John Riley Lyrics

The song John Riley is performed by The Byrds in the album named Boxed Set in the year 1990 .



(B. Gibson and R. Neff)
Fair young maid all in her garden
Strange young man came riding by
Saying fair young maid will you marry me
And this then sir was her reply
Oh, no kind sir I cannot marry thee
For I've a love who sails the deep salt sea
Though he's been gone these seven years
Still no man shall marry me
What if he's died all in some battle slain
Or if he's drownded in the deep salt sea
What if he's found some another love
He and his new love both married be
If he's found some other love
He and his new love both married be
I wish them health and happiness
Where they now live all across the sea
He picked her up all in his arms
And kisses gave her one two and three
Saying weep no more my own true love
I am your long lost John Riley
Saying weep no more my own true love
For I'm your long lost John Riley
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The Byrds - Boxed Set

Oct 1990

  1. Mr. Tambourine Man
  2. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
  3. Chimes Of Freedom
  4. She Has A Way
  5. All I Really Want To Do
  6. Spanish Harlem Incident
  7. The Bells Of Rhymney
  8. It'S All Over Now, Baby Blue
  9. She Don't Care About Time
  10. Turn! Turn! Turn!
  11. It Won't Be Wrong
  12. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
  13. He Was A Friend Of Mine
  14. The World Turns All Around Her
  15. The Day Walk (Never Before)
  16. The Times They Are A-Changin'
  17. 5 D (Fifth Dimension) (Single Version)
  18. I Know My Rider
  19. Eight Miles High
  20. Why
  21. Psychodrama City
  22. I See You
  23. Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)
  24. Mr. Spaceman
  25. John Riley
  26. Roll Over Beethoven
  27. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star (Single Version)
  28. Have You Seen Her Face
  29. My Back Pages
  30. Time Between
  31. It Happens Each Day
  32. Renaissance Fair
  33. Everybody's Been Burned
  34. The Girl With No Name
  35. Triad
  36. Lady Friend (Single Version)
  37. Old John Robertson
  38. Goin' Back (Single Version)
  39. Draft Morning
  40. Wasn't Born To Follow
  41. Dolphin's Smile
  42. Reputation
  43. You Ain't Going Nowhere
  44. The Christian Life
  45. I Am A Pilgrim
  46. Pretty Boy Floyd
  47. You Don't Miss Your Water
  48. Hickory Wind
  49. Nothing Was Delivered
  50. One Hundred Years From Now
  51. Pretty Polly
  52. Lazy Days
  53. This Wheel's On Fire
  54. Nashville West
  55. Old Blue
  56. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
  57. Bad Night At The Whiskey
  58. Lay Lady Lay
  59. Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood
  60. Ballad Of Easy Rider (From the Columbia Motion Picture "Easy Rider")
  61. Oil In My Lamp
  62. Jesus Is Just Alright
  63. Way Beyond The Sun
  64. Tulsa County
  65. Deportee
  66. Lover Of The Bayou
  67. Willin'
  68. Black Mountain Rag (Soldier's Joy)
  69. Positively 4th Street
  70. Chestnut Mare
  71. Just A Season
  72. Kathleen's Song
  73. Truck Stop Girl
  74. Just Like A Woman
  75. Stanley's Song
  76. Glory, Glory
  77. I Trust
  78. I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician
  79. Green Apple Quick Step
  80. Tiffany Queen
  81. Bugler
  82. Lazy Waters
  83. Farther Along
  84. White's Lightning Pt. 1
  85. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
  86. Mr. Tambourine Man
  87. He Was A Friend Of Mine
  88. Paths Of Victory
  89. From A Distance
  90. Love That Never Dies

John Riley