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this webpage is a work in progress... we hope to have all lyrics for Gordon Bok songs and songs on the Timberhead Music albums up soon...
Please note: we have seen these lyrics reproduced on other lyric websites erroneously giving Gordon credit for songs he recorded but did not compose. We correctly credit other artists here and hope that you will take careful note of the true authors of these works.

"My lyrics often diverge from the original; I have reprinted the original lyrics whenever possible."     ~   Gordon

           Print out lyrics and liner notes for full albums or for individual songs for your personal use, such as to go along with your digital downloads of songs and albums. Please remember, this is all copyrighted material. Please contact us for written permission to record, reproduce, or publish these songs.
note: lyrics and liner notes for individual songs are usually one or two pages long; lyrics and liner notes for the full albums may be as many as twenty pages long.

                            Timberhead Albums                                                                          Individual Songs A to Z

	Windcalling   2023 House Blessing Jane Barnes / The Shores of Oregon Jim Jones Kaidhu Baba Tom Gunnell Wind Going East Mary Lyons's Solstice Poem The Goodnight-Loving Trail Old Man's Song Solid Fast Hearth and Fire Counting Quarters Apples In The Basket Young Mathyland Prayer Windcalling Gordon Bok and Bob Zentz - Together Again for the First Time   2017 DISC 1: Picker and a Grinner Judge Proctor's Windmill All Around My Hat/Red-Haired Mary/Irish Washerwoman I Want My Son to be a Country Boy Wrinkle in Time Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's River of Time Mister Brown Ivor the Driver I Held a Lady Hills of Dover Modest and Bright Eileen O'Farrell Old Zeb In My Time Garden Song My Favorite Song Meeting of the Waters/No Awa to Bide Awa The Scotsman Bob DISC 2: Mirrors and Changes (Some Trust in)Chariots The Road and the Miles to Dundee Song For Gale All the Good People Loch Rannoch/Loch Duich/Scarborough Settler's Lament Harbour Le Cou Turning Toward the Morning Long Gone Jones Joshua Gone Barbados Guadeloupe Dance Sweet Song From Yesterday Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life Daddy Don't You Tell No Lies Then and Now   2016 Johnny Todd A Blues for Sergei I'm a Rambler, I'm a Gambler Herring Croon Grieve's Handy The Old Bard Song Coshieville Tehuacan (Lamento y Danza) I'se the B'y Fifteen Ships on Georges Bank The Ballad of Billy's Man Kuulan Polska # 1 The Sands of Dee Acalento Rosin the Beau Bay of Fundy Bolivius Along the Famine Road Weevily Wheat/Wheat in the Ear A Blues for Sergei Because You Asked   2012 Loni Isle au Haut Lullabye Broken Down Squatter My Images Come Willem Changing Times Easy and Slow Go East Jock Stewart Old Fat Boat A Song For Angela Turning Toward the Morning Luz de la Luna If I Was a Dog Walter's Garden Jenny in the Roadstead Other Eyes   2010 Bold Reynolds The Bird Rock The Seals Captive Water The Beaches of Lukannon Sarabande's Story Gulls in the Morning The Maiden Hind Spell to Bring Lost Creatures Home The Net Herring Croon - The Last Verse Ocean Station Bravo The Brandy Tree The Shepherd's Call Sherry's Song In Concert   2006 Queer Bungo Rye Last Shift at the Crowns Patrick Spencer Plastic Container of Plonk Where the Cane Fires Burn Canso Straight The Angelus Inheritance Hark Now Let The Lower Lights Be Burning Wrecker's Prayer Collage: Pretty Oystershell Road Culebra Do Something Hie Awa Apples in the Basket   2005 Apples in the Basket The Recruited Collier Los Tres Panuelitos The Maiden in Bird's Plumage A Shearer's Lament/Waiting For the Rain Joropos The Black Furrow The Old Figurehead Carver Heading For Home Mussels in the Corner Bay St. Mary/In the Cove Tie Her Up Stone on Stone The Hills of Isle au Haut Herrings In the Bay   2003 Herring Croon Little River Astoria Bar The Boats of Peter's River O Vento El Pescador Jack Hinks Oh, No More Hush Song Candlelight Fisherman Help Me To Raise 'Em Round Our Skiff Cannery Shed Trochus Boats Where is the Light/Memory for Seal Island One More Morning Dear To Our Island   2001 Sail, O Believer Sandwood Down to Kyle Driveway Reel & Thanxty Al Stanley Bachelor's Song Connemara Cradle Song Now I'm Easy Moran's Return Sufferin' Hatu Khara Ols'n Poor Angus Jock O'Hazeldean Los Viejitos Long Life to the Moon Small Island Oh I am Calling A Phiuthrag's A Phiuthar Bless Ye Fair Maids Against The Moon In The Kind Land   1999 Faraway Tom Bright Fine Gold The Last Battle The Stable Lad Vidala la Comparsita River Drive The Kind Land Ledge-End of the Fiddler Chall Eilibh Jim Clancy Jones The Bressay Lullaby Mourning Dove Going On Lament for Owen Christy/Under the Wind Gatherings   1998 Llegada Swell Me Net Full Matachines Fiddler Dance the Light Strathspey/Kirsteen Weldon The Parting Glass El Parrandero The Gift Morag/Carmina Gadelica Como Llora una Estrella Stormy Weather To Cyrano Bailando Sabaki Southern Cross Gordon's Farewell Neighbors   1996 Gordon Bok and Cindy Kallet Rantin' Laddie Geordie Homeward Bound Danze Della Valle Borbera/Danze di Baolino Right Said Fred October Song Janko (Yanka) Blood on the Sails Farewell to Nova Scotia King Jim/Thankxty Al Stanley Frolic (for Guitar and Small Elephant) High Barbary Peace on Earth Sergei's Yupanqui Tune One for Winter/Colrain Padstowe Chantey Schooners   1992 Wiscasset Schooners Harp Song of the Dane Women Jericho Spirit Song of George's Bank The Liza Jane Boat of Silver Schooner Ellenmore Crossing the Water All My Sailors The Death Ship Schooner Fred Dunbar & Capt. Dave's Delight Another Bay Sailor's Carol Sailor's Consolation Karl Edstrom and the Hesper Song for the Bowdoin Dear Old Vessels Harbors of Home   1998 Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, & Ed Trickett Great Valley's Harvest From the Lambing to the Wool Napoleaon Crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel/Flight of the Haggis We Built This Old Ship Pigs Can See the Wind The Outside Track Gaelic Farmer/Lady's Triumph Farthest Field Velveteen Love Song Old Man's Song Harbors of Home Rowan Davies Dancing at Whitsun Wiscasset Schooners Turning of the Year Language of the Heart   1994 Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, & Ed Trickett Blue Mountain Stephen Foster Madrecita Language of the Heart Marco Polo Ballinderry The Can Do Brannvislat Huck Finn Merlin's Waltz Laird O Drum Tak a Dram That Quiet Place Cuckoo/Spotted Pony Good Wish Folk Legacy Albums And So Will We Yet   1990 And So Will We Yet I Saw Her As She Came and Went Wild Birds Naskeag Harbor Tails and Trotters Here's To You Rounders The Loss of The Bay Rupert Past Caring Piper's Refrain In Your Eyes John Barleycorn The Bergen Ganglat Fran Mockfjord Lock-Keeper Soon May The Wellerman Come The Bird Rock Return to The Land   1990 This Old Mandolin Return to The Land Get Her into Shore These Dry Stone Walls The Fiddler of Dooney Lament for Limerick Bare-Legged Kate The Wreck of the Green Cove A Little Road and A Stone To Roll The Arbutus The Swag and The Shiner Song of The Wheelhouse Door I Held A Lady O Mar (The Ocean) Sally Culebra Pearly (Little Red) Ensemble   1988 Old Zeb Mo Nighean Donn Re Gilardin Vasija De Barro/Para Pelusa Banks of Newfoundland The Brean Lament Song for The Mira Love Lie Beside Me/Morgan Megan Easy Flowing River Weary of The Darning Tatati Little Fishy Kol Slaven Nash Minneapolis Concert   1987 The Gin and Raspberry Little Dan Penobscot Memory The Rolling of the Stones Bothwell Castle Waltzing with Bears Changing Times Melora's Song Belfast Hornpipe The Seawife What You Do With What You Got Julian of Norwich Fashioned in The Clay   1985 Fashioned in The Clay John Carrion Crow/Barbagal Barley Rising Johnny Stewart, Drover Tree of Life Carolan's Concerto Yarrow Night Rider's Lament/Evening Waltz John of Dreams A Rogue's Gallery of Songs for 12-String   1983 McKeon's Coming I'm A Rambler, I'm A Gambler Thumpy Duncan and Brady Belamena Marina/Bimbo De Colonello On the Wallaby Old Fat Boat Ramble Away A Most Unpleasant Way, Sir Mist Covered Mountains/Bonnie Galway Blackbird St. Thomas Woodworker's Litany All Shall Be Well Again   1983 Julian of Norwich My Images Come Farewell to The Gold Matinicus Rory Dall Boat of Silver Living on The River Archie/Namagati/Odivair Jennifer Gentle Sailor's Prayer St. Thomas Fear a Bhata Jeremy Brown and Jeannie Teal   1981 Bay Saint Mary Jeremy Brown and Jeannie Teal Herring Croon All My Friends Camping in The Bend Modest and Bright Eileen O'Farrel The Schooner Ellen Munn Harvest Home/Gordon's Fancy Hook or Rionn Ohee A Water Over Stone   1980 Dark Old Waters Hush Ye, My Bairnie/Buckeye Jim Aragon Mill North-South Handy (Eskimo Dance)/Sweet Richard A Water Over Stone Go and Dig My Grave Andy's Gone For Cattle Run, Come See Jerusalem Scarborough Settler's Lament Lament for Owen Christy Hearth and Fire The Ways of Man   1978 The Golden Vanity Wee Dark Engine Room I Knew This Place The Castle of Dromore Reedy River The Ways of Man The Final Trawl Since We Parted Dancing at Whitsun Gentle Maiden/Planxty Irwin No Man's Land Turning Toward the Morning   1975 Three Score and Ten I Drew My Ship St. Anne's Reel/Over The Waterfall The Wind That Shakes The Barley Isle Au Haut Lullaby (Hay Ledge Song) How Can I Keep From Singing The Horn of the Hunter The Cocky at Bungaree Slow Dance from Machu Picchu Gentle Annie Sunday Morning Turning Toward The Morning Bay of Fundy   1975 Western Boat Little River Snow Gull (The Seagull of the Land-Under-Waves) Queer Bungo Rye Fifteen Ships on George's Bank Mister I don't Mind Bay of Fundy Come by The Hills Kirsteen/Christian Dublin City The Texas Song Broken Down Squatter Freedom on The Wallaby Seal Djiril's Hymn   1972 The Telling of O-E Dalley O-E Dalley (The Song) Go Thou, Long-Legs An Diran Than Soulder Hadjanek: The Snow That Comes Seal Djiril's Hymn Dillan Bay La Brigantine Bheir Me O The Banks of The Reedy Lagoon Paloma Hatu Khara Ols'n The Brandy Tree Turn Ye To Me Peter Kagan and The Wind   1971 Mr. Eneos Hang On, John Mrs. Mcdonald's Lament Cape Ann Gulls In The Morning Frankie On The Sheepscot Clear Away in The Morning Threeboot Philbrick's Lament Ed McDermoott's Handy Peter Kagan and The Wind A Tune For November   1970 The Hills Of Isle Au Haut Duna Handsome Cabin Boy Song By Yupanqui Travelling People Liverpool Handy Saben, The Woodfitter Lou's Handy Where Am I To Go? Lowlands Queensland Overlanders Sier Lapalang Tune for Bannard A Tune For November	A Phiuthrag's A Phiuthar Acalento Against The Moon All My Friends All My Sailors Along the Famine Road A Little Road and A Stone To Roll A Most Unpleasant Way, Sir Apples in the Basket Another Bay Aragon Mill Archie/Namagati/Odivair Andy's Gone For Cattle And So Will We Yet An Diran Than Soulder Angelus, The Apples in the Basket Arbutus, The Astoria Bar A Song For Angela A Shearer's Lament/Waiting For the Rain A Tune For November A Water Over Stone Bachelor's Song Ballad of Billy's Man, The Ballinderry Banks of Newfoundland Bare-Legged Kate Barley Rising Bay of Fundy Bay St. Mary/In the Cove Beaches of Lukannon, The Belamena Belfast Hornpipe Bheir Me O Bird Rock, The Black Furrow, The Blackbird Bless Ye Fair Maids Blood on the Sails Blue Mountain Boat of Silver Bold Reynolds Bothwell Castle Brandy Tree, The Brean Lament Bressay Lullaby, The Bright Fine Gold Broken Down Squatter Camping in The Bend Can Do, The Candlelight Fisherman Cannery Shed (Stella) Canso Strait Cape Ann Captive Water Carmina Gadelica Carolan's Concerto Carrion Crow/Barbagal Chall Eilibh Changing Times Clear Away in The Morning Collage: Pretty Come by The Hills Connemara Cradle Song Coshieville Crossing the Water Culebra Candlelight Fisherman Dear Old Vessels Death Ship, The Dillan Bay Djiril's Hymn Do Something Donkey Engine Dublin City Duna Duncan and Brady Easy and Slow Easy Flowing River Ed McDermoott's Handy Faraway Tom Farewell to Nova Scotia Farewell to The Gold Farthest Field Fashioned in The Clay Fear a Bhata Fiddler Dance the Light Strathspey/Kirsteen Fifteen Ship's on George's Bank Frankie On The Sheepscot From the Lambing to the Wool Ganglat Fran Mockfjord Gentle Annie Gentle Maiden/Planxty Irwin Geordie Get Her into Shore Gift, The Go and Dig My Grave Go East Going On Good Wish Go Thou, Long-Legs Great Valley's Harvest Gulls In The Morning Hadjanek: The Snow That Comes Handsome Cabin Boy Hang On, John Harbors of Home Hark Now Harp Song of the Dane Women Harvest Home Harvest Home/Gordon's Fancy Hatu Khara Ols'n Heading For Home Hearth and Fire Help Me To Raise 'Em Here's To You Rounders Herring Croon Herring Croon - The Last Verse Hie Awa High Barbary Hills of Isle au Haut, The Ho Ro, The Wind and Snow Homeward Bound Hook or Rionn Ohee House Blessing How Can I Keep From Singing Huck Finn Hush Song Hush Ye, My Bainie/Buckeye Jim I Drew My Ship I Held A lady I Knew This Place I Saw Her As She Came and Went If I Was a Dog I'm a Rambler, I'm a Gambler Inheritance In Your Eyes Isle Au Haut Lullaby (Hay Ledge Song) Jack Hinks Janko (Yanka) Jennifer Gentle Jenny in the Roadstead Jeremy Brown and Jeannie Teal Jericho Jim Clancy Jock O'Hazeldean Jock Stewart John John Barleycorn John of Dreams Johnny Stewart, Drover Johnny Todd Jones Julian of Norwich Karl Edstrom and the Hesper Kind Land, The Kirsteen/Christian Kol Slaven Nash La Brigantine Laird O Drum Lament for Limerick Lament for Owen Christy Language of the Heart Last Battle, The Last Shift at the Crowns Ledge-End of the Fiddler, The Let The Lower Lights Be Burning Little Dan Little Fishy Little River Liverpool Handy/I'ze the B'y Living on The River Liza Jane, The Lock-Keeper Long Life to the Moon Loni Los Tres Panuelitos Lou's Handy Love Lie Beside Me/Morgan Megan Lowlands Luz de la Luna Maiden Hind, The Maiden in Bird's Plumage, The Marco Polo Marina/Bimbo De Colonello Matinicus McKeon's Coming Melora's Song Merlin's Waltz Mist Covered Mountains/Bonnie Galway Mister I don't Mind Mo Nighean Donn Modest and Bright Eileen O'Farrell Morag/Carmina Gadelica Mourning Dove Mr. Eneos Mrs. Mcdonald's Lament Mussels in the Corner My Images Come Net, The Night Rider's Lament/Evening Waltz No Man's Land North-South Handy (Eskimo Dance)/Sweet Richard Now I'm Easy O Mar (The Ocean) O Vento Ocean Station Bravo October Song O-E Dalley (The Song) Oh I am Calling Oh, No More Old Fat Boat Old Figurehead Carver, The Old Man's Song Old Zeb On the Wallaby One for Winter/Colrain One More Morning Outside Track, The Oystershell Road Padstowe Chantey Paloma Parting Glass, The Past Caring Patrick Spencer Peace on Earth Pearly (Little Red) Penobscot Memory Peter Kagan and the Wind Phiuthrag's A Phiuthar, A Pigs Can See the Wind Piper's Refrain Planxty Fanny Power (Instrumental) Plastic Container of Plonk Play of the Lady Odivere Poor Angus Queensland Overlanders Queer Bungo Rye Ramble Away Rantin' Laddie Recruited Collier, The Reedy River Re Gilardin Return to The Land Right Said Fred River Drive Rory Dall Rosin the Beau Round Our Skiff Run, Come See Jerusalem Saben the Woodfitter Sail, O Believer Sailor's Carol Sailor's Consolation Sailor's Prayer Sally Sands of Dee, The Sandwood Down to Kyle Sarabande's Story Scarborough Settler's Lament Schooner Ellenmore, The Schooner Fred Dunbar Sea Wife, The Seal Djiril's Hymn Seals, The Shepherd's Call, The Sherry's Song Sier Lapalang Since We Parted Slow Dance from Machu Picchu Small Island Snow Gull (The Seagull of the Land-Under-Waves) Song By Yupanqui Song for the Bowdoin Song for The Mira Song of The Wheelhouse Door Soon May The Wellerman Come Southern Cross Spell to Bring Lost Creatures Home Spirit Song of George's Bank St. Anne's Reel/Over The Waterfall St. Thomas Stable Lad, The Stephen Foster Stone on Stone Stormy Weather Sufferin' Sunday Morning Swell Me Net Full Tails and Trotters Tak a Dram Tatati That Quiet Place The Angelus The Arbutus The Banks of The Reedy Lagoon The Bergen The Bird Rock The Boats of Peter's River, The The Brandy Tree The Brean Lament The Castle of Dromore The Cocky at Bungaree The Fiddler of Dooney The Final Trawl The Gin and Raspberry The Golden Vanity The Hills Of Isle Au Haut The Horn of the Hunter The Loss of The Bay Rupert The Net The Old Bard Song The Rolling of the Stones The Schooner Ellen Munn The Seals The Seawife The Swag and The Shiner The Telling of O-E Dalley The Texas Song The Ways of Man The Wind That Shakes The Barley The Wreck of the Green Cove These Dry Stone Walls This Old Mandolin Three Score and Ten Threeboot Philbrick's Lament Thumpy Tie Her Up To Cyrano Travelling People Tree of Life Trochus Boats Tune for Bannard Tune for November, A Turn Ye To Me Turning of the Year Turning Toward the Morning Under the Wind Vasija De Barro/Para Pelusa Velveteen Love Song Walter's Garden Waltzing with Bears Water Over Stone, A Ways of Man, The We Built This Old Ship Weary of The Darning Wee Dark Engine Room Weevily Wheat/Wheat In the Ear Weldon Western Boat What You Do With What You Got Where Am I To Go? Where the Cane Fires Burn Wild Birds Willem Windcalling Blessing/Chant Wiscasset Schooners Woodworker's Litany Wrecker's Prayer Yarrow

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