODAY.









LET'S DRINK A ROUND      Back to Top

TANNEHILL WEAVERS



WIND IN YOUR HAIR, LADY SO FAIR

YOU KNOW THAT I'M WAITING AND WATCHING

TO BE BY YOUR SIDE BE TOUCHED BY YOUR LIGHT

IS ALL THAT MY HEART NEEDS TO KNOW



IT'S MANY A MILE, ALONG WITH YOUR SMILE

THAT YOU DANCE MY WAY FOR MY WANDERING

AND GENTLE AS SPRING MY HEART WANTS TO SING

TO SEE YOU LOVE ONCE AGAIN



SO LET'S DRINK A ROUND TO THE ONE WHO YOU FOUND

AND THOUGH WE'RE PARTED, THERE'S COMFORT IN KNOWING

THAT IF PAIN IS A MEASURE OF TRUE LOVE AND PLEASURE

MAY WE ALL DROWN IN SORROW TONIGHT



THOUGH I'M BLOWN BY THE WIND AND LOST TO MY KIND

TO THE COLD AND THE LONELY FOREVER

STILL MY HEART KNOWS HOW THE DEEP RIVER FLOWS

AND CARRIES US TWO BACK TOGETHER

SO LET'S

OH LADY SO FAIR WIND IN YOUR HAIR

NOW YOU KNOW THAT I'M WAITING AND WATCHING

AND GENTLE AS SPRING MY HEART WANTS TO SING

TO SEE YOU LOVE ONCE AGAIN





SO LET'S

SO LET'S 







CALEDONIA      Back to Top


I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE

THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME OVER ME

IN THESE LAST FEW DAYS I'VE BEEN AFRAID

THAT I MIGHT DRIFT AWAY

I'VE BEEN TELLING OLD STORIES, SINGING SONGS

THAT MAKE ME THINK ABOUT WHERE I CAME FROM

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I SEEM SO FAR AWAY TODAY.

LET ME TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU

THAT I THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME


CALEDONIA, YOU'RE CALLING ME

AND NOW I'M GOING HOME.

IF I SHOULD BECOME A STRANGER

KNOW THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME MORE THAN SAD

CALEDONIA HAS BEEN EVERYTHING I'VE EVER HAD



(break)



I HAVE MOVED AND HAVE KEPT ON MOVING

PROVED THE POINTS THAT NEEDED PROVING

LOST THE FRIENDS THAT NEEDED LOSING

FOUND OTHERS ON THE WAY

I HAVE KISSED THE LADIES AND LEFT THEM CRYING

STOLEN DREAMS, YES, THERE'S NO DENYING

I HAVE TRAVELED HARD, SOMETIMES WITH CONSCIENCE FLYING

SOMEWHERE WITH THE WIND




LET ME TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU

THAT I THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME

CALEDONIA, YOU'RE CALLING ME

AND NOW I'M GOING HOME.

IF I SHOULD BECOME A STRANGER

KNOW THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME MORE THAN SAD

CALEDONIA HAS BEEN EVERYTHING I'VE EVER HAD



(break)



NOW I'M SITTING HERE BEFORE THE FIRE

THE EMPTY ROOM, THE FOREST CHOIR

FLAMES THAT COULDN'T GET ANY HIGHER,

THEY'VE WITHERED, NOW THEY'VE GONE



BUT I'M STEADY THINKING MY WAY IS CLEAR

AND I KNOW WHAT I WILL DO TOMORROW

WHEN THE HANDS HAVE SHAKEN AND THE KISSES FLOWED

WELL, I WILL DISAPPEAR


LET ME TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU

THAT I THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME

CALEDONIA, YOU'RE CALLING ME

AND NOW I'M GOING HOME.

IF I SHOULD BECOME A STRANGER

KNOW THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME MORE THAN SAD

CALEDONIA HAS BEEN EVERYTHING I'VE EVER HAD

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