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Come All Ye Tab

by Fairport Convention


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*from 'Liege & Lief' (1969)*


Intro:



Verse 1:

                             
Come all ye rolling minstrels,
                    
And to-gether we will try.
                         
To rouse the spirit of the earth,
                   
And move the rolling sky.

Verse 2:

                               
 Those that dance, will start to dance,
                        
And those who don't, will stay.
                        
In time to list our merry tune,
                      
That we play for you to-day.

Chorus 1:

        
So come all ye rolling minstrels,
                     
And together we will try.
                         
To rouse the spirit of the earth.
                   
And move the rolling sky.

Interlude:



Verse 3:

                            
Our fiddler, he just loves to play,
                         
And that's why he plays so good.
                     
And now he plays a vio-lin,
                
Made out of solid wood.

Chorus 2:

        
So come all ye rolling minstrels,
                     
And together we will try.
                         
To rouse the spirit of the earth.
                   
And move the rolling sky.

Interlude:



Verse 4:

                      
Pos-sessor of the magic touch,
               
And no ma-gician he.
                           
Will play for you some magic notes,
                    
In-stead, as you will see.

Chorus 3:

        
So come all ye rolling minstrels,
                     
And together we will try.
                         
To rouse the spirit of the earth.
                   
And move the rolling sky.

Interlude:



Verse 5:

                       
 Sound of beating on the drum,
                    
 Song be-hind, you'll hear.
                       
And to the rhythm of gui-tar,
                     
We hope you'll lend an ear.

Chorus 4:

        
So come all ye rolling minstrels,
                     
And together we will try.
                         
To rouse the spirit of the earth.
                   
And move the rolling sky.

Interlude:



Verse 6:

                                     
Well, the man who plays the bass, does make,
                       
Those low notes that you hear.
                                   
And the high notes come from you and me,
                  
For we will sing so clear.

Chorus 5:

        
So come all ye rolling minstrels,
                     
And together we will try.
                         
To rouse the spirit of the earth.
                   
And move the rolling sky.

Outro:




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