Let never a man a wooing wend That lacketh thinges three A store of gold, an oaken heart, And full of charity And this was seen of King Henry And he likewise a...

King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France A king was sitting on his throne, And on his throne was sitting he; He bethought himself of a tribute due, Been due in Fr...

I'll tell you a story, a story anon Concerning a prince and his name is King John He was a prince and a prince of great might And he held up great wrong, put do...

King O' Luve Eastmuir king and Wastmuir king And King o' Luve, a' three It's they cast kevils them amang Aboot a gay lady Eastmuir king, he won the gold And W...

KING OF ANNWN (Paul Housfield) If I can meet you halfway, would you meet me halfway, too Because I am entering this forest not knowing I'm in search of you ...

King Pharim sat a-musing And a-musing all alone There came a blessed Savior And all to him unknown Saying "Where did you come from good man, And where did you t...

Kingdom Coming (Henry Clay Work) Say, darkeys, hab you seen de massa, Wid de muff-stash on his face, Go long the road some time dis mornin' Like he gwine to le...

KING'S DAUGHTER JANE Queen Jane sat at her window one day A sewing a silken seam She looked out at the merry green woods And saw the green nut tree And saw the...

THE KING'S SHILLING Oh my love has left me wi' bairnies twa And that's the last o' him I ever saw He's joined the army and he marched awa' He took the shillin'...

KIRSTEEN/CHRISTINN (Gordon Bok) Who will walk with thee, Kirsteen By the shining sea, Kirsteen O'er the fragrant lea Who'll be by thy side, Kirsteen At the hi...

Oh, kisses sweeter than wine, Oh, kisses sweeter than wine, When I was a young man and never been kissed I got to thinking it over what I had missed I got me a...

KISSING SONG (Jean Thomas) When a man falls in love with a little turtledove He will linger all around her underjaw He will kiss her for her mother and her sis...

THE KLAN Am The countryside was cold and still There was a cross upon the hill Am This cold cross wore a burning hood F Am To hide its ...

KLEENEX-EX (Marlin Spike Werner) I'm-a sayin "Goodbye" to Kleenex-- 'Cause the tissue ain't the same: I'm a-blowin' my nose in a paper towel Since Kleenex lost...

THE KNAVE I gaed to the market As an honest women shou'd, The knave followed me As ye ken a knave wou'd cho: And a knave has his knave tricks Aye where'er he ...

KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER "I'm a forester in these woods an' ye're the same design It's the mantle o' your maidenhead, bonnie lassie, never mind" And sin...

Knocka De Hanford Down Dana Lyons Where the sage grows tall and wild Where the salmon runs so strong Where the coyote sings all through the night In a land cal...

I'm looking over a well fought over Korea that I abhor One for the money And two for the show Ridgeway said stay But we want to go There's no use explaining Why...

Kum ba ya, my Lord Kum ba ya Kum ba ya, my Lord Kum ba ya Kum ba ya, my Lord Kum ba ya Oh, Lord, Kum ba ya Someone's crying Lord, Kum ba ya Someone's crying Lo...

THE L & N DON'T STOP HERE ANYMORE (Jean Ritchie) Oh, when I was a curly-headed baby My daddy set me down upon his knee Said, Son, you go to school and learn yo...

Dillon Bustin 1 Back in the days, the old books describe, Back in the days of the Indian tribes, They prayed to the river to forever flow, And the name that th...

Why all these bugles crying for squads of young men drilled To kill and to be killed and waiting by this train Why the orders loud and hoarse, why the engine's ...

LA GUITARRA (Adapted by Steve Gillette from Poem by Federico Garcia Lorca) Empieza el llanto de la guitarra Begins the crying of the guitar Se rompen las copas...

Ye sons of France, awake to glory! Hark! Hark! the people bid you rise! Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary Behold their tears and hear their cries! Beho...

Viva la Quince Brigada, Rhumbala, rhumbala, rhumbala (Repeat) Que se ha cubierta de gloria, Ay Manuela, Ay Manuela (Repeat) Luchamos contra los Morros, Rhumba...

Hold me close and hold me fast the magic spell you cast this is la vie en rose when you kiss me heaven sighs and tho I close my eyes I see La vie en rose When y...

O, laddie with the golden hair In wavy ringlets flowing; O, laddie with the golden hair Thy locks were my undoing THy beauty drew ny heart to thee, Though now ...

LADS O' THE FAIR by a member of the Battlefield Band Come bonnie lass, lie near me, and let the brandy cheer ye For the road from Fife tae Falkirk's lang And ...

THE LADY AND THE FARMER'S SON Young lovers all, I pray draw near And a relation you shall hear Of how a lady was undone By loving of a farmer's son His age,it...

There was a king, a glorious king, a king of noble fame And he had daughters only one, Lady Diamond was her name He had a boy, a kitchen boy, a boy of muckle s...

LADY FRANKLIN'S LAMENT We were homeward bound one night on the deep Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep I dreamed a dream and I thought it true Concerning Fra...

There was a lady and a lady gay, Of children she had three, She sent them away to the North Countree To learn their grammaree They'd not been gone but a very sh...

It's of a false knight from the North Who came a-courting me He promised he'd take me unto the North land And there his bride would be Go fetch me some of your ...

Prince William he courted Lady Margaret falr, Determined to make her his wife; They differed about a small trifle, Which caused them both their life Prince Wil...

He came from his palace grand He came to my cottage door His words were few but his looks Will linger for ever more The look in his sad dark eyes More tender th...

THE LADY MARY SAILS And what will I wear when the Mary sails? A dress as red as red can be I'll think of him when the Mary sails, And she takes him far away fr...

Down in Carlisle there lived a lady Being most beautiful and gay, She was determined to live a lady, No man on earth could her betray Unless it were a man of h...

She's a lady of pleasure, she's a lady of joy And she has no illusions of grandeur You can get what you want when your money's up front She's a sailor-lad's por...

THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN (Trad; additional verses by Caroline, Lady Nairn) The Laird O' Cockpen, he's proud and he's great, His mind's ta'en up wi' affairs o' the ...

The Laird O' Linne O yonder he stands, and there he gangs, The weary heir o' Linne; Yonder he stands on the cauld causey, And nane bids him come in But it fell...

Laird O' Logie Listen, good people, to my tale Listen to what I tell to thee The King has ta'en a poor prisoner The wanton Laird o' Ochiltree When news of it ...

Oh, a lassie sat milkin' her faither's kye When a gentleman on horseback, he come riding by A gentleman on horseback, he come riding by He was the laird of the ...

The Lakes of Ponchartrain SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Huxtable, Christensen and Hood COMMENTS: TEXT: D A7 b ...

The lambs on the green hills, they sport and they play And many strawberries grow round the salt sea How sad is my heart when my love is away How many's the shi...

I was a civilian and flew on weekends No sweat about clanks and no sign of the bends But I am a retread and older I grow Now I fly a Mustang, it's old and it's ...

It's Lamkin was a mason good As ever built wi' stane, He built Lord Wearie's castle But payment he got nane But the nourice was a fause limmer As e'er hung on ...

LAMOILLE RIVER by John Nutting They're cleaning up our river, sterilizing our stream It will be the purest that you've ever seen You can run it in your bathtub...

Here's to the maid in Lancashire Town Here's to the maid in the cadelico I vow and declare he loved her so dear Cause she did wear pretty caps upon her hair Fo...

THE LAND OF LIBERTIE My mind it being much inclined to cross the raging main, I left my tender parents in sorrow, grief and pain On board the "Fame" we then be...

The Landlady of France A landlady of France loved an officer, 'tis said And the officer he dearly loved his brandy, O Now said she "I dearly love this officer,...

LANDLADY'S DAUGHTER If you've never been the lover Of the landlady's daughter Then you can't have another Piece of pie @musichall @food filename[ LNDLDYDT RG ...

The Landlord's Daughter Fragment picked up from "The Wicker Man" Much has been said of the strumpets of yore Of wenches and bawdy house queens by the score, B...

LANDLORD'S LULLABY (Maxine Parshall and Charlie Ipcar) Close your eyes my sleepy tenants As you sign your rent contract Kiss goodbye your rent deposit For you'...

by Larry Kaplan 1 Blue skies, white clouds, fish jumpin' in your hand What a day to be fishin' ole Nantucket sound From the island up to the mainland Chorus: ...

Lanigan's Ball In the town of Athy one Jeremy Lanigan Battered away 'til he hadn't a pound His father died and made him a man again Left him a farm and ten acr...

The lark in the morning she arises from her nest And she ascends all in the air with the dew upon her breast And with the pretty ploughboy she'll whistle and sh...

It was up yon dark and lonely glen That stands by many a lofty mountain Far frae the busy haunts o' man Ae day as I gaed oot a huntin' A happy dae it was tae b...

Oh she was a lass from the low country And he was a lord of high degree And she loved his lordship so tenderly Oh sorrow, sing sorrow Now she sleeps in the val...

LASS OF LOCH ROYALE (LORD GREGORY) "Oh wha will lace my shoes sae sma' And wha will glove my hand And wha will lace my middle sae jimp Wi' my new-made linen ba...

There was a lass and a bonnie lass A-gathering nuts did gang She pu'ed them haigh, she pu'ed them laigh She pu'ed them whaur they hang, hang She pu'ed them whau...

Lassie wi the yellow coatie Will ye wed a moorland jockie Lassie wi the yellow coatie Will ye busk and gang wi me I ha meal and milk in plenty I ha kale and ca...

The Last Bouquet (Gil Robb Wilson) I've flown 'em all from then till now The big ones and the small, I've looped and zoomed and dove and spun And climbed 'em to...

Last night I had the strangest dream, I never dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war I dreamed I saw a mighty room, The room was...

LAST TRIP IN THE FALL (Pearl Nye) At Nick Hert's mine near Trenton Where we put on eighty tons, Seemed everything was right about No matter where we'd turn, Bu...

The Lavender Cowboy He was only a lavender cowboy, The hairs on his chest were two, But he wished to follow the heroes And fight like the he-men do But he was...

Lazarus There was a little family That lived in Bethany; Two sisters and their brother Composed a family They lived in peace and pleasure For a many a long yea...

When I was young and under ten A silly wee fool was I The morning that I left the school I heard my mother cry cho: Get up, get out, you lazy lout Get into you...

THE LEABOY'S LASSIE First fan I cam' tae the toon, They ca'd me young and bonnie; But noo they've changed my name Ca' me the leaboy's honey cho: Hum dum dum d...

The Leather Bottel 'Twas God above that made all things The heav'ns, the earth, and all therein * The ships that on the sea do swim To guard from foes that non...

LEATHER-HEADED SONGSTERS cho: You leather-headed songsters who will mutilate the song (2x) You sailor laddies great and small I pray you lend an ear Attention...

Hi said the little leatherwing bat I'll tell you the reason that The reason that I fly in the night Is because I lost my heart's delight Howdy dowdy diddle all...

O the times are hard and the wages low, Leave her, Johnny, leave her! I think it's time for us to go! An' it's time for us to leave her! Leave her, Johnny, lea...

LEAVING LIVERPOOL or FARE THEE WELL MY OWN TRUE LOVE Farewell to Prince's Landing Stage River Mersey, fare thee well I am bound for California A place I know r...

LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL (new version) (Bob Dylan) Fare thee well, my own true love I'm leaving the first hour of the morn I'm bound for the Bay of Mexico Or maybe...

(CDFG) CF/CF/CFG/CF/CF/CFG // CF/CF/CFG/CF/CFC/CG All my bags are packed; I',m ready to go I'm standing here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goo...

LEFT - RIGHT Left, Right You're wrong, its not right Its left, and you'll find it left, right where you left it That's right...

The Leg I left Behind I am stumpless quite since from the shot Of Cerro Gordo peggin', I left behind, to pay Gen Scott, ' My grub, and gave my leg in I dare n...

Up the Republic, they raise their battle cry, Pearse and McDermott will pray for you on high, Eager and ready, for love of you they die Proud march the soldiers...

LEMON TREE (Will Holt) When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree Don't put your faith in love, ...

Lesotho, land of our Fathers, You are the most beautiful country of all You give us birth, In you we are reared And you are dear to us Lord, we ask You to prot...

Lesotho fatse la bontat'a rona, Har'a mafatse le letle ke lona Ke moo re hlahileng, Ke moo re holileng, Rea le rata Molimo ak'u boloke Lesotho, U felise lintoa...

When I find myself in time of trouble, mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of ...

Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! It doesn't show signs o...

LET NO MAN STEAL YOUR THYME, THYME Come all you fair and tender girls that flourish in your prime, prime Beware, beware, keep your garden fair Let no man steal...

Let Onion Be (Bruce Gewirtz) Come all you who would be flatter Raise your forks and pass the platter For to live is to grow fatter While we are together cho: ...

(PP Bliss, the Broadman Hymnal, Nashville, Tenn 1940) 1 Brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore, But to us he gives the keeping of the l...

(G) With someone like you, a pal good and true I'd like to leave it all behind, and go and find A place that's known to God alone Just a spot to call our own ...

Come on, lads, and let's be jolly Drive away all melancholy, For, to grieve it would be folly, While we are together cho:Let union be in all our hearts, Let al...

I would sooner be a beggar as a king I'll tell you the reason why: A king cannot swagger or walk like a beggar Or be half so happy as I cho: Let your back and ...

LET'S GO TO THE WOODS "Let's go to the woods", says Richard to Robin "Let's go to the woods", says Robin to Bobin "Let's go to the woods", says Johnny Alone "L...

The Letter Edged In Black I was standing by the window yesterday morning, Without a thought of worry or of care, When I saw the postman coming up the pathway, ...

I have letters from my father In my hand, in my hand Written by my elder brother, They are grand, they are grand They were written o'er the sea And were forward...

Liam's Patriot Game Susan Lohr Come all ye young rebels, And list while I sing; Behold Liam Clancy --- What a terrible thing! His voice it is fading His guitar...

Lasses, call your lads ashore Lasses, call your lads ashore Lasses, call your lads ashore There's liberty for the sailors Liberty and money free, Liberty and mo...

Licht Bob's Lassie First when I cam' tae the toon They ca'd me young and bonnie Noo they've changed my name Ca' me the licht bob's honey First when I cam' tae...

LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN Charlie D Tilman, 1918 1 Life is like a mountain railroad, With an engineer that's brave; We must make the run successful, From the c...

LIFE'S TROLLEY RIDE Jonathan Eberhart c 1981 1 (And chorus) When you come to the end of your life's trolley ride, Just recall all the rails you have known In ...

The wind it blew from sou'-sou'-east, it blew a pleasant breeze, And the man up on the lookout cried, "A light upon our lee!" They reported to the captain, and ...

*howls* Who's that I see walkin' in these woods? Why it's Little Red Ridin' Hood Hey there Little Red Riding Hood You sure are lookin' good You're everything ...

Ho brother Teague, dost hear de deeree? Lilli burlero, bullen a la Dat we shall have a new deputie, Lilli burlero, bullen a la cho: Lero, lero, lilli burlero, ...