MAKING MY WILL (Father Abdey's Will) To my dear wife, my joy and life I freely now do give her My whole estate and all my plate, Being just about to leave her ...

MAKING WHOOPEE (Gus Kahn) Another bride, another groom The countryside is all in bloom; The flow'rs 'n trees is, The birds and bees is Making whoopie The choi...

O God bless our land of Malawi, Keep it a land of peace Put down each and every enemy, Hunger, disease, envy Join together all our hearts as one, That we be fre...

Mlungu dalitsani Malawi, Mumsunge m'mtendere Gonjetsani adani onse, Njala, nthenda, nsanje Lunzitsani mitima yathu, Kuti tisaope Mdalitse Mtsogo leri na fe, Ndi...

Negaraku Tanah tumpahnya darahku Rakyat hidup Bersatu dan Maju Rahmat Bahagia Tuhan kurniakan Raja Kita Selamat bertahta Rahmat Bahagia Tuhan kurniakan Raja Kit...

Mi ekuverikan matii tibegen kuriime salaam, Gavmii bahun gina heyo du'aa kuramun kuriime salaam Gavmii nishaanang hurmataa eku boo lambai tibegen Audaanakan lib...

MAMA DON'T 'LOW Mama don't 'low no banjo playin' round here I say that mama don't 'low no banjo playin' round here Well, I don't care what mama don't 'low, Gon...

Mama Sings (Samuel Hoffenstein) Go to sleep, my little oaf Mama's darling sugarloaf Go to sleep and stay that way For, perhaps, a night and day I'm no angel u...

MAMAS, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS CHORUS Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys Don't let them pick guitars and drive big old tru...

The Man at the Nore Now my father was the keeper of the Eddystone light And he married a mermaid one fine night From this union there came three Two of them we...

THE MAN BEHIND THE ARMOR PLATED DESK Early in the morning When the engines start to roar You can see the old goat standing Beside his office door He'll be swea...

I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all of my days I bid farewell to old Kentucky Place where I was born and raised All thru this earth I'm bound t...

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn, Like an old coat that is tattered and torn; Left in this wide world to weep and to mourn, ...

The Man That Waters the Workers' Beer (Paddy Ryan) I am the man, the very fat man, That waters the workers' beer I am the man, the very fat man, That waters th...

Man with a Microphone (Sydney Carter) As I went out one morning, I was singing a country song I met a man with a microphone, and Oh he did me wrong He led me u...

Mandy was a little Bahama girl Mandy was a little Bahama girl Mandy, oh my Mandy, Mandy mine Met a little girl in Chickacherry Said she'd love no one but me ...

Man-o-War Sailor Man-o-war sailor, you better le' me go Man-o-war sailor, ho-heave-ho Man-o-war sailor, I'm try-ing to go home; Man-o-war sailor, ho-heave-ho M...

I've damn near walked this world around Another city, another town Another friend to say goodbye Another time to sit and cry For it's many a mile I have spent o...

MARCHING INLAND (Tom Lewis) Lord Nelson had a sure fire way of curing mal-de-mer And if you pay attention, his secret I will share To any seasick sailor, he'd ...

Old Abe's in the White House, taking a snooze, Gen'ral Grant is a-busting his gut with his booze, While we're out in the snow and we got no shoes But let's keep...

A bold fusilier came marching back through Rochester Off from the wars in the north country, And he sang as he marched Through the crowded streets of Rochester,...

To Hollywood, to Hollywood, to Hollywood, I'll go And you will know me by the name of Marilyn Monroe For soldiers and for sailors, I'll glitter and I'll glow Th...

Mariners we Out to sea As the sun Sets beneath Sail and sea Shipmates true Dressed in blue (Loyal crew) God be with you Mariner girl scouts version of taps The...

Come all ye young people and listen to me, I'm going to tell you my sad destiny I'm a man by experience whose favors is won; Love has been the ruin of many a ma...

MARRY? NO, NOT I A Newfoundland sailor was walking by the strand He spied a pretty fair young maid, and took her by the hand "Oh, will you go to Newfoundland, ...

Mars Bars (Bob Reid) The Martians invited us up for tea We will arrive at a quarter past three They'll fly us to Mars with a Martian named Marge And they'll ta...

Fare you well my own Mary Ann Fare you well my dear, For the ship is a-waiting and the wind blows high And I am bound away to the sea, Mary Ann The pride of al...

Mary Ann McCarty she went out to dig some clams Mary Ann McCarty she went out to dig some clams Mary Ann McCarty she went out to dig some clams But she didn't g...

Mary had a little lamb, 'Twas always on the go Shouting the battle-cry of freedom So she staked it on a grassy slope Along the Shenando', Shouting the battle-cr...

Word is to the kitchen gone And word is to the hall, And word is up to Madam the Queen And that's the worst of all, That Mary Hamilton's born a babe to the high...

There's a nice wee lass and her name is Mary Mack Make no mistake, she's the miss I'm goin' tae tak There's a lot of other chaps who would get up on her track B...

MARY MARTINDALE by Jez Lowe In every street where young lads meet, the talk is all the same, It's of a bonny lassie that's got every heart a-flame Like flies t...

'Twas all on a cold winter's night When the winds blew across the wild moor, That Mary came wand'ring along with her child, Till she came to her own father's do...

All day, all night, Maryanne Down by seaside, catchin' fish Water from her pom-pom would float a boat Hair around her pom-pom would tie a goat Well we got it a...

A farmers daughter and she went out To milk her daddy's kye; A young man he got word o' this And he followed her instantly cho: For the holland grows, the holl...

THE MASTER OF THE SHEEPFOLD (Art Thieme, from someone in Maine, from Jerry Epstein?) C G7 C Oh the master guards the sheepfold bin C e ...

There lived a lord within this land Who had a fair and lovely daughter She was courted by a nice young man Who was a servant to her father But when her parents ...

A holiday, a holiday, the first one of the year Lord Arlen's wife came into church the gospel for to hear And when the meeting it was done she cast her eyes ab...

One day I was traveling - I happened to think, "My pockets are empty, I can't buy a drink I am an old bummer, completely dead broke, And there's nothing to do b...

Maurice Kelly one night when about three parts loaded, Was making for home after twelve in the night At the foot of the lane where for rest he remained A figure...

The Maven (John Espy and Jim Howe) Once upon a midnight rotten working on a course forgotten Wondering why my adjectives came after nouns and not before While ...

Not the "Maybe" popularized by Perry Como and the Ink Spots) verse: I am waiting for your answer, Shall my true love be denied? I am longing for the message Th...

I've been a-wandering all the night And the best part of the day Now I'm returning home again I bring you a branch of May A branch of May, my love, I say Here ...

MAY DAY CAROL (2) The moon shines bright, the stars give a light A little before tis day Our Heavenly Father, he called to us And bid us awake and pray Awake,...

The May Morning Hymn Te Deum Patrem colimus;, Te laudibus prosequimur; Qui corpus cibo reficis, Caelesti mentem gratia Te adoramus, O Jesu! Te, fili unigenite...

McAfee's Confession 1Draw nigh, young men, and learn from me My sad and mournful history, And may you ne'er forgetful be Of what this day I tell to thee 2Befor...

MCCARTHY's WIDOW 'Twas three years ago this very day, I took to me a wife And ever since she's proved to be a burden to me life She was the widdy of McCarthy a...

I need a double cheeseburger and hold the lettuce Don't be frontin son — no seeds on the bun We be up in this drive through order for two, I've got a cravin' fo...

McPherson's Lament My father was a gentleman, Of fame and honor high, Oh mother, would you ne'er had borne The son so doom'd to die chorus- Sae rantin...

I am going to leave you tomorrow, To sail on the ocean so blue; To leave all my friends and relations, I have come now to bid you adieu Then meet me by the moo...

He's holed up down on Ramrod Key in the Tavenier Hotel Livin' out his loneliness like an oyster in a shell By days he pulls the trap lines By night he lives alo...

We'll ride in a great big balloon and airships that fly to the moon, Then just to relax, we will lie on our backs in a gondola on the lagoon Then under the sea ...

THE MEETING OF THE WATERS from George Ward 1 There is not in this wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet Oh, the last...

Meg Drummond (Andrew Douglas) The king's at hame in Holyrood There's lights in every ha' Of a' the dancers gathered there Meg Drummond shines maist braw The gr...

Megan Murphy by Pete Sutherland Megan Murphy was a cowgirl, she rode five days a week She drove the horse drawn wagon tour in the town of Cripple Creek Cripple...

It's great to be on a ship with men And sail across the sea-o We don't know where we'll land or when But it's great to be with men 'Cause men can sweat and men ...

THE MEN BEHIND THE WIRE Armoured cars and tanks and guns Came to take away our sons But every man will stand behind The Men Behind the Wire Through the little...

Men of Harlech in the hollow, do you hear like rushing billow Wave on wave that surging fellow battle's distant sound 'Tis the tramp of Saxon foemen, Saxon spea...

MOONSHINER I've been a moonshiner for seventeen years I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer In a wild lonesome hollow I'll build me own still And I'll ma...

MEN of WORTH (Archie Fisher) Leave the land behind, laddie, better days to find The companies have the money and they'll soon teach you the skills Green fields...

MERCEDES BENZ (Janis Joplin & Michael McClure) O Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz? My friends all have Porsches I must make amends Worked hard all my lif...

THE MERCHANT'S SONE A merchant's son, he lived in wrong And tae the beggin' he has gone; He mounted on a noble steed And awa' wi' pleasure he did ride cho: Fa...

MERMAID (RULE BRITANNIA) Oh 'twas in the broad Atlantic, mid the equinoctial gale That a young fellow fell overboard among the sharks and whales And down he we...

THE METRORAIL SONG Let me tell you a story of a man named Charley, It's a tragic and fateful tale: He bought a dollar farecard at Takoma station Went to ride on...

CHORUS Mexicans, at the cry of battle lend your swords and bridle; and let the earth tremble at its center upon the roar of the cannon Your forehead shall be gi...

Miami has the Dolphins The Greatest Football Team We take the ball from goal to goal Like no one's ever seen We're in the air, we're on the ground We're always ...

Michael Blann's Drinking Song If you are sick, 'twill make you well Put you in condition The man who will drink Blann's Good Beer Has need of no physician Bla...

Michael, row the boat ashore Hallelujah! Michael, row the boat ashore Hallelujah! Sister, help to trim the sail Hallelujah! Sister, help to trim the sail Halle...

C Am F G7 C What's the best examination made for you and me? C Am F G7C M I C K E Y M O U S E C ...

Sweetest little fellow, everybody knows; Don't know what to call him but he's mighty like a rose! Lookin' at his mammy with eyes so shiny blue, Makes you think ...

Way out in the Mississippi valley Just among the plains so grand, Flows the flooded Mississippi River Destroying the works of man With her waters at the highes...

THE MIGRANT SONG or SEE HOW THE LAND YIELDS UP HER TREASURE by Peter Krug Up from El Centro and San Bernadino Bakersfield, Fresno, Meder, Merced Salinas and St...

Well, my daddy was a bear in the Allegheny Mountains And my mother was a 'gator in the Ohio I was born full-growed at the forks of the river And I cut my teeth ...

Mill O' Tifty's Annie At Mill O' Tifty there lived a man In the neighborhood of Fyvie He had a bonnie dochter dear Whose name was Bonnie Annie Lord Fyvie had ...

The Mill Worker (James Taylor) My grandfather was a sailor, he blew in 'cross the water My daddy was a farmer, and I his only daughter I took up with a no-good...

THE MILLER AND THE LASS A pretty little maid so neat and gay, To the mill she went one day, A sack of corn she had to grind But there no miller could she find ...

THE MILLER OF DEE (Jolly Miller) There was a jolly miller once Lived on the river Dee ; He work'd and sang from morn till night, No lark more blithe than he An...

I am a miller tae my trade And that sae weel ye ken oh I am a miller tae my trade And that sae well ye ken oh I am a miller tae my trade, aye And mony a sack o'...

MILLER'S WILL There was an old miller by everyone known He had three sons was all nigh grown When he came to die and make his will He had nothing to give but a...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Charlie Poole COMMENTS: AKA: Jay Gould's Daughter The "blind" is an enclosed box beyond the coal car wher...

As I walked out one morning, one morning in the spring, I heard a maiden singing, so sweetly did she sing She sang about her miner lad, she sang so pleasantly: ...

The Miner's Child's Dream SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Doc Watson TEXT: D G D A miner was leaving his home for his work D ...

Miner's Lifeguard Miner's life is like a sailor's 'Board a ship to cross the waves Ev'ry day his life's in danger, Still he ventures being brave Watch the rock...

Heel yo ho, boys; let her go, boys; Bring her head round, into the weather, Hill you ho, boys,let her go, boys Sailing homeward to Mingulay What care we though...

THE MINSTREL BOY Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Air "the Moreen" Ancient Irish Air The minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him; His...

I'm A Nut I'm a little acorn brown Lying on the cold cold ground People come and step on me That is why I'm cracked, you see I'm a nut (check) (check) I'm a nut...

(D) G - D - / G - D - A captain bold, in Halifax, who dwelt in country quarters Seduced a maid, who hanged herself one morning in her garters His wicked consci...

Miss Molly had a sea boat, the sea boat had a beel(ding ding) Miss Molly Went to heven, the sea boat went to hello operator, connect me #9, and if You dissconec...

Miss Smith (round) (1) Oh Miss Smith, Oh do be careful Do not heed that wolf His honey dripping (2) Words, Miss Smith, will break your tender heart! He (3) S...

Miss Suzy had a steamboat, The steamboat had a bell (ding, ding) Miss Suzy went to heaven, The steamboat went to -- Hello operator, Please give me number nine,...

MISTER FOX (John Pole) tune by Terry Yarnell Outside Mr Fox's garden, Three maids playing with a golden ball Jenny threw it up and Susan caught it, Mary bounce...

THE MISTLETOE BOUGH (G) C G C / F G7 C / C G C / F G7 C The mistletoe hung in the castle hall; The holly branch shone on the old oak wall The Baron's retainer...

Moammar Said to his Men (Mark Graham) Moammar said to his men Fire, men fire Moammar said to his men Who's the fool now? Moammar said to his men Here comes the...

They saw a swallow building his nest; I guess they figured he knew best, So they built a town around him And they called it Mobile, (WHERE'S THAT?) Alabama The...

THE MODIEWARK cho: An' O the wanton modiewark The weary, wanton modiewark I maun consult some learned clerk About this wanton modiewark The modiewark has done...

MOLLY AND TENBROOKS (Steve Gillette and Linda Albertano) Tenbrooks was a bay horse, had a long, shaggy mane Rode all around Memphis, beat the big Memphis train...

MOLLY BAWN (POLLY VAUGHN) Come all ye brave heroes who handle a gun Beware of night ramblin' by the setting of the sun And be aware of an accident that happen...

Ma'am dear, did ye never hear of pretty Molly Brannigan? In troth, then, she's left me and I'll never be a man again Not a spot on my hide will a summer's sun e...

In Dublin's fair city where girls are so pretty Twas there that I first met sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheelbarrow Through street broad and narrow Cr...

Monongahela Sal (Robert Schmertz: recorded 1947) She was born in an old Mannessan Alley Her Ma and her Pa named her Sal She Grew up to be the pride of the vall...