Bullfrog King by Bert Maine C Em Am C F G C I went for a walk late one night and talked with the bullfrog king ...

It's a help me, Bob, I'm a bully in the alley, Way, hey, bully in the alley! Help me, Bob, I'm a bully in the alley, Bully down in shinbone al! Well, Sally is ...

Tae help the folk in medical school, word is passed around A body nae mair than ten days auld will bring in fourteen pound It's a terrible thing, but truth tae ...

As I cam' in by Fiddichside, on a May morning I spied Willie MacIntosh an hour before the dawning Turn agin, turn agin, turn agin, I bid ye If ye burn Auchindo...

The Burning of the School Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school, We have beaten every teacher, we have broken every rule! We have smashed ...

cho: Then bury me beneath the willow 'Neath the weeping willow tree When he knows where I am sleeping Then perhaps he'll weep for me My heart is sad and I am l...

"O bury me not on the lone prairie" These words came low and mournfully From the pallid lips of the youth who lay On his dying be at the close of day "O bury m...

If you want a besom for to sweep your house Come to see me lassies, you shall have your choice Buy broom besoms, buy them when they're new Fine heather bred un...

The sweet scented wattle sheds perfume around Delighting the bird and the bee While I lie and take rest in my fern covered nest In the shad of the currajong tre...

By the Hush It's by the hush, me boys I'm sure that's to hold your noise, And listen to poor Paddy's narration For I was by hunger pressed, And in poverty distr...

By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Johnny Rivers By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door She'll laugh when s...

If I had another penny I would have another Jill I would make the piper play The bonny lass of Byker Hill Byker Hill and Walker Shore Collier lads for ever mor...

CA' THE EWES TAE THE KNOWES Ca' the ewes tae the knowes Ca' them where the heather grows Ca' them where the burnie rowes My bonnie dearie Hark a mavis evening...

CA' THE YOWES TAE THE KNOWES, MOLLY AND ME Good morning to you, fair maid, you're tending your flock What brings you so early unto this green spot? My faither'...

Over hill, over dale, as we hit the dusty trail And those Caissons go rolling along In and out, hear them shout, counter march and right about And those Caisson...

CALEDONIA (Robert Burns) There was on a time, but old Time was then young, That brave Caledonia, the chief of her line, From some of your northern deities spru...

+1987 Mark Cohen Northeast wind is rolling off the sea It scatters birds and branches with its motion I face the cold and think about Marie Who's living by ano...

CALL ME THE WHALE Paul Kaplan 1 Call me the whale, for that's what I am And all I aim to be You may call yourselves the kings of the land But I am the king of ...

CAL-LIB SONG or How to Get a Man Since I was a tiny tot, mama taught me quite a lot How to look, how to sew and cook And of course, how to get a man Mama read ...

Calling On Song Earsdon Sword Dance Calling On Good people pray heed a petition Your attention we beg and crave And if you are inclined for to listen An abunda...

Calling-on Song Good people, pray heed our petition, Your attention we beg and we crave And if you are inclined for to listen, An abundance of pastime we'll ha...

Ye doctors all of every rank With their long hills that break the bank, Of wisdom's learning, art, and skill Seems all composed of calomel Since calomel has be...

Cam Ye O'ver Frae France Cam ye o'er frae France? Cam ye down by Lunnon? Saw ye Geordie Whelps And his bonny woman? Were ye at the place Ca'd the Kittle Housie...

O Cameroon, Thou Cradle of our Fathers, Holy Shrine where in our midst they now repose, Their tears and blood and sweat thy soil did water, On thy hills and val...

CAMP GRENADA (Alan Sherman) Hello muddah, hello faddah Here I am at Camp Granada Camp is very entertaining And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining...

Campbell, the Drover The first day of April I'll never forget Three English lassies together they met They mounted their horses and swore solemnly That they wo...

CAMPING (Mark Cohen) Mist is dancing on the lake Sun is rising, I'm awake Feeling every muscle ache Camping City born and city bred City noises in my head Wra...

CAMPTOWN RACES (Stephen Foster) De Campptown ladies sing this somg, Doo-da, Doo-da De Camptown racetrack's two miles long Oh, de doo-da day cho: Gwine to run ...

CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? cho: Can the circle be unbroken, By and by, Lord, bye and bye? There's a better home a-waiting In the sky, Lord, in the sky I was...

Can Ye Sew Cushions? O Can ye sew cushions? And Can ye sew sheets? And can ye sing ba-la-loo When the bairn greets? cho: And hee and baw, birdie, hee and baw ...

Can you dig that crazy gibberish? Can you dig it, can you dig it? Can you dig that crazy gibberish? Can you dig it, can you dig it? Hey, look, there's a chicken...

Can you type, Mary Alice My name is Mary Alice Jones and I have come to see About applying for a job with your company I've plenty of experience and ability I ...

Official Lyrics of O Canada! O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North ...

O my dad was a fisherman bold And he lived till he grew old For he opens the pane and he pops out the flame Just to see how the wind do blow And often he say t...

The Canine Eneuretic (David Everett, Bob Gale) Tune: The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo As I trot along the pavement With an independent air, The people...

CANNILY, CANNILY (Ewan MacColl) Cannily, cannily, my lal bairnikie Divn't tha cry, my lal pet Whisht at thy greetin' Your daddy is sleeping It's not time to wa...

CAPE ANNE (Gordon Bok) cho: Don't you remember Cape Anne, boys Don't you remember Cape Anne You'll never catch me on the trawl again For it's surely no life...

Cape Cod girls don't use no combs;, Haul away, haul away! Combs their hair with cod fish bones An' we're bound for south Australia! Heave her up me bully, bull...

CAPTAIN HANLEY AND SWEET MAZIE by Bob Coltman c 1973 Old Captain Hanley was wounded in the war Come a-rapping, come a-tapping, come a-knocking on Mazie's door ...

I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines I feed my horse on corn and beans, And sport young ladies in their teens Tho' a Captain in the Army I teach the ladies ho...

Come all ye jolly mariners That love to tak' a dram I'll tell ye o' a robber That o'er the seas did come He wrote a letter to his king On the eleventh o' July,...

Our King built a ship, 'twas a ship of great fame The Rainbow she was called, and the Rainbow was her name: He rigged her and fitted her and sent her off to sea...

CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP The Laird o' Roslin's daughter Walked through the woods her lane And met wi' Captain Wedderburn, a servant tae the King Says he ...

The Captain's Shanty Elliot Crawford Finch I've been a sailor since my birth YO HO HO AND A RUDDY BUM BUM Left my home, for all it's worth YO HO HO AND A RUDDY...

The Card Song Ah the king will take the queen but the queen will take the knave Well since we're all together boys more liquor shall we have Here's to you Tom...

Love, oh love, oh careless love, Love, oh love, oh careless love, Oh it's love, oh love, oh careless love You see what careless love has done Once I wore my apr...

Carmen (Newman Levy) In Spain, where the courtly Castilian hidalgo Twangs lightly each night his romantic guitar, Where the castanets clink on the gay piazett...

Carol for New Years Day (To tune of Greensleeves) The old year now away is fled The new year now is entered; Then let us now our sins down tread And joyfully a...

Hark! How the bells, sweet silver bells All seem to say, "Throw cares away" Yuletide is here, bringing good cheer To young and old, meek and the bold Ding, don...

Hark! How the bells, sweet silver bells All seem to say, "Throw cares away" Yuletide is here, bringing good cheer To young and old, meek and the bold Ding, don...

In my mind I'm gone to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine, and can't you just feel the moonshine And ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind ...

An old crow sat upon an oak, Derry, derry derry, dayco An old crow sat upon an oak Watching a tailor sew a coat Sing hi-ho carrion crow Derry, derry derry day c...

There is a man by my side walking There is a voice within me talking There is a word that needs a saying Carry it on, Carry it on, carry it on, carry it on Th...

Come all you rounders that want to hear The story of a brave engineer Casey Jones was the rounder's name, On a six eight wheeler, boys, he won his fame Casey J...

Casey Jones - The Union Sca (Tune: Casey Jones) Written by Joe Hill (IWW Song Book 1912 Edition) The Workers on the S P line to strike sent out a call; But Ca...

The October winds lament around the castle of Dromore Yet peace is in her lofty halls, my loving treasure store Though autumn leaves may droop and die, a bud of...

The Cat Came Back Am E7 Am E7 Old Mr Johnson had trouble all his own Am E7 Am E7 He had a yellow cat ...

The Cats are Taking Over (Leslie Fish) They gather from the kitchen and they settle on the grate The fix their big eyes on you as they set them down to wait Yo...

cho: Cats on the rooftops, cats on the tiles Cats with syphilis, cats with piles Cats with their assholes wreathed in smiles Revel in the joys of fornication T...

- O land of soft, fresh breezes And verdant trees so fair, With the Creator's glory Reflected ev'rywhere, O sea of palest em'rald, Merging to darkest blue, When...

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart, You're shaking my confidence daily Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please to come home Cho: Celia, you're...

Champion At Drivin' Em Crazy Ian Ro Melody: Limerick Rake I am a bold Irishman, Murphy's me name I'm known as a piper and fiddler of fame Tin whistlin's me for...

The Chandler's Wife A tailor boy went to the chandler's shop, some candles for to buy But when he got there and looked around, no chandler could he spy So then...

CHANGES (Phil Ochs) 1 Sit by my side, come as close as the air, Share in a memory of gray; Wander in my words, and dream about the pictures That I play of cha...

Charlie Green, Play That Thing I know a fool who blows a horn He comes from way down south You never heard such blowin' since you was born When he puts that tr...

Twas on a Monday morning Right early in the year When Charlie came to out town The Young Chevalier Charlie is my darling, my darling, my darling Charlie is my ...

Oh madam, dear madam, may I be your lover Condemn me no longer to moan and to weep Struck down like a hawk, I lie wounded and bleeding Oh let down your drawbrid...

The Chatsworth Wreck From city, town and hamlet there came a merry throng To view the great Niagara, with joy they sped along The maiden and her lover, the hu...

CHEERILY, MAN Haul altogether, aye yeo! Cheerily, man! Haul for good weather, aye yeo! Cheerily, man! She's light as a feather, aye yeo! Cheerily, man-oh! Haul...

THE CHERRY TREE CAROL When Joseph was an old man, an old man was he, He married Virgin Mary, the queen of Galilee, He married Virgin Mary, the queen of Galilee ...

CHESEAPEAKE GOLD Bill Desler 1 Setting out to sea in the big white boat We've gone each week for years Setting out in style from Baltimore Past the old wooden ...

Chester (William Billings) Let tyrants shake their iron rod And slav'ry clang her galling chains; We'll fear them not We trust in God; New England's God foreve...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like eskimos Everybody knows a tur...

Chicken on a Raft (Cyril Tawney) Skipper in the wardroom drinkin' gin, Hey yo, chicken on a raft! I don't mind knockin', but I ain't goin' in! Hey yo, chicken ...

THE CHICKENS ARE INTO THE TOMATOES The chickens are into the tomatoes The chickens are into the tomatoes Even the rabbits inhibit their habits when carrots are ...

When first I came down Yorkshire, Not many years ago I met with a little Yorkshire lass, And I'd have you know, That she was so blithe, so buxom, So beautiful a...

The Child of the Railroad Engineer A little child on a sickbed lay, And death was very near, The parents' pride and the only child Of a railroad engineer His d...

THE CHILDREN DRAW GUNS +1985 Mark Cohen Morning in San Caralampio Schoolchildren gather around From Guatemala their families have fled to this Mexican town A w...

CHILDREN, GO WHERE I SEND THEE Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee one by one One for the little bitty baby That was born...

(E) C F C / C F C / C Am / Dm G / C F C / C F C Now is the time for your loving, dear, And the time for your company Now when the light of reason fails And fir...

Chilly scenes of winter Is trying to frost or snow Dark clouds are gathering'round me Where the chilly wind does blow The night is almost over The chickens a-c...

I'm going where those chilly winds don't blow, darling baby I'm going where those chilly winds don't blow When I'm going to my long lonesome home Now who'll be...

THE CHINEE BUMBOATMAN I'll sing ye a story o' trouble an' woe, That'll cause ye to shudder and shiver, Concernin' a Chinese bumboat man that sailed the Yangtze...

Growin' up in the USA, There are plenty of things for me to do today Goin' places and seein' things, Can never tell what tomorrow'll bring But there's one thing...

The most chivalrous fish of the ocean, To ladies forbearing and mild, Though his record be dark Is the man-eating shark Who will eat neither woman nor child He...

My love, my pride, my treasure oh My wonder new and pleasure oh My son, my beauty, ever You Who am I to bear You here? The cause of talk and tale am I The cause...

Christ was a wayworn traveler, He traveled from door to door His occupation chiefly was Administering to the poor My warfare'll soon be ended, My race is almos...

The Christmas Goose SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Lani Herrmann (1985? FSGW Getaway) COMMENTS: A capella; group harmony needed on chor...

Christmas in the Trenches (John McCutcheon) My name is Francis Tolliver, I come from Liverpool Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school To Belgium ...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Jose-Luis Orozco (his workshop, 1988 Old Songs Festival) A E7 A E7 A E7 Ese lunar q...

CIGARETTES, WHISKEY AND WILD WILD WOMEN cho: Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane; Cigarettes, whiskey and...

CINCO DUROS (Traditional) Una gallina con pollos cinco duros me costo, Corocloclo, corrocloclo, corrocloclo, corrocloclo La compre por la manana, y la tarde s...

Cindy You ought to see my Cindy She lives away down south She's so sweet that honeybees Swarm about her mouth cho: Get along home, Cindy Cindy Get along home G...

CIRCLE GAME (Joni Mitchell) Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the fal...

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES (A D Cridge) We're Communists and Socialists And dynamiters, too; We're slaves of walking delegatess* Who tell us what to do, There's...

The City of Baltimore Come all ye true-born lrishmen, a story I will tell, Concerning Denis McCarthy, in Liverpool town did dwell 'Twas down the northern docks...

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Steve Goodman) Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail 15 cars & 15 restless riders Three conductors, 25 ...

CLARE'S DRAGOONS When, on Ramillies' bloody field, The baffled French were forced to yield, The victor Saxon backward reeled Before the charge of Clare's drago...

CLEAR AWAY IN THE MORNING by Gordon Bok Take me back on the bay, boys, Clear away in the morning I don't want to spend my pay boys O bring her round Take me b...

As I walked out one morning fair, To see what I could shoot' I there espied a pretty fair maid Come a-tripping by the road cho: And sing, Hail the dewy morning...