[ti:Sir Patrick Spens (Live On 'John Peel's Top Gear', 1969)] [ar:Fairport Convention] [al:Come All Ye - The First Ten Years (1968 To 1978)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sir Patrick Spens (Live On 'John Peel's Top Gear', 1969) - Fairport Convention [00:12.36]Written by:Traditional [00:24.73]The king sits in Dunfirmline town [00:27.78]Drinking of the blood red wine [00:30.77]Where can I get a steely skipper [00:33.91]To sail this mighty boat of mine [00:48.62]Then up there spoke a bonny boy [00:51.83]Sitting at the king's right knee [00:54.90]Sir Patrick Spens is the very best seaman [00:57.87]That ever sailed upon the sea [01:01.09]The king has written a broad letter [01:04.02]And sealed it up with his own right hand [01:07.03]Sending word unto sir Patrick to come to him at his command [01:19.04]An enemy then this must be who told the lie concerning me [01:25.17]For I was never a very good seaman nor ever do intend to be [01:42.95]Last night I saw the new moon clear with the old moon in her hair [01:49.19]And that is a sign since we were born [01:52.13]That means there'll be a deadly storm [01:55.54]They had not sailed upon the deep a day a day but barely free [02:01.43]When loud and boisterous blew the winds [02:04.50]And loud and noisy blew the sea [02:30.55]Then up there came a mermaiden a comb and glass all in her hand [02:37.03]Here's to you my merry young men [02:39.95]For you'll not see dry land again [02:48.96]A long may my lady loop with a lantern in her hand [02:55.27]Before she sees my bonny ship come sailing homeward to dry land [03:01.56]Forty miles off Aberdeen the waters fifty fathoms deep [03:07.71]There lies good sir Patrick Spens with the Scots lords at his feet