1. BARON'S HEIR

(Traditional)

O gin I were a baron's heir
And I could braid gems in my hair.
I'd be as braw as ye are fair
Oh, laddie would you love me
And I would take you to the toun
And show you braw sights, manys a wan
I would wear a silken gown
Oh, laddie would you love me

O should you be content I'll prove
in lowly life unfading love
A heart that none on earth can move
Oh, laddie would you love me
And ere the laverock wings the sky
Would you unto the forest hie
And live with me until we die
Oh, laddie would you love me

And when the braw moon glistens o'er
Our lonesome bield and heathery mair
Will you no greet that we're so poor
Oh laddie for I love thee
For I have nought to offer thee
No gold from mine
nor pearl from sea
Nor do I come fae high degree
Oh, laddie how I love thee

Ah would you come and marry me
Oh, laddie would you love me

2.MUDDY WATER

Written by Boo Hewerdine

Don't know what I'm gonna do
Everything is broken in two
I miss my man, my son and my daughter
I can see them now in the muddy water
Never underestimate
Those of us who dream and wait
I don't wanna go, but I think I outta
You can get lost in the muddy water.

Who said anything about love
We're animals after all
And everything we feel can be explained
Who said anything about time
It's not yours and it's not mine
Just different ways of getting through the day.

Did not do what I should
I nearly lost it good
But the CCTV camera never caught us
All that time in the muddy water

Who said anything about love...

Don't know what am gonna do
Everything is broken in two
I miss my man, my son and my daughter.
I can see them now in the muddy water.
Gonna leave you here in the muddy water
Gonna leave you here in the muddy water.

3.MARY AND THE GALLANT SOLDIER

Traditional

Come all ye lads of high reknown
That will hear of a fair young maiden
For she went oot of a summers day
To view the soldiers parading
And they marched so bold and they looked so gay
Their colours a flying and the band did play
It caused young Mary for to say:
"I'll wed you me gallant soldier"

Mary viewed the soldiers there
As they stood at there leisure
And Mary to herself did say:
"At last I've found me treasure
But oh how cruel me parents must be
To banish me darling so far from me
I'll leave them all and I'll go with thee
Me bold undaunted soldier."

"Oh Mary dear your parents love
I pray don't be unruly
For when you're in a foreign land
Believe me you'll rue it surely
Perhaps in battle I might fall
From a shot from an angry cannon ball
And you so far from your daddy's hall
Be advised by your gallant soldier."

"I have 50 guineas in bright gold
Likewise a heart that's bolder
But I'll leave them all
And I'll go with you
Me bold undaunted soldier
So don't say no and let me go
And I will face the daring foe
We'll march together to and fro
And I'll wed you me gallant soldier."

And when he saw her loyalty
And Mary's so true hearted
He said: "Me darling married we'll be
And nothing but death will part us

And when we're in a foreign land
I'll guard you darling with my right hand
I'm hopes that God will stand a friend
To Mary and her gallant soldier."

4.AYE WAUKIN-O

Robert Burns

Summer's a pleasant time
Flowers of every colour
The water runs o'er the heugh
And I long for my true lover
Aye waukin-O
Waukin still and weary
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking of my dearie
Ay waukin, O

When I sleep I dream
When I wake I'm eerie
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking of my dearie
Aye waukin-O ...

Lonely night comes on
A' the lave are sleepin'
I think on my bonnie lad
And blur my eyes wi' weepin'
Aye waukin-O...

5.PRISONS

Written by John Douglas

Decisions grow into visions
End up in prisons
Little decisions.
I've gotta find me a preacher man
I've gotta make decisions
Maybe he'll show me a vision of the day he was risen
And I'll rise right out of this prison

Maybe he'll decide
Let the Devil ride
It's his decision
And the way I'm livin'
I know I've been sinnin'
So bring on a vision of the day he was risen
Can I rise right out of this prison?
Consider me delinquently ?
Well in better times
With less on my mind

A vision of the day I was risen
When I tell myself I'm forgiven
I will rise right out of this prison
In better times
With less on my mind

6. THE SHEPHERD'S SONG

Lyrics by Eddi Reader and John Douglas

Snow, a blanket of snow
Has fallen and I'm calling
For my little lost ones
Only in my arms you'll stay
Far from harm's way

Hold each other tight
You'll be alright
I was once a lost one
Out abandoned in the snow
But now I know

Near, I will appear
Beside you when you're falling
Oh my little lost ones
And in my loving arms you'll stay
Far from harm's way

And in my loving arms you'll stay
Far from harm's way

8.YE BANKS AND BRAES O BONNIE DOON

Robert Burns

Ye banks and braes of bonnie Doon
How can ye bloom so fresh and fair?
How can ye chant ye little birds
While I sae weary, fu' o' care?
Oh ye'll break my heart, ye warbling birds
That wanton o'er the flowerin' thorn
Ye mind me o' departed joys
Departed never to return
Oft hae I been by bonnie Doon,
To see the rose and woodbine twine
And ilka bird sang o' all its joy
And fondly so did I wi mine
Wi' lithesome heart I pulled a rose
Full sweet upon its flowerin' tree
And my false lover stole my rose
But ah! he left the thorn wi' me

7. SHOULD I PRAY?

Written by John Douglas

Should I pray?
Is it safe?
Put my faith in rewards
Somewhere a lifetime away?

Lose all of my friends to these prayers?
Lose the rest of my life to these prayers?
It don't look safe
To have faith

Am I talking to myself in these prayers?
Or will it lead me somewhere in death?
It don't look safe
To have faith

Should I pray? Is it safe?
Lose a life, lose a love
lose it all my friend.

9.THE AFTON

Written by Johnny Dillon

The dam on our doorstep
Frozen over, undiscovered,
Covered natures sculptures fine,
And the man-made beauty shines,
For the first time in life,
I behold the Afton's might,
And the waterworks don't blight
Nor the railings mar this sight
To see the joy in the mundane
Feel the life force in the plain
Is that not the why you came?
Still you're leaving...

To the Afton
Still you're leaving...

Still you're leaving, all the same

For the first time in life
I behold the Afton's might
And the waterworks don't blight
Nor the railings mar this sight
To see the joy in the mundane
Feel the life force in the plain
Is that not the why you came?
Still you're leaving...

To the Afton
Still you're leaving...

Still you're leaving
All the same

10. LEEZIE LINDSAY

Chorus written by Robert Burns
Verses written by Eddi Reader and Boo Hewerdine

Oh the lights in this city are like diamonds
The street lamps, the signs and the cars
Though it's bright in the city what are diamonds?
When they're turning out all of our stars
chorus
Wid ye gang tae the Hielands Leezie Lindsay
Wid ye gang tae the Hielands wi' me
Wid ye gang tae the Hielands Leezie Lindsay
My pride and my darling to be

It's so loud in this town Leezie Lindsay
The worry and the working and the noise
Now we cannae hear the birds when they're singing
And the river is losing it's voice
chorus

When you are by me Leezie Lindsay
I'm not afraid to be alone
We can live anywhere that we chose to
When I'm with you I know that I'm home
chorus

11. SAFE AS HOUSES

Written by Eddi Reader and Boo Hewerdine

One victory they burned down
And sometimes its hard
To take you kite shopping
In Neil's yard

That was then and I don't know how
But I was caught in the middle
And It doesn't matter now
Wherever you are
Let me know that you're safe
Safe as houses

On our bus ride, it struck me
We're not apart
But stuck together
With hands of kindness and your good, good heart

That was then.

You told me, you would be, the one who'd
Watch over me

That was then
And I don't now how
But I was caught in the middle
It doesn't matter now
Wherever you are
Let me know that you're safe
Safe as houses

12.GALILEO (Someone Like You)

Written by Declan O'Rourke

Ê

Galileo fell in love
As a Galilean boy
And he wondered what in heavens
Who'd invented such a joy.
but the question got the better
Of his scientific mind
And to his blind and dying day
He'd look up high and often sigh and sometimes cry

Who puts the rainbows in the sky?
Who lights the stars at night?
Who dreamt up someone so divine
Someone like you who made them mine?

Love can make you ask some funny questions now and then
But just remember the alternative
For I remember when

I was lonely and unhappy
And my lips were cold as ice
Still you kissed me
And good heavens
Now I'm here in paradise
So if ever I'm not kissing you or
Looking in your eyes
I won't be blind
And I won't cry
I'll look up high and gladly sigh and thank the guy
Who put the rainbows in the sky.

13. PEACETIME

Written by Boo Hewerdine

Ê

In peacetime
When church bells ring
They scatter birds
Through hopeful skies
In summer fields
A straw-headed boy
With so much to find
In peacetime

And in peacetime
When fires burn
Gunpowder stars
Fill the eyes
Our shadows dance
To flames wild song
And the dark is kind
In peacetime

And in peacetime
When lovers part
There is no fear
In their goodbyes
Tomorrow's kiss
Each sour joy
Is on their minds
In peacetime

And in peacetime
When flowers bloom
They herald spring
As winter flies
No hearts undone
No mother's ache
For those left behind
In peacetime, in peacetime

No hearts undone, no mother's ache
For those left behind
In peacetime

THE CALTON WEAVER or NANCY WHISKY (bonus track)

Traditional

I'm a weaver
A Calton weaver
I'm a rash and a roving blade
I've got silver in my pooches
I'll gang and I'll follow the roving trade
chorus
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
Whisky, whisky, Nancy -o

As I come in by Glesga city
Nancy Whisky I chanced to smell
I ga'd in and sat doon aside her
Seven lang years I loved her well

The mair I kissed her
The mair I loved her
The mair I loved her
The mair she smiled
Till I forgot my mither's teaching
Nancy soon had me beguiled
So I'll gang back to the Calton weavin'
Surely I'll make them shuttles fly
I'll make mair fae the Calton weavin'
Than ever I did in roaving way