Biography:
June Tabor (born 31 December 1947 in Warwick, England) is considered one of the foremost English folk singers of her generation. Aside from her highly-acclaimed solo music career, she has also combined her talents with greats such as Maddy Prior (as one half of Silly Sisters), Martin Simpson, Elvis Costello and Oysterband. In 2004, and again in 2012, she was named Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. In 2011 the album "Ragged Kingdom" by June Tabor & Oysterband was named "Album of the Year" in the fROOTS critics poll.
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- Bonny May
- Cold And Raw
- Fair Margaret And Sweet William
- I Love My Love
- Lord Maxwells Last Goodnight
- No Mans Land Flowers Of The Forest
- Now Im Easy
- Reynard The Fox
- Scarecrow
- Soldiers Three
- Streets Of Forbes
- The Auld Beggarman
- The Dancing
- The Earl Of Aboyne
- The Fair Maid Of Islington
- The Grey Funnel Line
- The Old Garden Gate
- Turn Of The Road
- Unicorns
- Where Are You Tonight
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[Intro]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
Oh, as I was a-linking o'er the lea
D
The finest weel that ever I did see
G
Looking for his charity
C D G
"Would you lodge a lame poor man?"
[Verse]
C
For the night being wet and it being cold
D
She took pity on the poor old soul
G
She took pity on the poor old soul
C D G
And she bade him to sit down
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Right ton nooran fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
And a tooran nooran-i-do
[Verse]
C
He sat him down in the chimbley nook
D
The bonnie young daughter gave him a look
G
He's thrown his bags behind a crook
C D G
And merrily he did sing
[Verse]
C
Oh, he grew canty and she was fain
D
But little did the old mother ken
G
Just what the two of them were saying
C D G
As they sat sae thrag
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
C D G
As they sat sae thrag
[Verse]
C
“Oh, if I was as black as I am white
D
Just like the snow on yon fell-dyke
G
I'd dress myself so beggar-like
C D G
And away with you I'd gang”
[Verse]
C
“Oh, lassie, lassie, you're far too young
D
And you haven't got the lilt of the begging tongue
G
You haven't got the lilt of the begging tongue
C D G
So with me you cannot gang”
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
With me you cannot gang”
[Verse]
C
“I'll burden my back and I'll bend my knee
D
Put a black patch on my e'e
G
And for a beggar they'll take me
C D G
And away with you I'll gang”
[Chorus]
C D
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
G
With a tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
And away with you I'll gang”
[Instrumental]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
For all that the doors were locked quite tight
D
The old woman rose in the middle of the night
G
The old woman rose in the middle of the night
C D G
But to find the old man gone
[Verse]
C
Oh, she's run to the cupboard, likewise to the chest
D
All things there and nothing missed
G
Clapping her hands, "And the dear be blessed
C D G
Wasn't he an honest old man?"
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
C D G
Wasn't he an honest old man?"
[Verse]
C
Oh, the breakfast was ready and the table laid
D
The old woman went for to waken the maid
G
The bed was there but the maid was gone
C D G
Away with the lame poor man
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
Away with the lame poor man
[Instrumental]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
Now seven years were passed and gone
D
This old beggar come back again
G
Looking for his charity
C D G
“Would you lodge a lame poor man?”
[Verse]
C
“Oh, I never lodged any but the one
D
And with him my one daughter did gang
G
And I choose you to be the very one
C D G
And I'll have you to be gone”
[Chorus]
C D
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
I'll have you to be gone
[Verse]
C
“If your one daughter you want to see
D
She has two bairnies on her knee
G
She has two bairnies on her knee
C D G
And a third one coming round
[Verse]
C
“Yonder she sits, yonder she stands
D
The fairest lady in all Scotland
G
She has servants at her command
C D G
Since she went with the lame poor man”
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Nan tan nee
C D G
Since she went with the lame poor man”
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Right ton nooran fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
Tooran nooran-i-do
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
Oh, as I was a-linking o'er the lea
D
The finest weel that ever I did see
G
Looking for his charity
C D G
"Would you lodge a lame poor man?"
[Verse]
C
For the night being wet and it being cold
D
She took pity on the poor old soul
G
She took pity on the poor old soul
C D G
And she bade him to sit down
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Right ton nooran fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
And a tooran nooran-i-do
[Verse]
C
He sat him down in the chimbley nook
D
The bonnie young daughter gave him a look
G
He's thrown his bags behind a crook
C D G
And merrily he did sing
[Verse]
C
Oh, he grew canty and she was fain
D
But little did the old mother ken
G
Just what the two of them were saying
C D G
As they sat sae thrag
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
C D G
As they sat sae thrag
[Verse]
C
“Oh, if I was as black as I am white
D
Just like the snow on yon fell-dyke
G
I'd dress myself so beggar-like
C D G
And away with you I'd gang”
[Verse]
C
“Oh, lassie, lassie, you're far too young
D
And you haven't got the lilt of the begging tongue
G
You haven't got the lilt of the begging tongue
C D G
So with me you cannot gang”
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
With me you cannot gang”
[Verse]
C
“I'll burden my back and I'll bend my knee
D
Put a black patch on my e'e
G
And for a beggar they'll take me
C D G
And away with you I'll gang”
[Chorus]
C D
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
G
With a tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
And away with you I'll gang”
[Instrumental]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
For all that the doors were locked quite tight
D
The old woman rose in the middle of the night
G
The old woman rose in the middle of the night
C D G
But to find the old man gone
[Verse]
C
Oh, she's run to the cupboard, likewise to the chest
D
All things there and nothing missed
G
Clapping her hands, "And the dear be blessed
C D G
Wasn't he an honest old man?"
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
C D G
Wasn't he an honest old man?"
[Verse]
C
Oh, the breakfast was ready and the table laid
D
The old woman went for to waken the maid
G
The bed was there but the maid was gone
C D G
Away with the lame poor man
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
Away with the lame poor man
[Instrumental]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
Now seven years were passed and gone
D
This old beggar come back again
G
Looking for his charity
C D G
“Would you lodge a lame poor man?”
[Verse]
C
“Oh, I never lodged any but the one
D
And with him my one daughter did gang
G
And I choose you to be the very one
C D G
And I'll have you to be gone”
[Chorus]
C D
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
I'll have you to be gone
[Verse]
C
“If your one daughter you want to see
D
She has two bairnies on her knee
G
She has two bairnies on her knee
C D G
And a third one coming round
[Verse]
C
“Yonder she sits, yonder she stands
D
The fairest lady in all Scotland
G
She has servants at her command
C D G
Since she went with the lame poor man”
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Nan tan nee
C D G
Since she went with the lame poor man”
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Right ton nooran fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
Tooran nooran-i-do
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