'Twas in the pleasant month of May, In the springtime of the year, And down in yonder meadow There runs a river clear See how the little fishes, How they do spo...

The Months by: Flanders and Swan January brings the snow Makes your feet and fingers glow February's ice and sleet Freeze the toes right off your feet Welcom...

THE MONYMUSTK LADS As l cam' in bY Monymustk And doon by Alford's dale, A sad misfortune happened to me And l think nae shame to tell cho: Fal to too a riddle...

MOON DANCING Russian round words by Meryle Korn Moon dancing on the snow, moon dancing on the snow Starflakes like snowflakes that glitter and shine Deer walk ...

I've been a moonshiner for seventeen years I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer In a wild lonesome hollow I'll build me own still And I'll make you a gal...

More verses to Humoresque by Dick Parks Many dentists recommend That using fluoride puts an end To cavities forever- North is up Stewardesses, take your p...

Dillon Bustin 1 In the fall of the year, when you feel the winter near And the days are clear It surely isn't good to sit by the fire And want to stoke it high...

As I went doon to Strichen toon, I heard a fair maid mourning, And she was making sair complaint For her true love ne'er returning cho: So fare ye weel, y...

C Dm G F C Morning has bro-ken like the first morning Em Am D G Blackbird has spo-ken like the first bird C ...

Moscow nights are cold, but they're crisp and clear Let's go South for winter this year To Afghanistan, it's such a lovely land And the people are russian as ca...

Mother, Is the Battle Over? "Mother, is the battle over? THousands have been slain, they say Is my father come? and tell me Has the army gained the day?" "Is ...

Who's got a beard that's long and white Santa's got a beard that's long and white Who comes around on a special night Santa comes around on a special night Sp...

Land of the Brave - Namibia land of the brave Freedom fight we he won Glory to their bravery Whose blood waters our freedom We give our love and loyalty Togethe...

In the Hills of West Virginia lived a girl named Nancy Brown, And you never saw such beauty, in country or in town; Well, one day the village deacon was a-looki...

Nauru our homeland, the land we dearly love, We all pray for you and we also praise your name Since long ago you have been the home of our great forefathers And...

Nauru bwiema, ngabena ma auwe Ma dedaro bwe dogum, mo otata bet egom Atsin ngago bwien okor, ama bagadugu Epoa ngabuna ri nan orre bet imur Ama memag ma nan epo...

A digging and a-picking as I was one day The thought of my true love it led me astray The day it was gone and the night coming on And I hit for the road with my...

N-De Colores De Colores, De Colores se vesten los campos en la primavera De Colores, De colores san los pajaritos que vienen de afuera De Colores, De colores e...

'NEATH THE CRUST OF THE OLD APPLE PIE 'Neath the crust of the old apple pie, There is something for you and for I It may be a pin that the cook has left in Or i...

Oh dark is the evening and silent the hour Oh who is that minstrel by yon shady tower Whose harp is so tenderly touching with skill Oh who could it be but young...

Nell Flaherty's Drake Oh, my name it is Neil, quite candid I tell, And I lived in Clonmell, which I'll never deny, I had a large drake, and the truth for to sp...

Nelly Bly (Stephen Foster) Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! Bring the broom along, We'll sweep the kitchen clean, my dear, And have a little song Poke the wood, my lady l...

Nero's Expedition by Moondog Nero's expedition up the Nile Failed Because the water hyacinths Had clogged the river Denying Nero's vessels passage Through the ...

NET HAULING SONG (Ewan MacColl) It's busk ye, my lads, get you up on deck And take up your stations for hauling the nets And mind you pull together boys, all t...

1568, written by Mr Marnix van St Aldegonde Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Ben ick van Duytschen bloet Den Vaderlant ghetrouwe Blyf ick tot in den doet Een Prince van O...

Never throw a lighted lamp at mother; You never know when you can find another And I'm sure you wouldn't wish to see Ma lit up like a Christmas tree So never th...

New Chum Crutcher (Brian O'Keefe) There's a story that I have to tell And I'll tell it straight to you Though you may not believe me, Every painful word is tru...

by Craig Johnson Chorus: And I've been sitting by the Ohio Watching the tow boats rollin' up slow Thinkin' of the places we used to go You've been on my mind ...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Roberts and Barrand (They rewrote the chorus, which started out "Away you Santy, My dear Annie Oh, you New York g...

God of nations! at Thy feet In the bonds of love we meet, Hear our voices, we entreat, God defend our Free Land Guard Pacific's triple star, From the shafts of ...

E Ihoa Atua, O nga Iwi Matoura, Ata whaka rongona; Me aroha noa Kia hua ko te pai; Kia tau to atawhai; Manaakitia mai Aotearoa Ona mano tangata Kiri whero, kiri...

Nice People Like Us (Sam Richards 1982) We don't like the scroungers, the no-goods and loungers The idle, the punk rockers, bad eggs and scruffs, Life's not fo...

It was pleasant and delightful on a midsummers day When Sweet William, ever hungry, went to view the matinee But the concessions, they weren't open and Sweet Wi...

1 Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria's call obey To serve our fatherland With love and strength and faith The labor of our heroes past Shall never be in vain To serv...

Oh slow down, dogies, quit your roving 'round You've wandered and trampled all over the ground Oh graze along, dogies, and feed kinda slow And don't be forever ...

NIGHT RIDER'S LAMENT (G) C F / C G G7 / F G7 C / G G7 C F C F C / F G7 C / F G7 C F C F / G7 C Last night as I was riding Graveyard shift, midnight to dawn, Oh,...

The time has come, I can no longer tarry This morning's tempest i must shortly brave To cross the moors and high towering mountains Until I'm in the arms of the...

THE NIGHTINGALE SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Margaret Chrystl [17A 148*3 + T Bikel/C Gooding TEXT: My sweetheart come along, don't you hear...

THE NIGHTINGALES SING Now as I was a-walking one morning in May I saw a sweet couple together at play O the one was a fair maid and her beauty shone clear And ...

Nine Gold Medals (David Roth) The athletes had come from all over the country To run for the gold, for the silver and bronze Many the weeks and the months of t...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Michael Cooney COMMENTS: Maybe Ewan McColl? TEXT: G C...

Nine Pound Hammer (Roll on Buddy) cho: Roll on buddy! Don't you roll so slow How'm I gonna roll, when the wheels won't go Roll on buddy! Pull a load of coal Ho...

Oh, listen my children, a story you'll hear A song I will sing you; 'twill fill you with cheer A charming young maiden was wed in the Fall She married a man who...

No Comfort Facilities (Nick Plakias) Note: done to a midwestern calypso beat All along the road where the people go There's a sign you've seen many times I kn...

I'm a decent boy just landed From the town of Ballyfad; I want a situation, yes, And want it very bad I have seen employment advertised, "It's just the thing," ...

No man is an island, no man stands alone Each man's joy is joy to me Each man's grief is my own We need one another, so I will defend Each man as my brother Eac...

NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN cho: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen Nobody knows but Jesus Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, Glory Hallelujah! ...

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT (Jimmy Cox) Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money, with never a care Takin' all my friends out for...

A North Country maid up to London had strayed, Although with her nature it did not agree, Which made her repent, and so bitterly lament Oh I wish once again for...

Northeast Passage (CMiller and J Hoffman) cho: Ah, for just one time I would take a northeast passage To find a Jewish princess reaching for my wallet thin, Wi...

Nostradamus (Al Stewart) In the East the winds are blowing the ships across the sea And it's sails, they fill the morning, and their cries ring out to me Oh t...

When Venus, the goddess of beauty and love Arose from the froth that swam on the sea Minerva sprang out of the cranium of Jove A coy, sullen dame as most mortal...

[1] Now Robin, lend to me thy bow [2] Sweet Robin, lend thy bow to me [3] For I must now a-hunting to my Lady go [4] With my sweet lady From Songs From Shak...

Miss Beverly Jones had a Ph D in Physics And she went to town to look for some work Everyplace she applied said she was qualified To be a secretary or a clerk T...

Number Fifteen Sunscreen Jan Harmon In case of a nuclear attack Before you evacuate The EPA has said you will not be dead If you follow this advice they advoca...

Marriage by Conquest Game Here we come gathering nuts in May, Nuts in May, nuts in May, Here we come gathering nuts in May, On a cold and frosty morning Who w...

Now come all you jovial fellows, come listen to my song It is a little ditty and it won't detail you long It's of a fair young damel, and she lived down in Kent...

Canada-I-O Come all ye jolly lumbermen, and listen to my song But do not get discouraged, the length it is not long; Concerning of some lumbermen, who did agree...

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How faithful are thy branches! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How faithful are thy branches! O Christmas Tree, O Christ...

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, Oh come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore him, Chri...

O du lieber Augustin, Augustin, Augustin, o du lieber Augustin, alles ist hin! 'S Geld is' weg, s' Mensch is' weg, Augustin liegt im Dreck O du lieber Augustin,...

O, FOR ANE AND TWENTY, TAM CHORUS cho: An O, for ane-and-twenty, Tam! And hey, sweet ane-and-twenty, Tam! I'II Iearn my kin a rattIin sang, An I saw ane-and-tw...

O Holy Night The stars are brightly shining It is the night of our Savior's birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining 'Til He appeared and the soul felt ...

O, KENMURE'S ON AND AWA, WILLIE O, Kenmure's on and awa, Willie, O, Kenmure's on and awa! An Kenmure's lord's the bravest lord That ever Galloway saw! Success ...

OAK, ASH, AND THORN (E) Am Em Am / Am Dm Am Am - / Am - / Am - / Am Dm Am Of all the trees that grow so fair, old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath ...

A Wee Docht and Doris (Popularized, at least, by Harry Lauder) There's a good old Scottish custom that has stood the test of time Its a custom that's been carri...

OCTOBER ROSES Linda Allen You say you are sorry for the youth that you lack For the sag of your breasts, for the bend in your back For your hair turning grey a...

ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWN SHACK (Billy Ed Wheeler) They past an ordinance in the town Said we'd have to tear it down That little brown shack out back so dear to ...

O'Dooley's First Five O'Clock Tea O'Dooley got rich on an aqueduct jo And he made a considerable pile His neighbors with envy regarded the scene To see him ass...

O-E-DALLAY Lathan mo run, O-E-Dallay, lathan Wind west and tide westing O-E-Dallay, lathan, lo,lathan, mo run Down on the wave, O-E-Dallay lathan Wind west an...

OF LATE I'VE BEEN DRIVEN NEAR CRAZY Of late I've been driven near crazy All on account of my wife She ran away with a Chinee And left me to mourn all my life I...

I am a merry ploughboy and I ploughed the fields all day 'Till a sudden thought came to my mind that I should roam away For I'm sick and tired of slavery since ...

OGGY MAN (Cyril Tawney) Well the rain's softly falling and the oggy man's no more I can't hear him calling like I used to before I came through the gateway and...

Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm (3x) And we'll all hang on behind cho: So we'll roll the old chariot along An' we'll roll the golden chari...

OH, ARE YOU SLEEPING MAGGIE Mirk and rainy is the nicht There's no a star in a' the carry Lightening gleams across the sky And winds they blaw wi winter fury ...

Oh come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, Oh come ye, oh come ye to Bethlehem Come and behold him, born the king of angels, cho: Oh come let us adore him...

OH, CON ALL THE FAITHFUL (Christopher Hershey) Oh, con all the faithful, appeal to their religion Buy a plastic manger scene and set it up in the front yard Tw...

OH, FREEDOM Oh, freedom, Oh, freedom, Oh freedom over me And before I'd be a slave I'd be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free No more moanin...

Oh Genevieve, I'd give the world To live again the lovely past! The rose of youth was dew-impearled But now it withers in the blast I see thy face in ev'ry dre...

OH HOLY NIGHT (Cappeau de Roquemaure) Oh holy night! The stars are brightly shining It is the night of the dear Savior's birth! Long lay the world in sin and e...

Oh, How he lied He sat down beside her and smoked his cigar Smoked his cigar, smokes his cigar He sat down beside her and smoked his cigar Smoked his cigar-r-r...

Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by Yet in they dark streets shineth, the everlasti...

Oh, Lovely Appearance of Death Oh, lovely appearance of death,_ What sight upon earth is so fair? Not all the gay pageants that breathe Can with a dead body co...

O mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and here your true love's coming That can sing both high and low Trip no further, pretty sweeting, Journeys end i...

Oh, My Liver and my Lungs Oh, my liver and my lungs, my lights and my legs, They're paining me, they're paining me; My heart is sad, my head is bad And I think...

OH, NO JOHN On yonder hill there stands a maiden Who she is I do not know; I shall court he, for her beauty, She must answer yes or no, cho: Oh, 0h, no John, ...

Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a Lovely War! Up to your waist in water, Up to your eyes in slush, Using the kind of language That makes the sergeants blush; Who wouldn't joi...

OH, SUSANNA by Stephen Foster I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see It rained all night the day I left T...

OH, THAT LOW BRIDGE from George Ward 1 It's many miles to Buffalo (Oh that low bridge!) Balky mule he travels slow (Oh that low bridge!) There's gravel on the...

OH, WHAT A FACE! He carries her picture in his pocket, 'Twas taken the day he went to sea He carries her picture in his locket Tho' she is as ugly as can be c...

Oh, What a Merry Land is England! Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie, Singing "Oh, what a merry land is England" He stuck in his thum...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Charlie Poole + ? TEXT: D G D When you walk along the street, how often do y...

OLD AVRAM BROWN (Round) {1} Old Avram Brown is dead and gone, you'll never see him more, {2} He used to wear an old grey coat all buttoned up before Note: you...

Old Bangum, he did hunt and ride Dillum down dillum Old Bangum, he did hunt and ride Dillum down Old Bangum, he did hunt and ride Sword and a pistol by his side...

lt was only an old beer bottle A floatin' o'er the foam; It was only an old beer bottle A million miles from home In it was a paper With these words written upo...

I had a dog and his name was blue I had a dog and his name was blue I had a dog and his name was blue Betcha five dollars he's a good 'un too Here Blue, you go...

When he was a boy, just sixteen years, Bursting at the elbows, wet behind the ears, Papa called him in and sat him in a chair, Said, "Son, I think it's time you...

The Old Chizzum (Chisholm) Trail Come along, boys, and listen to my tale, I'll tell you of my troubles on the Old Chizzum Trail Coma-ti yi yippy, yippy yea, y...

Some friends and I in a public house Were playing dominoes one night When into the room a fireman came, His face all chalky white "What's up?" says Brown, "H...

THE OLD FAMILY TOOTHBRUSH The old family toothbrush, the old family toothbrush The old family toothbrush that hung by the sink First it was father's, then it wa...