The Old Fiddler And His Cow There was an old fiddler who had a cow The cow wore striped pants And when the old fiddler would play a tune The cow would love to d...

OLD FOLKS AT HOME by Stephen Foster Way down upon the Swanee River, far, far away That's where my heart is turning ever That's where the old folks stay All up ...

A German clockwinder to Manchester came And Peter Von Gherkin was the old German's name All up our street with his little brass bell "Some clocks for to wind," ...

THE OLD H-U-A-C The Raunch Hands I am a college student And I've come to sing a song I've always been a liberal I never thought it wrong But I have come to tel...

Old Jack Frost was a jolly little fellow When the wintry winds begins to bellow He flies like a little bird through the air And he peaks through the little crac...

Old John Martin Duffy was judge in our court In a small ranching town in the West; Although he knew nothing about rules of the law For judge he was one of the b...

Old Kentucky Home (Stephen Foster) The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home 'Tis summer, the folks there are gay The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in b...

THE OLD MAID I am an auld maid and I live in a garret Naebody to help or to cheer My only companions a cat and a parrot Losh sirse, but it is unco drear Than ...

Now I've often heard it said from me father and me mother That the going tae a wedding is the making of another Well, if this be true, I will go without a biddi...

OLD MAID SONG or TAKE ME OUT OF PITY Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailor A doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor A rich man, a poor man, a fool,...

Old Moke Pickin' on the Banjo He-bang, she-bang, daddy shot a bear Shot it in the stern, me boys, and never turned a hair We're all from the railroad, too-rer-...

OLD MOLLY HARE (OLD MOTHER HARE) Old Molly Hare What're you doin' there? Sittin on a haystack Shootin' at a bear Shot at one Shot at two Shot at another one An...

Carriages without horses shall go Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye In the air men shall be seen In white in black in green Iron in...

OLD OAKEN BUCKET (Samuel Woodworth and George Kialmark) How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood When fond recollections presents them to view the o...

The Old Pubs (Johnny Handle) Well, when I was a lad, a pub was a pub, Mahogany tables, sawdust floor, Nothing fancy, plain enough, But they don't build pubs li...

The Old Rose and Crown (Ian Robb) chorus: What have they done to the old Rose and Crown? The Ship, the King's Arms, and the World Upside Down For oak, brass, a...

Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams) I've traveled all over this country Prospecting and digging for gold I've tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled And I have bee...

THE OLD SHAWNEE I ask my love to take a walk, To take a walk a little way; And as we walk we'll sweetly talk 0f when shall be the wedding day Then only say th...

The Old She-cra Well the old she-crab was a-sittin' on a post Shallow-who, shallow-who Well the old she-crab was a-sittin' on a post When along came a fisherma...

OLD SHOES AND LEGGIN'S A man that was old came a-courtin' one day And the girls wouldn't have him; He came down the lane and walked on a cane, With his old sho...

There is an old cookhouse, far far away Where we get pork and beans, three times a day Beefsteak we never see, damn-all sugar for our tea And we are gradually f...

OLD SOUTHERN TOWN (Sarah Ogan Gunning) I'm thinking tonight of an old southern town And my loved ones that I left behind I know they are ragged and hungry, too...

There's an old spinning wheel in the parlor Spinning dreams of the long, long ago, Spinning dreams of an old fashioned garden And a maid with her old fashioned ...

We will pray to Aphrodite She's beautiful but flighty In her silken see-thru nightie She's good enough for me We will pray to Zarathrustra, Pray just like we u...

( ) C D7 G C / G C D7 / C G C / G D7 G Clear the beer from the table boys; it's well nigh time to close And we'll all want to hear Mr Woolie pick and sing Then...

by Larry Kaplan I'm not tired of the wind, I'm not weary of the sea, But she's prob'ly had a bellyfull of a damned old coot like me I'm bound a-shore, she's go...

OLEANNA (Translation from the Norwegian by Pete Seeger) Ole, oleanna, ole, oleanna ole, ole, ole, ole, ole, oleanna Oh to be in Oleanna, that's where I'd like...

Come all good people, I'd have you draw near, A sorrowful story you quickly shall hear; A story I'll tell you about Omie Wise, How she was deluded by Lewis's li...

verse: Lindy, put your arms around me, Tell me that you're glad you found me, Say just once again "I love you" Lindy, if you'll be my missus, I will take you to...

On a Cold Winter's Night SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Smoky Mtn Ballads (J E Mainer's Mountaineers) TEXT: C F On a...

ON A MONDAY MORNING Cyril Tawny Too soon to be out of me bed, Too soon to be back to this bus queue caper, Fumbling for change for me picture paper, On a Monda...

Where hast thou been since I saw thee? On Ilkla Moor baht hat Where hast thou been since I saw thee? Where hast thou been since I saw thee? On Ilkla Moor baht h...

I asked my love to take a walk, And a walk she took with me As we walked I gently talked Of when our wedding day would be Then she said she'd never be mine, An...

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY On top of old Smoky, all covered with snow I lost my true lover from courting too slow Though courting's a pleasure and parting is grief A...

On top of old Smoky, all covered with snow I lost my true lover from courting too slow Though courting's a pleasure and parting is grief A false-hearted lover ...

On Top of Spaghetti (Tom Glaser) On top of spagetti all covered with cheese I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed It rolled off the table, it rolled o...

On Your Way Home Luther Schutz It's a river that rolls and flows It's a story that never grows old It's a light on the land, you can reach out your hand You kn...

Once I knew a pretty girl, I loved her as my life I'd gladly give my heart and hand To make her my wife, oh to make her my wife She took me by the hand, she le...

ONCE I WENT IN SWIMMIN' Once I went in swimmin' Where there were no women Down by the deep blue sea Seeing no-one there, I hung my underwear Upon a willow tree ...

ONCE MORE A-LUMBERING GO Ye mighty sons of freedom Who round the mountains range Come all you gallant lumber boys And listen to my song On the banks of the swe...

Once there were greenfields, kissed by the sun Once there were valleys, where river used to run Once there were blue skies with white clouds high above Once the...

(C) / C C G7 / One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop, three bottles of pop, four bottles of pop, Five bottles of pop, six bottles of pop, seven bottles of bott...

ONE HOUR MAMA (Ida Cox) I've always heard that haste makes waste So I believe in taking my time The highest mountain can't be raced It's something you must slo...

One man shall mow my meadow Two men shall gather it together Two men and one more Shall shear my lambs and ewes and rams And gather my gold together Three men ...

Oh, have you heard the news, My Johnny? One more day! We're homeward bound tomorrow, One more day! cho: Only one more day, my Johnny One more day! Oh, rock and...

One ship drives east and one ship drives west By the self-same winds that blow; Yet the set of the sails and not the gale The set of the gale and not the gale D...

The Ones That Got Away (Joy Ashworth) The first sweetheart I ever had, His age was only three, I was only two but he Was very keen on me; But me mam soon put a...

Only a Miner The hard-working miners, their dangers are great, Many while mining have met their sad fate, While doing their duties as miners all do Shut out fro...

Up and away like the dew of the morning, Soaring from earth to its heavenly home, Thus would I leave from this world and its toiling: Only remembered for what ...

ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS (Sabine Baring-Gould and Arthur Sullivan) Onward Christian soldiers marching as to war With the cross of Jesus going on before Christ...

Open the door softly I've something to tell you dear Open it up no wider Than the crack upon the floor Open the door softly I've something to tell you dear War...

Orange and lemon say the bells of St Clemons I owe you five farthings Says the bells of St Martins And when shall I pay you When I grow rich Like a little dog d...

OREGON COUNTRY (Jinx Davis) Fall comes to Oregon, summer is gone Up on the mountain I'm watching the dawn Sippin' hot coffee and watchin' the breeze That rolls...

O'Reilly and the Big McNeill (Donneil Kennedy) The day I met O'Reilly it was 32 below; The sparks were flying off me pick, I was up to me neck in snow His foot...

THE OTHER DAY I MET A BEAR (Note: Group (G) follow leader (L), then both (B)) L: The other day G: The other day L: I met a bear G: I met a bear L: Up in the woo...

Blessed be the sacred land Happy be the bounteous realm Symbol of high resolve Land of Pakistan Blessed be thou of faith The Order of this sacred land is the mi...

Pak sarzameen shad bad Kishwar-e-Haseen shad bad Tou Nishaan-e-Azm-e-aali shan Arz-e-Pakistan Markaz-e-yaqeen Shad bad Pak sarzameen ka nizaam Qouwat-e-Akhouwat...

O arise all you sons of this land, Let us sing of our joy to be free, Praising God and rejoicing to be Papua New Guinea Chorus: Shout our name from the mountain...

Chorus: Paranoia, paranoia The whole world is out to destroy ya And even little things annoy ya When you're paranoid People talkin' just to bore you When you a...

THE PARISH OF DUNKELD cho: Oh, what a parish, a terrible parish; Oh, what a parish is that at Dunkeld They hangit their minister, drooned the precentot, Dang d...

The Parkway is a Hard Road to Travel Bruce Gewirz One day I went around, just to get across the town Since attendance was condition of employment, And I knew I...

PARTIES, BANQUETS AND BALLS Parties, banquets and balls, boys, Parties, banquets and balls, As President Roosevelt has said before, There's only one way to sta...

THE PARTING GLASS (E) C Am C Am G / G C - - / C Am C Am G / G C F C Am / C F C F C / C F C G C - / C Am C Am G / G C F C Am Of all the money that e'er I spent I...

Passing By (Robert Herrick, 1592-1674; melody by Edward Purcell) There is a lady sweet and kind Was never face so pleased my mind, I did but see her passing by...

Passing thru, passing thru Sometimes happy sometimes blue Glad that I ran into you Tell the people that you saw me passing thru I saw Adam leave the garden wit...

Times were hard in Irish town; everything was going down, Pat Malone was pushed for ready cash He'd the life insurance spent; all his money, too, had went And a...

The Patriot Game (Dominic Behan) Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing, For the love of one's country is a terrible thing It banishes fear with the s...

Paul Jones A forty-gun frigate from Baltimore came, Her guns mounted forty, and Richard by name, Went cruising the channel of old England, With a noble commande...

Pay day, pay day, oh, pay day Pay day at Coal Creek no more Pay day at Coal Creek no more Bye-bye, bye-bye, oh, bye-bye, Bye-bye, my woman, l'm gone, (2x) You...

cho: Pay me, Oh pay me, Pay me my money down, Pay me or go to jail ! Pay me my money down I thought I heard the captain say, Pay me my money down, "Tomorrow is...

Pay me, O pay me the money down Pay me the money down; Pay me, O pay me the money down Pay me the money down; I went for a cruise, boys, around the town And th...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Jimmy Rodgers, My Rough and Rowdy Ways (RCA LPM-2112) TEXT: C C7 F[E+1 ...

Peel me a grape Crush me some ice Skin me a peach Save the fuzz for my pillow Start me a smoke Talk to me nice You gotta wine me and dine me Don't try to fool ...

THE PEELER AND THE GOAT Oh, the Penshaw peeler went one night On duty and patrolling He spied a goat upon the road And took him for a-strolling Bayonet fixed,...

In the year of eighteen and one Peg and awl In the year of eighteen and one Peg and awl In the year of eighteen and one Peggin' shoes was all I done Hand me dow...

PEG O' RAMSAY Bonny Peggy Ramsay that any man may see; And bonny was her face with fair freckl'd eye; Neat is her body made and she hath good skill, And round...

O Peggy Gordon, You are my darling Come sit you down upon my knee And tell to me the very reason Why I am slighted so by thee I am so deep in love that I can't ...

PELE IS MY GODDESS by Marlin Spike Werner Pele is my Goddess She has long and fiery hair It serves her for her bodice What else should a Goddess wear? Her hear...

PENNY EVANS (Steve Goodman) tune of Flying Cloud Oh my name is Penny Evans and my age is 21 A young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet Nam And I have...

The Peoples Song Song Well, they handed him his orders in Party Headquarters Saying," Pete, you're way behind time This is not '38, it is 1957 There's a change...

PERCY'S SONG "Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep" Turn, turn, turn again "Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep" Turn, turn, to the rain and th...

The Perennial Beginner (F-Chord Song) (Mark Cohen) I first took up guitar when I was just a kid in high school All my hippie friends told me it was the thing t...

Oh Lord I'm tired, it's time to go to bed, Way, after midnight, and the wine's gone to my head, Lying here upon the shore just listening to the waves, And it's ...

There are husbands who are pretty, There are husbands who are witty There are husbands, who in public, Are as smiling as the morn There are husbands who are hea...

The Perfect Woman (round) No perfect woman lives, so poor a thing is life How can a perfect man obtain a perfect wife? No perfect woman lives And yet So rich a...

A Persian kitty, perfumed and fair, Strolled out on a backyard fence for air When a tomcat, lean and lithe and strong Dirty and yaller, came a strolling alon...

My name 'tis Peter Emberley, as you may understand I was born on Prince Edward's lsland near by the ocean strand ln eighteen hundred and eighty-four when the fl...

You 'prentice lads and seamen bold come listen to me song, And I'll tell you how I met me fate when I was very young 'Twas on the day I came from sea, a flash g...

THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER Way out in Reno, Nevada, Where romances bloom and fade, There was a Philadelphia lawyer Makin' love to a Hollywood maid Come love, and...

Land of the morning Child of the sun returning With fervor burning Thee do our souls adore Land dear and holy, Cradle of noble heroes, Ne'er shall invaders Tram...

Bayang magiliw Perlas ng Silanganan Alab ng puso Sa dibdib mo'y buhay Lupang hinirang, Duyan ka ng magiting, Sa manlulupig Di ka pasisiil Sa dagat at bundok Sa ...

There's a malady terrific and it's very very sad For you can't think of anything They call it Philippinitis and you have it very bad When you can't think of any...

The Photographer's Ballad Well early Saturday morning, I was strolling in the wood I came upon a lady who by the wayside stood And what, pray tell, would such ...

It happened on a Monday morning A mournful maiden shed a tear Because her true bespoken lover Was off to sea for many a year And when the time had come for par...

The Pickle Carol (Lani Herrmann) Joseph was an old man And an old man was he, But still he courted Mary To gain a family But still he courted Mary To gain a fa...

The Pickled Jew Two middle-aged brothers in New York once dwelt, In all kinds of merchandise freely they dealt And those two brothers, 'twixt me and you Those ...

It was early last December, as near as I remember I was walking down the street in tipsy pride No one was I disturbing, as I lay down by the curbing And a pig c...

PIG AND THE INEBRIATE (long version) FRIENDSHIP WITH A HOG One evening last October, when I was far from sober And dragging home a load with manly pride My fee...

The Pill (Matt McGinn) The pill, the pill, I'm pining for the pill I'll never have any more because they're going to bless the pill I wed when I was seventeen...

PILOT'S LAMENT Now listen all you pilots and you airmen, We will tell you a story sad but true Of many who wear wings but are not happy Gather 'round while we ...