O workingmen dear, and did you hear The news that's goin' round? Another China steamer Has been landed here in town Today I read the papers, And it grieved my h...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: WORDS: Buck Ram, MUS: Morty & Al Nevins, & Artie Dunn COMMENTS: RECORDED: The 3 Suns (Hit, 1944) TEXT: C...

The Twin Ballots Along in November, when chill was the weather, Two ballots was cast in a box together; They nestled right up close like brolher an' brother, Yo...

Come all jolly ploughmen and help me to sing I will sing in the praise of you all If a man he don't labor, how can he get bread? I will sing and make merry with...

There were twa brothers at the school And when they'd won awa' It's will ye play at the stane chucking Or will ye play at ball Or will ye gae up yon bonnie gree...

TWO BROTHERS (CIVIL WAR) or ONE WORE BLUE AND ONE WORE GRAY (Irving Gordon) Two brothers on their way, Two brothers on their way Two brothers on their way, On...

Its of two noble butchers as I have heard men say They started out from London all on the market day And as they were riding along, as fast as they could ride "...

Two Sisters (Bonnie Broom) There was a lady lived in York Lay the bend tae the bonnie broom Two daughters were the babes she bore Fa la la la la la la la la la...

TWO TEN TRAIN (Tom Campbell and Linda Albertabo) Well I woke up this morning, Mmmm And the sun refused to shine I knew my baby left me, Mmmm With a troublin' m...

Tying Ten Knots in the Devil's Tail (Gail Gardner) Way high up in the Sierry Peaks Where the yellow-jack pines grow tall, Old Buster Jiggs and Sandy Bo Had a ro...

Oh Uganda! may God uphold thee, We lay our future in thy hand United, free, For liberty Together we'll always stand Oh Uganda! the land of freedom Our love and...

Ukraine is Not Yet Dead Ukraine is not yet dead, nor its glory and freedom, Luck will still smile on us brother-Ukrainians Our enemies will die, as the dew does...

Uncle Joe Oh, ever'body come and hear my song I'm so God damn' old it won't take long; I'm a-comin' ninety-two and I'll have you know That the young folks call...

Uncle Sam's Farm (Stekert, Songs of a New York Lumberjack, Folkways) Oh, of all the mighty nations Of the east or of the west, The glorious Yankee nation Is th...

Und wer hier im Janner geboren ist, steht auf, steht auf, steht auf Er nimmt sein Glaschen in die Hand, und sauft es aus bis an den Rand, sauf aus, sauf aus, sa...

As I was a-walking one fine summer's morning, One fine summer's morning all early in May, Who should I spy but my own daughter Mary, All wrapped up in flannel s...

UNION MAID (2) (Dick Greenhaus, ca 1950) There once was a union maid, who never was afraid To join in song with a noisy throng Who'd pick their banjos all nigh...

God Save the Queen God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, G...

The Star Spangled Banner (The Defense of Fort McHenry) September 20, 1814 By Francis Scott Key Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly w...

He's five foot two and he's six foot four And he fights with marches and with tears He's all of sixty-one and he's just fourteen He's been a pacifist a thousand...

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER (Buffy Ste Marie) He's five foot two and he's six foot four He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of 31 and he's only 17 He's been...

tell those stories to me i'm dying to hear the things you've done and seen farfetched as they may be you strike a smile in me your stories ring of perjury const...

THE UNQUIET GRAVE Cold blows the wind to my true love, And gently drops the rain I've never had but one true love, And in green-wood he lies slain I'll do as ...

The Unreconstructed Rebel Oh, I'm a good old Rebel, Now that's just what I am; For this "fair land of Freedom" I do not care a damn I'm glad I fit against it- ...

Jerry Rasmussen 1 Late in the evening, when the sun has gone down And the work is all over, they head into town To sit for awhile and to drink a few rounds And...

Up on the rooftop reindeer pause Out jumps good old Santa Clause Down thru the chimney with lots of toys All for the little ones Christmas joys Chorus Ho, ho, ...

Orientals, our nation or the grave, Liberty or with glory we die Its the vows that our souls pronounce and which heroicly we will fullfill Liberty, Liberty, Ori...

The US Infantry To the tune of "The Rising Of The Moon" In the army of the Union we are marching in the van And we'll do the work before us that the bravest so...

VALLEY FORGE by Bob Coltman We came down here with our boots on our feet We lost them somewhere midst the snow and the sleet Pennsylvania winter is the worse k...

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND Come all you gallant poachers, That ramble void of care, That walk out on a moonlight night With dog and gun and snare By the keepers of the ...

Van Dieman's Land (II) Me and five more went out one night to Squire Dunhill's park Hoping we might get some game but the night did prove too dark And to our s...

Oh my name it is Van Gough, Lend an ear, lend an ear Oh my name it is Van Gough, Lend an ear My name it is Van Gough And all I did was cough and my ear it just...

VANDY VANDY by Manly Wade Wellman Vandy, Vandy, I've come to court you Be you rich or be you poor If you'll give me good attention I will love you forever more...

We are happy to proclaim We are the People of Vanuatu! God has given us this land; This gives us great cause for rejoicing We are strong, we are free in this l...

Yumi, Yumi, Yumi i glat blong talem se, Yumi, Yumi, Yumi i man blong Vanuatu! God i givim ples ia long yumi, Yumi glat tumas long hem, Yumi strong moyumi fri l...

VATICAN RAG (Tom Lehrer) First get down on your knees Fiddle with your rosary beads Bow your head with great respect Then genuflect, genuflect, genuflect Do m...

Tell me what to do, tell me what to say Tell me what to think or if I may And I'll obey, for I'm the perfect citizen I'm a nonprotesting, status-quoting True to...

VENEZUELA (John Jacob Niles) I met her in Venezuela With a basket on her head If she loved others she did not say But I knew she'd do tp pass away To pass away...

THE VERDANT BRAES OF SKREEN SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Mick Hanley [23B 513*3; Peter Kennedy, Folksongs of Britain & Ireland (Schirmer 1975...

The Vermont Boys in Gardner The boys from Vermont to Gardner did go, In search of a job, as you very well know With no clothes on their backs, in their pockets...

VERY UNFORTUNATE MAN (Jimmy Driftwood's reworking of an older song) There was a lawyer, his name was Clay He had but two clients and they wouldn't pay At last,...

The Vicar and the Frog (sung by John Robinson) There once was a very, very holy vicar Went a-walking along the street one day When he heard a little voice say ...

The Vicar of Bray In good King Charles' golden days, when loyalty no harm meant, A zealous high churchman was I, and so I gained preferment To teach my flock, ...

Vicar of Bray (American) When royal George ruled o'er this land and loyalty no harm meant For Church and King I made a stand and so I got preferment I still op...

The Victory Won at Richmond The southern boys may longer lie On the first and fourth of sweet July Our General Beauregard resound For his southern boys at Rich...

Doan Quan Viet-Nam Di [March to the Front] Verse 1 Soldiers of Vietnam, we go forward, With the one will to save our Fatherland Our hurried steps are sounding o...

The View From Home Bryan Bowers Black crow sitting on a red roof, house on a hill Old yellow truck in the driveway got some miles on her still Out front the pa...

'Tis of a rich merchant who in London did dwell, He had but one daughter, an uncommon nice gel Her name it was Dinah, scarce sixteen years old, With a very larg...

Violate Me (In the Violet Time) Violate me, in the violet time, In the vilest way that you know! Desecrate, savage me Utterly ravage me On me no mercy bestow T...

VIOLETS OF DAWN (Eric Anderson) Take me to the night I'm tipping Topsy turvy turning upside down Hold me close and whisper what you will For there is no-one el...

The Virgin Sturgeon Caviar comes from the virgin sturgeon, Virgin sturgeon is a fish Virgin sturgeon needs no urgin' That's why caviar is my dish I fed caviar...

VIRGIN STURGEON (2) Caviar comes from virgin sturgeon A virgin sturgeon's a very fine fish Virgin sturgeon need no urgin'-- That's why caviar is my dish! Have...

VIVA L'AMOUR Let every good fellow now join in a song Viva la compagnie! Success to each other and pass it along Viva la compagnie! Cho: Viva la, viva la, viv...

Go back to yer work, me broth of a boy, An' shtop all yer strikes an' yer fuss Or divil a wun will get any employ, An' ye'll soon all be shtarvin' or wuss It's...

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the green ol' Smoky mountains to the south lands by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome and sh...

WAGONER'S LAD Oh hard is the fortune of all womankind They're always controlled, they're always confined Controlled by their parents until they're a bride Then...

Wait For the Tide +1987 Mark Cohen CHORUS Wait for the tide Then you can cross the river G Am C Soon you'll return to your...

WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES NELLIE (Andrew Stirling and Harry Von Tilzer) On a Sunday morn sat a maid forlorn With her sweetheart by her side, Through the window ...

December the seventh we heard about Pearl, We knew we'd be next on the list The men of our Corps four fifty no more All swore to the death to resist Cho: Wake ...

Wake Nicodemus (Henry Clay Work) Nicodemus, the slave, was of African birth And was bought for a bagful of gold He was reckoned as part of the salt of the eart...

Wal, I Swan (Git Up, Napoleon) I run the old mill over here in ReubensviUe, My name's Joshua Ebenezer Frye; I know a thing or two, just bet your boots I do, Ca...

Cymraeg Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi Gwlad beirdd a chantorion enwogion o fri Ei gwrol ryfelwr, gwlad garwyr tra mad Tros ryddid collasant eu gwaed Gwl...

Walk in Jerusalem (Just Like John) (cho) I wanna be ready I wanna be ready I wanna be ready To walk in Jerusalem just like John John said the city was just f...

Walk in the Light (Sydney Carter) There's a light that was shining when the world began, And a light that is shining in the heart of a man, There's a light tha...

Verse: If I see you tomorrow on some street in town, Pardon me if I don't say "hello" I belong to another, It wouldn't look so good To know someone I'm not supp...

Walkin' On My Wheels +1986 Mark Cohen C F C CHO: Walkin' on my wheels, walkin' on my wheels F C D7 ...

Once a jolly vagabond camped down by a lily pond Under the spreading chestnut tree And he sang as he watched as he waited till his kettle boiled Who'll come a w...

Hollywood is such a dream, And when you're only seventeen, it's wonderful, A movie man said she could be a star, A beauty queen, or a cover girl, She believes a...

WALLS AND WINDOWS Judy Small & Pat Humphries Did you sing your children lullabies to calm their fears at night? Did you hold them gently till they went to slee...

THE WALLS HAVE EARS (EAAB) Am G Am G / Am G / Am G Am G / Am G Am +2 I met her in the bar of a fine hotel, And I knew she was falling beneath my spell; Then...

Once a jolly swagman sat beside the billabong, Under the shade of a coulibah tree, And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong You'll come a waltzing mati...

Our Uncle Walter's not right in the head He's been that way all his life, my mother said Its not that he's violent or falls down the stairs Its just he goes wal...

WALY, WALY O, waly waly up the bank And waly, waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burnside Where I and my love wont to gae! I leaned my back unto an aik And ...

WALY WALY (JAMIE DOUGLAS) Oh, waly, waly up the bank and waly, waly down the brae And waly, waly yon burnside where I and my love used to gae I was a lady of hi...

WANDERING ANGUS (GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN) Em Dm / G Bm Am Em / G Bm Am Em / Bm Em I went out to the hazelwood Because a fire was in my head Cut and peeled a ha...

War begetteth poverty, poverty peace Peace maketh riches flow, faith ne'er doth cease Riches, produce, pride; pride is war's ground War begetteth poverty, the w...

War Song Come all you jolly soldiers, I will sing to you a song, I'll try to be brief, I'll not detain you long, Concerning all my troubles and how they did adv...

THE WARS OF GERMANY Oh, woe be to the orders that marched my love away, And woe be to the cruel cause that makes my tears downfall; Oh, woe be to the cruel wa...

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT (You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry) by Rowland Howard 1 When a child, I lived at Lincoln, with my parents at the farm, The l...

The water is wide, I cannot get oer Neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I A ship there is and she sai...

Chickens crowing in the old plowed field Chickens crowing in the old plowed field Chickens crowing in the old plowed field Down in North Carolina Waterbound, a...

Come all you sons of Britain And Irish heroes too, And all who fought for Wellington At the battle of Waterloo On tbe fifteenth day of June, my boys, Eighteen ...

By the waters the waters of Babylon We lay down and wept and wept for Thee Zion We remember we remember we remember Thee Zion Three part round @round @religion...

Antonio Carlos Jobim A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone It's a sliver of glass, it is life, it's the sun...

I cannot get tae my love if I would dee For the waters of Tyne run between him and me And here I maun stand wi a tear in my ee All sighin and sobbin, my true lo...

That was a maid this other day And she must needs go forth to play And as she walked, she sighed and said ''I am afraid to die a maid'' When that be heard a lad...

'Way down in Dixie! 'Way down in Dixie where the cotton grows, Sing a song, blow along, O-O-O! 'Way down in Dixie! 'Way down in Dixie, oh, I had a gal, Sing a ...

The Way I Behaved Peter Beagle (The Last Unicorn) When I was a young man, and very well thought of There was nought I could ask that the ladies denied I nibble...

THE WAY OF MEN Linda Allen Well it's hard times most everywhere I think I've had more than my share That man of mine's so hard to please He's driving me right ...

WAYS OF MAN (Gordon Bok) The ways of man are passing strange He buys his freedom and he counts his change Then he lets the wind his days arrange And he calls t...

We are called the girl scouts Girl Scouts are we In all our activities We go with a B A N G Now that we're together Let's hear a rousing cheer For our dear Par-...

Wilson Family We are the roving minstrels and tonight we've dropped in to weave you our music and a song all to spin to weave you our music as only we do And w...

We Be Soldiers Three We be soldiers three Pardona moy, je vous an pree, Lately come forth of the Low Country With never a penny of money Here, good fellow, I d...

We be three poor mariners Newly come from the seas; We spend our lives in jeopardy While others live at ease Shall we go dance the round, the round, the round S...

WE HAVE FED OUR SEA FOR A THOUSAND YEARS words by Rudyard Kipling music by Peter Bellamy We have fed our sea for a thousand years And she calls still unfed Tho...

We have fed you all for a thousand years And you hail us still unfed Though there's never a dollar of all your wealth But marks the workers dead We have yielded...

*1 She used to sing hymns in the old village choir She taught at the Sunday-school class, At playing the organ she never would tire Those dear days are over, al...

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Mark Gilston (English Music Hall Workshop, 1986 FSGW Getaway) COMMENTS: MG says it's a Harry Lauder song ...

We pity our bosses five We pity our bosses five A thousand a week is all they get We pity our bosses five We pity the bosses son We pity the bosses son He ride...

We Rigged Our Ship (Cindy Kallet) We rigged our ship with lines of silver Way, hey, and we'll all come down And we set her sails in New England waters Way, hey...