HERE'S TO YOU ROUNDERS (Don Lange) I never knew my grandad, he was always on the bum Every September he'd get on the Southbound and ride Then round about Chris...

HERE'S YOUR MULE A farmer came to camp one day With milk and eggs to sell, Upon a mule that oft would stray To where no one could tell The farmer tired of his ...

The Hermit A hermit once lived in a beautiful dell, And it is no legend, this story I tell, So my father declared, who knew him quite well, The hermit He live...

HERRING CROON (Gordon Bok) Where do you go, little herring? What do you see, tail-and-fin? "Blue and green, cold and dark, Seaweed growing high, Hills a hundre...

HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HAND He's got the whole world in his hand The whole wide world in His hand, He's got the whole world in his hand He's got the w...

THE HEXHAMSHIRE LASS Away with the buff and the blue And away with the cap and feather I want to see my lass who lives in Hexhamshire Off with the * ? * and ov...

HEY GOOD LOOKIN' (Hank Williams) Hey, good lookin' Whatcha got cookin'? How 'bout cookin' somethin' up with me? Hey, sweet baby Don'tcha think maybe We could f...

HEY ROBIN, JOLLY ROBIN Hey Robin, jolly Robin, tell me how thy Lady does Hey Robin, jolly Robin, tell me how thy Lady does Ay Robin, jolly Robin, tell me how ...

Hi Fi, Stereo, Color TV (John Cohen, Jay Ungar) There was a town in this country And none of the children there could read, with a cho: Hi fi, stereo, color T...

Hieland Laddie Were you ever in Quebec? Bonnie laddie, hieland laddie Stowin' timber on the deck My bonnie hieland laddie CHO: Hey, ho and away we go Bonn...

HIELAND LADDY (Jacobite) Where ha' ye been a' the day? Bonnie laddie, Hielan' laddie Saw ye him that' far awa' Bonnie laddie, Hielan' laddie On his head a bonn...

High Barbaree There were two lofty ships, from old England came Blow High! Blow low! And so sailed we, One was the Prince o' Luther and the other Prince o' Wale...

High Heel Sneakers - Johnny Rivers Put on your red dress, baby Ya know we're goin' out tonight Put on your red dress, baby Lord, we're goin' out tonight And-a b...

(EDCG) C - / G C F / C - / G C F C Every day we go walking to the high part of the town Ever since me father went up there and he found half a crown He said t...

HIGHWAY HUNTER (Marilyn Robertson) Cho: Don't you cry, baby Daddy'll be home soon He's out on the road lookin' for a toad or Part of a fresh raccoon He'll make...

HILDA'S CABINET BAND (Lal Waterson) Dancing to Hilda's cabinet band Doing the one where you never turn around Up the hall slowly, down the hall fast And a dign...

HILLARY SONG (Marlin Spike Werner) Sir Edmund Hillary dropped from view In the Customs warehouse at Kathmandu Put me in the rack, Put me in the pillory, But do...

HILLS OF ISLE AU HAUT (Gordon Bok) Away and to the westward Is a place a man should go Where the fishing's always easy They've got no ice or snow But I'll hau...

1 There were shepherd's walks and drovers trods Across the hills of yatan through squelchy mire and clotty bogs Across the hills of Yatan Chorus: And when the ...

Lady Margaret sits in her bower door Sewing at her silken seam; She heard a note in Elmond's-wood, And wish'd she there had been She loot the seam fa' frae her...

The maid came tripping down the stairs, Rings on her fingers and gold in her hair, With a glass of wine all into her hands She gave it to the poor old beggarman...

THE HIPPIES AND THE BEATNIKS O late last night, Mr Jones came home On the 8:45 from Victorio He was rich and fat, wore a big bowler hat And he hated the hippie...

Come gather round me children and a story I will tell Come gather round me children and a story I will tell Concerning poor Hiram Hubbard, and how he came and f...

I come and stand at every door Tho none can hear my silent tread I come and knock yet remain unheard For I am dead, for I am dead I'm only seven tho I died In ...

Hitler (Has only got one ball) Tune: Colonel Bogey March (River Kwai Theme) Hitler, he only had one ball, Goering, he had two but very small, Himmler had someth...

THE HOBOES GRAND CONVENTION If you give me your attention A few facts I will mention, Concerning a convention That was held last fall The crooks, they were del...

HOBO'S LULLABY (Goebel Reeves) Go to sleep, you weary hobo Let the town drift slowly by; Listen to the steel rails humming That's the hobo's lullaby Do not th...

Hog-Eye Man The hog-eye man is the man for me, He came a sailin' from o'er the sea And a hog-eye! Railroad nigger with his Hog-Eye, Row the boat ashore with h...

Hold the Fort (PPBliss) Ho! My comrades, see the signal Waving in the sky! Reinforcements now appearing Victory is nigh! cho: "Hold the fort, for I am coming!...

There is a group in this here town, That really goes too far; They've traded in their PhDs For a folk guitar cho: Sing a song for People's Artists, Balladeers ...

Hold thy peace, and I prithee hold thy peace Thou knave, hold thy peace thou knave Thou knave Note: Sung in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene 3 @round...

(Hole in the Piper's Bag) Mrs Stilhouli (Gilhooley?) gave a good party one night She invited us all to attend We gathered a gang, jumped down to her house A fe...

THE HOLLAND HANDKERCHIEF There was a lord lived in this town; His praises went the country round He had a daughter, a beauty bright On her he placed his heart'...

from the Kipper Family of England Oh I bought my wife a bread knife, hollow ground, hollow ground A stainless Sheffield bread knife, hollow ground, hollow grou...

THE HOLLY AND THE IVY The holly and the ivy When they are both full grown Of all the trees that are in the wood The holly bears the crown Oh the rising of the...

Have a holly, jolly Christmas; It's the best time of the year I don't know if there'll be snow but have a cup of cheer Have a holly, jolly Christmas; And when y...

HOME, BOYS, HOME (Navy Version) Man, born of woman, was a sailor for to be He's born to degradation in every degree Of guard mounts and gun drills, he never ha...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Robin and Barry Dransfield COMMENTS: TEXT: D A7 Abroad for pleasure as I was wal...

Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays 'Cause no matter how far away you roam When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze For the holidays you ca...

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day ...

Mid Pleasures and palaces though I may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home; A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there, Which, seek thro' ...

The Homespun Dress (ascribed to Carrie Bell Sinclair) Oh, yes, I am a Southern girl, And glory in the name, And boast it with far greater pride Than glittering...

The Homestead on the Farm SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Flatt & Scruggs (RECORD: Songs of the Carter Family) COMMENTS: TEXT: Well I wonder ...

Homestead Strike Pennsylvania Songs and Legends (Korson et al, Johns Hopkins Press) We are asking one another as we pass the time of day Why working men resort...

I saw an honest farmer, His back was bending low Picking out his cotton He couldn't hardly go He piled it up in rail pens Until the merchant come That he might ...

It was of an honest labourer, As I've heard people say, He goes out in the morning And he works hard all the day And he's got seven children And most of them ar...

The Honest Working Man chorus: 'Way down in East Cape Breton, where they knit the sock and mitten Chezzetcook is represented by the husky black and tan May th...

I'm in love with you, Honey, Say you love me too, Honey, No one else will do, Honey, Seems funny but it's true Loved you from the start, Honey, Bless your litt...

chorus: Honey! Honey! Bless your heart, Oh honey that I love so well, I've done been true, my gal, to you, My honey that I love so well verse: Away down south i...

I'm a hoooeee Yes I am, baby I wear skimpy clothing It's very tight I work all hours of the night Waiting for someone To pay me You probably see me everywhere ...

HOOKS AND NETS (Ian Woods) (Heard from Tom McHenry: FSGW Getaway 1985) When the night sky is dark, and the moon dimly shines, I'm off to the fields to feed my...

THE HORN OF THE HUNTER 1 For forty long years have we known him, Cumberland yeoman of old, And twice forty years shall have perished, Ere the fame of his deeds...

Hot Rod Lincoln" is a little tougher (I'm doing these from memory), but I'll give it a try: Have you heard the story about the hot rod race Where the Fords and...

Hound Dog (James Smith & Katie Lee) chorus: Hound dog, bay at the moon Lay back your long ears; sing a sad tune Lift up your long head and bay at the moon Ho...

Ev'ry time I come to town The boys keep kickin' my dawg aroun'; Makes no diff'rence if he is a houn', They gotta quit kickin' my dawg aroun' Me an' Lem Briggs ...

The House Carpenter 'Well met, well met, my own true love And very well met,' said he 'I have just returned from the salt, salt sea, And it's all for the sake ...

There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It has been the ruin of many a poor girl And me, oh, God, was one My mother was a tailor, She sewed the...

How Can I Keep From Swinging Craig Johnson Our life flows on, an endless song Of tedium and frustration With love grown old, and sex grown cold What's left for...

HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SWINGING (Harry and Sandy Berkowitz) Come all you dancers far and near And hear my plight so stinging I'm doomed to roam from dance to dan...

My mither built a tiny house, A tiny house, a tiny house My mither built a tiny house To keep me frae the men O cho: How can I keep my maidenhead My maidenhead...

How should I your true love know From another one? By his cockle hat and staff And his sandal shoon He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone; At his head...

HUDSON RIVER STEAMBOAT RACE Hudson River steamboat, steamin' up and down New York to Albany or any river town Choo-choo to go ahead, choo-choo to back 'er Capt...

Our lords are to the mountains gane, A hunting o' the fallow deer; And they hae gripet Hughie Graham For stealing o' the bishop's mare And they hae tied him ha...

The Laird o' Hume he's a huntin' gone Over the hills and mountains clear, And he has ta'en Sir Hugh the Grame For stealin' o' the Bishop's mear cho: Tay ammare...

Me mother kept a boarding house, Hullabaloo belay Hullabaloo bela belay And all the boarders were out to make, Hullabaloo belay There was a young fellow named ...

The Humble Heart Whence comes this bright celestial light, What cause produces this? A heaven opens to my sight, Bright scenes of joy and bliss O Lord Jehova ...

Passengers will please refrain From flushing toilets while the train Is standing in the station, I love you We encourage constipation While the train is in the...

The Humours of Whiskey Let your quacks and newspapers be cuttin' their capers And curing the Vapours, the Scratch and the Gout With their medical potions, thei...

I'm a boarder and I dwell in that second-rate hotel If I stay here long, I think I'll go insane; For I lay here on my bunk and I cannot reach my trunk And the b...

THE HUNT IS UP The hunt is up! the hunt is up And it is well-nigh day; And Harry our king is gone hunting To bring his deer to bay The east is bright with mor...

Ye gentlemen and ladies fair, Who grace this famous city, Just listen if you've time to spare While I rehearse a ditty, And for the opportunity Conceive yoursel...

We'll hunt the wren, says Robin to Bobin We'll hunt the wren, says Richie the Robin We'll hunt the wren, says Jack of the land We'll hunt the wren says everyone...

Hurrah, Lie! Seed a flea heave a tree, Hurrah, Lie! Seed a flea heave a tree, Well done, fool! Seed a flea heave a tree, Forty miles in the sea; Yore an' ole b...

Servingman: Well met, my brother friend, all at this highway end, So simple all alone, as you can, I pray you tell to me, what may your calling be, Are you not ...

Hush little baby, don' say a word Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird If that mocking bird won't sing Mama's gonna buy you a diamong ring If that diamond ring t...

Huzza for Liberty (George K Jackson) Come lads, your glasses fill with glee And drink a health to liberty Huzza! Huzza! Huzza! Huzza! Huzza! Huzza! Hail ye he...

Let not your hearts with anxious thoughts Be troubled or dismayed But trust in providence divine And trust my gracious aid I to my father's house return There ...

I am a poor wayfaring stranger A-trav'ling through this land of woe And there's no sickness, toil or danger In that bright world to which I go I'm going home to...

I am a pretty little Dutch girl As pretty as pretty can be And all the boys around my way Go crazy over me My boyfriend's name was fatty He comes from Cincinna...

I Am a Suffragette (M Olive Drennen, C Hanford, 1912) I met a little country girl, eighteen years old, she said Her eyes were black, her hair was jet, and she ...

I saw daddy kissing Santa Claus Underneath the mistletoe last night He didn't see me creep down the stairs to have a peep He thought that I was tucked up in my...

I'll be home for Christmas You can count on me Please have snow And mistletoe And presents 'neath the tree Christmas eve will find me Where the love light glea...

One bright morning, when this life is o'er I'll fly away, To that home on God's celestial shore I'll fly away cho: I'll fly away (O glory) I'll fly away (in th...

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD I've been working on the railroad All the livelong day I've been working on the railroad Just to pass the time away Can't yo...

IF YOU'RE EVER IN TEXAS (Steve Gillette and Charles John Quarto) I just thought I'd call and tell you What only a dreamer would say I just thought I'd mention ...

IF YOU'RE IRISH COME INTO THE PARLOR In sweet Lim'rick Town, they say, Lived a chap named Patrick John MoIIoy Once he sailed to USA His luck in foreign parts h...

I'LL LAY YE DOON, LOVE O I'll lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent I'll lay ye doon, love, I'll fill your can O I'll lay ye doon, love, I'll treat ye decent...

I'LL NEVER GET HOME TO MY DARLING TONIGHT As I was a-walking one evening alone, I met a young fellow making his moan The sky may be fair and the stars may be b...

I"LL NOT MARRY AT ALL I'm determined to live an old maid I'll take my stool and sit in the shade And I'll not marry at all, at all And I'll not marry at all O...

I'll Sell My Hat, I'll Sell My Coat I'll sell my hat, I'll sell my coat To buy my wife a little flat boat Down the river we shall float, and Bibble in the lush...

I'll Take the Legs (From Some Old Table) I'll take the legs from some old table I'll take the arms from some old chair; I'll take the stuffing from a sofa And ...

I'M A MAINFRAME You been runnin' your program on your little PC, Tryin' to fix your business with your 1-2-3; That little Junior jus' can't manage your files, ...

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...

I'm a Rover, and Seldom Sober cho: I'm a a rover and seldom sober I'm a rover, o' high degree; And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's...

I'M CHAMPION AT KEEPING 'EM ROLLING (Ewan MacColl) tune; Limerick Rake I am an oldtimer, I travel the road I sit on me wagon and lumber me load My hotel is the...

I'm Going for a Walk Ed Silberman Oh, friends I have a sad story And I'll tell it so clear and so plain I married a woman named Molly But I bring her a world ...

I'M GOING TO DROWN MY CAT from Bob Walser, who got it from someone in England Chorus; I'm going to drown my cat And smother it with a pillow It's pissed all a...

I'm Going to Georgia I'm going to Georgia, I'm going to roam; I'm going to Georgia to make it my home I once loved a young man as dear as my life And he oft-t...

I'M GONNA MAIL MYSELF TO YOU I'm gonna wrap myself in paper I'm gonna dot myself with glue Stick some stamps on top of my head I'm gonna mail myself to you I'm ...

I'M GONNA TELL (Rosalie Sorrels) I'm gonna tell, I'm gonna tell I'm gonna holler and I'm gonna yell I'll get you in trouble for everything you do I'm gonna tel...