Come all you bold sailors that follow the Lakes On an iron ore vessel your living to make I shipped in Chicago, bid adieu to the shore, Bound away to Escanaba f...

Joe Heaney, via Helen Schneyer & Lucy Simpson 1 Over the mountains and down in the glen To a little thatched cot in the valley where the thrush and the linnet ...

Red Ransom, old red rover It'll be over before long I knowed you when you was a rover But now your roving days are done And walk, Old Ransom, walk around Walk ...

From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our path for ...

Go dig up that red rosy bush Stands by the willow tree And it will show to the wide world around That she's forsaken me Go show me the crow that is so black It...

The Red-Headed Stranger The red-headed stranger from Blue Rock, Wyoming Rode into town one day; Under his knees was a raging black stallion And walking behind ...

The Reel O' Stumpie Hap and Rowe Hap and Rowe, (note: first verse can be sung as Hap and rowe the feetie o't chorus, or repeated after last I thocht...

THE REGULAR ARMY, OH (Harrington and Hart) Three years ago, this very day, I went to Govner's Isle To stand ferinst the cannon in true military style, Thirteen...

REILLY'S DAUGHTER As I was sitting by the fire Eating spuds and drinking porter Suddenly a thought came into my mind I'd like to marry old Reilly's daughter C...

RENALDINE or The Mountains of Pomeroy "Oh love," she said, "I'm sore afraid For the foeman's force and you For they'll track you in the lowland plain And all t...

My rookie days are over, My pilot light is out What used to be my sex appeal Is now my water spout Time was, when of its own accord From my trousers it would s...

REUBEN AND RACHEL (Harry Birch) Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking What a queer world this would be If the men were all transported Far beyond the Northern Sea...

THE RIVER (Steve Gillette and Charles John Quarto) I've seen the paddlewheelers Rollin' south on a summers day I've seen lovers at the guardrails With stars in...

There was an old lady lived over the sea And she was an island queen Her daughter lived off in a new country With an ocean of water between The old lady's pocke...

Ye gentlemen of high renown, come listen unto me That takes delight in fox hunting by every degree A story I will tell to you, concerning of a fox Near royston ...

One evening as I rambled, two miles below Permoy, I spied a pretty fair maiden, all on the mountain high I said, "My pretty fair maiden, your beauty shines most...

The Ribald Rebel's Song We will get a ** rope And we'l hang the ** Pope, Then we'll burn the Sistine Chapel to the ground; And we'll turn our ** guns Onto all ...

THE RIDDLE SONG I gave my love a cherry that has no stone, I gave my love a chicken that has no bone, I gave my love a ring that has no end, I gave my love a ba...

'Tis old Stonewall, the Rebel, that leans on his sword And, while we are mounting, prays low to the Lord: "Now each Cavalier that loves Honor and Right Let him ...

RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE (Kipper Family) As I walked out one June morning; One June morning so early Twas there I spied a fair pretty maid, Just as her skirt was a ...

RIGS O' RYE Twas in the month of sweet July Before the sun had pierced the sky 'Twas in between two rigs o' rye I heard two lovers talking The lad said, Lassi...

The Rigs of the Time O, 'tis of an old butcher, I must bring him in He charge two shillings a pound, and thinks it no sin Slaps his thumb on the scale-weights a...

Chorus: It's all around the town All around the town It's all around the town This hard ring of iron There's smoke up in the sky Smoke up in the sky The...

RING SOME CHANGES (Richard Thompson) This old house is a tumbling down The walls are gone but the roof is sound The 3 deaf, he can never be found It's time to ...

Was you ever in Rio Grande? Heave away for Rio! It's there that the river flows down golden sand! And we're bound for the Rio Grande! Then away, boys, away, Aw...

As I went out one morning for to take the pleasant air The birds were singing in the trees and the weather it was fair I sat for a while to rest my back at the ...

"Tell me, tell me, Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry so?" "Hush mavoughal, hush and listen," and his face was all aglow "I bear orders from the captain, get...

RISSELTY-ROSSELTY I married me a wife in the month of June, Risselty-rosselty now, now, now ! I carried her home in a silver spoon, Risselty-rosselty, hey bom-...

THE RIVER (Steve Gillette and Charles John Quarto) I've seen the paddlewheelers Rollin' south on a summers day I've seen lovers at the guardrails With stars in...

We crossed the broad Pecos, we forded the Nueces Swum the Guadalupe, we followed the Brazos Red River runs rusty, the Wichita clear But down by the Brazos I cou...

The Road Tae Dundee SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Gavin Anderson COMMENTS: Hilary Brown says she'd heard lots more verses in her Scott...

The Road to the Isles (Collected & translated by Kennedy-Fraser and MacLeod) A far croonin' is pullin' me away As take I wi' my cromack to the road The far Coo...

ROB 'EM ALL (NAAFI) We are the NAAFI girls, warriors all The RASC/EFI, Heavily laden with ill-gotten gains We came here to do, not to die Once we were honest, ...

Now, Rob Roy's from the Highlands come Unto our lowland border And he has stolen a lady awa' To keep his house in order "Come go with me, my dear," he said "Co...

ROBIN ADAIR by Lady Caroline Keppel What's this dull town to me Robin's not near What was't I wish'd to see What wish'd to hear Where all the joy and mirth Mad...

ROBIN HOOD words and music by Carl Sigman Chorus: Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen Robin Hood, Robin Hood, with his band of men Feared by the ba...

I've got a wife and five little chillun Believe I'll take a trip on the big MacMillan Oh Saro Jane! cho: Oh, there's nothing to do but to set down and sing And...

ROCK ME ON THE WATER (Jackson Browne) Oh people, look around you, the signs are everywhere You've left it for someone other than you to be the one to care You'...

Rockabye, Baby Rockabye baby, on the tree top, When you grow up, you'll work in a shop, When you get married, your wife will work, too So that the rich will ha...

Rocking around the Christmas Tree at the Christmas party hop Mistletoe hung where you can see Ev'ry couple tries to stop You will get a sentimental feeling Whe...

Sitting alone in an old rocking chair, I saw an old mother with silvery hair, She looked so neglected by those who should care, Rocking alone in an old rocking ...

Rocking around the Christmas Tree at the Christmas party hop Mistletoe hung where you can see Ev'ry couple tries to stop You will get a sentimental feeling Whe...

I am a young man from the town of Ciandra I married a young woman to comfort my home She goes out and she leaves me and truly deceives me She leaves me with a b...

Rocky mountain, rocky hill Rocky hill was grassy There I met a purty young miss, Lord but she was sassy cho: Lord Lord Lord (repeat last line of verse) How ol...

Roll, Agamemnon, Roll Heave off, me boys, we're off to the main, Roll, Agamemnon, roll To load down ships with the dollars of Spain, Mars forevermore They tol...

When the Alabama's keel was laid Roll, Alabama, Roll It was laid in the yards of Jonathan Laird O roll, Alabama, roll It was laid in the yards of Jonathan Lair...

Shine, shine, shine 'em up fine, Shine 'em up fine for a dime! Shine, shine, shine 'em up fine, Shine 'em up fine for a dime! My baby needs a new pair of shoes!...

The anchors are weighed and the sails are unfurled ROLL DOWN We're bound for to take you halfway round the world WALK AROUND ME BRAVE BOYS AND ROLL DOWN AND WE...

Way down yonder in Tennesee, they leased the convicts out To work in the coal mines, against free labor South; Free labor rebelled against it To win it took som...

Roll On, John Oh, roll on John, and make your time For I'm broke, and can't make mine Oh I dreamed last night, Oh, Lu was dead With her apron string tied 'rou...

cho: Roll on the ground, boys, Roll on the ground Eat soda crackers, Roll on the ground Workin' on the railroad Dollar a day, Eat soda crackers And the wind bl...

Way down south where the cocks do crow 'Way down in Florida The gals all dance to the old banjo And we'll roll the woodpile down! Rollin'! Rollin'! Rollin' the...

If all of the girls were bells in a tower And I was a clapper, I'd bang one each hour Go roll your leg over, roll your leg over Roll your leg over the man in th...

It's a damned tough life, full of toil and strife We whalermen undergo And we don't give a damn when the gale has stopped How hard the wind did blow We're homew...

ROLLING DOWN TO OLD MAUI (2) Once more we sail with a favoring gale A-bounding o'er the main And soon the hills of the tropic clime Will be in view again Six s...

Once more we are waft by the Northern gales Bounding over the main, And now the hills of the tropic isles We soon shall see again Five sluggish moons have waxed...

Pipe all hands to man the windlass See our cable running clear As we heave away the anchor, For old England we will steer Rolling home, rolling home, Rolling h...

Call all hands to man the capstan See the cable running clear Heave away and with a will, boys For new England we will steer Rolling home, rolling home Rolling...

THE ROLLING MILLS OF NEW JERSEY (Roberts and Barrand) When I die, bury me low Where I can hear the petroleum flow A sweeter sound, I never did know The rolling ...

Come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Those that dance will start to dance And those...

Will you go to the rolling of the stones Or the dancing of the ball? Or will you go and see pretty Susie And dance among them all I will not go to the rolling o...

I'm rolling, flowing, around these hills I must take a rest, but this river never will Rolling, flowing, to Cairo Town Just give me time to lay me down Boat's ...

"Awaken Thee, Romanian!" Awaken thee, Romanian, shake off the deadly slumber The scourge of inauspicious barbarian tyrannies And now or never to a bright horizo...

?Desteapta-te, Romane!" Desteapta-te, romane, din somnul cel de moarte, In care te-adancira barbarii de tirani! Acum ori niciodata croieste-ti alta soarte, La c...

Room for company, here come good fellows, Room for comp'ny in Bartholmew Fair Cobblers and broom-men, jailers and loom-men, Room for comp'ny in Bartholmew Fai...

Was it just last night or long ago That Rory Dall was here? Does anyone remember The evening or the year? he came in from the darkness With the shadows in his e...

THE ROSE (Amanda McBroom) Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed Some say love, it is razor that leaves your soul to bleed Some say love, it ...

ROSE OF BRITAIN'S ISLE Both high and low attention give And quickly you shall hear It's of a maiden fair and gay Who lived in Lincolnshire Her cheeks like bloo...

THE ROSE OF NO MAN'S LAND I've seen some beautiful flowers Grow in my garden fair, I've spent some wonderful hours Lost in their fragrance rare But I have foun...

THE ROSEABELLA Oh, we're going on board the Roseabella Oh, we're going on board the Roseabella We're going on board, right down to board The saucy Roseabella ...

It's once I was a serving girl in Roseberry Lane I had a kind master, my mistress was the same Till one day a sailor lad came into port, you see And that was th...

Rosebud (Robert Burns) A rosebud, by my early walk Adown a corn-inclosed bawk, Sae gently bent its thorny stalk, All on a-dewy morning Ere twice the shades o'...

It's a rosebud in June, and the violets in full bloom The small birds are singing love songs from each spray CHORUS We'll pipe and we'll sing, Love, We'll dance...

THE ROSEVILLE FAIR Oh, the night was clear, and the stars were shining And the moon came up so quiet in the sky And the people gathered 'round and the band was...

Hay Marshall was a gentleman as ever lived on earth He courted Rosie Anderson, a lady into Perth He courted her, he married her, made her his lawful wife And we...

Ooh, give me freedom and light, give me reason and right, All I need's a little time to get by, Turn my face to the wind, hear the nightingale sing Ane wonder a...

from Joe Hickerson The goldfish is a funny beast, He just swims round and round And round and round and round And round and round and round and round He swims...

Round and round the earth is turning Turning always toward the morning And from morning round to night @round filename[ ROUNDRND DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY

It's 'round the Bay of Mexico Way, Oh, Susianna, Mexico is the place that I belong in, Round the Bay of Mexico Those Nassau girls they love me so, 'Cause I don...

I am a roving gambler, I gamble all around Whenever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down I've gambled down in Washington, I've gambled over in Spain...

ROW, MY LOVE, ROW cho: Row, my love, row and bring back to me The king of the ocean, the prize of the sea High on the clifftops of Norfolk's sweet isle The wo...

Rowan Tree (Lady Carolina Nairn) Oh rowan tree, oh rowan tree, thoul't aye be dear to me, Entwin'd thou art wi' mony ties, o' hame and infancy Thy leaves were ...

Cowboys, come and hear the story of Roy Bean in all his glory, "The law west of Pecos," read his sign We must let our ponies take us to a town on lower Peeos Wh...

THE ROYAL BLACKBIRD Upon a fine mornmg for soft recreation, I heard a fair damsel making much moan, Sighing and sobbing with sad lamentation And saying :" My b...

cho Run Molly, run Run Molly, run Tembruck gonna beat you Bright shinin'sun Bright shinin' sun, oh lordy, bright shinin' sun They ran the Kentucky Derby on th...

Running Down To Cuba (heard from John Townley, 1987) To Cuba's coast we are bound, me boys, 'Way, me boys, for Cuba! To Cuba's coast, now don't you make a nois...

Come sit down my cronies and gie us yer crack, Let the wind take the weight o' this world on its back Her half stae despondency we never will submit For we've a...

I climbed up the door, and opened the stairs; I said my pajamas and put on my pray'rs, I turned off the bed and crawled into the light And all because you kisse...

SAIL AWAY, LADIES Ain't no use to sit and cry Sail away, ladies, sail away You'll be an angel by an' by, Sail away, ladies, sail away, cho: Don't you rock 'im...

"Where are you going, my pretty little fair maid, Red rosy cheeks and curly black hair?" "I'm going a-milking," so kind-like she answered him Sailing in the dew...

Ooh, give me freedom and light, give me reason and right, All I need's a little time to get by, Turn my face to the wind, hear the nightingale sing Ane wonder a...

He promised to write me a letter, He promised to write to me; But I haven't heard from my darling, Who is sailing on the deep blue sea "Oh, captain, can you te...

Sailor's Alphabet A is the Anchor that holds a bold ship, B is the Bowsprit that often does dip C is the Capstan round which we must wind, and D are the Davits...

SAILORS' BOARDING HOUSE cho: Nobody knows what the sailors eat Pass no remarks about the meat Eat your pie and shut your mouth In the hungry starving boarding ...

Sailor's Prayer by Tom Lewis This dirty town has been my home since last time I was sailing But I'll not stay another day, I'd sooner be out whaling Oh Lord a...

O Land of Beauty! Our country where peace abounds, Thy children stand free On the strength of will and love With God in all our struggles, Saint Kitts and Nevis...

SAINT LOUIS BLUES (WC Handy) I hate to see that evenin' sun go down I hate to see that evenin' sun go down 'Cause my baby, he done lef' this town Feelin' tomor...

Sons and daughters of St Lucia, Love the land that gave us birth, Land of beaches, hills and valleys, Fairest isle of all the earth Wheresoever you may roam, Lo...

St Stephen was a serving-man In Herod's royal hall He serv-ed him with meat and wine That doth to kings befall He was serving him with meat, one day, With a bo...

Saint Vincent! Land so beautiful, With joyful hearts we pledge to thee Our loyalty and love, and vow To keep you ever free Whate'er the future brings, Our faith...