Sir Hugh, or The Jew's Daughter It rained a mist, it rained a mist All o'er, all o'er the land; And all the boys of our town, Went out to toss their ball, ball...

Of all the northern Scottish Chiefs That live as warlike men, The bravest was Sir James, the Rose, A knight of muckle fame His growth was like the thrifty fir ...

The King sits in Dumferlane toon A-drinkin' at the wine And he has called for the best skipper In Fife and all the land Then out there spoke an old carle Sat b...

Sir Simon de Montford my subject shall bee Once chief of all the great barons was hee Yet fortune so cruelle this lord did abase Now lost and forgotten are he a...

I am a sailor, both stout and strong To a goodly vessel I do belong Well guard and anchored and well equipped Sir William Gower and a very fine ship Our captai...

Sittin' On Top of the World (Lonnie Carter and Walter Jacobs) It was in the spring, one sunny day My sweetheart left me, Lord, she went away cho: And now she'...

O, Father dear, I ofttimes heard you talk of Erin's Isle, Her valleys green, her lofty scene, her mountains rude and wild; You said it was a pleasant place wher...

Choose your partners, Skip to my Lou, Choose your partners, Skip to my Lou, Choose your partners, Skip to my Lou, Skip to my Lou, my darlin' Can't get a red bi...

Skiving (David Diamond) What are the joys of the poor working man? Why skiving, bloody well skiving! In factory or office, wherever he can, He's skiving, blood...

Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, Onward, the sailors cry Carry the lad that's born to be king Over the sea to skye Loud the winds howl, loud the wave...

As I went out one morning all in the month of May To view all your mountains and valleys so gay, I was thinking of the flowers all a-going to decay That bloom a...

Ho, ye Slovaks! our beloved language still surviveth; While the faithful heart within us for our nation striveth; Yes, the Slovak spirit liveth; it will live fo...

Nad Tatrou sa blyska hromy divo biju Zastavme ich bratia Ved sa ony stratia Slovaci oziju To Slovensko nase posial tvrdo spalo Ale blesky hromu Vzbudzuju ho k t...

God's blessing on all nations, Who long and work for that bright day, When o'er earth's habitation No war, no strife shall hold its sway; Who long to see That a...

SMOKE! SMOKE! SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE! (Merle Travis) cho: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that cigarette! Puff, Puff, Puff and if you smoke yourself to death Tell Saint Pete...

Smut, give me smut and nothing but, a dirty novel I can't shut If it's uncut, and unsub-tle I've never quibbled, if it was ribald, I have devoured where others ...

CHO: Snatch and grab it, Snatch and grab it, Better Snatch and grab it, Baby 'fore it gets away Opportunity, -- opportunity -- is knockin' at your door! Opport...

It being early in the spring I went on board to serve my king Leaving my dearest dear behind She oftimes swore her heart was mine As I lay smiling in her arms ...

Sodden Clods are Coming to Town (A New Years Carol) (Phil Hahn) You better watch out You better not try, Trav'ling about I'm telling you why Sodden clods are c...

Solar Carol Adam Austill, Court Dorsey, Charlie King, Marcia Taylor See the sun how bright it shines, on the nations of the earth All who share this thing call...

SOLDIER MAID OR RUB A DUB A DU When I was a fair maid at the age of sweet sixteen From my parents I did run away a soldier to become I enlisted in the army a s...

SOLDIER, SOLDIER, WILL YOU MARRY ME Soldier, soldier, will you marry me With your musket, fife and drum? Oh how can I marry such a pretty little girl When I ha...

SOLDIERS It was just after sunrise and down by the sea Down on the sand flats where nothing will grow Come drumming and footsteps like out of a dream Where the ...

Solid Fas' (rowing shanty from the Caribbean island of St Vincent, derived from "Shenandoah") Solid fas', I come to tell you HURRAH, MY ROLLING RIVER "Solid fa...

1 When the union's inspiration Through the workers' blood shall run, There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun, Yet what force on earth is weaker t...

God save our Solomon Islands from shore to shore Bless all her people and her Lands With Your protecting hands Joy, Peace, Progress and Prosperity; That men sho...

Some talk of Ronald Reagan (David Diamond) Tune: British Grenadiers Some talk of Ronald Reagan The Russian bugger too, But we've got Maggie Thatcher And we kno...

The hero says his final goodbyes, and there are tears in my lover's eyes, But it was just a film, make-believe, they all get up and go home, And now you're aski...

SOMEBODY'S GRANDMOTHER There's a little old lady who lives up the street Her house is so tidy, her house is so neat None would suspect it, however they tried W...

Somebody's Tall and Handsome Somebody's tall and handsome Somebody's fond and true Somebody's hair is very black And somebody's eyes are too I love somebody f...

There is a young man that I know, his age is twenty-one He comes from Southern Colorado Just home from the service, he's looking for his fun Someday soon, going...

Wassail and wassail all over the town The cup it is white and the ale it is brown The cup it is made of the good ashen tree And so is the malt of the best barle...

Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high, There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare...

Somewhere, Overindulgence Somewhere overindulgence is just fine In a land that I heard of once in a nursery rhyme Somewhere overindulgence never ends And there...

THE SON OF A GAMBOLIER I'm a rambling rake of poverty From Tippery town I came 'Twas poverty compelled me first, To go out in the rain; In all sorts of weather...

One evening so silent as I was out walking I spied an old woman sat down by a tree And as I drew nigh her I could hear her soft talking These wishes she made fo...

G E / Am D7 G D7 / G E / Am D How come we can't talk to each other any more? Why can't you see I'm changing too? We've got by far too long to end it feeling wro...

SONG FOR IRELAND Phil and June Colclough Walking all the day Near tall towers where falcons build their nests Silver-winged they fly They know the call of free...

SONG FROM LUCIFER'S HAMMER I went out to take a friggin' walk by the friggin' reservoir, A-wishin' for a friggin' quid to pay my friggin' score, My head it was...

The bourgeois flag is palest pink We washed it in the kitchen sink; And ere the water had grown cold, The dye had fled it's every fold So let the tattered ensig...

Come all ye bold fishermen, listen to me I'll sing you a song of the fish of the sea cho: So blow, ye winds westerly, westerly blow We're bound to the south'ar...

SONG OF THE IRON ROAD (Ewan MacColl) The Iron road's a hard road and the work is never ending Working night and day on the iron way We're the boys who keep the...

A sea maid sings on yonder reef The spell bound seals draw near A lilt that lures beyond belief Mortals enchanted hear Coir an oir an oir an oir o Coir an oir ...

Song of the Splintered Shillelagah (First heard from Ellen Stekert; pieced together from various sources; Tune:Over the Water to Charlie RG) 'Twas the night be...

THE SONG OF THE TEMPERANCE UNION We're coming, we're coming, our brave little band On the right side of temp'rance we do take our stand We don't use tobacco, b...

The Sons of Liberty On the fifteenth day of June, brave boys At the dawning of the day, Our gallant ship, the Lancet Did land in York Bay Our sheets was wet an...

Soon One Mornin' Death Come Creepin' Soon one mornin' death come creepin' in my room, (3) O my Lord, O my Lord,what shall l do to be saved? Death done been he...

SORRY THE DAY I WAS MARRIED Sorry the day I was married And sorry the day I was wed And it's Oh, if I only had tarried When I to the altar was led Young William...

Sospan Vach (The Little Saucepan) My sweet Mary Ann's hurt her finger, My beese Mary Ann wed-dee bree'oo-oh, And David the servant's feeling weak; An...

A soul, a soul, a soul cake Please, good missus, a soul cake An apple, a pear, a plum or a cherry Any good thing to make us all merry One for Peter, two for Pau...

THE SOUND OF MUCUS My nose is alive with the sound of mucus @parody filename[ SNDMUCUS DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY

Chickens a-crowin' on Sourwood Mountain, Hey, ho, diddle-um day So many pretty girls I can't count 'em, Hey ho, diddle-um day My true love's a blue-eyed daisy,...

This is the official version of the national anthem, combining Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika and Die Stem / The Call of South Africa Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika Maluphakany...

Nkosi Sikeleli Afrika Malup Hakanyiswu Phondolwayo Yiswa Imithanda Zo Yethu Nkosi Sikelela Thina Lusapolwayo Morena Boloka Setjhaba Sa Heso O Fedise Dintwa Le M...

In South Australia I was born! Heave away! Haul away! South Australia round Cape Horn! We're bound for South Australia! Heave away, you rolling king, Heave awa...

Southrups Wassail Song (Kipper Family) All on a summer's morning from Southrups come we To beg a cup of sugar to sweeten our tea If you ain't got a cup, then a...

How do you think I begin in the world? I got me a sow and sev'ral other things; Sow or hog or some such thing The sow took the measles and died in the spring W...

Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by My mind being bent on rambling to Ireland I did fly I stepped on board a vision and I followed with the wi...

Spanish is the Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark, Jr) Spanish is the loving tongue Soft as music, light as spray; 'Twas a girl I learned it from Living down ...

Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies, Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain; For we have received orders to sail to old England, But we hope in a shor...

These words were composed by Spencer the Rover Who traveled Great Britain and most parts of Wales He had been so reduced, which caused great confusion And that ...

SPERRY RAND or THE METAPROGRAMMER by Stan Kelly-Bootle I met a programmer a-walking one day O Why aren't you coding, to him I did say I'm not a programmer, the...

The Spinning Wheel As I sat at my spinning wheel, A handsome lad was passing by; I view'd him round, and lik'd him well, For truth he had a glancing eye, My hea...

SPIRIT KEEPER Linda Allen CHORUS : Little spirit keeper, little child of wonder Many years have come and gone Trembling little shoulders called to be much old...

Sportin' Bachelors Come all you sportin' bachelors, take warning by me; Don't never live as fast as I have I married me a wife, makes me tired of my life, Let ...

I got a letter from my home, Most of my friends are dead an' gone That old night life, That old sportin' life's killing me My mother used to say to me, So youn...

The Spree SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem TEXT: G e

When Spring comes on, the birds do sing, The lambs do skip and the bells do ring, While we enjoy their glorious charm, So noble and so gay The primrose blooms ...

(G) G - D7 G / G - D7 G / G - - C / On Springfield Mountain there did dwell A lovely youth, I knew him well - I ell - Tu rudy nu, tu rudy nay, Tu rudy nu, tu ...

The Squid-Jigging Ground Oh, this is the place where the fishermwen gather, With oilskins and boots and Cape Anns battened down; All sizes of figures with squi...

Mother Lanka we worship Thee! Plenteous in prosperity, Thou, Beauteous in grace and love, Laden with corn and luscious fruit And fragrant flowers of radiant hue...

Sri Lanka Matha Apa Sri Lanka Namo Namo Namo Namo Matha Sundara siri barini surandi athi soba mana Lanka Dhanya dhanaya neka mal palathuru piri jaya bhoomiya Ra...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me bring your love Where there is injury, pardon, And where there is doubting, let me brin...

I went down to St James Infirmary To see my baby there, She was lyin' on a long white table, So sweet, so cool, so fair Went up to see the doctor, "She's very ...

I went down to St James Infirmary To see my baby there, She was lyin' on a long white table, So sweet, so cool, so fair Went up to see the doctor, "She's very ...

cho: Stagolee, Stagolee, he's the meanest man in town When that boy starts gamblin', better lay your money down Down in New Orleans where they got that Lyon's C...

Come ye young men, come along With your music, dance and song Bring your lasses in your hands For tis that which love commands Then to the Maypole haste away F...

In one of these lone Orkney Isles There dwelled a maiden fair, Her cheeks were red and her eyes were blue She had yellow curling hair Which caught the eye and ...

One evening for pleasure I rambled To view the fair fields all alone Down by the banks of Loch Erin Where beauty and pleasure were known I spied a fair maid at...

The Star of the County Down SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: The First Book of Irish Ballads, Daniel O'Keeffe, ed (The Mercier Press, Cork, 1976...

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming Whose broad stripes and bright ...

STARLIGHT ON THE RAILS (Bruce Phillips) I can hear the whistle blowing High and lonesome as can be Outside the rain is softly falling Tonight its falling just ...

Starving to Death on my Government Claim (Lane County Bachelor) My name is Frank Bolar, an old bach'lor I am I'm keeping old batch on an elegant plan, You'll f...

State of Arkansas (Tune: somewhere between Joe Bowers and a recitation) My name is Charlie Brennan, from Charlestown I come I've traveled this wide world over,...

THE STATE OF ARKANSAW Come all ye true-bred Irishmen and listen to my chant; 'Tis all the lamentation of an Irish emigrant Who lately crossed the ocean, for a ...

(to 12 days of Christmas) The state of Yugoslavia is a coun-te-ry with only one political party The state of Yugoslavia is a country, with two alphabets, BUT ...

The Stately Southerner 'Tis of a stately Southerner who flew the Stripes and Stars The whistling wind from west nor'west blew through our pitch-pine spars We h...

Stealin', Stealin' Stealin', stealin' Pretty Mama don't you tell on me I'm stealin' back to my same old used-to-be Now, put your arms around me like a circle '...

STEP IT OUT, NANCY (Robin Williams and Jerome Clark) (reworking of Irish song) Near Cheyenne in Wyoming, there's a maiden fine and fair Her eyes they shone lik...

I stood on my step stone when school days were o'er Longed for the time to go by Now it is gone and I stand here tonight On this, my old step stone at home cho...

Stewball was a good horse He wore a high head And the mane on his foretop Was fine as silk thread I rode him in England I rode him in Spain I never did lose, b...

STOKES'S VERDICT If you'll listen awhile I'II sing you a song About this glorious land of the free, And the difference I'll show twixt the rich and the poor In...

Stonewall Jackson's Way (J W Palmer) Come, stack arms, men, pile on the rails Stir up the campfire bright; No matter if the canteen fails, We'll make a roaring ...

Stormalong Old Stormy he is dead and gone To me way you Stormalong! But now he's dead an' gone to rest, Ay! Ay! ay! Mister Stormalong! Of all ol' skippers he w...

The Storms Are on the Ocean I'm going away for to leave you, love I'm going away for awhile But I'll return to you some time If I go ten thousand miles cho: Th...

The Story Of MacPherson Many, many years ago, in the hielands of Scotland a boy, Jamie MacPherson, was born to a beautiful gypsy and an Invereshie MacPherson T...

STORY OF PETEY, THE SNAKE This is the story about a poor little snake named "Petey" Petey was a snake only so big Petey lived in a pit with his mother One day...

THE STOUTEST MAN IN THE FORTY TWA cho: The wind may blaw, the cock may craw, The rain may rain, and the snaw may snaw But ye winna frichten Jock McGraw, He's t...

STRANGE FRUIT (Billie Holiday) Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Stra...

(CDDC) Strangers in my soup, that's what I found there Little tiny things that swim around there Looking down I see them looking up at me Strange things can be...