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Women Of This Glen Mhathain A' Ghlinne So They Put You Down, They Put You Down   107 180
Lid Of My Granny's Bin, The As I Was Climbing Into Bed Well It Was Scream, Bang, Shout   107 178
I Don't Take The Welfare To Bed I'd Rather Have My Freedom Than I Don't Cook Meals For The Welfare Chapman, Clair 107 177
Nothing For Free My Old Man Works For The Council Some Red One, Pink Ones, Covered In Kerr, Sandra 107 175
Benledi Street Ballad Annie Dunn Went To Benledi     107 174
Woman This And Woman That We Went Up To Saint Stephen's With     107 172
Picket Line Song I Know A Girl, A Gentle Girl It Gives You Time From Time To Time   107 170
Song For The Trico Women Workers The Trico Women Strikers     107 169
Equal Pay Blues Patsy Brown Was A Factory Girl Keep That Wheel A-turning   107 168
Idris Strike Song Have You Been To Work At Idris?     107 166
Strike, Strike, Strike Strike, Strike, Strike A Blow For     107 165
Coal Owner And The Poor Pitman's Wife, The A Dialogue I'll Tell You As True As My Derry Down, Down, Down Derry Down   107 164
I'm Gonna Be An Engineer When I Was A Little Girl I Wished I Was Dainty As A Dresden Statue Seeger, Peggy 107 159
Typist's Song I'm Fed Up With This Rotten Typing Job   Richards, Sam 107 158
Part-time Job So You Want A Part-time Job One, Two, Three, Four, Five Rogers, Chris 107 157
I'm A Poor Old Weaver When I Wer But A Youngster I'm A Poor Old Weaver   107 155
Jute Mill Song O Dear Me, I Wish The Day Was Done O Dear Me, The Mill's Going Fast Brooksbank, Mary 107 154
Spinner's Wedding, The The Gaffer's Looking Worried Hurrah, Hurro A Daddy-o   107 152
Testimony Of Patience Kershaw, The It's Good Of You To Ask Me, Sir   Higgins, Frank 107 151
Boss's Darling, The O Come Along Girls, To The Factory   Hart, Jean 107 150
Fishgutter's Song Come All You Fisher Lassies   Maccoll, Ewan 107 148
Cushie Butterfield I'm A Broken Hearted Pit Lad She's A Big Lass And A Bonny Lass And Ridley, George 107 147
Factory Girl As I Went A-walking One Fine Summer's     107 146
Woman's Work, A A Woman's Work Is In The Home   Pay, Sue / Kerr, Sandra 107 142
'ilda I'm Sick Of It, I Tell You Straight O, 'ilda, 'ilda, 'ilda Go And Tidy Makino, Marie / Barry, Ernest 107 139
Poor Whore's Complaint, The Come Listen A While And You Shall Hear     107 137
Maintenance Engineer, The One Friday Night It Happened I'm Not Your Little Woman Kerr, Sandra 107 136
Get Back To Your Home We Need Someone To Feed Us Get Back To Your Home Skinner, Steve 107 134
Lady Bus Driver Picture Me, I'm Standing Outside Squeeze, Squeeze, Squeeze, Squeeze Bradford, David / Glavin, Helen 107 132
Washing Day Of All The Plagues A Poor Man Meets For It's Thump, Thump, Souse, Souse   107 130
Come Georgie Hold The Bairn Come Georgie, Hold The Bairn   Wilson, Joe 107 129
Nine Hours A Day All Through This Good Old Land Of Ours Then Help All The Women, Boys   107 128
Housewife's Lament, The One Day I Was Walking O, Life Is A Toil And Love Is A Trouble   107 126
I Remember Christmas I Remember Christmas   Richards, Sam 107 124
Old Man And His Wife, The There Was An Old Man Who Lived In A Wood He Said He Could Do As Much Work   107 124
Old Mother Reilly Old Mother Reilly At The Pawnshop Door     107 116
Boys Will Be Boys Look At Little Peter, Isn't He A Terror Boys Will Be Boys, It's A Fact Rosselson, Leon 107 116
Robin A-thrush O Robin A-thrush He Married A Wife With A Hey Down, Ho Down, Shocking Green   107 115
Curly Locks Curly Locks, Curly Locks Will You Be     107 114
Hecketty Pecketty Hecketty Pecketty Needles And Pins     107 114
Eight O'clock Bells Eight O'clock Bells Are Ringing     107 113
My Ma's A Millionaire My Ma's A Millionaire Blue Eyes And     107 112
When Suzy Was A Baby When Suzy Was A Baby     107 112
Bee-o I Love My Little Girlie Bee-o, Bee-o, Bonnie, Bonnie Bee-o   107 111
Rockabye Baby Rockabye Baby On The Tree Top When You     107 111
Hush You My Babby Hush You My Babby, Lie Still With Your   Traditional / Kerr, Sandra 107 110
Lullaby For A Very New Baby O, The Summer Was Long And The Autumn   Seeger, Peggy 107 108
Dance To Your Daddy Come Here My Little Jackey Dance To Your Daddy, Sing To Your Mammy Watson, William 107 108
What'll The Neighbours Say? Once I Loved A Sailor Who Often Enjoyed But All I Get From My Mother Kerr, Sandra 107 105
Nine-month Blues If You Can't Be Careful Try To Be Good I Got The Nine Month Blues Seeger, Peggy 107 102
Bridget And The Pill Bridget O'reilly Was A Fine Looking Girl   Pearson, Brian / Traditional 107 100
Wee Totum, The Some Say To Live Single It Is The Best It Gangs Toddin' But And Gangs Toddlin'   107 99
Gathering Rushes Up And Down The Valley All In The Month     107 98
Cruel Mother, The In Logan's Woods, Aye And Logan's Braes     107 96
Death Of Queen Jane, The Queen Jane Lay In Labour Full Nine Days     107 95
We Must Choose Sisters We Are Singing We Must Choose Armstrong, Frankie 107 94
Nothing Between Us Now I Was Walking Along Some Side Street   Pole, John / Kerr, Sandra 107 87
Emily Once We Were Single, Once We Were Young   Seeger, Peggy 107 85
Marrowbones There Was An Old Woman In Our Town To Me Whip Sha Lairy, Titty Fallairy   107 84
Scolding Wife, The There Lives A Man Into This Toon     107 82
Gypsy Laddie, The There Was Seven Gypsies All In A Row     107 81
Lament Of The Working-class Hero's Wife O The Wains Are Greeting And The Sink I Ken I'm The Wife But I'll No Be Your Traditional / Peachey, Linda 107 80
Jealous Husband Well Fitted, The A Hosier Lived In Leicester     107 77
Begone, Begone Begone, Begone, My Willy My Billy     107 76
Supper Is Not Ready Roseberry To His Lady Said Wi'a Riddle Come A Ral   107 74
John Anderson, My Jo John Anderson, My Jo, John     107 74
My Husband's Got No Courage As I Walked Out One Summer's Morning O Dear O, What Shall I Do?   107 72
Dolly Duggins O Love's Funny Thing, The Devil Cannot     107 71
Get Up And Bar The Door It Fell About The Martinmas Time And The Barring Of Our Door, Well, Well   107 69
My Old Dutch I've Got A Pal We've Been Together Now For Forty Years Chevalier, Albert / Ingle, Charles 107 68
Don't Get Married Girls Don't Get Married, Girls   Rosselson, Leon 107 64
Woman That Wish'd She'd Never Got Married, The Young Ladies Have Pity On Me     107 62
Sorry The Day Sorry The Day I Was Married And Sorry     107 61
Sandgate Girl's Lamentation, The I Was A Young Maid Truly And Lived He's An Ugly Body, A Bubbly Body   107 60
Darling Annie If You'll Marry Me, I'll Give You For It's Love, Love Will Hold Us Seeger, Peggy 107 59
You Must Have A Man About The House Now I've Heard Some Wives Declare That O You Must Have A Man, A Nobby Little Wood, Frank 107 57
Old Man From Over The Sea, The There Was An Old Man Came Over The Sea     107 55
Lady Diamond There Was A King, And A Glorious King     107 54
Old Woman's Song I Am An Old Woman, You Know Then Lawk-a-mercy What Fun   107 49
William Taylor I'll Sing You A Song About Two True Fol The Diddle Um A Dare Al Ido   107 48
Three Drunken Maidens There Were Three Drunken Maidens Come     107 47
Fair Maid Of Islington, The There Was A Fair Maid Of Islington     107 45
Tansey's Mill O, Once I Was A Well-fared Maid And Diddle Dow Diddle Dow   107 44
Blow Away The Morning Dew There Was A Brisk Young Farmer And It's Aye The Dewy Morning   107 43
Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot     107 40
Prince Heathen Young Margaret Sat In A Tower High     107 40
Two Sisters, The There Were Twa Sisters In Yon Bower     107 37
Fair Annie It's Narrow, Narrow, Make Your Bed     107 35
Must I Be Bound? Must I Be Bound And You Go Free     107 34
Trees They Do Grow High, The The Trees They Do Grow High And The Growing, Growing, Whilst My Bonny Lad   107 32
Unfortunate Lass, The As I Was A-walking One Fine Summer's     107 31
Shearing's Not For You, The O The Shearing's Not For You     107 30
Nightshift On Monday Night He Came To My Door And     107 27
Besom Maker, The I Am A Besom Maker O Come Buy My Besoms, Besoms Fine And   107 26
Dainty Davie Being Pursued By Dragoons O, Leeze Me On Your Curly Pow   107 25
Maid's Conjuring Book, The A Young Man Lately In Our Town     107 24
How Can I Keep My Maidenhead? Mi Mither Built A Tiny House How Can I Keep My Maidenhead   107 23
Oo'er What A Death To Die Why Are The Men I Meet So Dull Ooer To Be Loved By A Movie Star Constanduros, Mabel / Lewis, Gwen / Kerr, Sandra 107 21
Don't Let Me Die An Old Maid Come All You Young Fellows Just Give To My Rite-fol-the-diddle   107 19
Whistle Daughter, Whistle Mother I Long To Get Married I Long To     107 18


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