Song Lyrics Unknown - Gaol Song    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive]
lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Gaol Song Song Lyrics

Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown
Music Title/Track: Gaol Song
Theme ID: 4138
Album: N/A


GAOL SONG

"Step in young man, I know your face
It's nothing in your favor
A little time I'll give to you
Six months at hard labor"

To my hip fol the day, hip fol the day
To my hip fol the day, for the digee oh

At six o'clock our turnkey comes in
With a bunch of keys all in his hand
"Come, come, my lads, step up and grind
Tread the wheel till breakfast time"

At eight o'clock our skilly comes in
Sometimes thick and sometimes thin
But devil a word we must not say
It's brad and water all next day
At half past eight the bell doth ring
Into the chapel we must swing
Down on our bended knees to fall
"The Lord hath mercy on us all"

At nine o'clock the jangle rings
All on the trap boys, we must spring
"Come, come, my lads, step up in time
The wheel to tread and the corn to grind"

Now Saturday's come, I'm sorry to say
Sunday is our starvation day
Our hobnailed boots and tin mugs too
They are not shined nor they will not do

Now six long months are over and past
I will return to my bonnie, bonnie lass
I'll leave the turnkeys all behind
The wheel to tread and the corn to grind
@jail
printed in Penguin book of English folksongs
sung by Bernard Wriggly and Dick Swain
filename[ GAOLSONG
play.exe GAOLSONG
SF
===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY


Related Lyrics
Random lyrics: Generations Of Change, Gentle Annie, Gently Johnny My Jingalo, Geordie, Geordies Penker, George Collins, Georges Son, Germany Anthem Text, Germany Native Anthem Text, Get Away Old Man, Ghana Anthem Text, Gim Grinning Ghosts, God Rest Ye Marry Gentlemen, Goober Peas, Good Ale, Good Boy, Good Christian Men Rejoice, Good Fish Chowder, Good King Wenceslas, Good Luck To The Barley Mow, Good Night Irene, Good Night Irene Parody, Good Old Jeff, Good Old Mountain Dew, Good Peanuts, Good People, Good Ship Venus, Goodby To The Thirty Foot Trailer, Goodbye Fare Ye Well, Goodbye Old Paint, Goodbye Song, Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Moon, Goodnightloving Trail, Gooey Duck Song, Gory Gory, Gospel Boat, Gospel Changes, Government On Horseback, Gower Wassail, Gpu, Grafted Into The Army, Grandfathers Clock, Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, Grapes On The Vine, Great Green Gobs, Great Mandela, Great Storm Is Over, Greece Anthem Text, Greece Native Anthem Text, Green Back Dollar,
Other Unknown song Lyrics
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics
A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics
A Fenian Song Lyrics
A Fool Such As I Lyrics
A Friend Like You Lyrics
A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics
A Horse Named Bill Lyrics
A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics
A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics
A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics
A Living Wage Lyrics
...Show All
Other Artists
Unknown Prophets Lyrics
Unleashed Lyrics
Unleashed Power Lyrics
Unlimited Nation Lyrics
Unlimited Sound Lyrics
UNLOCO Lyrics
Unlord Lyrics
UNLV Lyrics
Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics
Uno Svenningsson 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