The Folk Song Index: An Oberlin College Libraries & Sing Out! Collaboration

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View	Title	First line of verse	First line of chorus	Composer	Page Number
	Heave Away	Heave Away, Heave Away!			111
	Wake Up, Jacob	Wake Up, Jacob, Day Is A-breaking			111
	John Henry	John Henry Was A Little Baby		Traditional	111
	Cherokee: A Spell To Destroy Life	Listen! Now I Have Come To Step Over		Traditional	111
	Supply And Demand	There Is Rice Down The River		Brecht, Bertolt / Eisler, Hanns	111
	My Body	My Heart Was Made To Be Filled Up With	My Body's Nobody's Body But Mine	Alsop, Peter	111
	My Little Girl	My Little Girl, Teach Me To Laugh Again		Dart, Mary	111
	No, No, No	I Never Had One When I Was Your Size	No No No No No No	Alsop, Peter	111
	Old Folks At Home, The	Way Down Upon The Swannee River	All The World Is Sad And Dreary	Foster, Stephen	111
	Leatherum Thee Thou And A', Child No. 43	There Was A Knicht An' A Lady Bricht		Traditional	111
	Merry Broomfield, Child No. 43, The	A Wager A Wager A Wager I Will Lay		Traditional	111
	Merry Broomfield, Child No. 43, The	A Wager A Wager A Wager I Will Lay		Traditional	111
	Leatherum Thee Thou And A', Child No. 43	There Was A Knicht An' A Lady Bricht		Traditional	111
	Dreams Go By	There You Stand In Your Dungarees	And So You And I, We'll Watch Our Years	Chapin, Harry	111
	Holy, Holy, Holy	Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty		Heber, R / Dykes, J.b.	111
	Miss Langford	N/a		Traditional	111
	Hush-a-by, Baby Mine	Hush-a-by, Baby Mine, Peacefully			111
	Captain Glen	There Was A Ship And A Ship Of Fame		Traditional	111
	Keep Your Eyes On The Prize	Paul And Silas, Bound In Jail	Hold On, Hold On, Keep Your Eyes On The	Traditional / Wine, Alice / Civil Rights Movement	111
	O Death Rock Me Asleep	O Deathe O Death Rock Me Asleepe Bring			111
	Mouse-trap, The	Old Hob		D'urfey	111
	Indian Lass Version Ii, The	As I Was A Walking On A Far Distant		Traditional	111
	Jolly Beggar, Child No. 279, Version B, The	There Was A Jolly Beggar, And A Begging		Traditional	111
	Lullaby	Sleep, Baby Sleep You Babble And You		Sharpe, Jacqueline	111
	Fisherman's Song	There Was A Man, A Fisherman		Dickson, Parker	111
	Sweet Enslaver	Sweet Enslaver Can You Tell How I Learnt		Atterbury, Luffman	111
	Thy Sweets	I Gat Me Flow'rs To Straw Thy Way		Herbert, George / Bach, Johann Sebastian	111
	Lonesome Valley, The	You've Got Tocross That Lonesome Valley			111
	Big Five-gallon Jar, The	In Liverpool There Liv'd A Man Jack	In The Old Virginia Lowlands		111
	Wolgograd	Nicht Wie In Andere Stadte	Und Nichts Ist Vergessen		111
	Go Dte Tu Slan	Ta'n Long Mhor Sinte Leis An Che		Duffin, Malachy	111
	Onward, Christian Soldiers	Onward Christian Soldiers, Marching As	Onward Christian Soldiers	Baring-gould, Sabine / Sullivan, Arthur Seymour Sir	111
	Nearer, My God To Thee	Nearer My God To Thee, Nearer To Thee		Adams, Sarah F. / Mason, Lowell	111
	Captain Jinks	I'm Captain Jinks, Of The Horse Marines	I'm Captain Jinks Of The Horse Marines		111
	Billy Boy	Where Have You Been, Billy Boy			111
	Rye Waltz	N/a			111
	Ring, Ring De Banjo	Oh, Nebber Count De Bubbles While	Ring, Ring De Banjo	Foster, Stephen C.	111
	Uprising Of Labor, The	Brave Sires To The Summons Of Freedom		Blanchard, I.g.	111
	What We Want, Version No. 1	When What We Want Comes Uppermost		Lawrence, B.m.	111
	Sash Me Father Wore, The	Sure I'm An Ulster Orangeman From Erin	It's Ould But It's Beautiful	Traditional	111
	I'm A-looking For A Home	Five Long Years In The Army	I'm A-looking For A Home	Asbel, Bernie / Glazer, Tom / Lomax, Alan	111
	Pretty Sally	There Was A Young Sailor From Dover He			111
	Bee-o	I Love My Little Girlie	Bee-o, Bee-o, Bonnie, Bonnie Bee-o		111
	Rockabye Baby	Rockabye Baby On The Tree Top When You			111
	Ist Alles Dunkel	Ist Alles Dunkel, Ist Alles Trube			111
	Liebster Meiner	S'iz Der Steppe Shoin Opgeshor-n		Abarbenel / Yomen, Ben	111
	Lift Every Voice And Sing	Lift Every Voice And Sing		Johnson, James Weldon / Johnson, J. Rosamond	111
	Railroad Blues	Went Down To The Depot, Looked Upon The			111
	Water My Flowers	Oh, Water My Flowers, Blooming In The			111
	Haul On The Bowline	Haul On The Bowlin' The Ship	Haul On The Bowlin' The Bowlin'		111
	Garret Barry's	N/a			111
	Little Sally Walker, Version Iii	Now Put Your Hand On Your Hip And Let		Jones, Bessie	111
	Soldier's Joy	N/a		Traditional	111
	Sun Assembly	N/a		Traditional	111
	South Coast, The	My Name Is Lonjano De Castro	But The Monterey Coast, Wild And Lonely	Bos-ross, Lillian Shanagolden	111
	Arkansas Traveller	N/a			111
	Turkey In The Straw	N/a			111
	Chesapeake And The Shannon, The	The Chesapeake So Bold, Out Of Boston As			111
	Leve Tes Fenetres Haut	If You See Me Coming Raise Your Windows			111
	Killy Kranky	Killy Kranky Is My Song			111
	Wreck Of The Rebecca, The	When First I Thought On Americay			111
	Good Ship Mary Cochrane, The	When First I Thought On Americay			111
	Aristocracy Of Democracy, The	Ye Aristocratic Democrats			111
	Farmer's Boy, The	The Sun Had Sunk Behind The Hill Across Yon Dreary Moor	To Be A Farmer's Boy, To Be A Farmer's Boy		111
	Farmer's Curst Wife, The	There Was An Old Man At The Foot Of The Hill	Sing Heigh, Diddle-eye, Diddle-eye	Unknown	111
	Click Go The Shears	Down By The Pen There The Old Shearer Stands	Click Go The Shears Boys, Click, Click, Click	Unknown	111
	Cock Of The North			Unknown	111
	Hanukah	Hanukah, Hanukah, Hag Yafe Kol Kah		Unknown	111
	Young Sailor Lad, The (a)	I'm Sorry I'm Sorry My Fortune's Been Bad		Unknown	111
	Lothiam Hairst, The	On August Twalkt From Aiberdeen We Sailed Upon The "prince"		Unknown	111
	Glenlogie (e)	He Said, My Pretty Maiden		Unknown	111
	Jolly Jack Tar	Now As Jack Was Walking London City He Met The Squire		Unknown	111
	Basket Of Eggs, The	Three Jolly Sailors Set Out Walking		Unknown	111
	Thios I Dteach A' Torraimh (down At The Wake-house)	Thios I Dteach A' Torraimh Chuir Mis' Eolas Ar Mo Chailin Donn (down At The Wake-house, Where I First Met That Brown-haired Girl Of Mine)		Unknown	111
	Si Mon Papa Le Savait / If Papa Knew	Mon Per' N'avait Fille Que Moi / No Daughter Had Father But Only Me	Chantez, Mignonne, Cecilia! / Sing, My Little Cecily!	Unknown	111
	Old Man He Courted Me, An	An Old Man He Courted Me Fond And Lovingly		Unknown	111
	Gipsy Hornpipe, The			Unknown	111
	My Love Is In The House			Unknown	111
	Lowlands Of Holland (bonny Bee Hom), The	Come Arise, My Bonnie Lassie			111
	La, La, My Baby	La, La, My Baby, Your Cradle I'll Rock			111
	I Will Rock You Wi' My Foot, Love				111
	Oy, Vpow Streelets (fallen Soldier)	Oy, Vpow Streelets Oo Kri Zrooba			111
	Truck Driver's Song, The	Some Like The Sound Of The Outward Bound		Unknown	111
	Elijah Rock	Satan Is A Liar And A Conjurer Too	Elijah Rock Shout Shout	Unknown	111
	Thios I Dteach A' Torraimh (down At The Wake-house)	Thios I Dteach A' Torraimh Chuir Mis' Eolas Ar Mo Chailin Donn (down At The Wake-house, Where I First Met That Brown-haired Girl Of Mine)		Unknown	111
	Star In The East	Hail The Blest Morn When The Great Mediator			111
	Charley	Charley's Neat And Charley's Sweet And Charley He's A Dandy	Over The River To Feed My Sheep		111
	An Suisin Ban / The White Blanket	Cuirim Dibirt Ar An Aoise Seo A Chaoidhche 's Go Brath		Unknown	111
	Abdul	Abdul, Abdul, He Never Went To School			111
	Lady Maisry	Aimable Enfant, Fils Demasoeur, Elancetoi, Mon Page		Unknown	111
	Ich Bin Ein Musikant Und Komm Aus Sachsenland (i Am A Musician, And I Come From Saxony)	Ich Kann Auch Blasen Die Trompete (i Can Also Blow On The Trumpet)	Ich Bin Ein Musikant Und Komm Aus Sachsenland (i Am A Musician, And I Come From Saxony)	Unknown	111
	Al "morico"	Al Moro Le Gusta El Vino		Unknown	111
	Al "berrugón"	Al Berrugón Le Picaron Los Mosquitos		Unknown	111
	Baile De Danzantes	Cuendo El Rey Va De Campaña Con Su Espada		Unknown	111
	I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry (b)	I'm Sorry I'm Sorry My Fortune's Been Bad		Unknown	111
	Gypsy Davey	It Was Late Last Night When The Boss Came Home			111
	Dowie Dens O' Yarrow (bb)	There Was A Lady In London Did Dwell		Unknown	111
	Dowie Dens O' Yarrow (cc)	There Lived A Lady In The North		Unknown	111
	New Goon, The (a)	There Was A Man Lived In This Place As Far As We Do Hear		Unknown	111
	The Bending Branch	Not A Wind The Branch Is Bending			111
	Liebster Meiner	S'iz Der Steppe Shoin Opgeshorn	Liebster Meiner Kum Tzu Forn	Ben Yomen	111
	Ofrecimiento (los Griegos, Montoya)	Voy Para Belen A Ver A Mi Amada		Unknown	111
	Levantada De Bartolo (los Griegos, Montoya)	En Belen Esta La Gloria, Bartolo, Vamos Alla		Unknown	111
	Mi Chamocha - Chanukah	Mi Chamocha Baeilim Adonai		Unknown	111
	My Body	My Heart Was Made To Be Filled Up With Love	My Body's Nobody's Body But Mine	Alsop, Peter	111
	My Little Girl	My Little Girl, Teach Me To Laugh Again		Dart, Mary	111
	No No No	I Never Had One When I Was Your Size	No No No, No No No	Alsop, Peter	111
	Old Folks At Home, The	Way Down Upon The Swannee River	All The World Is Sad And Dreary	Foster, Stephen	111
	Shir Haparitzanim	Al Na Tomar "hine Darki Haachrona"		Israeli Folksong	111
	Poverta Muchachika	Povereta Muchachika		Traditional Ladino	111
	Bile Them Cabbage Down	Raccoon Up In The Simmon Tree	Bile Them Cabbage Down, Boys	Traditional Bluegrass	111
	Old Blue	I Raised A Dog And His Name Was Blue	Saying, "come On, Blue, Boo-hoo."	Traditional Whopper	111
	Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight	There's An Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight		Autry, Gene / Person, Dick	111
	Indian Lass (second Version), The	As I Was A Walking On A Far Distant Shore		Unknown	111
	Granny Plays The Fiddle				111
	Melton's Parade				111
	Katty's Rambles				111
	Oy, Mayn Baykhele Tut Mir Vey! (oh, My Little Belly Hurts!)	Oy ,mayn Baykhele		Traditional Yiddish Folksong	111
	Humility	The Man That Views His Guilt And Sin		Unknown	111
	Invitation	Come, Ye Sinners,		Unknown	111
	Walsal	Ye Servants Of God, Your Maker Proclaim,		Unknown	111
	Todos Quieren A La Rubia	Todos Quieren A La Rubia		Traditional Latin	111
	Lochee	By Dark Lochee's Lanes And Lochs		Traditional Dundee	111
	Bourgeois Blues	Me And Miss Barnicle Went All Over Town	Oh, He's Abourgeois Man	Ledbetter, Huddie	111
	Ich Bin Ein Musikant Und Komm Aus Sachsenland / I Am A Musician, And I Come From Saxony	Ich Bein Ein Musikant Und Komm Aus Sachsenland		Unknown	111
	Hamilla	Look Where My Dear Hamilla Smiles		Unknown	111
	Love Is The Cause Of My Mourning	By A Murmuring Stream A Fair Shepherdess Lay		Unknown	111
	Snow Lies On The Hills Of Jura	Snow Lies On The Hills Of Jura		Unknown	111
	Dort Beim Vilie	Dort Beim Vilie		Unknown	111
	Sog Mir Du Gildenu Uhr	Sog Mir Du Gildenu Uhr		Unknown	111
	Hanukah	Hanukah, Hanukah		Coopersmith, H. / Kipnis, L.	111
	Caroline	Aine, De, Trois, Caroline		Unknown	111
	Calinda	Michie Preval Li Donnin Gran Bal		Unknown	111
	Warfare Is Raging, The	The Warfare Is Raging		Unknown	111
	Young Hunting	Last Night, Last Night Lady Margaret		Unknown	111
	Big Jim	Cold And Chill Is De Winter Wind		Unknown	111
	Orphan, The	I Was Still A Child, Alas!		Unknown	111
	Sang Om Jens Peter Og Trine / Song About Jens Peter And Trine	Jens Peter Og Trine, To Fattigmaends Born / Jens Peter And Trine, Two Poor Men's Children		Unknown	111
	Wreck Of The C And O, The	Along The G. S. And F.		Unknown	111
	My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is	My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is		Unknown	111
	Old Skibbereen	Oh Father Dear I Oft' Times Heard You Talk Of Erin's Isle		Unknown	111
	Big Five-gallon Jar, The	In Liverpool There Liv'd A Man	In The Old Virginia Lowlands, Lowlands Low	Unknown	111
	Vulture Of The Alps, The	I've Lived Among The Might Alps		Unknown	111
	My Dreydl	I Have A Little Dreydl		Unknown	111
	Janey Mac	Janey Mac, My Shirt Is Black		Unknown	111
	Elsie Marley	Elsie Marley Is Grown So Fine		Unknown	111
	Chesapeake And The Shannon, The	The Chesapeake So Bold, Out Of Boston As We're Told		Unknown	111
	Zion's Light	That Glorious Day Is Drawing Nigh		Unknown	111
	Lord Randal (f)	Where Have You Been, Johnny Rilla, My Son		Unknown	111
	Daddy, You've Been On My Mind	Perhaps It's The Color Of The Sun Cut Flat		Dylan, Bob	111
	Little Jack Horner	Little Jack Horner Sat In A Corner		Unknown	111
	Oy, Vpow Streelets / Fallen Soldier	Oy, Vpow Streelets Oo Kri Zrooba / O, Fell Soldier Next To Stump		Hayworonsky, M.	111
	Sold!	As I Was Walking Down Queen Street One Day	Singing Too Ra Li Too Ra Li	Unknown	111
	Noch Eemol Gesonge	Noch Eemol Gesonge		Unknown	111
	Peu Petito	Peu Petitio De Maria De Coto		Unknown	111
	Joc De Les Pedres	A Les Claus De Pany Anava		Unknown	111
	A, E Kapo Ki Te Whetu / Oh Grasp At The Stars	A, E Kapo Ki Te Whetu, E Kapo Ki Te Marama / Oh Grasp At The Stars, Grasp At The Moon		Unknown	111
	Dainty Davie	Being Pursu'd By The Dragoons	O Leeze Me On His Curly Pow	Burns, Robert	111
	Amar Rabi Elazar	Amar Ra-bi Elazar / Rabbi Elazar Said In The Name Of Rabbi Hanina		Unknown	111
	Dodi Li	Dodi Li, Vaani Lo Haroeh Bashoshanim		Sher, Steven / Feinsinger, Mary	111
	Napoleon Song	Old Boney Is Away From His Warring And His Fighting		Unknown	111
	Jack Went A-sailing (d) / Jack Monroe	'tis Of A Rich Old Merchant		Unknown	111
	Barbara Allen	In Scarlet Town, Where I Was Born		Unknown	111
	Albert	My Brethren All, On You I Call		Unknown	111
	Royal Proclamation	Hear The Royal Proclamation		Unknown	111
	I Remember, I Remember	I Remember, I Remember		Fitzgerald, Mrs. E.	111
	Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes	Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes		Jonson, Ben	111
	Au Clair De La Lune	Au Clair De La Lune, Mon Ami Pierrot,		Unknown	111
	The Bloody Gardener	'twas Of A Lady Fair, A Shepherd's Daughter Dear,		Unknown	111
	The Kind Land	All The People From The Town In The Land In The Land		Bok, Gordon	111
	Johnnie Woncha Ramble	Had A Bull Whip In One Hand, Cow Hide In The Other	I Looked Up On The Hill And Spied Old Master Riding	Unknown	111
	Prettiest Little Girl In The Country				111
	Hushabye	Hushabye, Don't You Cry		Bikel, Theodore	111
	Caracol	Caracol, Rouxinol Bota Os Corninhos Ao Sol		Leca Da Palmeira	111
	La Vai Uma	La Vai Uma, La Vao Duas, Tres Pomhimhas A Vo		Leca Da Palmeira	111
	John O'dwyer Of The Glen	When Once I Rose At Morning			111
	Mommele	As I Watch You Light The Sabath Candles		Parish, M., Alstone, A., Goodhart, A., Kalendar, E.	111
	Tale Of The Trail, A	It Ain't So Far From Right To Wrong		Unknown	111
	Unnamed/ Luinneag Mhic Leoid/ Macleod's Lilt	I Hurabh O I Hoireann O		Ross, Elizabeth Jane	111
	Y'varech'cha	Y'varech'cha Hashem Mitsiyon Ur'e B'tum Y'rushalayim		Weinkranz, D	111