Bill Hansen Sittin' by the roadside on a summer's day Talkin' with my comrades to pass the time away Lying in the shade underneath the trees Goodness how delic...

Lou Gottlie Chorus: Good news, chariot's comin' (Repeat twice) And I don't want it to leave me behind (Repeat chorus first time) There's a long white robe in ...

Huddie Ledbetter/John Lomax Chorus: Irene, goodnight Irene, goodnight Goodnight, Irene Goodnight, Irene I'll see you in my dreams Last Saturday night I got ma...

Nick Reynolds Tomorrow morn is Christmas day, goodnight, my baby, goodnight Old Saint Nick is on his way, goodnight, my baby, goodnight Chorus: Sleep now, my ...

Paul Clayton Chorus: Done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long Summer's almost gone Winter's comin' on Done laid around, done stayed around t...

When I was a little bitty boy, just up off a floor, we used to go down to Grandma's house every month end or so We'd have chicken pie and country ham, homemade ...

John Stewart "Way out by lonely bayou There waits a girl where the green grasses grow Waits she there with a tear in her eye dreaming of years that long have g...

Hoyt Axton/Ken Ramsey Some people say I'm a no 'count Others say I'm no good But I'm just a nat'ral-born travelin' man, doin' what I think I should, O, yeah Do...

Eric Schwandt Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera Dios guardo el lobo de nuestra cordera Dios guardo el lobo de nuestra cordera Chorus: Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda...

Dave Guard/Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds Gue Gue solingaie, balliez chimin la (Repeat) M'a dis li, oui, m'a dis li Calbass' li connain parler (Repeat) Sleep, sleep,...

Kris Kristofferson Seven starving sailors sold their summer homes in Saginaw to search for something better in Rangoon (in Rangoon) Down where Salty Sam from T...

Nick Reynolds/Adam Yagodka Hangman, hangman, hangman, slack your rope a while Think I see my brother, ridin' many a mile Well, brother, did you bring me silver...

Richard Mills/Stan Jones You dusty eyes were soft and glowin' when first I met you, Hannah Lee There was no way for me a-knowin' the sorrow your sweet caress w...

Woody Guthrie Chorus: I been doin' some hard travelin' I thought you knowed I been doin' some hard travelin', way down the road I been doin' some hard travelin...

Woody Guthrie Chorus: Well, it's hard Ain't it hard? Ain't it hard (oh, yes) to love one who never Did love you Well, it's hard Ain't it hard? Ain't it hard, g...

Jack Splittard We're running down a stormy sea and rolling through the thunder 'Way haul, away Well haul away, Joe It's ev'ry man aloft my boys or we'll be dri...

(Harold Payne/Edgar Pease/Mike Scarpiello) Well, I just got home and I feel like I want to get back on the plane 'Cause I just can't forget about the girl I me...

John Hadley High heel shoes, so sheik and elegant, tapping on the floor beneath the table of the fancy restaurant The maitre d' brings the phone to where she s...

John Stewart I was lookin' at the sun Pardon me, I didn't know it can't be done I was lookin' at the sun I was lookin' at the sun I was callin' back my youth ...

Goebel Reeves Chorus: Go to sleep, you weary hobo Watch the towns go drifting by Can't you hear the rails a-singin'? That's the hobo's lullaby Don't you worry...

Bronislau Kaper/Mack David Home is the hunter Home from the hill Home is the dreamer Home from the hill Home with his loved one, never to part Close to his lov...

John Stewart/Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds Ruby, oh, Ruby Honey, are you mad? Honey, are you mad? Honey, are you mad at your man? Well, I'm goin' downtown Gonna get...

John Stewart Chorus: I hope you understand I've a long way to go Hope you understand because I told you so Well, as the people say, I will be comin' back this ...

Bob Shane Took my girl home the other night Got myself in an awful fight She said, "Do, do, darlin', won't you please come in?" Her old lady socked me with a r...

Tom Paxton It's a long and a dusty road It's a hard and a heavy load and the folks we meet ain't always kind Some are bad and some are good Some have done the ...

Alex Harvey I like to hear the rain when you're lying by my side, 'neath the fireplace, so soft and warm I like to hear the rain when you're locked inside my a...

Chorus: Oh, I'm a rake and a ramblin' boy There's many a city, Lord, I did enjoy, But now I'm married, got a pretty little wife and I love her dearer than I lov...

[Chorus:] Oh, I'm a rake and a ramblin' boy There's many a city, Lord, I did enjoy, But now I'm married, got a pretty little wife and I love her dearer than I ...

Fred Geis Well, no matter where I wandered I know I'll always find a welcome at the end of every journey There'll be friendly people waitin' Chorus: Californi...

Mason Williams Chorus: If I had a ship, I'd sail away (Repeat) Leave my sorrows where they lay If I had a ship, I'd sail away Stroll down by the sea Take a st...

John Stewart They told me doncha go down to that city Don't you go down to that city, I say For there's trouble there for sure and it's no concern of yours and...

Mike Stewart Chorus: If you see me go, well, don't you look my way You just turn your head Don't you watch me walk away Well, you know, my gal, this time I'm a...

Mason Williams You love me for lovin' you, You are you because I do I love you for lovin' me And I am me because you do So much with us in love are we: I could...

Rod McKuen Shy one, dear one, keeper of my heart She moves in the pantry quietly apart There she pours the flour There she kneads the dough to an isle in the wa...

Ervin Drake When I was seventeen, it was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girl and soft summer night We'd hide from the light on the vil...

Billy Edd Wheeler/Jed Peters We got married in a fever Hotter than a pepper sprout We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson ever since the fire went out I'm goin' to J...

Stan Wilson Chorus: Jane, Jane, Jane, mark my bonnie Jane as sweet as sugar in the cane, don't be ashame Jane cannot see She's as blind as she can be, but the ...

Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/Nick Reynolds (Recitation) Frank and Jesse James were products of their environment They were sent out into the woods by their parents ...

Dick Feller He was a boy when the circus first came to the dust of his West Texas town And twenty years later, he'd spent twenty years as Jocko the Sad Circus ...

Sigmund Romberg/Hammerstein Nothing to regret tomorrow, nothing to regret You'll find me making no demand or claim upon you Kiss me and forget Kiss me and forg...

Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart Taku wai uri oro nei tupu tapu kino nrie Au we te mataku e, Kare, kare, ka maatu e, Kare, kare, ka maatu e Karu, karu, kar...

Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart Baila baila baila bamba Baila, baila, baila bamba, seres a si' una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia para mi para ti y'ari...

(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 line...

Ed McCurdy Chorus: Last night I had the strangest dream I never dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war I dreamed I saw a might...

Tom Paxton It's a lesson too late for the learnin', made of sand, made of sand In a wink of an eye my soul is turnin' in your hand, in your hand Chorus: Are y...

Ray Charles Chorus: If you don't want, you don't have to get in trouble (Repeat twice) Hey, you'd better leave my woman alone Well, I know you are a playboy a...

Samuel F Omar He awe mai au, lei pakalana E ia one pua, lei pakalana He awe mai au, lei poni moie E ia one pua, lei awapuhi Haina i mai, ana kapuana E ia one...

Will Holt When I was just a little boy, my father said to me, "Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree My son, it's most important," my father ...

Glen Campbell Let me be a little kinder Let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about me, let me praise a little more Let me be, when I am weary, jus...

Chet Powers Love's is but the song we sing and fear's the way we die You can make the mountains ring or make the angels cry Know the dove is on the wing and yo...

Hoyt Axton Like a lion in the winter, I can hear the summer call Like a ship out on the ocean made of stone, And sometimes when I get lonely, I could swear I h...

Mike Settle When I was a little boy, my mother said to me, "Watch the new born roses grow It's a pretty sight to see You, my son, shall blossom as the flower b...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart Chorus: This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine (Repeat twice) Ev'ry day, ev'ry day, ev'ry day, ev'ry day, gonna...

Dave Guard Chorus: Oh, well, yonder stands little Maggie with a dram glass in her hand She drinkin' away her troubles, oh, Lord, And foolin' another man How c...

Martin Cooper Two little soldiers, their games are such fun, each with his helmet and little toy gun, Pretending their lying on some battlefield dead after the...

John Stewart There was time for the laughter and time for the rain, time for the people who don't know my name Time for everything, I know it's true and I know...

Marijohn Wilkin/Danny Dill Ten years ago on a cold, dark night there was someone killed in the Townhall light There were few at the scene but they all agreed t...

Mason Williams Sittin' by the window, waitin' for the dawn Waitin' for a girl a-long time gone Long time gone is a lonesome sound Long time blues is a hard way...

Carson Parks This is the longest beer of the night and in the East I think I see some light, And pretty soon I know the sun will shine and I know a bar that op...

Mickey Newbury All of my life it's been the same I found a pot of gold, just a rusty chain I dealt a winnin' hand in a losin' game, oh, I'm lookin' for the sun...

Jonathan Harris Chorus: Seek and ye shall find Knock and the door shall open Ask and it shall be given and the love come a-trickling down My mother, the Lord ...

A Clancy My love has gone My dreams have passed away Her funny way, my sunny day are gone Chorus: And, yet, I think of her when first we met, when first we lo...

Rod McKuen Chorus: I have been a rover I have walked alone Hiked a hundred highways Never found a home Still and all, I'm happy The reason is, you see, once in...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart Chorus: Low bridge, ev'rybody down Low bridge for we're comin' to the town So you'll always know your neighbor and you'll ...

Marcelle Vahine ai'a Tahiti a wa'a Ta mata hata Tahiti No fatigi, fatigi mata ho O he no a'utu nu'a hu nu Ai'a a hulu a o'u He a hu na'a hu nu'a ei'a na Ha a'a...

Geller/Seligson My granddad used to tell me, "Boy, when I was just your age, I was a river pilot on a showboat called The Stage I'd hobnob with them southern b...

Bob Shane/Tom Drake/Miriam Stafford As it fell out on a cold winter day, the drops of rain did fall Our Savior asked leave of his mother, Mary, if He might go ...

Travis Edmonson Mary was pretty Mary was kind I still can't get Mary off of my mind Mary's on my mind But Nancy was charmin' and had poise and grace I'll alway...

Tanga Tiki (Eddie Lund) Aue tangni [pronounced "tanga"] tagni tikake aue Aue tagni tagni tikake aue Tagni tikake au Taku vahine Tera tei raro tonga ra Aue Tag...

SPOKEN: These are the times that try men's souls In the course of our nation's history the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men hav...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart Chorus: Oh, let the midnight special, shine her light on me Oh, let the midnight special shine her everlovin' light on me ...

John Stewart I got a gal in Tennessee, sweetest little gal that you ever did see Works all day in a cotton mill Makes her gin in a bathtub still Chorus: Here ...

Mason Williams Them Sand Pickers: How 'bout them sand pickers, ain't they grand? Sittin' on their haunches, pickin' in the sand Pickin' in the wet sand Pickin...

Reverend Mr Black Artists: The Kingston Trio (peak Billboard position # 8 in 1963) Words and Music by Billy Edd Wheeler, Jed Peters, Jerry Lieber, and Mike Stol...

Jacqueline Steiner/Bess Hawes Spoken: These are the times that try men's souls In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely...

John Stewart/Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds Chorus: My Lord, what a mornin' (Repeat twice) When the stars begin to fall You will hear the sinners wailin' (Repeat twi...

Tom Paxton Chorus: Fare thee well, my ramblin' boy, may all your rambles bring you joy Yes, (Chorus) He was a man and a friend always We rambled 'round in the...

Hey Nellie Nellie, come to the window Hey Nellie Nellie, look at what I see He's riding into town on a sway-back mule In a tall black hat he looks like a fool H...

Burl Ives Shipmates listen unto me I'll tell you in my song of things that happened to me when I come home from Hong Kong Chorus: To me way, you Santy, my dea...

Richard Weissman Chorus: No one to talk my troubles to (Repeat) I remember when you were lookin' up at me as though I was the only one you'd ever want to see ...

(John Lennon/Paul McCartney) I once had a girl or should I say she once had me She showed me her room Isn't it good, Norwegian wood? She asked me to stay and s...

John Lennon/Paul McCartney I once had a girl or should I say she once had me She showed me her room Isn't it good, Norwegian wood? She asked me to stay and she...

Richard Adler Chorus: Nothing more to look forward to Why were you so sweet? Nothing more to be living for No longer can we meet, can we meet Never again to l...

Massie Patterson/Lionel Belasco O ken karanga, O ken karanga karanga, yea, yea, O ba ri bo, O ken karanga re(Repeat) O ken ka ri O ba ri bo, Hoh yeh (hoh yeh) H...

George Auric/Paul Dehn We lay my love and I beneath the weeping willow But now alone I lie and weep beside the tree Singing "Oh willow waly" by the tree that ...

One, two, three, four I wish I was an apple, a-hangin' on a tree and every time my Cindy passed, she'd take a bite of me Chorus: Get along, home, Cindy, Cindy, ...

(John Stewart) [Chorus:] Oh Joe Hannah, don't you work so long [Repeat 2x] Don't you know the river is wide? Don't you know the mountain is high? (Last time -...

Dave Guard/Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/Frank Werber One, two, three, four? I wish I was an apple, a-hangin' on a tree and every time my Cindy passed, she'd take a ...

John Phillips/John Stewart Chorus: Oh, Miss Mary, where are you wanderin'? (Repeat twice) Three days and Mary's comin' home When Mary was a young girl she too...

John Phillips Chorus: Just a-singin', (Once again now,) (Just a-singin',) (A-singin',) Ooo, sail away Ooo, sail away A man would be a fool to spend all his mo...

Dave Guard/Gretchen Guard I met a nice old man today, oh, yes, oh, and he sure had a lot to say, a good long time ago I've led a soldier's occupation, oh, yes,...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart Chorus: Fare thee well, old Joe Clark Good-bye, Mitzi Brown Fare thee well, old Joe Clark I'm gonna leave this town (Repea...

John Stewart Chorus: Oh Joe Hannah, don't you work so long (Repeat twice) Don't you know the river is wide? Don't you know the mountain is high? (Last time - O...

K Ogermann/J Nicolas Old Kentucky Land, bist meine Heimat Muss dich wiedersehn, einmal wiedersehn Old Kentucky Land, bist meine Heimat Dich und Rosemarie vergi...

H Geller/M Seligson Chorus: Ole, oleanna Ole, oleanna Ole, ole, ole, ole, ole, oleanna Climbing up the Matterhorn, all alone as I could be, I reached the top,...

Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart Chorus: Delia's gone, one more round (Repeat twice) Dellia's gone Woke up this mornin' Looked out 'cross the room Delia, ...

John Stewart Chorus: If there's one more town, I'll be goin' Fight for the winnin' and I'll be there If there's one more song, I'll be singin' I'm always goin'...

Bob Dylan Down the street the dogs are barking and the day is getting dark As the night comes in a-falling, all the dogs lose their bark, And the silent night ...

Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, uh huh (Repeat) Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, I ain't never done nobody no harm Bet your life I'm going to jail...

Woody Guthrie It's a mighty hard road that my poor hands have hoed My poor feet have traveled a hot, dusty road Out of your dust bowls and westward we rode You...