I'm My Own Grandpa (Moe Jaffe, Dwight Latham -- 1947) Now many many years ago when I was twenty-three I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be This wi...

I'M NOT SAYING (Gordon Lightfoot) I'm not saying that I love you I'm not saying that I'll care if you love me I'm not saying that I'll care I'm not saying I'll...

I'M ON MY WAY TO CANADA tune: Oh, Susannah I'm on way to Canada, That cold and dreary land; The sad effects of slavery, I can no longer stand I've served my ma...

I'm Only on a Journey Here (Edna Loughlin and Harry West) Though others plan a future here, I know there's none for me l'm planning on a mansion bright When fr...

I'M TOO OLD TO BE A SCA (T-Bone Slim [Valentine Huhta]) Goodbye, master, I must leave you, Something tells me I must go, For you know I can't deceive you, Goin...

There lived, as I've heard say Down by a running water, An old man and his wife Who had a charming daughter One night Kate said to John "I've had a troubled fa...

To code the impossible code To bring up a virgin machine To pop out of endless recursion To grok what appears on the screen To right the unrightable bug To end...

To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong To l...

In a country churchyard there's a Preacher with his people, Gathered all around to join a man and woman, Spring is here and turtledoves are singing from the ste...

In my garden grew plenty of thyme It would flourish by night and by day Then along came a lad and he took all I had He has stolen my thyme away (2x) And I was ...

In New York Town (Lee Hoffman/Dick Greenhaus ca 1957) In New York town, there did dwell A lovely youth who frailed quite well He bought himself a Mastertone An...

IN OLD POD-AUGER TIMES I 'll sing to you of the good old time When people were honest and true, Before their brains were rattled and crazed By everything stran...

In Seaport town there lived a merchant He had two sons and a daughter dear And among them all was the prettiest boy (there was a servant) He was the daughter's ...

IN THE EARLY MORNING RAIN (Gordon Lightfoot) In the early morning rain, with a dollar in my hand With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand I'm a l...

IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (Ren Shields and George Evans) There's a time in each year that we always hold dear, Good old summertime With the birds and the tree...

Oh it's acid acid acid, that makes you feel so placid In the halls, in the halls Oh it's acid acid acid, that makes you feel so placid In the halls of _________...

IN THE SIDINGS (Cyril Tawney) The pin-stripe boys have had their say, A line must go if it doesn't pay But I'm too old to move away, I'm in the sidings now I'...

In the Sweet By and By (Samuel F Bennett and J P Webster) There's a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar; For the Father waits over th...

In the woods there stands a house I looked from my window out Saw a rabbit in distress Running in alarm "Help me, help me, Sir," he cried, "From the hunter I mu...

IN VINO VERITAS (Dr H J Taylor) When Science led me by the hand right up her garden path, Sir, They tried to make me understand her Physics, Chem and Math, Sir...

Incest, incest I'd druther make love to my mother I tell you I'd ruther make love to my mother For mother was father's first choice INcest, incest It ain't wor...

(E) C G / Am G7 / F C / G - As I was a walking on a foggy day There I met a man who unto to me did say Won't you come along and walk along my way I said I woul...

Thou art the rulers of the minds of all people, dispenser of India's destiny Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind, Gujarat and Maratha, Of the Dravida and...

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he Bharata-bhagya-vidhata Punjab-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha Dravida-Utkala-Banga Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga Uchchala-Jaldhi-tar...

Indonesia, my native land, My place of birth, Where I stand guard Over my motherland Indonesia, my nationality, My people and my country Let us all cry For unit...

"Indonesia Raya" (Great Indonesia) Indonesia tanah airku, Tanah tumpah darahku, Disanalah aku berdiri, Jadi pandu ibuku, Indonesia kebangsaanku, Bangsa dan tana...

INNOCENT HARE or SPORTSMEN AROUSE from the singing of the Copper Family Sportsmen arouse, the morning is clear The larks are singing all in the air Sportsmen a...

Into the air, US Air Force* Into the air, pilots true Into the air, US Air Force Keep your nose up in the blue; And when you hear the engines roaring And the st...

Into the Air, Junior Birdmen Into the air, junior birdmen Into the air, upside down; Into the air, junior birdmen Keep your nose up in the brown; And when you ...

The other night when I came in So drunk I could not see I got tangled up in the old door mat Fell flat as I could be I had had me a little bottle of rum And I d...

io vivat! io vivat! nostrorum sanitas hoc est amoris poculum doloris est antidotum io vivat! io vivat! nostrorum sanitas io vivat! io vivat! nostrorum sanitas ...

THE IPD by Faith Petrick I'll sing you all a song about a wondrous new device The nation's latest contraceptive plan That funny little object they call the IUD...

What will become of this twelve-year-old of mine, of mine-- A twelve-year old with a mental age of nine, of nine? With an IQ of seventy four at best, Who never ...

IRA HAYES by Peter LaFarge (verses spoken, chorus sung) Gather round me people and a story I will tell About a brave young Indian - you should remember well F...

Soldier's Song We'll sing song, a soldier's song, With cheering rousing chorus, As round our blazing fires we throng, The starry heavens o'er us; Impatient for ...

Amhra/n na bhFiann Seo dhibh a cha/irde duan O/glaigh, Cathre/imeach briomhar ceolmhar, A/r dtinte cna/mh go buacach ta/id, 'S an spe/ir go min re/altogach Is f...

The Irish Free State I went to see David, to London to David, I went to see David, and what did he do? He gave me a Free State, a nice little Free State A Free...

The Irish Mail Robber It's adieu to old Ireland, the place where I was born, Near the county of Limerick, near the state of Glengall; Far away to some island, ...

THE IRISH ROVER In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six We set sail from the fair cove of Cork We were bound far away with a cargo of bricks For the ...

Come hieland men, come lowland men come every man on earth man And I'll tell you how I got on atween Dundee and Perth, man I gaed upon an iron road, a rail they...

The Iron Lady (Maggie May) I'm an able-bodied seaman, one of Plymouth's native sons; Oh, the Navy's been my life since I left school Well, I joined to have a j...

This song was composed by Irving the Rover As he traveled great Brooklyn and most parts of Queens He became so verblunget (which means great confusion In case y...

I'S THE B'Y (trad: Arranged and added to by Gordon Bok) I's the b'y that builds the boat, and I's the b'y that sails her, I's the b'y that catches the fish, An...

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE LIKE MARY A-WEEPIN' Is there anybody here like Mary a weepin' Call to my Jesus and he'll draw nigh, Is there anybody here like Mary a wee...

ISLE AU HAUT LULLABY (Hay Ledge Song) (Gordon Bok) If I could give you three things, I would give you these: Song and laughter and a wooden home In the shining...

Isle of May (Matt Armour) See the morning light, Hear the puffins calling, End another night, Off the Isle of May Bright eastern skies, White cliffs arise, S...

Hatikvah As long as deep in the heart, The soul of a Jew yearns, And towards the East An eye looks to Zion, Our hope is not yet lost, The hope of two thousand y...

It Ain't Gonna Rain SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Eric Eilot (FSGW Getaway) COMMENTS: TEXT: G D7 Oh, you don't need ...

IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN NO MORE It ain't gonna' rain no more no more It ain't gonna' rain no more How in the heck can I wash my neck** When the wash rag's on the fl...

It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old From angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, ...

I drank so much wine last night My tonsils were starting to float; I think somebody musta held my nose And poured it down my throat Or maybe it's the lack of sl...

The fish, it never cackles 'bout it's million eggs or so, The hen is quite a different bird, one egg-and hear her crow The fish we spurn, but crown the hen, wh...

It was a lover and his lass With a hey and a ho and a hey nonni no With a hey nonni nonni no That o'er the green cornfields did pass In springtime, in springti...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Ev'rywhere you go; Take a look in the five-and-ten, glistening once again With candy canes and silver lanes aglow It...

Fratelli d'Italia, l'Italia s'e' desta, dell'elmo di Scipio s'e cinta la testa Dov'e la vittoria? Le porga la chioma, che schiava di Roma Iddio la creo' Stringi...

IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY Up to mighty London came an Irishman one day, As the streets are paved with gold, sure ev'ryone was gay; Singing songs of Pi...

IT'S A LONG WAY FROM AMPHIOXUS (Mark Graham) A fishlike thing appeared among the annelids one day It hadn't any terrapods or cetae to display It hadn't any eye...

IT'S A PLEASURE TO KNOW YOU by Carl Williams of Philadelphia, PA Chorus: It's a pleasure to know you, a pleasure to see you smile A comfort to know we'll shar...

It's a Shyme We were comfy back in England Drinking beer and ale and wine When they slipped it to us, greasy And shipped us out to the front line cho: It'...

IT'S ALWAYS THE RIGHT TIME FOR LOVE Heather Wood Give me a girl on a morning in Spring, When the snail's on the thorn and the lark's on the wing Green leaves a...

It's Better to be Single Than a Poor Man's Wife It's when I was single, sure I used to sport and play But now I am married, sure the kids is in me way cho: It...

IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU'RE BORN WITH (Si Kahn) Chorus: It's not just what you're born with, It's what you choose to bear It's not how large your share is, but h...

IT'S ONLY A WEE WEE (Peter Alsop) As soon as you're born, grownups check were you pee And then they decide just how you're s'posed to be Girls pink and quiet, ...

IT'S ONLY MY AULD SHEEN (FALSE BRIDE) When I saw my ain bonnie lass doon tae the church go Gold rings on her fingers white gloves on her hands Gold rings on he...

IT'S ORGANIC by Patti Hall 1 We used to all live in the city, and feast On big Macs and Ripple, or Twinkies at least, But now we all live in the country, and ...

IT'S SISTER JENNY'S TURN TO THROW THE BOM In an anarchist's garret, so lowly and so mean Oh, smell the pungent odor of nitro-glycerine They're busy making fuse...

It's the Syme the 'Ole World Over cho: It's the syme the 'ole world over It's the poor wot gets the blyme; While the rich 'as all the pleasures, Now ain't that...

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout Down came the rain and washed the spider out The sun came out and dried up all the rain And the itsy bitsy spider ...

I've been to Harlem I've been to Harlem, I've been to Dover I've traveled this wide world all over Over, over, three times over Drink all the brandywine* and t...

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD I've been working on the railroad All the livelong day I've been working on the railroad Just to pass the time away Can't yo...

I've Got a Ferret (John Cleese) I've got a ferret sticking up my nose It starts wriggling when I wear my formal clothes How it got there, I can't tell, But now...

I've Got Better Things to Do Linda Allen Why do I spend my life caught in this storm and strife Picking up puzzles to fit into boxes Papers and peanuts and sog...

I've Got No Use For The Women Now, I've got no use for the women; A true one can seldom be found, They use a man for his money, When it's gone, they'll turn hi...

I've Got Sixpence I've got sixpence Jolly jolly sixpence I've got sixpence to last me all my life I've got twopence to spend And twopence to lend And twopence ...

I'VE GOT THE CLANKS I hear vectors when the sky is clear I see bogies when there's no one near I get clanky when I'm in the sky Way up so high On GCI I get sh...

Ja, so warn's, ja so warn's, ja so warn's, die oidn Rittersleut, ja so warn's, ja so warn's, die oidn Rittersleut Ja, und so ein Rittersmann hatte sehr viel Ei...

soniya jiya nahi jaye soniya na tarsa soniya feeka jeevan soniya rang bhar ja hafto se bane saalo sab din gin mai gujaaro shame lagti hai ab to saza [janiyan ...

JACK ASH SOCIETY (Mary Brooks) A bunch of jack ashes at large in this land Have suffered a terrible fright They looked under their beds and discovered such red...

Now winter is over I'm happy to say And we're all met again in our ribbons so gay And we're all met again on the first day of spring To go about dancing with Ja...

JACK O'DIAMONDS Jack O'Diamonds, on the move Jack O'Diamonds, one-eyed knave On the move, hits the street Bumps his head, on the ground Well, he's a scout, you...

There was Jack Rowland and his two brothers went out to play at ball And there was their sister, Ellen Rowland amidst them all She tossed the ball so very high...

Now, 'twas twenty-five or thirty years Since Jack first saw the light; He came into this world of woe One dark and stormy night He was born on board his father'...

There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell He had a lovely daughter, the truth to you I'll tell Oh the truth to you I'll tell She had sweethearts a-p...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Paul Abramson TEXT: D G D Jackson is on sea, Jackson is on shore D ...

THE JAM ON GERRY'S ROCK Come all you trueborn shanty-boys, and listen while I tell The tale of one young shanty-boy, and what to him befell 'Twas of the jam on...

THE JAM ON GERRY'S ROCKS Come all you jolly fellows, where-ever you may be I hope you'll pay attention, and listen unto me It's all about some shanty-boys, so ...

Eternal Father, bless our land, Guard us with Thy mighty hand, Keep us free from evil powers, Be our light through countless hours To our leaders, Great Defende...

C F Down the way where the nights are gay Em Dm C And the sun shines gaily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailin...

Where is Bird? The battle rages, Is he in the strife or no? Now the cannons roar tremendous: Dare be meet his hostile foe? Ay, behold! see him and Perry! In th...

Booted and spurred and bridled rode he, A plume in his saddle and a sword at his knee Back come his saddle, all bloody to see, Back come the steed but never com...

A great crowd had gathered outside of Kilmeinhem, With their heads uncovered they knelt on the ground From inside that grim prison lay a brave Irish soldier, Hi...

James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George DuPree Took great care of his mother though he was only three James James said to his mother: "Mother," he said, ...

THE JAMESTOWN HOMEWARD BOUND The farmer's heart with joy is filled When his crops are good and sound; But who can feel the wild delight Of the sailor homeward ...

It's of a young soldier so brave and so true He's gone to the wars his duty to do His father and mother did sorely complain, For young Jamie Foyer they'll ne'er...

JANUARY MAN Dave Goulder Oh the January man he walks abroad in woollen coat and boots of leather The February man still wipes the snow from off his hair and bl...

There's a valley in Spain called Jarama It's a place that we all know so well; It was there that we gave of our manhood Where so many of our brave comrades fell...

Late one evening, a couple sat talking Two brothers were listening what were said Saying, "This courtship, it's got to be ended Or lay this young man in his gra...

THE JEALOUS HUSBAND WELL FITTED A hosier lived in Leicester, as I've heard many tell, He had a handsome witty wife, that loved him full well, But he was touche...

The Jealous Lover (Collected by Ellen Stekert from "Fuzzy" Barhight) Way down in yonders valley, where the violets fade and bloom There lies my own fair Ellen,...

THE JEELIE PIECE SONG (SKYSCRAPER WEAN) (Adam MacNaughton) I'm a skyscraper wean, I live on the nineteenth flair, But I'm no gaun oot to play ony mair, Since w...