Billy Behen Come all you young rebels and list while we sing for the love of one's country is a terrible thing It banishes fear with the speed of a flame and i...

Dave Guard Well, I thought I heard a captain say, "Pay me my money down Tomorrow is my sailing day, pay me my money down" Chorus: Oh, pay me Pay me Pay me my ...

John Stewart/Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds Chorus: Poor Ellen Smith How was she found? Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the ground Her body was mangled and all c...

John Stewart I was born in Portland town I was born in Portland town Yes, I was Oooh, yes, I was October third, I'm on my way October third, I'm on my way Yes,...

Fred Hellerman/Fran Minkoff They come in their summery dresses and jackets so fine, the rich folks who measure success with a big dollar sign They gaze with de...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart Chorus: Pullin' away, he's pullin away Now his wagons are loaded, he's pullin' away Hard luck is the fortune of all woman...

John Stewart I could go a-runnin', jumpin', reachin' for the sky (reachin' for the sky) That's all that I thought that it would take to buy your mind (take to ...

Will Holt Spoken: A young man goes to Paris, as every young man should There's something in the air of France that does a young man good Chorus: On the album,...

Eric Schwandt Come, my love, and go with me Ah, my love, I greet thee Take you down to Tennessee Meet you by and by Don't you hear them hollerin' now Ah, my lo...

Jack Splittard/Randy Cierley At the foot of yon mountain, where the big river flows, there's a fond creation and a soft wind that blows There lives a fair maid...

Jane Bowers A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die A line that he drew with his sword when the battle was nigh "The man who would fight to the d...

The Almanac Singers Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James? Run by hard fighting men both of honor and of fame She flew the Stars and Stripes ...

Billy Edd Wheeler/Jed Peters (Spoken) He rode easy in the saddle He was tall and lean, and at first you'd a-thought nothing but a streak of mean could make a m...

Shane/Reynolds/Henske Chorus: Well, I know you, Rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone (Repeat) You're gonna miss your daddy rollin' in your arms Well, the sun's ...

Ruben James* The Kingston Trio Did not chart, but they included it on their 1961 LP "Close Up" Written by Alex Harvey and Barry Etris NOT to be confused with a ...

Don MacArthur/John Stewart Chorus: Oh, the river run down but the stream ran dry Big strong man don't ever cry Just stands to watch his love go by Oh, the rive...

John Stewart I'm gonna walk that road that we walked long before, many years ago, and we'll walk a hundred more Chorus: And we're comin' one by one You didn't...

K Ogermann/K Feltz Chorus: Rocky, du musst reiten durch die Weiten der Prairie Rocky, du kommst weiter, doch nach Hause kommst du nie Irgendwo da fiel ein Sch...

A rollin' stone gathers no moss A rollin' stone gathers no moss And as far as I can see I guess I was meant to be Just a rollin' stone A rollin' stone gathers ...

Brownie Macintosh Chorus: Rollin' river, tell me, what do you see on your long, long journey from the mountains to the sea? Do you sparkle in the sunshine? Doe...

Paul Campbell I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around Whenever I see a deck of cards, I lay my money down I lay my money down I hadn't been in the city ...

Paul Campbell I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around Whenever I see a deck of cards, I lay my money down I lay my money down I hadn't been in the city ...

Scarlet Ribbons The Kingston Trio Words and Music by Evelyn Danzig and Jack O Segal -From their 1959 LP "The Kingston Trio At Large" I peeped in to say good ni...

Vance/Pokriss Ruby red Ruby red Chorus: Ruby red were her lips Diamond pure was her heart Emerald green (emerald green) were her eyes A priceless gem of perfe...

Bob Shane/Tom Drake/Miriam Stafford Chorus: Run Molly, run (oh, Molly) Run Molly, run Long John's gonna beat you, beneath the shinin' sun Long John was the yo...

John Stewart Well, I hope to tell you, Johnny, that I lay that rifle down but leave the noose and the calaboose and headed for another town Well, I've got you...

John Stewart I ain't asking to cry on your shoulder I don't wanta see your happiness folder I got a sing when things go wrong I gotta sing a runaway song Chor...

John Stewart Can it really be that lone since I've been home to momma? Can it really be that long as the letters try to say? I'm more lonesome right now than e...

(John Stewart) Can it really be that lone since I've been home to momma? Can it really be that long as the letters try to say? I'm more lonesome right now than...

Rod McKuen The old gate is rusting in the rain Children, comin' home from school, no longer skim their pebbles on the old town creek That just around the bend ...

(Rod McKuen) The old gate is rusting in the rain Children, comin' home from school, no longer skim their pebbles on the old town creek That just around the ben...

Jack Splittard Ain't no use to sit and cry You'll be an angel by and by Chorus: Can't she rock 'em, can't she rock 'em, can't she rock 'em, daddy-e-o (Repeat)...

Woody Guthrie Sally, Sally, Sally, don't you grieve (Well-a, well now) (Repeat twice) And I told her not to grieve after me Well, it's when I'm gone, Sally, d...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart I got a gal, she's ten feet tall, sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall Honey, let me be your salty dog There wa...

Jane Bowers Down by the mission San Miguel is a great house wherein dwell Don Carlos and La Dona Maria Elena Cantrell I work at the ranch I saddle her mare I ...

Dave Guard Ooo, Ooo, we're sailin' 'cross the river from Liverpool, heave away, Santy Anno Around Cape Horn to 'Frisco Bay, 'way out in Californio Chorus: So,...

Dave Guard Ooo, Ooo, we're sailin' 'cross the river from Liverpool, heave away, Santy Anno Around Cape Horn to 'Frisco Bay, 'way out in Californio Chorus: So,...

Louis Gottlie Rock-a-bout, rock-a-bout, rock-a-bout Chorus: Come on and rock-about my Saro Jane (Repeat) Oh, there's nothing to do but to sit down and sing an...

Scotch and Soda The Kingston Trio Words and Music by Trio member Dave Guard -From their 1958 debut LP "The Kingston Trio" -Also peaked as a single at #81 on Bil...

(E Danzig/J O Segal) I peeked in to say goodnight and I heard my child in prayer "Please bring me some scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for my hair" Searched ...

Dave Guard Scotch and soda, mud in your eye Baby, do I feel high, oh, me, oh, my Do I feel high Dry martini, jigger of gin Oh, what a spell you've got me in, o...

Jane Bowers Chorus: Sea fever, my mother called it Sea fever, she knew that I had When the wind is blowing out of the singing South then will I be going, sea ...

Rod McKuen/Jacques Brel Adieu, Emile, my trusted friend, we've known each other since we were nine or ten Together we climbed hills and trees, learned of love ...

They Call the Wind Mariah The Kingston Trio Words and Music by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe -From their 1959 LP "From the Hungry" -From the musical "Pain...

Jane Bowers/Dave Guard Don't you remember, Senora, when you had a love of your own? You had a duenna, Senora You had a kind chaperone Didn't she sometimes, Sen...

(Jean Ritchie/Lee Hays) [Chorus:] Shady Grove, my little love, Shady Grove, I know Shady Grove, my little love, bound for Shady Grove (Last time: Bound for Sh...

Jean Ritchie/Lee Hays Chorus: Shady Grove, my little love, Shady Grove, I know Shady Grove, my little love, bound for Shady Grove (Last time: Bound for Shady G...

Jean Ritchie/Lee Hays Chorus: Shady Grove, my little love, Shady Grove, I know Shady Grove, my little love, bound for Shady Grove (Last time: Bound for Shady G...

Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart She was too good to me How can I get along now? So close she stood to me Everything seems all wrong now She would have brought me th...

Mike Stewart Chorus: You gotta sing out if you want to get to heaven You gotta sing out, join in and pray Sing out if you want to get to heaven Ask the Lord to...

Dave Guard Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Sing we now of Christmas Noel sing we here Sing our grateful praises to the maid so dear Chorus: Sing we Noel! The King...

Have you heard of the ship, called the good Reuben James, Run by hard fighting men, both of honor and fame, She flew the stars and stripes for the land of the f...

Lee Hays/Carl Sandburg We come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinkin' all night Got into a fight Well, I feel so br...

Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart Chorus: My heaven is so high, you can't get over it So low, you can't get under it So wide, you can't get around it You go...

Jerry Fuller I remember when I was a barefooted boy climbing in a sycamore tree But now I'm a little older, got a rifle on my shoulder Some fool made a soldier...

Ian Tyson I am a young man, so you'll know, my age is twenty-one I come from out in southern Colorado Just home from the service and I'm looking for my fun Som...

Eric Schwandt/Dave Guard Wassail, 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...

Mike Settle Caroline, Caroline, girl, you'd better go on home 'cause I'll be leavin' with the morning dew, stronger for the seeds we've sown I'll write you lov...

John Stewart When you sit and wonder why things have gone so wrong and you wish someone would tell us where our friend has gone Look then in the hills when the...

Chorus: South Coast, the wild coast, is lonely You may win at the game at Jolon, But the lion still rules the barranca, and a man there is always alone My nam...

Travis Edmonson Well, I know I don't have to be told that the North wind is chilly and cold Well, I know Far from the South wind I ran Now, I'm a lost and lone...

Jane Bowers I used to ride a little old speckled roan I told him lots of things I wouldn't have told at home I said to the speckled roan, said I, "I'm so lones...

John Stewart Chorus: Is it wrong to be so much in love with a girl that you can't tell her voice from the spinnin' of the world I am gone I can fly like a com...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart Chorus: Oh, we'll stay awhile to fight awhile We'll never want to leave ya Oh, we'll stay awhile to fight awhile 'til we c...

John Stewart Chorus: I don't want to hear your stories of old Don't show me your golden chains For if there's just one man in this whole wide land and he is li...

John Stewart/George Yanok (Spoken) I remember when I rode into town that morning in December of forty-eight Oh, bitter cold I had on my parka, my sheepskin coa...

Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart I had a sister Sally, she was younger than I am Had so many sweethearts, she had to deny them But as for sister Sarah, you...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart We came to town to see that old tattooed lady She was a sight to see, tattooed from head to knee My uncle Ned was there He...

(Sammy Cahn/James Van Heusen) Texas across the river where my wandrin' days I'll bid goodbye Just the sound of Texas gets me "boom" in the solar plexus It's en...

Sammy Cahn/James Van Heusen Texas across the river where my wandrin' days I'll bid goodbye Just the sound of Texas gets me "boom" in the solar plexus It's enou...

(Tom Drake) Five men to guard the British rank and five to watch the town above And two to stand at either hand and one to let Bill Tenner out He had eighty we...

Ewan MacColl The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes and the moon and stars were the gift you gave To the dark and the empty sk...

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the night and the empty skies my l...

J Pike Gang man, make the bed A cross tie at your head For we can't lay the track 'til the benders off your back Gang man, make the bed Carry man, get the feel...

Jack Splittard The hunter, he did cross the plain and then he ventured home again The merry, merry feast will soon begin among the leaves so green-o Chorus: J...

Francis McPeake/Ewan MacColl As I was sitting with a jug and spoon, one Sunday morning in the month of June A birdie sang in an ivy bunch and the song he sang ...

Vera Hall What month was my Jesus born in? Last month of the year! (Repeat) Chorus: Oh, January, (January), February, (February), March, April, May, June, O, ...

Lala Kahle (Sleep well) In the jungle, the mighty jungle The lion sleeps tonight In the jungle, the mighty jungle The lion Sleeps tonight [Chorus:] Imbube In...

L Coleman/N Gimbel Come closer, my love, and you'll hear my tale It'll make you cold It'll turn you pale It's a tale of a man's never ending love and the long,...

Sheldon Harnick They're rioting in Africa They're starving in Spain There's hurricanes in Florida and Texas needs rain The whole world is festering with unhapp...

P French/H Collisson Oh, Mary, this London's a wonderful sight with people here working by day and by night They don't sow potatoes nor barley nor wheat but th...

John Stewart Chorus: Some to the rivers and some to the sea Some to the soil that our fathers made free Then on to the stars in the heav'ns for to see This is ...

Nick Reynolds Chorus: The river is wide I cannot see Nor do I have light wings to fly Build me a boat that can carry two and both shall row, my love and I My ...

Irving Burgess One night along the river at St Germain de Pre, I first met my beloved at a small sidewalk café We walked along the river, the shadows passing b...

Sheldon Harnick Completely round is the perfect pearl the oyster manufactures Completely round is the steering wheel that leads to compound fractures Completel...

Lee Hays/Carl Sandburg We come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinkin' all night Got into a fight Well, I feel so br...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, as I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a young cowboy dressed in white linen ...

Oh, we came to town to see That old tattoed lady She was a sight to see Tattoed from head to knee My uncle Ned was there He came to gape and stare "I'v never" h...

Denny Thompson We went one day about a month ago (ha ha ha) to have a little fun (ah ha) in Mexico We ended up in a gambling spot (ha ha ha) where the liquor f...

(Lou Gottlieb) In seventeen forty-two, it was customary in the township of Halifax, for a gentleman to partake occasionally of ratafia which was--a light-flavo...

Lou Gottlie In seventeen forty-two, it was customary in the township of Halifax, for a gentleman to partake occasionally of ratafia which was--a light-flavored...

Irving Burgess It's only been a year or so but it seems so long ago, I packed up my bags and left my home Been from Fresno to Maine, even worked a boat in Spai...

Bjoern Uluaeus/Benny Anderssen You and I can share the silence, finding comfort together the way old friends do After fights and words of violence we make up w...

Bob Shane/Tom Drake The white snows of winter fall into the quiet town The town lies asleeping Asleeping beneath the down It soon will be Christmas Bells will ...

J Christie I've tasted the wines of France and I've tasted the wines of Spain and though many a wine is the same, There are none like the wines of Madeira I've...

John Stevens I don't like to work but I got to When my friends ask for advice, I tell them not to I'm gonna move way down South where it's too hot to, 'cause I...

J Slate/L Hinley/H Delaughter The world needs a tune that it can hum (Hum) The world needs a guitar it can strum (Hum) The world needs a melody it can sing, si...

Bill Loughborough/ David Wheat With Ruby and Ollie soon over the hill, for marrying Tommy there still is no Pill We're the world's last authentic playboys, ju...

Mason Williams LUNCH TOTERS: How about them lunch toters, ain't they a bunch? Goin' off to work a-totin' their lunch Totin' them vittles Totin' that chow Eati...

Mike Stewart He's gone away for to stay a little while but he's comin' back if he goes ten thousand miles Who are these seven men whose path leads them so far...