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Cherry Tree
03:54
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Come my love to the cherry tree (cherry tree)
Find out what it means to me (means to me)
One came falling to my feet (to my feet)
I gave it to my love to eat (love to eat)
She said- this little cherry don’t taste so sweet
Find me another one I can eat
Climbing up that cherry tree (cherry tree)
Picked the best one I could see (I could see)
Using all my decency (decency)
I gave it to my love to eat (love to eat)
She said-
This little cherry don’t taste so sweet
Find me another one I can eat
This little cherry don’t taste so sweet
Find me another one I can eat
Underneath that cherry tree
Feel the shadow over me
As my lover turns to leave
Tell me what it is you need
Said it don’t have to taste so sweet
Tell me what it is you need
It don’t have to taste so sweet
Tell me what it is you need
Tell me what it is you need
Tell me what it is you need
Tell me what it is you need
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2. |
Long In The Tooth
03:39
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She needs some time to think
She got on a plane and got out of the stink
And she left all the dishes piled up in the sink
‘Cause she needs some time to think
It’s funny how they first met
With the sounds of the summer surrounding their heads
It was as if all the insects were placing their bets
It’s funny how they first met
And they loved with a fire that burned
They fed their desire and took it in turns
To get too close to the flames, they never learned
They loved with a fire that burned
Something was holding him back
And he felt like a fly caught in a trap
As they walked hand in hand down the old beaten track
Something was holding him back
When she asked him to tell her the truth
He sat down beside her and took off his boots
He said, it’s just a little too long in the tooth
If you ask me to tell you the truth
It’s funny how he left
He can picture the morning with a sting of regret
And the songs that he writes can tell all the rest
It’s funny how he left
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Sweet Elizabeth
03:17
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Send me a letter girl, send me to the brink
Send me a letter girl, written in green ink
You say you met another man, one who you adore
You say you met another but they sent him off to war
And he’s howling sweet, sweet Elizabeth
Girl come back to me, yeah
Sweet, sweet Elizabeth, when will I be free
You say that you’re feeling afraid, you say you’re feeling torn
You say that you’re afraid now in the town where you were born
Well how’s he gonna save you when you’re needin’ saved
And how you gonna love him when he’s lyin’ in his grave
Cryin’ sweet, sweet Elizabeth
Tell me do ya love him
Sweet, sweet Elizabeth, when will you be free
They say she up and ran away one early summer morn’
They say she up and ran from the town where she was born
And I thought I saw her bathing in the fountains of Rome
I thought I saw her roaming the cliffs of Monaco
Crying sweet, sweet Elizabeth
Girl come back to me, yeah
My sweet Elizabeth, when will you be free
My sweet Elizabeth, when will you be free
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4. |
High Time
03:05
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5. |
Banjo Tune
01:38
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You're staring out the window
You do it with your eyes closed
I say that way you'll never see nothing at all
I sit and play the banjo
I do it with my eyes closed
'Cause it's awful hard playing on your own
Sometimes when you're on your own
You sit and play piano
Well I'd like to be there sittin' by your side
Because when you're on your own
You play the best piano
And it's awful hard playin' on your own
I'm not gonna make you do it
Or put your heart into it
But you never know you might just have some fun fun fun
You never know you just might have some fun
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A Different Thread North Carolina
“Warm, deep singer-songwriters who have drank from the well of 20th century tradition” - Folk Radio
UK
A Different Thread, is the collaboration between Robert Jackson from Lichfield, England, and Alicia Best from Durham, North Carolina, USA. Both traveling songwriters in their own right, they first met while busking in Galway, Ireland, back in 2016 and have been touring together ever since.
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