Oberlin College Library - The Folk Song Index

Title	First line of verse	First line of chorus	Composer	Page Number
Pray On	Pray On, Pray On, Pray On Dem Light Us			152
Hinky Dinky Parlay-voo!	Mad'moiselle From Armentieres Parlayvoo?		Traditional	152
Hey Hey Hey Hey	Stand-in' On My Sidewalk Curb Today		Guthrie, Woody	152
There's Nothing Quite Like Money	They Say The Sight Of Moonlight		Brecht, Bertolt / Eisler, Hanns	152
De Colores	De Colores De Colores Se Visten Los	Y Por Eso Los Grandes Amores De Muchos	Traditional Mexican	152
Finjan	Haru-ach Noshevet K'rira	Lalala	Hefer, Chaim / Schwartz, Teddi / Kevess, Arthur / Wilensky, M	152
Edelweiss	Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every Morning You		Hammerstein, Oscar Ii / Rodgers, Richard	152
Everybody's Talkin'	Everybody's Talking At Me I Don't Hear		Neil, Fred	152
Flower Carol, The	Spring Has Now Unwrapped The Flowers		Traditional English	152
Cherry Tree Carol, Child No. 54, The	When Joseph Was An Old Man		Traditional	152
Cherry-tree Carol, Child No. 54, The	When Joseph Was A Young Man		Traditional	152
Cherry Tree Carol, Child No. 54, The	When Joseph Was An Old Man		Traditional	152
Cherry-tree Carol, Child No. 54, The	When Joseph Was A Young Man		Traditional	152
Dust	Ye May Work On Board A Ship And Go To	Dust In The Air, All Through The Mine	Handle, Johnny	152
Kingdom Coming	Say, Darkeys, Hab You Seen De Massa	De Massa Run? Ha, Ha!	Work, Henry C.	152
Hey, Porter	Hey, Porter, Hey, Porter		Cash, Johnny	152
Crib Of Perches, The	N/a		Traditional	152
Broken Pledge, The	N/a		Traditional	152
Master Crowley	N/a		Traditional	152
I Pray To Allah	Oooo, I Pray To Allah, I Pray To Allah			152
Courtship Of Willie Riley	Was On A Pleasant Morning		Traditional	152
Nothing But A Soldier	When I Was A Baby, Black As I Could	Nothing But A Soldier	Sherrod, Charles	152
Lord Willoughby	The Fifteenth Day Of July		Byrd, William	152
Bonny Irish Boy, The	When First That I Was Courted By A Bonny		Traditional	152
Robin Hood And The Ranger, Child No. 131	When Phoebus Had Melted The Sickles Of		Traditional	152
Duke Of Athole's Nurse, Child No. 212, Version C, The	As I Went Down By The Duke Of Athole's		Traditional	152
Duke Of Athole's Nurse, Child No. 212, Version D, The	As I Cam In By The Duke Of Athole's		Traditional	152
S.s. Vancouver, The	There's Commotion At The Wharf	Bombs Are Showered In Our Name	Mansell, Ken	152
Cast Away Care	Let's Cast Away Care		Lawes, William	152
Whereunto Is Money Good	Whereunto Is Money Good		Metcalfe, J.p.	152
Swapping Song	When I Was A Bachelor, I Lived By Myself	To My Wing Wong Waddle, My John Fall		152
Swansea Town	Now, The Lord Made The Bee And The Bee	You're The One That I Do Adore		152
No Irish Need Apply	I'm A Deceny Boy Just Landed From The		Poole, J.f.	152
Grand Mamou Variation	N/a		Traditional	152
Modern Missionary Zeal	Onward Christian Soldiers		Anonymous	152
Knights Of Labor	Ho, Knights Of Labor, One And All		Durham, W.j.	152
Huelga En General (general Strike)	Hasta Mejico Ha Llegado La Noticia Muy Alegre Que Deleno Es Diferente	Viva La Huelga En El Fil	Valdez, Luis	152
Moon Is Brightly Beaming Love, The	The Moon Is Brightly Beaming Love			152
Spinner's Wedding, The	The Gaffer's Looking Worried	Hurrah, Hurro A Daddy-o		152
Schlagt Auf Die Trommel Der Geuse Steht Auf	Schlagt Auf Die Trommel, Vandiridomdeine		Dehmel, Walter / Hennig, Willy	152
Water Is Wide, The	The Water Is Wide, I Cannot Get Over			152
Ardaidh Cuain	'a Mbeinn Fein In Ardaidh Cuain			152
Oh Freedom	Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom			152
Demon Of The Seas, The	Furl Your Sails Through The Pleasant			152
O Wasn't That A Wide River	O, Wasn't That A Wide River			152
To See God's Bleeding Lamb	Want To Go To Heaven When I Die			152
Too Much Time For The Crime I Done, Version I	I Got Too Much Time, Buddy			152
O, Say Not Woman's Love Is Bought	Oh, Say Not Woman's Love Is Bought			152
Downy Cheek, The	The Downy Cheek So Red, So Fair			152
Sailor's Return, The	A Lady Walked In Yonder Garden		Unknown	152
Leatherwing Bat	"hi!" Said The Little Leatherwing Bat	Howdiddledowdee Diddleumday	Unknown	152
Red Apple Juice	Ain't Got No Use For Your Red Apple Juice		Unknown	152
O Sole Mio	Oh, What's So Fine, Dear, As A Day Of Sunshine?		Unknown	152
Ode To Joy	Sing To Joy And Gladness Now And Evermore To Freedom's Song.		Unknown	152
Sing Lay The Lily Low	My Jack Has Gone A-sailing			152
Titanic, The	God Moves On The Water		Unknown	152
Little Bitty Baby (go, I Will Send Thee)	Children, Go, I Will Send Thee. How Will I Send Thee?			152
Blow The Man Down	Oh, Blow The Man Down, Bullies, Blow The Man Down!	Give Me Some Time To Blow The Man Down!		152
Purim Greeting	Won't You Open The Door For Me?		Eisenstein, J.k.	152
Dixie	I Wish I Was In The Land Of Cotton		D. D. Emmet	152
King William And King James	Old King James Made A Vow		Unknown	152
Isles Of Daniel, The (c)	There Was Three Scottish Women Sat Down To Sigh And To Moan		Unknown	152
Old Man, The	There Was An Old Man Came Over The Lea		Unknown	152
Green Grows The Laurels	I Once Had A Sweetheart But Now I've Got None	Green Grows The Laurel, And Sweet Falls The Dew	Unknown	152
Away, Rio	The Anchor Is Weigh'd And The Sails They Are Set		Unknown	152
Spotted Cow, The	One Morning So Gay, In The Glad Month Of May		Unknown	152
Jack Williams, Or Boatman By My Trade	I Am A Boatman By My Trade		Unknown	152
Hen Ladi Fowr Benfelen (a Buxom Old Blonde)	Hen Ladi Fowr Benfelen Yn Dwad I 'dre O'r Ffair (an Old Lady, Blonde And Buxom, Home From The Fair She Came)	Tw-dl-rei-di-lym-bi-dym	Unknown	152
Gap In The Hedge, The	There's A Gap In The Hedge At Kilmare		Barnard, C.	152
Mermaid, The	O Were My Men Drunk Or Were My Men Mad		Unknown	152
My Lovely Irish Boy	Once I Was Courting A Lovely Irish Boy		Unknown	152
Sir Hugh	Do Rain, Do Rain In American Corn			152
Poor Gracie Is Dead	Poor Gracie Is Dead And She Lies In Her Grave			152
Everyday Dirt	John Come Home All In A Wonder		Unknown	152
Clare De Kitchen	In Old Kentuck In De Arternoon	Oh, Clare De Kitchen Old Folks, Young Folks	Rice, T.	152
Hen Ladi Fowr Benfelen (a Buxom Old Blonde)	Hen Ladi Fowr Benfelen Yn Dwad I 'dre O'r Ffair (an Old Lady, Blonde And Buxom, Home From The Fair She Came)	Tw-dl-rei-di-lym-bi-dym	Unknown	152
A Mhuirnin / My Darling			Unknown	152
Shlof, Mayn Kind (sleep, My Child)	Shlof Mayn Kind, Mayn Treyst, Mayn Sheyner (sleep, My Child, Sweet Comfort Mine)			152
Ich Ging Einmal Spazieren (i Once Went For A Walk)	Ich Ging Einmal Spazieren (i Once Went For A Walk)		Unknown	152
Draft Dodger Rag	I'm Just A Typical American Boy	Sarge, I'm Only Eighteen, I Got A Ruptured Spleen	Ochs, Phil	152
Faithful Sailor Boy, The (b)	'twas On A Stormy Winter Night		Unknown	152
I Wad Enjoy (k)	Her True Love Sat On A Bush Near By Heard All That She Did Say	That I Was Last Wi' She Says That I Was Last Wi'	Unknown	152
Lad That I Was Last Wi', The (l)	Ochon And Wae's Me That Ever Love Began		Unknown	152
Just Without Our Little Window	Just Without Our Little Window All Is Bitter Cold			152
The Old Guggisberg Song	Oh, In This World There's Someone	Simeliberg		152
The Water Is Wide	The Water Is Wide I Cannot Get Over		Pete Seeger	152
Duermete, Nino Chiquito (bernalillo)	Duermete, Nino Chiquito		Unknown	152
Abranse Las Puertas (bernalillo)	Abranse Las Puertas Rompanse Los Velos		Unknown	152
Ten Thousand Cattle	Ten Thousand Cattle, Gone Astray	In Gambling Hells Delaying	Unknown	152
Mah Nishtanah?	On All Other Nights We Eat All Kinds Of Bread	Mah Nishtanah, What Is So Different?	Debbie Friedman	152
Edelweiss	Edelweiss, Edelweiss		Rodgers, Richard / Hammerstein Ii, Oscar	152
Everybody's Talking	Everybody's Talking At Me, I Don't Hear A Word They're Saying		Neil, Fred	152
Finjan	Haru-ach Noshevet K'rira		Wilensky, Moshe / Hefer, Chaim / Schwartz, Teddi / Keeves, Arthur	152
Flower Carol	Spring Has Now Unwrapped The Flowers, Day Is Fast Reviving		Traditional	152
Hora Mamtera	Ron Kiluach Batsinor	Sobi Sobi Mamtera Hey	Wilensky, M.	152
Fugitive Breakdown	I Hurried Through The Darkness	She Had The Sun In Her Hair	Morey, Myron L.	152
O Ye Mountains High	O Ye Mountains High, Where The Clear Blue Sky		Penrose, Charles W.	152
Bonny Irish Boy, The	When First That I Was Courted By A Bonny Irish Boy		Unknown	152
Beautiful City Of Love	The Whole World Was Lost In Darkness And In Sin	Beautiful City With Its Glorious Mansions Above	Dickey, Lotus	152
Fin Vanen Kimt Ir, Gite-brider? (where Do You Come From, Good Fellows?)	Fin Vanen Kimt Ir, Gite-brider?		Traditional Yiddish Folksong	152
Primrose Hill	When I Can Read My Title Clear		Unknown	152
Christian Heralds	Ye Christian Heralds,		Unknown	152
Alegrense Los Cirsitanos	Alegrense Los Crisitanos		Traditional Latin	152
A Belen Vinde, Pastores	A Belen Vin De, Pastores		Traditional Spanish	152
Ich Ging Einmal Spazieren / I Once Went For A Walk	Ich Ging Einmal Spazieren Ahm! Ja So?		Unknown	152
Forgafves Uppa Stigen	Forgafves Uppa Stigen Jag Dig Att Mota Gar		Unkown	152
Mo Run Ailein	Dh'eirich Mi Moch		Unknown	152
Gur H-e Mo Ghille Dubhdhonn	's Ann A Raoir Nach D'fhuair Mi 'n Cadal		Unknown	152
Der Lomp Vert Farlosn	Der Lompe Vert Farlosn		Unknown	152
Unser Liebe Is Gesholssen Gevoren	Unser Liebe Is Gesholssen Gevoren		Unknown	152
Vos Bistu Kotinke Baroiges	Vos Bistu Kotinke Baroiges		Unknown	152
Homo's Veibele Hot Gemacht	Homo's Veibele Hot Gemacht		Unknown	152
Ich Bin Mir A Baal Agole Un Ich Arbeit On An Ek	Ich Bin Mir A Baal Agole Un Ich Arbeit On An Ek		Unknown	152
Sei Zhe Mir Gesunt	Sei Zhe Mir Gesunt		Unknown	152
Purim Greeting	Won't You Open The Door For Me?		Eisenstein, J. K.	152
Lord Thomas And Fair Ellen	Oh Riddle Me, Mother, Riddle Me		Niles, John Jacob	152
Early, Early In The Spring	So Early, Early In The Spring		Unknown	152
Wife Of Usher's Well, The	There Was A Lady And Gay Was She		Unknown	152
I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground	I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground		Unknown	152
Then I'll Come Back To You	My Wife Has Gone Off And Left Me		Unknown	152
O Herre, Lad Mig Komme Frem / Oh, Lord, Please Grant That I Arrive	O Herre, Lad Mig Komme Frem / Oh, Lord, Please Grant That I Arrive		Unknown	152
Good Morrow, Gossip Joan	Good Morrow, Gossip Joan		Unknown	152
South Australia	Downeast Gals Got No Combs	Heave Away!	Unknown	152
Give Me Some Hardtack	Give Me Some Hardtack		Unknown	152
Swansea Town	Now, The Lord Made The Bee And The Bee Did Make The Honey	You're The One That I Do Adore	Unknown	152
Gale, The	The Dark Scud Scowls At The Shrinking Moon		Spicer, W. F.	152
Farmer's Curst Wife, The / Devil And The Farmer, The	A Farmer Was Ploughing His Field One Day		Unknown	152
Judgment Day	And Must I Be To Judgment Brought		Unknown	152
Confidence	Though Troubles Assail, And Dangers Affright		Unknown	152
Twa Brothers, The (e)	There Were Two Brothers Walked Out One Day		Unknown	152
Twa Brothers, The (f)	There Were Two Brothers All In One School		Unknown	152
Teddy Bear Hug	If You're Lookin' For A Buddy With A Hug To Share	Teddy Bear Hug	Raffi / Simpson, B.	152
Rye Whiskey	I'll Eat When I'm Hungry	Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey	Unknown	152
Zamboanga	Oh, The Monkeys Have No Tails In Zamboanga	Oh, We Won't Go Back To Subic Anymore	Unknown	152
House Carpenter, A (b)	Well Met, Well Met, My Own True Love		Unknown	152
Der Schiffer Auf Dem Blanken Rhein	Der Schiffer Auf Dem Blanken Rhein		Unknown	152
Din-don-din	Din Don Din De La Poli Poli Tranca		Unknown	152
Aquel Caracol	Aquel Caracol Que Va Por El Sol		Unknown	152
Quiero Saber	Quiero Saber Cual Es Mi Novio		Unknown	152
Klondike Gold	Sing Of Gold, Gold, Gold	So It's Sing, Sing, Sing	Bruck, Leo / Phelps, Roger S.	152
Tirohia Ake Nga Whetu / I Look Up At The Stars	Tirohia Ake Nga Whetu, Me Ko Matariki E Arau Ana / I Look Up At The Stars, Matariki Clustered Together		Unknown	152
Land Of Our Birth	Land Of Our Birth, We Pledge To Thee		Mason, Lowell / Kipling, Rudyard	152
Mairi's Wedding / Lewis Bridal Song	Over Hillways Up And Down	Step We Gaily, On We Go	Roberton, Sir Hugh S.	152
Little Bitty Baby / Go, I Will Send Thee	Children, Go, I Will Send Thee		Unknown	152
Ikh Hob Dikh Lib / Ti Voglio Bene	Ikh Hob Dikh Lib, Es Feln Verter Mir / Ti Voglio Bene, Mi Mancan Le Parole		Unknown	152
Ale Mentschen Tanzendik	Alle Menschen Tanzend Und Springend		Unknown	152
V'eirastich Li	V'eirastich Li L'olam		Steinberg, Ben	152
Stackolee (b)	One Cold An' Frosty Christmas Night		Unknown	152
Emes Ki Ato Hu Dayon	Emes Ki Ato Hu Dayon Dayon Umoi Chiach / True It Is That Thou Art Judge And Arbiter		Belzer, Nissi	152
Olaf Trygvason	Spreading Sails O'er The North Sea Speed / Brede Sejl Over Nordsjo Gaar		Reissiger, F. A. / Anderson, Rasmus B. / Bjornson, Bjornstjerne	152
William Taylor	Young William Taylor Was A Lithe Young Sailor		Unknown	152
Pretty Fair Maid, A	A Pretty Fair Maid All In A Garden		Unknown	152
Farewell, The	Farewell To The Nymph Of My Heart		Cooke, Robert	152
I Love Thee	I Love Thee, I Love Thee		Unknown	152
Long, Long Ago	Tell Me The Tales That To Me Were So Dear		Bayly, T. H.	152
Oh! 'tis The Melody	Oh! 'tis The Melody		Bayly, T. H.	152
Gaily Sounds The Castenet	Gaily Sounds The Castanet		Unknown	152
O Herre, Lad Mig Komme Frem/ Oh, Lord, Please Grant That I Arrive	O Herre, Lad Mig Komme Frem/ Oh, Lord, Please Grant That I Arrive			152
The Shepherd, Or Andrew Roo	A Shepherd Keeps Sheep On Yon Mountain Sae High,		Robert Alexander	152
Jechal Jeden Polak / Pole Was Traveling, A	Jechal Jeden Polak Ze Starego Kraju. / A Pole Was Traveling From His Ancestral Home.		Silverman, Jerry / Unknown	152
Haywire Outfit	Well, A Loggin' Outfit, So They Say	Haywire Crew, Haywire Riggin'		152
The East Ohio Miners' Strike	O, Comrades And Fellow Workers		Jackson, Molly	152
No Room At The Hotel	There Was-a No Room			152
Animal Fair, The	I Went To The Animal Fair		Unknown	152
Vi Zenen Mayne Yinge Yoren	Vi Zenen Mayne Yinge Yoren		Bikel, Theodore	152
Gray Goose	It Was One Sunday Mornin	Lord Lord Lord	Unknown	152
Ho Ro My Nut-brown Maiden	Ho Ro My Nut Brown Maiden	O Mary, Mild-eyed Mary		152
Come All Ye Western Cowboys	Come All Ye Western Cowboys, Bound On This Sober Land		Unknown	152
S Fad' Tha Mi 'm Oneran/ S' Fad Tha Mi 'm Onaran/ Long Have I Been Alone	's Fhad Tha Mi 'm Onaran		Ross, Elizabeth Jane	152
Kalu Raglayim	Kalu Kalu Raglayim Paame Machol Yishatu Yayin Nishte L'chayim V'nashir B'kol		Spivak, Y / Shefi, A	152