Song Lyrics Fairport Convention - Sir William Gower    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> F>> Fairport Convention Singer Lyrics [Fairport Convention other resources]>> Sir William Gower Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Fairport Convention Music Title/Track: Sir William Gower Theme ID: 2127 Album: N/A I am a sailor, both stout and strong To a goodly vessel I do belong Well guard and anchored and well equipped Sir William Gower and a very fine ship Our captain in his cabin lay When a dreadful voice to him did say "This night with me in the deep you'll be So prepare yourself and your company" The sky grew dark and the sea grew still Though the men were fearful and the air was chill Sir William rose to meet his men Saying "Hear me now for I'll not speak again" "I loved my mother when she was alive And to my sister I gave babies five I killed my wife and her children three So I now must face what has come for me" "You'll lash a timber close to my side And throw me out on the water wide And if I swim then let me be But if I sink them pray for me" So we tied his head and we tied his feet And around his middle a winding sheet At every knot the sea did stir Grew ready for the murderer And then we saw his open grave The likeness of a single wave That swept our ship from her stern to her bow And bore away Sir William Gower Related Lyrics Random lyrics: The Lobster, The Summer Before The War, The Widow Of Westmorlands Daughter, Three Drunken Maidens, Time Will Show the Wiser, To Althea from Prison, Walk Awhile, What Is True?, White Dress, Who Knows Where the Time Goes, Wizard Of The Worldly Game, Ye Mariners All, Alaska, Blood On The Pages, Burn Bridges Keep Warm, Casting Curses, Concrete Atlas, I Dread The Time When Your Mouth Begins To Call Me Hunter, I Dread The Time Your Mouth Beings To Call Me Hunt, If They Move Kill Them, Letter Of Intent, Lusitania, Mercer Island, Motion Sickness, Next Day Flight, Silent Jury, Slow To Standing, Soundtrack To The Ride, South St 1 Am, South Street 1AM, Still Paradise, The Culling Song, The Treachery Of Images, Welcome To Last Year, Whatever It Takes, Who Brings A Knife To A Gunfight, YoungBrashHopeful, A Dark Omen, Doryan The Enlightened, Fight For Your King, Guardian Stones, Of Wars In Osyrhia, On The Path To Fury, Rebirth, Ride With The Sun, The Fellowship, The Storyteller, 11, AEnglar Finns Dom, Allt Foer Bla, Other Fairport Convention song Lyrics A Sailors Life Lyrics After Halloween Lyrics Angel Delight Lyrics Autopsy Lyrics The Banks Of Sweet Primroses Lyrics Big William Lyrics Book Song Lyrics Bring em Down Lyrics Bring Em Down Lyrics Cajun Woman Lyrics Chelsea Morning Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Fairweather Lyrics Fairyland Lyrics Fairytale Lyrics Faith Lyrics Faith And The Muse Lyrics Faith Blind Lyrics Faith Evans Lyrics Faith Evans F/ 112 Lyrics Faith Evans F/ Carl Thomas Lyrics Faith Evans F/ Mary J. Blige, LaTonya Blige, Gordon Chambers Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy