- 1913 Massacre
By Woody Guthrie Take a trip with me in nineteen thirteen To Calumet, Michigan in the copper country I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall And the miner...
- A Little A This N That
My grandma she can make a soup With a little a this n that She can feed the whole sloop group With a little a this n that Stone soup! You know the story Stone s...
- Abiyoyo
Story by Pete Seeger Traditional African music arranged by Rev HCN Williams and JN Maselwa Chorus: Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo ...
- Alice's Restaurant
This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the Restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, That's just the name...
- Alice's Rock & Roll Restaurant
You can get anything That you want at Alice's Restaurant You can get anything That you want at Alice's Restaurant Walk right in It's around the back 'Bout a ha...
- All Over The World
I was watching the news tonight And all over the world People were singing and carrying signs All over the world Every body walking hand in hand Through cities ...
- All This Stuff Takes Time
It ain't so much the boredom But the fire in her soul That made her life unbearable While living in that hole Of her dark surburban nightmare 'Till she went to ...
- Amazing Grace
Arranged and adapted by Arlo Guthrie Chorus: Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found Was blind but now ...
- Anytime
By H Lawson Anytime you're feelin' lonely Anytime you're feelin' blue Anytime you feel downhearted That will prove your love for me is true Anytime you"re thi...
- Bling Blang
You get a hammer and I'll get a nail And you catch a bird and I'll catch a snail You bring a board and I'll bring a saw And we'll build a house for the baby-o ...
- Buffalo Gals
Arranged & adapted by Arlo Guthrie As I was walking down the street Down the street, down the street A pretty girl I chanced to meet And we danced by the light...
- Buffalo Skinners
Traditional, arranged By Arlo Guthrie Come all you old time cowboys And listen to my song Please do not grow weary I'll not detain you long Concerning some wil...
- Carry Me Over
There's a tavern up on the roadside I must be coming into town The moon must be in Aries Because the truck ain't slowing down Pulled back on the throttle I've b...
- Children Of Abraham
Children of Abraham, what's your story? Killing each other for a piece of land Children of Abraham, this ain't glory You've got to walk together hand in hand T...
- Chilling Of The Evening
Warm me from the wind and take my haand A song is sounding, softly singing My song is cast upon the rainbow waves Forever splashing in the sunlight Prove to me ...
- Circles
Harry Chapin Chorus: All my life's a circle Sunrise and sundown Moon rolls through the nighttime Till daybreak comes around All my life's a circle Still I wond...
- City Of New Orleans
Riding on the City Of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three Conductors; twenty-five sacks of mail All...
- Coming Into Los Angele
Coming in from London from over the pole Flying in a big airliner Chickens flyin' everywhere around the plane Could we ever feel much finer {Refrain} Coming int...
- Coming Into Los Angeles
Coming in from London From over the pole Flying in a big airliner Chickens flying everywhere around the plane Could we ever feel much finer? CHORUS: Coming int...
- Connection
Everything seems to be going in the wrong direction The doctor wants to give me more injections He's given me shots for a thousand rare infections And they don'...
- Cooper's Lament
By Arlo Guthrie Hey brothers, hear me call It ain't that I had to fall Wasn't no one's fault last night When I looked up and felt the light Here's hoping you'...
- Cowboy Song
By Arlo Guthrie This morning I woke up alone I spent the day time on my own Lots of people have come and gone To hear a cowboy sing an old time song CHORUS: O...
- Darkest Hour
It's the tenth of January And I still ain't had no sleep She comes waItzing in the nighttime Made of wings She is dressed up like a bandit With a hundred sparkl...
- Days Are Short
By Arlo Guthrie Days are short, and I ain't down The sun is on the hill Looking in my suitcase for a friend The door was opened wide You know I lost a little p...
- De Colores
Traditional De colores, de colores se visten los campos en la primavera De colores, de colores son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera De colores, de colores es...
- Dead Or Alive
Well, the new sheriff wrote me a letter Yes, the new sheriff wrote me a letter Come up and see me, dead or alive Come up and see me, dead or alive CHORUS 1: De...
- Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting The oranges are piled in their cresote dumps They're flying you back to the Mexico border To pay all your money...
- Doors Of Heaven
If all the doors were closed in heaven Where would all the angels go Would they just fly around forever Or would they come down here below If the pearly gates ...
- Drowning Man
I remember when I met you Underneath the evening sky Now it seems I could forget you Rescue me, I'm bound to die All the promises we made there With no words t...
- Eli
Gonna sit right here and sing myself a tune That I wrote one afternoon After everyone had gone And I know that this won't mean a lot to you You've got better th...
- Epilogue
And for myself I have no regrets That time has taken what it soon forgets A gambler's paradise in short vignettes These stolen moments from the hourglass A bur...
- Evangelina
By Hoyt Axton and K Higginbotham I dream in the morning That she brings me water And I dream in evening That she brings me wine Just a poor man's daughter From...
- Every Hand In The Land
Words and Music Arlo Guthrie Every hand in the land Shakes along with me It don't seem that I can dream Like I used to dream Maybe that somebody is shaking me...
- Face Of Time
This world is not my home Passing through me As clouds before the moon The great depths of the ocean Barely take notice Of wind upon the waters Therefore I from...
- Fence Post Blues
Sitting down on a country fence post Sitting down watchin' trucks roll by Sitting down under the light of day now You know that I won't tell you no lies I've b...
- Gabriel's Mother's Highway Ballad #16
Woke up this morning with my head in my hand Come on, children, come on The snow was falling all over the land Come on, children, come on I don't know but I've...
- Garden Song
By David Mallett CHORUS: Inch by inch, row by row Gonna make this garden grow Gonna mulch it deep and low Gonna make it fertile ground Inch by inch, row by ro...
- Gates Of Eden
By Bob Dylan Of war and peace the truth just twists Its curfew gull it glides Upon four-legged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into th...
- Give It All You Got
By Steve and Carol Ide Let's not sit here, talk about it baby It's got to start in your heart or else it'll pass on by It's what pleases you when your love see...
- Grocery Blues
I went down to the grocery store To get in I had to pay a dime or more I hadn't yet begun to start When I had to pay the rent On the shopping cart CHORUS Deedl...
- Guabi, Guabi
Adapted by Arlo Guthrie Guabi Guabi kuzwan le toum diome Ize les gambi shooey entana Guabi Guabi kuzwan le toum diome Ize les gambi shooey entana Ni izome tin...
- Guantanamera
Original music by Jose Fernandez Diaz Music adaptation by Pete Seeger & Julian Orbon Lyric adaptation by Julian Orbon, based on a poem by Jose Marti Yo soy un ...
- Gypsy Davey
Traditional, arranged and adapted by Arlo Guthrie It was late last night when the boss came home Asking about his lady The only answer that he got was She's go...
- Hard Times
I ain't got a nickle to call mine The goverment has made me pay my tax on time The've takin' all my bread And left me here for Dead I ain't even got a lousy dim...
- Here We Are/way Out In The Country
Here I am Won't you take me in your arms tonight And there you are Looking like the stars are in your eyes Here we go You know it's been so long since we were l...
- Highway In The Wind
Sail with me into the unknown void That has no end Swept along the open road That don't seem to begin Come with me a love me, Babe I may be back again Meantime ...
- Hobo's Lullaby
By Goebel Reeves Go to sleep you weary hobo Let the towns drift slowly by Can't you hear the steel rail humming That's a hobo's lullaby Do not think about tom...
- I Could Be Singing
I could be singing forever I guess you could say I'm in love The universe is getting together You know that I can't say it enough You and your friends have a pa...
- I Ride An Old Paint
Arranged and adapted by Arlo Guthrie I ride an old paint, I lead an old dan I'm goin' to Montana to throw the hoolihan They feed in the coulees, they water in ...
- I Ride On Old Pain
I ride an old paint, I lead an old dan I'm goin' to Montana to throw the hoolihan They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw Their tails are all matted, t...
- I Want To Be Around
Remember back when I was born High up in the sky Looking down upon the scene I can't recall just why A white love light come up to me I followed it back down Sa...
- I'll Be With You Tonight
It's okay if you're all right It's good to be here with you tonight Dressed in moonlight and faded jeans It ain't no mystery, all it means is I can't believe I'...
- I'm Changing My Name To Chrysler
By Tom Paxton Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight What the dollar used to get us now won't buy a head of lettu...
- I'm Going Home
Like the tree that grows so tall Leaves turn gold and then they fall They've gone down, now they've grown They're going home Mountain streams may run and flow ...
- I've Just Seen A Face
By Lennon, McCartney I've just seen a face, I can't forget the time or place That we'd just met, she's just the girl for me And I want all the world to see we'...
- If I Could Only Touch Your Life
By Aaron Schroeder & David Grover Where are the dreams We dreamed when we were younger Where are the songs we never got to sing Oh how cold were the nights we ...
- If You Would Just Drop By
Friends I used to know are coming by To ask me if my situation's high 'Cause sometimes I just stare at the sky Up is down before Her crown I cry CHORUS: If yo...
- Introduction
Loose the bonds that tie me Let the world I live in let me Take these chains from off my thum Let the world just know you've come Everyone is thinking that the...
- Jacob's Ladder
Traditional, additional lyrics by Pete Seeger We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder Brothers, sisters, a...
- Jamaica Farewell
By Erving Burgess Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica...
- John Looked Down
CHORUS: Lying on the side of the road Feeling like he heard a sound Shivered with the feelin' that he knowed John looked down, John looked down John looked down...
- Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Last night I had the strangest dream I'd ever dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war I dreamed I saw a mighty room Filled with ...
- Last To Leave
By Arlo Guthrie Lonely sunshine, days come easy, Spend my time alone at rest, And if I were the last to leave here, Now would these roads be any less? Oh, I'm...
- Last Train
I want to hop on the last train in the station Won't need to get yourself prepared When you're on that last train to glory You'll know you're reasonably there ...
- Lay Down Little Doggies
CHORUS: LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN WE'VE BOTH GOT TO SLEEP ON THE COLD, COLD GROUND THE WINDS BLOWIN' COLDER AND THE SUN'S GOIN' DOWN LAY DOWN, LITTLE D...
- Lightning Bar Blues
By Hoyt Axton CHORUS: I don't need no diamond ring I don't need no Cadillac car Just want to drink my Ripple wine Down in the Lightnin' Bar Down in the Lightni...
- Little Beggarman
Traditional, adapted By Arlo Guthrie I am a little Beggar and a Beggar I have been For three score'r more in this little Isle of green And I'm known from the L...
- Living Like A Legend
Coming down the highway, running like a wind Gonna beat the sunset to the coast and back again Moving thru the shadows, almost going blind Living like a Iegend ...
- Lord Grenville
Go and tell Lord Grenville that the tide is on the turn It's time to haul the anchor up and leave the land astern We'll be gone before the dawn returns Like voi...
- Los Angeles
Coming in from London from over the pole Flying in a big airliner Chickens flyin' everywhere around the plane Could we ever feel much finer CHORUS Coming into L...
- Lovesick Blues
By Irving Mills and Cliff Friend I got a feelin' called the blues, Since my baby said good-bye Lawd I don't know what l'll do All I do is sit and sigh That las...
- Major Blues
There's sometimes I don't believe in nothing Sometimes I do That's why it hurts to believe in you Though I know that pain and sorrow Ain't nothing new It really...
- Manzanillo Bay
Some times when the sun goes down And I'm lost in some other town My thoughts may drift away To Manzanillo Bay And I can see a fisherman His day's catch Iying ...
- Massachusetts
Like a dream in the night As the snow settles white There's a fire burning bright In Massachusetts And there's a house upon a hill That keeps us from the chill ...
- Me And My Goose
Me and my goose Me and my pal We had some very good times Me and my goose his name was Al And he cost only a dime Over meadows we'd stray Playing all day I mis...
- Meditation
Loving in golden temples, my love Is flowing on heavenly seas The silent commands and heard throughout the lands And are weaving his patterns with ease All of ...
- Miss The Mississippi And You
By Bill Halley I'm growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights In all my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on...
- Moon Song
Beneath this balcony of stars Beyond the searchlight stage where we've become The stuff of time amid the waves Whose nets are cast along the shore when day is d...
- Mother The Queen Of My Heart
Mother, the Queen of My Heart SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Arlo Guthrie COMMENTS: A Jimmy Rodgers song TEXT: (Capo up to D) C ...
- My Creole Belle
1 My Creole Belle I loved her well My darin' baby My Creole Belle 2 When the stars do shine I'll call her mine My darlin' baby My Creole belle REPEAT 1 2X REP...
- My Front Pages
I remember now the time you left You thought to say farewell But for how long you would be gone There was no way to tell You just set out upon your road It caus...
- My Love
My love You're like the wind on the run I never know where you are coming from I wasn't easily won My love I saw you first long ago I didn't think then - now I...
- Mystic Journey
Just me and a friend roamin' around Him a magician and I was a clown Playin' the streets for a dollar a day Waitin' for the right time and a sign to lead the wa...
- Now And Then
Hello again the mornin' dawn has burned away The midnight mist Now and then I feel so fine And now and then I don't feel lonely Now and then and only in my mind...
- Ocean Crossing
Looked into your eyes this morning You were far away You must have known I was looking for you You knew you couldn't stay All these winds blowin' on me Blowing ...
- Oh Mom
Mom's just a throw-back To the sixties generation All that junk like peace and love Is just an aggravation Ain't got no use for transcendental meditation Mom, y...
- Oh, In The Morning
Oh, in the morning Feel like the sun Coming up on daytime Shine on every one Coming up on darkness Warm me in your arms Let me know another lonely night Has com...
- Oklahoma Hills
Many a month has come and gone Since I've wandered from my home In those Oklahoma hills Where I was born Many a page of my life has turned Many lessons I have ...
- Oklahoma Nights
By Jimmy We Put the top down on this old Mustang Buy us a bottle of wine Head up north to see the old gang I want to see some friends of mine I want to see som...
- One Night
By Bartholomew, Steiman, King One night with you Is what I'm now prayin' for The things that we two could plan Would make my dreams come true Just call on me ...
- Patriot's Dream
Living now here but for fortune Placed by fate's mysterious schemes Who'd believe that we're the ones asked To try to rekindle the patriot's dreams Arise sweet...
- Percy's Song
Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep Turn, turn, turn again Sayin' one of my friends is in trouble deep Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain Tell me th...
- Power Of Love
By T-Bone Burnett The power of love can make a blind man see Can bring a man to his knees The power of love can make a sultan grieve Can make a skeptic believ...
- Presidential Rag
You said you didn't know, That the cats with the bugs were there, And you never go along with that kind of stuff no where, But that just isn't the point man, Th...
- Prologue
In the event of my demise Be sure to include this statement When you are bent on closing my eyes Thinking about what my life meant Alone on a hill back in '65 ...
- Ramblin' Round
By Woody Guthrie Ramblin' around your city Ramblin' around your town I never see a friend I know As I go ramblin' 'round boys As I go ramblin' 'round My mothe...
- Red River Valley
Arranged and adapted by Arlo Guthrie From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the suns...
- Ridin' Down The Canyon
By Gene Autry and Smiley Burnett When evening chores are over at the ranch house on the plains And there's nothing left to do but lay around I saddle up my pon...
- Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag
I had a friend, a friend I could trust He went into the park and got busted Doing the ring-a-round-a-rosy rag Went in the park late at night And he put a lot of...
- Running Down The Road
Running down the road Make my get away Everything I told you Was just yesterday Yes, You know I'm off again Oh, and I've been told You were there beside me Runn...