Oberlin College Library - The Folk Song Index

Title	First line of verse	First line of chorus	Composer	Page Number
Hail Washington	Washington We Love You Just Because	Hail To Our Washington	Boettiger, Rose Cole / Public Domain	132
Winter, The	O De Vinter, O De Vinter			132
Wintu: The North Star	The Stars Streaming In The Sky		Traditional	132
Come Home	Come Home, Dear Mummy, Come Home		Guthrie, Woody	132
Goober Peas	Sitting By The Road-side	Peas, Peas, Peas, Peas, Eating Goober	Traditional	132
Day Is Dying In The West	Day Is Dying In The West	Holy, Holy, Holy	Lathbury, Mary A. / Sherwin, William F.	132
Douglas Mountain	Cedars Are Growin' On Douglas Mountain		Sundgaard, Arnold / Wilder, Alec	132
Erev Ba	Shuv Haeder Noher, Bimvu-ot Hak'far		Traditional Israeli	132
God Bless The Moon	I See The Moon And The Moon Sees Me		Ritchie, Jean	132
Goodnight Irene	Sometimes I Live In The Country	Irene Goodnight, Irene Goodnight	Ledbetter, Huddie / Lomax, John A / Raffi, V / Pike, Debi	132
Dying Soldier, Child No. 49, The	Oh, Willie, Take My Highland Shirt		Traditional	132
Two Brothers, Child No. 49, The	Little Willie, Can't You Throw A Ball		Traditional	132
John And William, Child No. 49	O John And William Walked Out One Day		Traditional	132
Dying Soldier, Child No. 49, The	Oh, Willie, Take My Highland Shirt		Traditional	132
Two Brothers, Child No. 49, The	Little Willie, Can't You Throw A Ball		Traditional	132
John And William, Child No. 49	O John And William Walked Out One Day		Traditional	132
Erev Shel Shoshanim	Evening Of Roses		Traditional Hebrew	132
Beautiful Little Comb, The	One Fine Sunny Day As I Went Down The		Traditional Irish	132
Christians, Awake	Christians, Awake! Salute The Happy Morn		Traditional English	132
Give My Love To Rose	I Found Him By The Railroad Track		Cash, Johnny	132
Brennan's Favourite	N/a		Traditional	132
Willie Coleman's Jig	N/a		Traditional	132
O John, My Son	O John, My Son John			132
Wade In The Water	Well Jordan River Is Chilly And Cold	Wade In The Water	Traditional	132
Essex's Last Good-night	All You That Cry O Hone O Hone			132
Geordie, Child No. 209, Version G	The Weather It Is Clear And The Wind		Traditional	132
John Dory, Child No. 284	As It Fell On A Holy-day		Traditional	132
Grey October	Grey October In Glamorgan		Maccoll, Ewan / Seeger, Peter	132
Kids Galore	Theresa Lady Reads And Writes		Fox, Morgan	132
Drink Is A Thing	Tobacco's But A Vapour		Nelham, Edmund	132
Kiss The Cup, Cousin	Now Kiss The Cup, Cousin, With Courtesy		Pammelia / Ane Buik Off Roundells	132
Neapolitan Fisher's Song	You Know I Love You Madly			132
Stoirin, Ni Feidir Liom Tu A Fhail, A	Ta Me Suite Anseo Ar Uaigneas	A Stoirin, Ni Feidir Liom Tu A Fhail	Iomaire, Tomas Mac Con	132
I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard	I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard		Wingate, Philip / Petrie, H.w.	132
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me	Just Tell Them That You Saw Me She Said		Dresser, Paul	132
La Cucaracha	Soldiers Marching Down The Highway	La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha All Is Fair	Glass, William	132
Beans, Bacon, And Gravy	I Was Born Long Ago In Eighteen Ninety	Oh, Those Beans, Bacon And Gravy		132
Baldheaded End Of The Broom, The	Oh, Love It Is A Very Funny Thing	Oh, Boys, Stay Away From The Girls	Traditional	132
Valse De Famille	Family Waltz		Traditional	132
Bold Tenant Farmer	One Evening Of Late Out Of Bandon I	Tiddle Oh-to, Tiddle Oh-to	Traditional / Clancy, Robert	132
Get Off The Track	Ho The Car Emancipation	Roll It Along, Roll It Along		132
Workingman's Train, The	Ho, The Car Emancipation	Get All Aboard	Place, E.r.	132
Hard Travelin'	I've Been Having Some Hard Traveling		Guthrie, Woody	132
Go Limp	O Daughter, Dear Daughter, Take Warning	Singing Too-ra-li, Oo-ra-li	Comfort, Alex	132
Lady Bus Driver	Picture Me, I'm Standing Outside	Squeeze, Squeeze, Squeeze, Squeeze	Bradford, David / Glavin, Helen	132
Das Jennerweinlied	Es War Ein Schutz In Seinen Schonsten			132
Wildwood Flower	I Will Twine And Will Mingle My Waving			132
Ainnir Charraig Na Siuire	Ar Mo Gh'bhail Dom Ar Maidin Tri	Fol Di Dol Ol Di Dol Ol Di Dol		132
Song Of Mary, The	My Soul Doth Proclaims The Greatness Of		Cooper, William B.	132
I Hate The Company Bosses	I Hate The Company Bosses			132
Murder Of Harry Simms, The	Harry Simms Was Killed On Brush Creek			132
Battle Hymn Of The Republic, The	Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory Of The	Glory, Glory Hallelujah	Howe, Julia Ward	132
Coonshine	Coonshine Baby, Coonshine		Jones, Bessie	132
Butterfly Song	If She Had Been A Phoenix	Out Of The Flames She Rises	Lapidus, Joellen	132
Subdivided Cowboy, The	Worked Half My Life On The Old Home		Cook, James E.	132
La Bastrangue	N/a			132
Devil's Dream, The	N/a			132
Blood-red Roses	Our Boots And Clothes Are All In Pawn	Go Down, You Blood-red Roses		132
Burke And Hare	To Help The Folk At Medical School	An It's Doon The Close An Up The Stair		132
Dreary Gallows, The	My Love Is One Of The Finest Young Men			132
Sarah's Young Man	My First Love Was Sarah And None Could			132
Bride's Farewell, The	Farewell, Mother Tears Are Streaming			132
Farmer Is The Man, The	When The Farmer Comes To Town	The Farmer Is The Man		132
Liza Jane	I'll Go Up On The Mountain Top	O Po' Liza, Po' Gal	Unknown	132
Muss I Denn	Muss I Denn, Muss I Denn Zum Stadtele Naus		Unknown	132
Harbour Le Cou	As I Rowed Ashore From My Schooner Close By		Unknown	132
Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies	Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies		Unknown	132
Irish Emigrant, The	I'm Sitting On The Stile, Mary		Unknown	132
Irish Washer Woman, The			Unknown	132
Inez	Tres Hojitas, Madre	Inez, Inez, Inesita, Inez	Unknown	132
It's Raining, It's Pouring	It's Raining, It's Pouring, The Old Man Is Snoring			132
Lowlands	I Dreamed A Dream The Other Night	My Lowlands Away		132
Oh Susanna!	I Came From Alabama Wid My Banjo On My Knee	Oh! Susanna, Oh! Don't You Cry For Me	Stephen Foster	132
Roll On, Tulane (tulane University)	Here's A Song For The Olive And Blue	Roll, Green Wave, Roll Them Down The Field!	Goldstein, Walter	132
Tailor And The Sailor, The (a)	A Tailor And A Sailor Were Baith Seeking Me		Unknown	132
Go Where Glory Waits Thee	Go Where Glory Waits Thee			132
Hangtown Gals	I Came From The State Of Arkansaw		Unknown	132
Jemmy And Nancy Of Yarmouth (b)	She Lifted Her Head From Her Soft Downy Pillow		Unknown	132
Neapolitan Fisher's Song	You Know I Love You Madly, I Know Your Cruelty		Unknown	132
Peggy On The Banks O' Spey	Peggy On The Banks O' Spey		Unknown	132
High Barbaree	There Were Two Lofty Ships From Old England		Unknown	132
Roisin Dubh	A Roisin, Na Biodh Bron Ort Na Cas Anois		Unknown	132
Small Black Rose, The	My Rose, Do Not Mourn For What Has Happened Thee		Unknown	132
Golden Vanity, The	A Ship I Have Got In The North Country		Unknown	132
I Kept A Pack Of Hounds	I Kept A Pack Of Hounds, My Boys		Unknown	132
Broken-down Gentlemen, The	I Kept A Pack Of Hounds		Unknown	132
Time I've Lost In Wooing, The	The Time I've Lost In Wooing, In Watching And Pursuing		Moore, Thomas	132
Banks Of Killaloe, The			Unknown	132
Song Of Victory			Unknown	132
Knight And The Shepherd's Daughter, The	There Was A Shepherd's Daughter Kept Sheep Upon The Hil			132
Jingo Ring	Here We Go Round The Jingo Ring			132
Louisville Burglar	Raised Up In Louisville, A City You Know Well		Unknown	132
Carry Me Back To Old Virginia	The Floating Scow Of Old Virginny	Den Carry Me Back To Old Virginny	Christy, E. P.	132
Are You From Bevan?	Hello, Stranger, How Do You Do?	Are You From Bevan? I Said From Bevan	Unknown	132
Hal'luyah	Hal'luyah Laolam		Oshrat, Kobi	132
Caitlin Ni Chuinn / Kathleen Quinn			Unknown	132
When We Think, O My Lord, What You Did	When We Think, O My Lord, What You Did			132
Ume Boshi	Shiwa Wa Yore Domo Ano Ume Boshi Wa (although It Is Wrinkled)			132
Karakhod	(melody Only)			132
Avek Di Yunge Yorn (my Youthful Yearsare Gone)	Oyfn Brag, Ibern Barg Flien Toybn Porn (over The Hill Doves Are Flying In Pairs			132
De Jose Maneul Rodarte	Ano De Mil Novecientos Cuarenta Y Dos			132
Juicio De Salomon	Cuando El Rey Salomón En Jerusalaín Reinó		Unknown	132
Zur Mishelo Achalnu (rock Of Our Sustenance)	Hasan Et-'ulamo, Ro'enu Abinu (the Servant Nourishes His World, Our Shepherd, Our Father)	Tzur Mi-shelo, Mi-shelo Akhalnu (rock Of My Sustenance, Of Whom We Partake)	Unknown	132
Majn Lecte Hofenung	In Sturem Yn Kamf		Unknown	132
Cu Di Arbeter=frojen	Arbeter=frojen		Unknown	132
El Rulé (canto De Bebedores)	Dicen Que La Virgen Es Más Hermosa Que Ninguna		Unknown	132
Tom Dooley	You Left Her By The Roadside Where You Begged To Be Excused	Hang Your Head Tom Dooley		132
Little Sally Racket	Little Sally Racket			132
Silver City Bound	Silver City Bound, I'm Silver City Bound		Ledbetter, Huddie	132
Tailor And The Sailor, The (b)	Sailors They Are Bonnie Chappies O But They Are Neat And Clean		Unknown	132
Willie And Nancy (a)	Willie, O Willie Ye're Colder		Unknown	132
Jamie And Nancy (c)			Unknown	132
When A' The Lave Gaed To Their Beds	When A' The Lave Gaed To Their Beds		Unknown	132
Blythe, Blythe And Merry Was She	Blythe, Blythe And Merry Was She		Unknown	132
Rantin' Laddie, The (b)	My Father He Feed Me Far Far Awa'		Unknown	132
O, That The Dear Giver Of Life	O, That The Dear Giver Of Life			132
I Climb The Mountain	I Climb The Mountain And Scan The Ocean	O My Boatman, Na Horo Eile		132
Wildwood Flower	I Will Twine And Will Mingle		Woodie Guthrie	132
Sweet Carnlough Bay	When Winter Was Crawling O'er The High Hills And Mountains And Dark Were The Clouds O'er The Deep Rolling Sea.		Unknown	132
Hoy Demos Mil Gracias (corrales)	Hoy Demos Mil Gracias Todos Los Mortales		Unknown	132
Ya Me Lavente (corrales)	Ya Me Lavente, Ya Voy A Adorar		Unknown	132
Seder Table	What Are The Things We Need For Our Seder Table?		Debbie Friedman	132
Douglas Mountain	Cedars Are Growin' On Douglas Mountain		Wilder, Alec / Sundgaard, Arnold	132
Douglas Mountain	Cedars Are Growin' On Douglas Mountain		Wilder, Alec / Sundgaard, Arnold	132
Day Is Dying In The West	Day Is Dying In The West	Holy, Holy, Holy	Sherwin, Wm. F. / Lathbury, Mary A.	132
Erev Ba	Shuv Header Noher		Traditional Israel	132
Goodnight, Irene	Sometimes I Live In The Country	Irene Goodnight, Irene Goodnight	Lomax, John A. / Ledbetter, Huddie	132
Tsena Tsena	Tsena Habanot Ur'ena		Miron, I. / Grossman, J.	132
Ata Echad	Ata Echad V'shimcha Echad Umi K'amcha Yisrael		Traditional Hebrew / Feigin, Sarah	132
Los Bilbilicos	Los Bibilicos Cantan		Traditional Ladino	132
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight	Tonight I'm Sad, My Heart Is Weary	The Rain Is Cold And Slowly Falling	Traditional Bluegrass	132
Old Shoes And Leggin's	A Man That Was Old Came A-courtin' One Day		Traditional Courting Song	132
The Shenandoah Waltz				132
Man With The Hoe, The	Oh, The Man With The Hoe Is A Merry So-and-so.	There's A Man With A Hoe	Dickey, Lotus	132
Now Is The End	Now Is The End Of All My Lovely Sweet Dreams		Unknown / De Cesare, Ruth	132
Cruel Caramba	Yesterday You Said "today,"		Unknown	132
Cha Labhair Mi 'n T-oran	Cha Labhair Mi 'n T-oran		Unknown	132
David's Victory	Now Your Festal Rights Prepare,		Unknown	132
God Be Merciful	Tell Me Where, O Guide To Heav'n,		Unknown	132
Long Time Ago	Jesus Died On Calv'ry's Mountain,		Unknown	132
Tienes Los Cabellos	Tienes Los Cabellos De Oro		Traditional Latin	132
Todas Las Mananitas...	Todas Las Mananas Voy		Traditional Latin	132
Tant Que Vivray	Tant Que Vivray		Sermisy, Claude De	132
Tzur Mishelo Akhalnu / Rock That Provided Us Food	Hasan Et 'olamo, Roenu Abinu	Tzur Mishelo Akhalnu	Unknown	132
Zur Mishelo Achalnu / Rock Of Our Sustenance	Zur Mischelo Achlanu		Unknown	132
Fagelns Visa	Dar Sjongen Fagel Pa Lindekvist		Soderberg, W. Th.	132
Chuala Mi 'n De Sgeul Nach B' Ait Liom	Chuala Mi 'n De		Unknown	132
Ho, Mo Nighean Dubh, Till, Till	Feumaidh Tu, Nigh'n Dubh Nan Caorach		Unknown	132
Clo Mhic 'ille Mhicheil	Oganaich Uir A' Chuil Teudaich		Unknown	132
Wondrous Fairy, Mother, The	The Wondrous Fairy Mother, Was Building A Town		Unknown	132
Yoh, Adir, Yoh, Adir Bamromim	Yoh, Adir, Yoh, Adir Bamromim		Unknown	132
Yoh Adir, You Adir Bamromim	Yoh Adir, You Adir Bamromim		Unknown	132
Yovo Adir Veyigoleinu	Yovo Adir Veyigoleinu		Unknown	132
Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies	Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies		Unknown	132
Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies	Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies		Unknown	132
Fair Margaret And Sweet William	Sweet William He Rose In The Month Of May		Unknown	132
Maria Madalena / Mary Magdalene	Quem Que Por Amor Se Perdeu Nao Chore, Nao Tenha Pena / Don't Cry Or Have Pity On Someone Who Lost In Love		Oliveira, Gabriel De / Gil, Augusto	132
Quantreel	Come All Ye Bold Robbers And Open Your Ears	All Routing And Shouting And Giving The Yell	Unknown	132
Dannebrog, The	Proud Dannebrog Be Flowing		Bay	132
Guldgraveren / The Gold Digger	Kom Hid Nu Kjaere Venner / Come Hither Now, Dear Friends		Unknown	132
My Boy Willie	O Where Have You Been All The Day		Sharp, Cecil K.	132
Atzabeihem Kesef V'zohov	Atzabeihem Oi Kesef V'zohov Zeiere		Berditchev, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok	132
Barrymore Tithe Victory, The	There Was A Poor Man And He Had But One Cow	A Drimon Down Deelish A Heeda Na Moe	Unknown	132
Sally Brown	I Shipped On Beard Of A Liverpool Liner	Way, Ho, Arolling Go	Unknown	132
On That Hill By The Tennessee	I Am Getting Bowed, And I've Long Been Gray	But A Truce, A Truce That Shall Never Be Broke	Calhoun, Alfred R. / King, Horatio C.	132
Sailing	Y'heave Ho! My Lads The Wind Blows Free		Marks, Godfrey	132
Kashmiri Song	Pale Hand I Loved Beside The Shalimar		Woodforde-findes, Amy / Hope, Laurence	132
Lazarus	There Was A Little Family		Unknown	132
Mirrabooka Marsch	Myriader Av Gyllene Druvor I Klasar Och Rumlande Tumlande Klungor		Unknown	132
Man In The Moon, The	The Man In The Moon		Unknown	132
Wishing Star	Starlight Star Bright		Unknown	132
Moon Penny	Moon Penny As Bright As Silver		Unknown	132
Blood-red Roses	Our Boots And Clothes Are All In Pawn	Go Down, You Bloodred Roses	Unknown	132
Bonnie Dundee	O Whare Did Ye Get That Haver-meal Bannock?		Unknown	132
Judgment Hymn	That Great Tremendous Day's Approaching		Unknown	132
Mary On The Wild Moor	One Night When The Winds Blew Cold		Unknown	132
Sir Lionel (g)	There Is A Wild Boar In These Woods		Unknown	132
Michaud	Michaud Est Monte Dans Un Grand Pommier		Raffi / Poitras, Lise	132
Little Sally Waters	Little Sally Waters		Unknown	132
Recruit, The	I Ain't Been Long In This Army		Unknown	132
Navy Team	Oh, The Papers Scream Of A Navy Team		Unknown	132
Pretty Polly (e)	Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, A-yonder She Stands		Unknown	132
Zeigt Her Eure Fusse	Zeigt Her Eure Fusse		Unknown	132
Taler, Taler, Du Musst Wandern (ringlein, Ringlein)	Taler, Taler, Du Musst Wandern Von Dem Einen		Unknown	132
Old Dan Tucker	Ol' Dan Tucker's A Fine Ol' Man	Git Out The Way, Ol' Dan Tucker	Lomax, J. A. / Lomax, Alan / Seeger, Charles / Seeger, Ruth	132
Canco De La Corda	Ja N'on Queden		Unknown	132
Ya No Hay Cohetes	Ya No Hay Cohetes		Unknown	132
La Petit Valse / Petite Waltz, The	Je Ne Sais D'ou Tu Viens / I Heard A Melody		Heyne, Joe / Ellington, E. A. / Claire, Phyllis	132
We've Been Awhile A-wandering	We've Been Awhile A-wandering		Traditional English / Barron, Marshall	132
Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond	By Yon Bonnie Banks And By Yon Bonnie Braes		Unknown	132
It's Raining, It's Pouring	It's Raining, It's Pouring		Unknown	132
Kol Dodi	Kol Dodi Hine Ze Ba Dodi Hine Ze Ba		Rotenberg, A.	132
Dray Tekhterlekh / Tre Figliole	Ven Mit Mazl, Gezunt Un Lebn / Quando Con Buona Sorte, Con Salute E Gioia		Unknown	132
In Misrech-sat	Vom Osten Her Kommt Schon Der Tag		Unknown	132
She Was Poor But She Was Honest Ii	She Was Poor But She Was Honest		Unknown	132
Malaguena	Tuvo La Muerte Su Fatal Intento		Unknown / De Cesare, Ruth	132
Riflemen's Song	Oh General Dundas, He Was The Man		Unknown	132
Yes, We Love With Fond Devotion / Ja Vi Elsker Dette Landet	Yes, We Love With Fond Devotion Norway's Mountain Domes / Ja Vi Elsker Dette Landet, Som Det Stiger Frem		Nrodraak, Rikard / Anderson, Rasmus B. / Bjornson, Bjornsterjne	132
An Old Man Who Came Over The Moor (a) / Old Taffyham	A Little Old Man Came Over The Sea		Unknown	132
There Is A Rest Remains	Lord, I Believe A Rest Remains		Unknown	132
Bourbon	'twas On That Dark And Doleful Night		Unknown	132
Bourbon	'twas On That Dark And Doleful Night		Unknown	132
'tis The Harp In The Air	I Hear It Again, 'tis The Harp		Unknown	132
We Be Three Poor Mariners	We Be Three Poor Mariners		Unknown	132
Bonnie Dundee	O Whare Did Ye Get That Haver-meal Bannokc?		Unknown	132
Beam Of Tranquility	A Beam Of Tranquility Smil'd In The West		Unknown	132
Le Forgeron	Sous Ton Lourd Marteau, Mon Voisin		Unknown	132
The Three Butchers	Johnson Was A Valiant Man,		Unknown	132
Lass Gin Ye Wad Lo'e Me	(he) Lass Gin Ye Wad Lo'e Me, O Lass Gin Ye Wad Lo'e Me,		Helen Rettie	132
New Yorker Trern / The Tears Of New York	Ot Dos Zaynen Di New Yorker Trern, / Oh Now These Are The New Yorker's Tears,		Silverman, Jerry / Altman, H.	132
Le Plus Beau Tango Du Monde (the Most Beautiful Tango In The World)	Pres De La Greve, Souvenez-vous (close To The Shore Do You Recall)	Le Plus Beau De Tous Les Tango Du Monde (the Most Beautiful Of All Tangos In The World)	Alberti, Henri / Sarvil, Rene / Viney, Raymond / Scotto, Vincent	132
Weaver's Life	Weaver's Life Is Like An Engine	Soon We'll End This Life Of Weaving	Dixon, Dorsey	132
Jamie Raeburn's Farewell	My Name Is Jamie Raeburn, In Glasgow I Was Born		Unknown	132
Darling Nelly Gray	There's A Low Green Valley On The Old Kentucky Shore	Oh! My Poor Nelly Gray, They Have Taken You Away	Hanby, B. R.	132
Dove, The	The Dove She Is A Pretty Bird		Seeger, Peggy; Maccoll, Ewan	132
O Preto E Mais A Preta	O Preto E Mais A Preta Foram Ambos Passear		Leca Da Palmeira	132
If The Mountain Does Not Turn, The Water Will	Shan Bu Zhuan Na Shui Zai Zhuan, Shui Bu Zhuan Na Yun Zai Zhuan (if The Mountain Does Not Turn, The Water Will./ If The Water Does Not Turn, The Clouds Will.)			132
Wark O' The Weavers, The	We're A' Met Thegither Here To Sit And To Crack	If It Wasna For The Weavers, What Would They Do?		132
High Chin Bob	Way High Up In The Mogollons Among The Mountain Tops		Unknown	132
A Cuir Nan Gobher As A Chraig/ A Chur Nan Gobhar As A' Chreig/ Putting The Goats Off The Rock	Gu Cur Nan Gobhar As A' Chreig		Reel, A.	132
Aridh Nam Badan/ Airigh Nam Badan/ The Sheiling Of The Little Tufts	Melody Only		Ross, Elizabeth Jane	132
Shiro Shel Aba	Im Bahar Chatzavta Even L'hakim Bin'yan Chadash		Shemer, N	132