by Seth Lakeman on album Solomon Browne

At fair Mount's Bay, on that Christmas week Was such a raging storm, no man could speak That lifeboat thundered through an angry sea Was called Solomon Browne and her company With courage, it was cal

by Seth Lakeman on album Solomon Browne

by Seth Lakeman on album Folk Awards 2009

At fair Mount's Bay, on that Christmas week Was such a raging storm, no man could speak That lifeboat thundered through an angry sea Was called Solomon Browne and her company With courage, it was

by Seth Lakeman on album Poor Man's Heaven

by Seth Lakeman on album Poor Man's Heaven

by Seth Lakeman on album Poor Man's Heaven

by Seth Lakeman on album Solomon Browne

We left our sweethearts and our wives Along the pier "Cheer up", they said "You'll soon return in half the year" So we sailed up north To reach the ice We took full sail Each boat was manned with guns

by Seth Lakeman on album Solomon Browne

A year at sea, your letter came To shatter all my plans You set me free, changed your name I stretch out these cold hands On board ship the rumours ride And no-one meets my eye I've thrown your ring

by Seth Lakeman on album Solomon Browne

Out of the moonlight in the month of May, This ship would take her last breath. Her full mast it was draping, Like a mermaid she was dressed. Her lonely heart is setting free, All her cares they went

by Seth Lakeman on album Introducing... Seth Lakeman, Vol. 2

by Seth Lakeman on album Seth Lakeman: Live

by Seth Lakeman on album Introducing... Seth Lakeman, Vol. 2

by Seth Lakeman on album Seth Lakeman: Live

by Seth Lakeman on album Introducing... Seth Lakeman, Vol. 1

Out of the moonlight in the month of May, This ship would take her last breath. Her full mast it was draping, Like a mermaid she was dressed. Her lonely heart is setting free, All her cares they went

by Seth Lakeman on album Poor Man's Heaven

High waves she cut them up in two The storm's eye we could see With her tattered sails shaking in the gale A terror for a sight was she Cutting through the clouds the moon swept the deck Her woo

by Seth Lakeman on album Tales from the Barrel House

My fire extinct My forge decayed By the side of my bench My old vice is laid My anvil and hammer Lie gathering dust My powerful bellows Have lost their thrust Chorus: Hearts now cased in st

by Seth Lakeman on album Hearts And Minds

Rise Up from the sinking land Feel the weight of the governments hand Rotas, Quotas, laws and rules Suited men from the public schools Shouted at us to down our tool Dont give a damn about w

by Seth Lakeman on album Tales from the Barrel House

The old man took one final sip, then lay a drinker’s dream From dusty vaults to autumn sun in ripe and rolling green Spangled bronze and coral red, all crown a pungent sky His harvest bleeds from

by Seth Lakeman on album Tales from the Barrel House

A breaker’s life is solid, ’til the fire burns away Every day is danger’s way of sharpening up the blade Old tunnels play those tricks on you Heed no hopeless tale Keep your hand upon the ha

by Seth Lakeman on album Tales from the Barrel House

Well, the ropes are all tangled and tied The throb of red diesel it whines Past the still snoring town We elbow around For many’s the nights we will claim To drain all the salt from our veins