FORCE ON THE WORKFORCE (Keith Hancock) I was always raised to stand on my own No one gave a damn if I fell on my face Never taken for a fool, And though I fou...

THE FOREMAN'S JO The working class can kiss my ass I got the forman's job at last @union @work filename[ FOREJO playexe REDFLAG RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY

In Forfar I was born and bred In faith I do think shame, sir The sober life afore l gaed Afore I come be-hame, sir Hurrah hurrah Wi' my diddy-fan-ai-an-i-do M...

FORLORN LOVER from the singing of Martin Wyndom-Read I went to the meadow, some time for to spend And for to return, I did fully intend But as I came back ther...

O Johnny is on the water Let him sink or swim For if he can live without me I can live without him Johnny is a young boy But still younger am I For how long ha...

Fortune, my foe, why dost thou frown on me? And will my favours never greater be? Wilt thou, I say, forever breed me pain? And wilt thou ne'er restore my joys a...

If forty is sporty Then fifty is nifty And I am delighted I'm middle aged too I've got the generic -- The standard climacteric-- But I've still got the hots ove...

How often she has gazed from castle windows all And watched the daylight passing within her captive wall With no one to heed her call The evening hour is fadin...

There is a fountain filled with blood The blood of our mining men so brave Who worked together in the black coal pits Men who dug each other's graves Burden pat...

What did I have, said the fine old woman What did I have, this proud old woman did say I had four green fields, each one was a jewel But strangers came and trie...

Sung as a three part round Four long hours of driving For one short swim in the ocean Miserere Nobis @round filename[ HOURDRIV DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY

THE FOUR LOOM WEAVER (Becket Whitehead's version of The Poor Cotton Weaver) I'm a four loom weaver, as many a man knows, I've nowt to eat and I've worn out m' ...

The ore is waiting in the tubs the snow's upon the fell Canny folk are sleeping yet but lead is reet to sell Come me little washer lad come let's awa We're boun...

FOUR POUNDS A DAY by Stan Kelly and Eric Winter The rain is falling on the site the tea's upon the brew We're siting on our arseholes with bugger all to do Out...

Four Prominent Bastards (Ogden Nash) I'm an autocratic figure in these democratic states A dandy demonstration of hereditary traits As the children of the bake...

( ) C F G7 Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high, All those things that don't change, come what may But our good times are all gone,...

Here's a little song about four wet pigs Here's a little song about four wet pigs Two of 'em little and two of 'em big They danced all night at the Pigtown Jig ...

A trooper came down on his fourteen days leave, When up stepped a Provo saying, "Leave passes, please There's blood on your tunic and guts on your sleeve I thin...

THE FOX The fox went out on a chilly night Prayed for the moon to give him light For he had many a mile to go that night Before he reached the town o (2x) He ...

FOX HOLLOW SONG by Richard Wilkie The thunderheads were talking to the Berkshires down below It was raining in Fox Hollow, but the people would not go I came to...

Arise children of the fatherland The day of glory has arrived Against us tyranny's Bloody standard is raised Listen to the sound in the fields The howling of th...

Frankie and Johnnie were lovers, Oh, Lordie how they could love! They swore to be true to each other, Just as true as the stars above, He was her man, but he do...

FREEBORN MAN OF THE TRAVELING PEOPLE (Ewan MacColl) I am a freeborn man of the traveling people Got no fixed abode, with nomads I am numbered Country lanes and...

FREEDOM CALLING or WHAT'S THAT I HEAR What's that I hear now ringing in my ear I've heard that sound before What's that I hear now ringing in my ear I hear it ...

FREEDOM'S ON THE WALLABY (Henry Lawson) cho: Australia's a big country, and freedom's humping bluey And Freedom's on the Wallaby, oh, can't you hear her cooey?...

FREIGHT TRAIN by Libba Cotton Freight train, freight train going so fast Freight train, freight train going so fast Please don't tell what train I'm on So they...

O CANADA O, Canada Terre de nos aieux ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux car ton bras sait porter l'epee il sait porter la croix ton histoire est une epop...

FRIENDLY FAC AND GREEN BERET (Captain John Meyer?) Friendly FAC, friendly FAC, this is Green Beret We see you flying high above, out of danger's way If you can...

A navigator sits in front Surrounded by his maps He belches in the intercom And wakes us from our naps cho: Frig the flying fortress And pray that she'll abort...

Friggin in the riggin, Friggin in the riggin, Friggin in the riggin, There's nothing else to do Twas back in '69, We left the Black Ball Line, The crew did cry...

THE FROGGY HE The froggy he am a queer bird He ain't got no tail almost hardly He run and he jump and he land on his rump Where he ain't got no tail almost hard...

FROM A DISTANCE by Julie Gold From a distance the world looks blue and green and the snow capped mountains white, From a distance the ocean meets ...

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale they say He was...

THE FROZEN LOGGER As I sat down one evening within a small cafe, A forty year old waitress to me these words did say: "I see that you are a logger, and not just...

Oh, the other night I got an invitation to a funeral But to me disappointment the fucker didn't die So to ease our disappointment he took us out and treated us ...

Once a year we celebrate with stupid hats and plastic plates, the fact that you were able to make another trip around the sun And the whole plan gathers round' ...

Remember us poor Mayers all! And thus we do begin -a, To lead our lives in righteousness Or else we die in sin-a With Holano, Holanto, Holanto, Sing merry with...

F-WORD by Lou & Peter Berryman There are pirates in their fetid galleons Daggers in their skivvies With infected tattooed fingers On a blunderbuss or two Signs...

G" SUITS AND PARACHUTES (Tune: Bell Bottom Trousers] Once there was a barmaid down in Brewery Lane Her master was so kind to her, her mistress was the same Al...

THE GAIRDNER CHILD Proud Maisrie stands at her faither's door As straight's a willow wand Till by there came a gairdner child And a red rose in his hand, his h...

THE GAL I LEFT BEHIND ME I struck the trail in seventy-nine, The herd strung out behind me; As I jogged along, my mind went back To the girl I left behind me ...

GALLOWA' HILLS Oh I'll tak' my plaidie contented tae be A wee bittie kilted aboon my knee And I'll gie my pipes anither blaw And I'll gan oot ower the hills ta...

It was a September evening when the sky was dark and grey Raging wind and water battled Hell in its sway The rich folk in the mansions and the poor ones in the ...

THE GALWAY SHAWL At Orenmore in the County Galway, One pleasant evening in the month of May, I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome Her beauty fairly too...

For The Gambia, our homeland We strive and work and pray, That all may live in unity, Freedom and peace each day Let justice guide our actions Twords the common...

The Game of Cards As I was a-walking one midsummer's morning, I heard the birds whistle and the nightingales play 'Twas there I espied a most beautiful maiden,...

"Step in young man, I know your face It's nothing in your favor A little time I'll give to you Six months at hard labor" To my hip fol the day, hip fol the day...

The Garlic Song Ruthie Gorton There are spices and vegetables that you can grow Some are under the ground, some grow tall Though they all have their qualities...

Let Bacchus' sons be not dismayed But join with me, each jovial blade Come, drink and sing and lend your aid To help me with the chorus: cho: Instead of spa, w...

GARTON MOTHER'S LULLABY Sleep, oh babe, for the red bee hums the silent twilight's fall Es val from the grey cock come to wrap the world in thrall A lyan van o...

Gather up the pots and the old tin cans The corn, the mash, the barley and the bran Running like the devil from the excise man Keep the smoke from rising, Barne...

Gaudete, gaudete Christus est natus Ex Maria virginae, gaudete Tempus ad est gratiae hoc quod optabamus Carmina laetitiae devote redamus Deus homo factus est na...

Gee, Ma, I Want To Go Home The coffee that they give us, They say is mighty fine, It's good for cuts and bruises And tastes like iodine cho: I don't want no m...

You've heard of General Wellington, Who won at Waterloo, But there's a good old Irishman I'll mention unto you He comes from dear old Dublin, He's a man we all ...

General Taylor gained the day Walk him along, John, Carry him along General Taylor gained the day Carry him to his burying ground To me way, hey, hey Stormy Wa...

1 My father was a ploughman in a wee place near Capely He worked on the land all the days o' his life By the time he made second he aye said he reckoned he'd pl...

(G) G D7 G C / G D7 / G D7 G C / G D7 G The harvest time's come, gentle Annie, And your wild oats are all scattered round the field You'll be anxious to know, ...

I put my hand all in her own Fair maid is a lilly oh She said, "If you love me alone Come to me quietly Do me no injury Gently, Johnny, my Jingalo" I said, "Yo...

As I walked over London bridge Oh so early in the morning, If was there I met a pretty fair maid All lamenting for her Geordie What has he done? Who has he kil...

Geordie's Penker Hey, wor Geordie's lost 'is penker(marble) Hey, wor Geordie's lost 'is penker Hey, wor Geordie's lost 'is penker Doon the double raw(double ro...

George Collins came home last Friday night And there he take sick and died; And when Mrs Collins heard George was dead, She wrung her hands and cried Mary in t...

GEORGE'S SON There was George and there was George's son Two finer dogs there never did run They ran the sheep and they ran them well And George's son, he could...

Unity and Rights and Freedom For the German Fatherland Let us all strive for that Brotherly with heart and hand Unity and Rights and Freedom Are the foundation ...

Come all you young maidens and listen to me When you go to marry, just let the old man be For the old man, he is old The old man, he is grey But the young man'...

God bless our homeland Ghana, And make our nation great and strong, Bold to defend forever The cause of Freedom and of Right Fill our hearts with true humility ...

God bless ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay, Remember Christ our savoiur was born on Christmas day, To svae us all from satans power when we have gone a...

God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, Remember Christ our Savior Was born on Christmas day, To save us all from Satan's pow'r When we were gone...

(E) C F C / C F G7 / C F C / C F C G7 C Sitting by the road-side on a summer day, Chatting with my mess-mates, to pass the time away, Lying in the shadow, unde...

It is of good ale to you I'll sing And to good ale I'll always cling I like my mug filled to the brim And I'll drink all you'd like to bring Oh good ale, thou ...

The Good Boy (Lemuel F Parton) I have led a good life, full of peace and quiet I shall have an old age, full of rum and riot I have been a good boy, wed to wor...

GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN, REJOICE (John Mason Neale, 18xx) Good Christian men, rejoice With heart and soul and voice; Give ye heed to what we say: News! News! Jesus ...

GOOD FISH CHOWDER from the singing of Joe Hickerson Jerry Mulligan came to see me Dropped his hat in the chowder pot Put it on as he was leaving Said my word, ...

Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even Brightly shone the moon that night, though the fro...

Now here's jolly good luck to the quarter gill Good luck to the Barley Mow Jolly good luck to the quartergill Good luck to the Barley Mow Oh, the quarter gill F...

GOOD NIGHT IRENE (Leadbelly) Last saturday night, I got married, Me and my wife settled down Now me and my wife are parted, I'm gonna take another stroll downt...

Said Irene, I sometimes date Stanley And also, I go out with Lou, But when you turn 'em upside down, No difference between the two Sometimes Irene sleeps in pa...

"Tis just a year ago today that I remember well I sat down by poor Nelly's side and a story she did tell "Twas about a poor old darkey Jeff, that lived for many...

On my first day in court I wish to report, Now witness my story so true When the state closed its case a young man raised his face And began all these facts to ...

He who hath those good peanuts And giveth his neighbor none He shall have none of my good peanuts When his good peanuts are gone Won't it be joyful, joyful, ...

(FGCG) C-FCFC/C-GC/C-GF/C-F- Good people I will sing to you This song came to me sleeping And it's a thank you for the love you share And the friendship that w...

THE GOOD SHIP VENUS Aboard the good ship Venus, You really should have seen us, With a figurehead of a whore in bed, And a mast of a phallic genus The captain...

GOODBY TO THE THIRTY FOOT TRAILER (Ewan MacColl) The old ways are changing you cannot deny The day of the traveler's over There's nowhere to gang and there's n...

Goodbye, Fare Ye Well Oh, don't you hear the Old Man say Goodbye fare-ye-well, goodbye fare-ye well Oh, don't you hear the Old Man say Hooraw, me boys, we're h...

Goodbye, Old Paint Goodbye, old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne; Goodbye, old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne, I'm off to Montan' Goodbye, ...

Passin' through the perch on a summer's day Rememberin' all the things that you'd say Can't seem to tell if you're alive, Or if you've left me Rolling out with...

THE GOODNIGHT-LOVING TRAIL (Bruce Phillips) Too old to wrangle or ride on the swing, You beat the triangle and you curse everything If dirt was a kingdom, they ...

THE GOOEY DUCK SONG by Ron Konzak and Jerry and Judy Elfendahl c1972 You can hear the diggers say, as they're headed for the bay, Oh I gotta dig a duck, gotta...

Gory, Gory "Is everybody ready?" cried the starter looking up Our hero feebly answered, "Yes" and then we stood him up He started booming down the trail, but h...

Prodigal Son, he'd been away awhile He was working his way back home now over many a ragged mile When he finally crossed the river & his father saw him near The...

Government on Horseback (Si Kahn) The President stepped off the silver screen, He said, ''People, put your lives here in my hand'' We can turn our country's ho...

A-wassail, a-wassail throughout of this town Our cup it is white and our ale it is brown Our wassail is made of good ale and cake Of nutmeg and ginger, the best...

GPU When I was a lad in nineteen six I joined a band of Bolsheviks I read the Manifesto and the Kapital And I even learned to sing the Internationale I sang tha...

Grafted Into the Army (Henry Clay Work) Our Jimmy has gone for to live in a tent They have grafted him into the army; He finally puckered up courage and went W...

GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK My grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half than the old man himself But i...

Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walkin' home from our house Christmas Eve You can say there's no such thing as Santa But as for me and Grandpa, we believe! ...

GRAPES ON THE VINE (Steve Gillette and Charles John Quarto) The are songs that birds don't sing to people Secrets that keep right through to the end There are ...

Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts Mutilated monkey meat Chopped-up dirty birdies' feet; Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts And me without...

So I told him that he'd better Shut his mouth and do his job like a man And he answered, Listen, Father, I will never kill another He thinks he's better than hi...

THE GREAT STORM IS OVER (Bob Franke) 1 Thunder and lightning gave voice to the night, The little lame child cried aloud in her fright, Hush little baby, a stor...

We knew thee of old, Oh, divinely restored, By the lights of thine eyes And the light of thy Sword From the graves of our slain Shall thy valour prevail As we g...