EVIL-HEARTED MAN Well, I woke up this morning, I was feeling mighty bad, Well, my baby said, "Good morning," Hell, it made me so mad, cho: Because l'm evil, w...

Ewie Wi' the Crookit Horn Oh, the yowie wi' the crookit horn A' that kenned her could hae sworn That sic a yowie ne'er was born Here aboot or far awa' But wad...

THE FACTORY GIRL Early one morning as the sun was adorning, The birds on the bushes did warble and sing, Gay lads and young lasses in couples were sporting ln ...

The Factory Lad You wake up in the morning and dawn's as black as night Your mother shouting up the stairs and you know she's winning the fight So you'd best v...

My brave laddie sleeps in his faded coat of blue, In a lonely grave unknown lies the heart that beat so true He sank, faint and hungry, among the famished brave...

While some on rights and some on wrongs, Prefer their own reflections, The people's rights demand our song: The rights of free elections cho: Law and order be ...

Come all you fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court young men They're like a bright star on a cloudy morning They will first appear and then they're ...

It's narrow, narrow make your bed and learn to lie alone For I'm going over the seas, Fair Annie, a rich bride to bring home With her, I'll get both gold and g...

The Fair at Turloughmore Come tell me, dearest mother, what makes my father stay Or what can be the reason that he's been so Iong away? Oh hold your tongue, my...

Turn again, thou fair Eliza! Ae kind blink before we part! Rew on thy despairing lover- Canst thou break his faithfu heart? Turn again, thou fair Eliza! If to l...

The provost's aye daughter was making her lane Oh but her love was easy won And she heard a Scots prisoner a making his mane And she's the fair flower of Northu...

Fair Maid Stranded on the Turnpike (Joan Sprung) Lovely Sally was a maiden, as pure as she was sweet, Hair in ringlets to her waist and sandals on her feet She...

In fair Nottamun town, not a soul would look up Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down To sho...

Fair Rosie (Di Williams) I took fair Rosie by the hand, by the hand, I took fair Rosie by the hand, by the hand They say that Rosie had no fears, had no fears...

When will you come again, My faithful Johnny, When will you come again, my sweet and bonnie When the corn is gathered, when the leaves are withered, I will come...

He's a man who takes a liberated view;, If you ask him he will fix a rendezvous, If you'd like to spend a night of unparalleled delight Then he'll see you right...

THE FALSE BRIDE from Gavin Grieg I once loved a fair maid both handsome and gay I hated all people who against her did say But now she's rewarded me ill for my...

THE FALSE KNIGHT ON THE ROAD "O where are you going?" Said the false, false knight to the child on the road "I'm going to my school," Said the pretty boy seven...

THE FALSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD A knight met a child on the road "Oh, where are you going?" said the knight upon the road "I'm going to my school," said the ch...

"Abide, abide, true love," she said, "Bide and stay all night, You shall have pleasure in my room With a coal and a candle light, light, With a coal and a candl...

FALSE LOVER WON BACK (BONNIE LOVE) The sun shines high on yonder hill And low in yonder dell The place where me and my love dwell The sun it never goes doon, b...

THE FALSE YOUNG MAN As I walked out one morning in Spring For to hear the little birds sing, I leaned myself against an old oak tree For to see two lovers meet...

The Family Song (Uncle Ruth Buell) Bobby and his sister live with a Ms and Mister Who vowed to love for better or for worse And Bobby really loves his folks an...

FAMILY TREE (Tom Chapin, John Forster, Limousine Music, The Last Music Co" 1987) Before the days of Jello Lived a prehistoric fellow Who loved a maid and court...

THE FAMINE SONG (Praties They Grow Small) Oh the praties they grow small, over here (2x) Oh the praties they grow small And way up in Donegal We eat them skins...

I was by birth a lady fair My father's chief and only heir But when my good old father died Then I was made a young knight's bride And then my love built me a ...

When the calendar brings in the cuckoo And the summer comes following on And the thin mists of day see him running away And they know him as Faraway Tom The ea...

Our troop was made ready at the dawn of the day From lovely Enniskillen they were marching us away They put us then on board a ship to cross the raging main, To...

Fare Ye Well, Lovely Nancy "Fare ye well, lovely Nancy, for now I must leave you I am bound to th' East Indies my course for to steer I know very well my long a...

Farewell (Robert Burns) Adieu! a heart-warm, fond adieu; Dear Brothers of the Mystic Tye! Ye favoured, ye enlighten'd few, Companions of my social joy! Tho' I ...

Farewell and Adieu (To tune of old sea chantey: Gay Spanish Ladies) Farewell and adieu to you, ethics and scruples Farewell and adieu to those high moral stand...

FAREWELL, DEAR LOVE Farewell, dear love, since thou wilt needs be gone Mine eyes do show my life is almost gone Nay, I will never die so long as I can spy Ther...

Farewell Farewell (Richard Thompson) Farewell, farewell to you who would hear You lonely travellers all The cold north winds will blow again The winding road do...

It's fare thee well cold winter And fare thee well cold frost Nothing have I gained But a lover I have lost I'll sing and I'll be merry When fortune do I see An...

When I was young and in my prime, And could wander wild and free, There was always a longing in my mind, To follow the call of the sea So I'll sing farewell to...

Wind is fare and the day is fine And swiftly swiftly runs the time The boat is floating on the tide That wafts me off from Funery We must up and haste away We m...

FAREWELL TO GROG (Caspar Schenk) Come, messmates pass the bottle round Our time is short, remember, For our grog must stop and our spirits drop On the first da...

The sun was setting in the west The birds were singing on ev'ry tree All nature seemed inclined to rest But still there was no rest for me Farewell to Nova Sco...

Farewell to Old Bedford, I'm bound for to leave you Likewise those pretty girls I nevermore shall see; My portion is small but I truly confess it What little I ...

FAREWELL TO TARWATHIE By George Scroggie Farewell to Tarwathie, adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land o' Crimond, I'll bid you fareweel I'm bound out for Greenl...

Farewell to the Gold (Paul Metzers) Shotover River, your gold it is waning And it's years since the color I've seen No use just sitting, Lady Luck blaming I'll...

I'll gang to the alehoose and look for my Jimmy The day is far spent and the night's comin' on You're sittin' there drinkin' and leave me lamentin', So rise up,...

The Farmer Feeds Them All The king may rule o'er land and sea The lord may live right royally The soldier rides in pomp and pride But the farmer feeds them all...

FARNESOL (David Kritchevsky) Take an acetate, Condense it with a mate Pretty soon you have Acetoacetate Let 'em have a ball You get geraniol, Add another isopr...

Farther Along Tempted and tried, we're oft made to wonder, Why it should be thus, all the day long; While there are others, living about us Never molested, th...

The Fatal Glass of Beer (From Helen Ramsay, printed in Shay's More Pious Friends etc Recorded by W C Fields) There was a young man, and he came to New York To ...

FATHER WAS KILLED BY THE PINKERTON MEN (William W Delaney) 'Twas in a Pennsylvania town not very long ago Men struck against reduction of their pay Their milli...

FATHER'S WHISKERS We have a dear old daddy For whom we daily pray, He's got a set of whiskers, They're always in the way Cho: 0h, they're always in the way, T...

From France we do get brandy, from Jamaica it's rum, Sweet oranges and lemons from Portugal come; But stout, ale and cider are England's control, Bring me the p...

Feel-in (Rick Dougherty) Feel in, I got a little feel in When she wasn't lookin', A feel-in of love Teardrops Rolling down on my face She kicked me in my plac...

Chorus Feeling myself feeling my swagger Feeling my swagger feeling my swagger Feeling myself feeling my swagger Feeling my swagger feeling my swagger White......

Feel-in (Rick Dougherty) Feel in, I got a little feel in When she wasn't lookin', A feel-in of love Teardrops Rolling down on my face She kicked me in my place ...

They took away my brogues and they robbed me of my spade They put me in the army and a soldier of me made But I couldn't beat a drum and I couldn't play a flute...

Oh, there's lots of fish in Bonavist' harbour, Lots of fish right in around here' Boys and girls are fishin' together' Forty-five from Carbonear cho: Oh, catch...

THE FEMALE HIGHWAYMAN O Janie, O Janie, O Janie one day She dressed herself in men's array With a brace of pistols all by her side To rob her lover, away did r...

The Female Smuggler Now, in sailor's clothing swell Jane did go, Dressed like a sailor from top to toe; Her aged father was the only care Of this female smnggl...

Came all young girls both far and near and listen unto me While unto you I do relate what proved my destiny Me mother died when I was young which caused me to d...

THE FENIANS' ESCAPE Now boys, if you will listen, a story I'll relate I'll tell you of the noble men who from their foe escaped Though bound with Saxon fetters...

Festival Love Mark Graham Standing round picking some bluegrass I had me a half dozen beers A bottle of Jack in my pocket, my friend Well I hadn't felt that go...

Well I pitched my tent on this campground Few days, few days And I give old Satan another round And I am going home I can't stay in these diggings Few days, fe...

FIDDLER'S GREEN (John Connelly) As I roved by the dockside on evening so rare To view the still waters and take the salt air I heard an old fisherman singing t...

Fiddler's Green (Cavalry) Halfway down the trail to hell In a shady meadow green, Are the souls of all dead troopers camped Near a good old-time canteen And th...

The Field of the Willows David Goulder CHO: In the field of the willows where I used to stay It was there I washed all my troubles away Where the rain came d...

I took my girl to a ball last night, 'twas such a fancy hop We stayed until the folks went home, the music it did stop Then to a restaurant we went, the finest ...

Oh there are no fighter pilots down in Hell Oh there are no fighter pilots down in Hell The place is full of queers Navigators, Bombardiers But there are no fig...

FINAL TRAWL by Archie Fisher Now it's three long years since we made her pay Sing haul away, my laddie-o And the owners say that she's had her day And sing hau...

Our land, our land, our fatherland, Sound loud, O name of worth! No mount that meets the heaven's band No hidden vale, no wavewashed strand Is loved, as is our ...

FINNEGAN'S OTHER WAKE (Charlie Miller 1983) Tim Finnegan was a moral man A member of the Majority, A fine, upstanding Republican With but one vice --- to water...

cho: There is fire in the lower hold, There's fire down below, Fire in the main well, The captain didn't know There is fire in the forepeak, Fire in the main, ...

Lift him up and carry him along, Fire Maringo, fire him away, Put him down where he belongs, Fire Maringo, fire him away! Ease him down and let him lay, Screw ...

The Fire Ship As I stepped out one evening upon a night's career, I spied a lofty clipper ship and after her I steered I hoisted up my sig-in-als which she so ...

So come all young men, come listen awhile, I'll tell you what happened at Firelock Stile, When a stump of a nail catched hold of her clothes She fell down, and ...

THE FIRST HARD SELL (Christopher Hershey) The first hard sell comes sometime in June When last season's Christmas cards take too much room, So they put them ou...

THE FIRST NOEL The first Noel the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold wi...

The First of the Emigrants Now I'm leaving old England, the land that I love, And I'm bound out far across the sea Oh I'm bound to Australia, the land of the f...

THE FIRST STAR LULLABY by Kim Wallach c1985 It's time you were going to sleep, you're up too late tonight, Oh look, you can see the first star even though it'...

Fishes Need Bicycles (Clem Parkinson) As I was a walking along by the bay Sing fol de rol addie, sing fol de rol day I spied a young maiden a wending her way, ...

There were five, five, constipated men In the Bible, in the Bible There five, five, constipated men In the five books of Moses The first, first, constipated man...

FIVE FOOT FLIRT (Cyril Tawney) Now don't say Jim Johnson weren't with 'ee last night I heard him as plain as can be I was crossing the mound when I heard a str...

FIVE HUNDRED MILES (Hedy West) If you miss the train I'm on You will know that I have gone You will hear the whistle blow a hundred miles A hundred miles, a hu...

FIVE NIGHTS DRUNK (OUR GOODMAN) Now I came home the other night, drunk as I could be; Found a horse in the stable where my horse ought to be Oh, come my wife,...

Flash Companie (The Yellow Handkerchief) (Kennedy, Folksongs of Britain and Ireland For once I loved a young girl as I loved my life And I thought in my heart ...

I'm a heart-broken raftsman from Gransville I came All joys are departed, all virtues the same, Since the clear skies of Cupid have caused me my grief, My heart...

The flicker of the campfire, the wind in the pines The stars in the heavens, the moon that shines A place where people gather to meet friends of all kinds A pla...

FLING IT HERE, FLING IT THERE C G C D / G C F / C G C / F C G Way down on the farm we are right up to date, Farm mechanization's the byword of late For every ta...

When first I came to Louisville Some pleasure there to find A damsel there from Lexington Was pleasing to my mind Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips, Like arrows pi...

Spring has now unwrapped the flowers, Day is fast reviving Life in all her growing powers Towards the light is striving: Gone the iron touch of cold, Winter tim...

The Flying Cloud My name is Arthur Hollandin, as you may understand I was born ten miles from Dublin Town, down on the salt-sea strand, When I was young and' c...

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN 'Twas on a dark and stormy night well southward of the Cape, And from a stiff nor'-wester we'd just made our escape Like an infant in his c...

We're sitting out here on the runway, Waiting for the plane to leave, And the Captain says, "There'll be a short delay, Bear with me please;" They gave us the u...

THE FOGGY DEW Oh, a wan cloud was drawn o'er the dim weeping dawn As to Shannon's side I return'd at last, And the heart in my breast for the girl I lov'd best...

The Folk Song Army (Tom Lehrer) We are the Folk Song Army, Ev'ryone of us cares We all hate poverty, war, and injustice, Unlike the rest of you squares There ...

Folksingers Are Boring (Andrew Calhoun, 1984) Nobody comes to the coffeehouse, Nobody comes to the coffeehouse, Nobody comes to the coffeehouse, Folksingers ar...

The Folksingers Lament (David Diamond) Come all you floor singers, here in this throng, I'll sing you a ditty that's turgid and long, With rhymes that don't rh...

My husband's a mason, a mason, a mason My husband's a mason, a mason is he All day he lays bricks, he lays bricks, He lays bricks And at night he comes home and...

When the sun goes back and the first quail calls Follow the drinking gourd The old man is a-waitin' for to carry you to freedom Follow the drinking gourd Follow...

When gold was found in forty-eight, the people said 'twas gas, And some were fools enough to think the lumps were only brass But they soon were satisfied, and s...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Michael Cooney (Old Songs) COMMENTS: MC says it was composed by David Hughes, a scholar of Japanese court m...

For Just One Dime (lyrics +1984 Mark Cohen) Ah, for just one dime, I could call my friend Ted Savage Who lives right down on Franklin by the wide Pacific sea W...

Death took the husband of a neighbor of mine, On a highway, with a drunk at the wheel She told me "Keep your clean hand off the laundry he left, And don't tell ...