Donovan

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"Island Of Circles"

"Island Of Circles"



Over the mountain
Over the sea
From the island of circles
My love calls to me

Her hair in the north wind
Brown berry eyes
Reading the birdrooms
In the winter sky

She sway like the willow
Clothed all in stars
Moon drops of silver
Fire gold from Mars

Over the mountain
Over the sea
From the island of circles
My love calls to me

Her hair in the north wind
Brown berry eyes
Reading the birdrooms
In the winter sky
In the winter sky

 

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"Isle Of Islay"

"Isle Of Islay"



How high the gulls fly
O'er Ilay
How sad the farm lad
deep in play
Felt like a grain on your sand

How well the sheep's bell
music makes
Roving the cliff
when fancy takes
Felt like a tide left me here

How blessed the forest
with birdsong
How neat the cut peat
laid so long
Felt like a seed on your land

 

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"Isle Of Sadness"

"Isle Of Sadness"



As a pilgrim I did go
To a land that I did know
To the shores of Trist la Cal
To see if I still felt the same
And the sun blazed madly insane.

But the seagulls they have gone
The seagulls they have gone.

I searched the sand for sound
My eyes forced to the ground
The wind it laughed wild and shrill
My heart it tried to spill its crazy tears
There's nothing left for me now.

For the seagulls they have gone
The seagulls they have gone.

I stand both young and old
But the winds of time blow cold
This much you must believe
It pains to see you grieve, I pity you
But there's nothing that I can do.

For the seagulls they have gone
The seagulls they have gone.

As a pilgrim I did go
To a land that I did know
To the shores of Trist la Cal
To see if I still felt the same
And the sun blazed madly insane.

But the seagulls they have gone
The seagulls they have gone.

 

[fox69]

"Jabberwocky"

"Jabberwocky"



'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought-
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

'And has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Calloh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

 

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"Jackie Beanstalk"

"Jackie Beanstalk"



Well, there's not enough that I can say to you child
When your daddy's gone and you momma's far away
Cuddle up to me now, lemme read to you
A tale of the Jack and the Beanstalk will do
They didn't have much money so he sold
The cow for a bean and not the gold

They thought he was mad 'cause he said it was magic
Thought it was bad they said it was tragic
Jackie was glad he planted that bean where it can't be seen

Well, he woke up in the morning, what did he see?
Such an enormous beanstalk tall as a tree
Growing up to the clouds and then to disappear
Jackie just smiled and then he felt no fear
Up he climbed to see where it did go
What was up there he had to know

They thought he was mad cause he said it was magic
Thought it was bad they said it was tragic
Jackie was glad he planted that bean where it can't be seen

Well, he came upon a land so strange up in the sky
And he met a little old lady a-passing by
And she taught him all about the giant who lived there
So terrible and ugly with his matted hair
When he heard the sound of fee, fi, fo, fum
Off to the little oven he did run

Jackie was scared but he knew he had magic
Jackie had dared, he wasn't so tragic
Lady she cared he planted that bean where it can't be seen
Jackie was scared but he knew he had magic
Jackie had dared, he wasn't so tragic
Lady she cared he planted that bean where it can't be seen

Jackie could see the giant at his sup
Sniffin' an a-huffin' an a-drinkin' from his cup
Shoutin' at the dame to fetch his hen
The one that lays the golden eggs and then
As the giant slept our Jackie crept
Stole the hen and down the beanstalk leapt

Jackie can't stop the hen from crowin'
Wakin' up the giant from his snorin'
Jackie could hear the giant roar chasin' after him

Jackie saw the giant followin'
Jackie smiled at his bellowin'
Then our Jackie cuts the beanstalk down
Now the giant's dead, he saved the town
Far and wide are Jackie's tale they tell
The magic there's for you to find as well

They thought he was mad 'cause he said it was magic
Thought it was bad they said it was tragic
Jackie was glad he planted that bean where it can't be seen
Jackie was scared but he knew he had magic
Jackie had dared and he wasn't so tragic
Jackie was glad he planted that bean where it can't be seen

 

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"Jennifer Juniper"

"Jennifer Juniper"



Jennifer Juniper, lives upon the hill
Jennifer Juniper, sitting very still

Is she sleeping? I don't think so
Is she breathing? Yes, very low
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

Jennifer Juniper, rides a dappled mare
Jennifer Juniper, lilacs in her hair

Is she dreaming? Yes, I think so
Is she pretty? Yes, ever so
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

I'm thinking of what it would be like if she loved me
How just lately this happy song, it came along
And I like to somehow try and tell you

Jennifer Juniper, hair of golden flax
Jennifer Juniper, longs for what she lacks

Do you like her? Yes, I do, sir
Would you love her? Yes, I would, sir
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper

Jennifer Juniper, vit sur la colline
Jennifer Juniper, assise très tranquille

Dort-elle? Je ne crois pas
Respire-t-elle? Oui, mais tout bas
Qu'est-ce que tu fais, Jenny, mon amour?

Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper

 

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"Jersey Thursday"

"Jersey Thursday"



In the tiny piece of coloured glass my love was born
And reds and golds and yellows were the colours in the dawn.
Night brought on it's purple cloak of velvet to the sky
And the girls go willing spinning on Jersey Thursday.
In the tiny piece of coloured glass my love was born
And reds and golds and yellows were the colours in the dawn.
Night brought on it's purple cloak of velvet to the sky
And the girls go willing spinning on Jersey Thursday.

 

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"Joe Bean's Theme"

"Joe Bean's Theme"



Long and lazy schooner
In lapis lazuli
Aquamarina
In a southern sea

Soft and sensual sunset
Sommerset Maughm funset
The warm breeze of evening
Caresses silk dresses

The lazy leaning lady's languid way
The lovely leading lady in our play
Soft eyed and always thirty
Jasmine fills the air

The lovely leaning lady's languid way
The lovely leading lady in our play
Soft eyed and always thirty
Jasmine fills the air

When I hear astrud
Jasmine fills the air
When I hear astrud
Jasmine fills the air
When I hear astrud
Jasmine fills the air

 

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"Johnny Tuff"

"Johnny Tuff"



Buffont birds and burger boys are partying again
Greasy fingers grope the twin sets on the old ghost train
And pushing through the punters beneath the fairground glare
It's Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, duck-tail in his hair
It's Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, duck-tail in his hair.

He's pushing his way through queue fronts, knocking hats off fools
He stands up in the chairy plane, it's quite against the rules
Who is that animal screaming at the girls from local schools?
It's Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, flexing his tattoos
It's Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, flexing his tattoos.

He keeps a medicine ball hanging just inside his shed
So he can keep in training, hitting it with his head
He'll nut you at the local hop if you as much as glance
At Johnny Tuff and his bit of stuff when they begin to dance
Da da da dance, da da da dance, da da da da ...

Oh, Johnny he's from way back, how far? No one knows
The Original Boy-o still in the same old clothes
They say he never grew up, that's why he's all the rage
It's Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, permanent teenage
It's Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, permanent teenage.

Here's to Elv and Eddie, Brando and Jimmy too
And crepes 'n' drapes and leather gear, and ace cafe-food 'n' brew
But the hero of our story, he will always be the King
It's Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, everybody sing or else
Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff.

Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff, Johnny Tuff.

 

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"Josie"

"Josie"



Josie, I wont fail ya,
I wont fail you have no fear,
Josie, I wont fail ya,
Give me one more chance to be as near.

The meadows they are bursting
the yellow corn is in your hands,
and with the night comes sorrow
as the tide of dawn slips on the land.

The long breezes are blowing
all down the sky into my face,
I've a worried kind of feelin
that my time has come and gone to waste.

I love you darling Josie,
the trees of pine they grow so tall,
how can you come to love me
when you didn't love me at all.

Josie, I wont fail ya,
I wont fail you have no fear,
Josie I wont fail ya
Give me one more chance to be as near.

My Josie looks a child now
as she lies beyond my breast,
in the night I think about her
in the day I get no rest.

I cut me a young pine cone
And gave it to the river deep,
It sailed way by your window
where you lay so long in sleep.

God bless you darling Josie
with your sparkling eyes so bright and clear,
Josie, I wont fail you have no fear,
Josie, I wont fail ya
Give me one more chance to be as near.