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View	Title	First line of verse	First line of chorus	Composer	Page Number
	Be Gentle, Robin!	Robin And I Went Out For A Walk		Judd, Tedd	7
	Old Colony Times	In Good Old Colony Times	Because They Could Not Sing	Traditional	7
	You've Got To Go Down	You've Got To Go Down And Join The Union		Guthrie, Woody	7
	Hold The Fort	We Meet Today In Freedom's Cause	Hold The Fort For We Are Coming		7
	Anthem Of The Soviet Union	United Forever In Friendship And Labor	Long Live Our Soviet Motherland		7
	O Once I Loved A Lass	O Once I Loved A Lass But She Loved		Barrett, Roberts	7
	Greeting Song	Good Evening, Good People; Good Evening		Traditional	7
	Ballad Of Oliver St. John Gogarty, The	Come Al You Brave Free Staters Now		Behan, Dominic / Dawson, Mrs.	7
	Nahuatl: Flower Song	Let Me Pluck Flowers Let Me See Them		Traditional	7
	Frankie And Johnny	Frankie And Johnny Were Lovers		Traditional	7
	Go Tell It On The Mountain	Go Tell It On The Mountain		Traditional	7
	Granny Wales	As Granny Arose In The Morning So Soon		Traditional / Brand, Oscar	7
	Rich's Two Rags, 1	N/a		Blazej, Richard	7
	Rich's Two Rags, 2	N/a		Blazej, Richard	7
	Now I'm Easy	For Nearly Sixty Years I've Been A		Bogle, Eric	7
	Once I Headed Westward	Once I Headed Westward, Lookin' For A		Brown, David	7
	Hey, Mabel!	Hey, Mabel! Hey, Mabel!		Buckner, Janice	7
	It's Great To Be Different	What Makes Me Special?	We're All Different, This We Know	Buckner, Janice	7
	John B	We Came On The Sloop John B.		Traditional	7
	Song For John	I'm Glad You Came To Satisfy My Mom		Busch, Judy	7
	Plaisir D'amour	N/a		Martini, Jean Paul	7
	Padeen O'rafferty Jig	N/a			7
	Laird O' Elfin, Child No. 2, The	The Laird O' Elfin Stands On Yon Hill	Ba-ba-ba Leelie Ba	Traditional	7
	Hard Game Song	Ha A A Hoe Tha A		Traditional	7
	Rosa	Rosa, Will You Go Dancing, Go Dancing			7
	Cat's In The Cradle	My Child Arrived Just The Other Day		Chapin, Harry / Chapin, Sandy	7
	Fox And The Skidoo Man, The	The Man Looked Out On The Frozen Bay	So He Jumped In His Skidoo	Campbell, David	7
	Border Affair, A	Spanish Is The Lovin' Tongue		Clark, Badger	7
	Saigon Waitress	In A Bar In Saigon, In The Heart Of The		Wilayto, Phil	7
	Noble Duke Of York, The	Oh, The Noble Duke Of York	And When They Were Up They Were Up		7
	Pepin Arsenault Reel	N/a		Traditional / Holland, Jerry	7
	Joe Roach	N/a		Traditional / Holland, Jerry	7
	Pigeon On The Gate Reel	N/a		Traditional	7
	Revolution	Gonna Have A Revolution		Irvine, Weldon Johnathan Jr. / Simone, Nina	7
	Oats, Peas, Beans And Barley Grow	Oats, Peas, Beans, And Barley Grow		Traditional	7
	Frog Went A-courting	Frog Went A-courting, He Did Ride, Um			7
	Blackwaterside	One Morning Fair As I Took The Air			7
	'tis All That I Can Say	I Love Thee, I Love Thee, 'tis All That		Hood, Tom / Temple, Hope	7
	Arthur Mcbride	O Me And Me Cousin One Arthur Mcbride		Traditional	7
	Barbara Allen, Child No. 84	In Scarlet Town Where I Was Born		Traditional	7
	Johnie Cock, Child No. 114, Version F	Johnie Rose Up In A May Morning		Traditional Scottish	7
	Angels Form The Face Of God	Angels Form The Face Of God		Dickson, Parker	7
	Preacher And The Slave, The	Long-haired Preachers		Hill, Joe	7
	Boney, Version Ii	Oh, Boney Was A Warrior	To Me Way, Hay, Ho		7
	Drei Kugeln	Es Liegen Drei Glanzende Kugeln			7
	Roll Jordan, Roll	I Want To Go To Heaven When I Die	Roll Jordan, Roll		7
	We Sat Beneath The Maple On The Hill	We Are Getting Old And Feeble			7
	Put My Name Down	I've Got A Brother In The Infantry	Put My Name Down, Brother, Where Do I	Guthrie, Woody	7
	Lark In The Morn	As I Was A-walking One Morning In The			7
	Hey Ho! Nobody Home	Hey, Ho! Nobody At Home			7
	Sometimes I Feel Like A Childless Mother	They Came And Took My Son In The Middle	Sometimes I Feel Like A Childless Mother	Spear, Michael	7
	Don't Dare To Use Your Brain	I'd Teach Each Child In The Nation	Oh, I Could Tell You Why	Harburg, Y / Arlen, H	7
	Allenwood The Gentleman's Jail	They Found My Name In A Swiss Account	Oh Tell My Mama Not To Wail	Hoose, Phil	7
	Good In Living, The	If The Fiddle Strings Felt No Bow Stroke	And All Of Life Plays Like A Tune	Sellers, Steve	7
	We Shall Not Be Moved	I Shall Not, I Shall Not Be Moved		Dane, Barbara	7
	Which Side Are You On	Come All You Good Workers, Good News	Which Side Are You On?	Reece, Florence	7
	Tempest, The	N/a			7
	Fisher's Hornpipe	N/a			7
	Rattlesnake Shake	N/a		Finger, Peter	7
	Blow The Man Down	As I Was A Walking Down Paradise Street			7
	Everlasting Beauty Queen	She's The Girl You Loved In Grade School	She's The Everlasting Beauty Queen	Furgeson, Chalmers	7
	Hail, Columbia	Hail, Columbia Happy Land	Firm, United Let Us Be	Hopkinson, Joseph / Phile, Philip	7
	Strange And Wonderful Account Of A Dutch Hog, The	Come Nathan, Give A Penny Bill			7
	Cosher Bailey's Engine	Cosher Bailey Had An Engine	Did You Ever See		7
	On My Little Concertina	Now When I Was A Little Boy And At My		Garrett, John M.	7
	Sweet Potatoes	Roo, Roo, Roo, Roo, Hoo		H.w.l.	7
	Let Us Endeavor	Let Us Endeavor To Show That Whenever			7
	Bhurzdey Whopah Lesnoto	Happy Birthday To You		Geisler, Richard	7
	Vestapol	N/a			7
	All Gall	Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques	This Old Man, He Played One	Flanders, Michael / Swann, Donald	7
	You've Got To Hide Your Love Away	Here I Stand Head In Hand	Hey You've Got To Hide Your Love Away	Lennon, John / Mccartney, Paul	7
	Boys, Keep Your Powder Dry	Can'st Tell Who Lost The Battle			7
	Owl, The Eagle, And Raven, The	All Of The Creatures That Live In The		Hersey, Gene	7
	Bottle Of Wine	Grapes In The Vineyard, Grapes On The		Henderson, Don	7
	Shalom, Happy Channukah	Shalom, Shalom, Shalom, Shalom		Hamilton, Karen	7
	Where Is Thumbkin?	Where Is Thumbkin?		Traditional	7
	Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes	Head, Shoulders Knees And Toes			7
	Prayer At The Start Of A Voyage, A	God Keep These Cheery Mariners			7
	Fitting Out, A	A Chest That Is Neither Too Large			7
	Und As Der Rebbe Singt	Und As Der Rebbe Singt			7
	Klan, The	The Countryside Was Cold And Still		Arkin, Alan / Arkin, David	7
	Beautiful Shore	There's A Beautiful Shore Where The	Nevermore Will My Spirit Be Weary Or Sad	Foster, Stephen Collins	7
	Don't You Push Me	Well, You Can Play With Me	Don't You Push Me, Push Me, Push Me	Guthrie, Woody	7
	What's That I Hear	What's That I Hear Now Ringin' In My Ear		Ochs, Phil	7
	Study War No More	Hmm Down By The Riverside	Study War No More, Study War No More	Traditional / Moss, Al	7
	Lead Me, Guide Me	I Am Weak And I Need Thy Strength	Lead Me, Guide Me, Along The Way	Akers, Doris M.	7
	Americal The Beautiful	O Beautiful For Spacious Skies		Bates, Katherine Lee / Ward, Samuel	7
	Butterfly Hornpipe, The	N/a			7
	Highland Fling	N/a			7
	Skip To The Barber Shop	Skip, Skip To The Barbershop			7
	Go To Sleepy, Little Baby	Go To Sleepy Little Baby		Jones, Bessie	7
	Little Farmer Boy, The	We Met, We Met Our Own True Love		Traditional	7
	Lovely Lady	N/a		Krumm, John	7
	Step, Uncle Jessie	Here Comes Uncle Jesse	Step Uncle Jesse, Step, Step	Jones, Bessie / Lomax, Alan	7
	Bawbee Allen	It Fell About The Martinmastime			7
	Irish Lullaby For The Christ-child	Shoheen, Shoho, My Child Is My Treasure			7
	Lullaby For A Sailor's Child	Roar, Roar, Thunder Of The Sea			7
	Raven-locks	Horo, Mo Leanibh Dhu, Horo	Where The Wild Waves Run Free	Traditional Gaelic	7
	Pie In The Sky	Long Haired Preachers Come Out Every	You Will Eat, You Will Eat Bye And Bye		7
	Cheshire-round	N/a			7
	Allegretto	N/a		Sor, Fernando	7
	You Got To Move	N/a			7
	Frere Jacques (are You Sleeping?)	Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques		Unknown	7
	America The Beautiful	Oh Beautiful For Spacious Skies		Unknown	7
	Roll Over	There Were Ten In The Bed		Unknown	7
	Who Is The Man	Who Is The Man That Life Doth Will		Ainsworth, Henry	7
	All The World	All The World Shall Come To Serve You		Binder, A.w.	7
	Frog In The Meadow	Frog In The Meadow, Can't Get Him Out		Unknown	7
	Debajo Del Puente	Debajo Del Puente, Sale La Corriente		Unknown	7
	Cricket And The Ant, The	Good Little Cricket Was Chirping In The Meadow	Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti-ri-ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti	Unknown	7
	Cambric Shirt, The	As You Go Into Yonders Town		Unknown	7
	Andrew Ross	Come All Ye Seamen And Give Attention		Unknown	7
	Am Yisrael Hai (a)	Am Yisrael Hai		Unknown	7
	Trip A Trop A Tronjes	Take A Trip To Tronjes, Up And Down And Over		Unknown	7
	George Collum (lady Alice)	George Collum Rode Home One Cold Winter Night		Unknown	7
	Sweet Mary Of Cliftonhill (a)	The Harvest Time Being In Its Prime		Unknown	7
	Aspell And Carter	Come All Ye Sons Of Newfoundland Who Oft Times Life Do Save		Unknown	7
	My Bonny Wee Wifie And I	I Am A Wark Man Wi' A Wife An ' Twa Laddies		Unknown	7
	Little Darling	Mountain Branches Are Bare, Vidalita		Unknown / De Cesare, Ruth	7
	Vidalita	No Hay Ram Aen El Monte, Vidalita		Unknown / De Cesare, Ruth	7
	Poor Couple, The	There Was An Old Couple And They Were Poor		Unknown	7
	Hineh Mah Tov	Hineh Mah Tov Uma Naim		Unknown	7
	Sick Boy, The			Unknown	7
	Paddy's Green Island			Unknown	7
	Adonai Adonai	Erech Apayim V'rav Chesed	Adonai, Adonai	Sher, Leon	7
	Le Prince Eugene / Prince Eugene	Un Jour, Le Prince Eugene, Etant Dedans Paris / There Was The Prince Eugene In Paris Town One Day		Unknown	7
	Blow The Man Down	Come All You Young Fellows That Follow The Sea	To My Aye Aye, Blow The Man Down	Unknown	7
	Work Song	Working All Together We Will Make Our Bread			7
	Cow-cow Blues	I Woke Up In The Mornin'		Davenport, Charles	7
	Tsareewna (a Princess)	Oh, Once There Was A Princess, A Princess, A Princess			7
	Come All My Dear Comrades	Come All My Dear Comrades Once More Let Us Join			7
	Bonny Wee Irish Boy, The	When First That I Was Courted By A Bonny Wee Irish Boy		Unknown	7
	Tom Bawcocks's Eve	When Morgy Brath Had Clear'd The Path	A Merry Plaace, You May Believe		7
	La Pastora (shepherdess, The)	A Orillas De Un Sesteadero Una Oveja Me Faltó (close To Where The Sheep Were Resting, I Could Not Find A Ewe)		Unknown	7
	Hey, Betty Martin!	Skip With Me, I'll Skip With You	Hey, Betty Martin, Tippy Toe, Tippy Toe		7
	Hammer Ring	Don't You Hear The Hammer Ringing?			7
	I-tisket	I Tisket I Tasket, A Green And Yellow Basket			7
	Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn	Mi Sydd Fachgen Ieuanc Ffol, Yn Byw Yn Ol Fy Ffansi		Unknown	7
	Deedle, Deedle Dumpling	Deedle, Deedle Dumpling, My Son John Went To Bed With His Stockings On			7
	John Henry	When John Henry Was About Three Days Old			7
	Plate Passing	Let's Pass A Plate Around, Pass A Plate Around		Unknown	7
	Finlandia Hymn	O Gracious Lord, By Whom The Morning Dawneth		Sibelius, J.	7
	An Ceannaidhe Sugach / The Jolly Pedlar			Unknown	7
	Wi' Banner Spread	Wi' Banner Spread Balgarvy Rade			7
	Cher Petit Papa	Cher Petit Papa, C'est Aujourd'hui Ta Fete		Unknown	7
	Patshe Kikhelekh (clap Hands)	Patshe, Patshe Kikhelekh (clap Hands, Clap Hands!)			7
	De Regalado Y Tolentino (norteno)	Amigos, Voy A Contar			7
	Slain Cossack (in Vol. 1), The	O Ye Wide Rolling Plains, O Ye Fair Green Fields...			7
	Buena Semana (a Good Week)	Buena Semana Vemos Venir (may We Seek A Good Week)			7
	The Birch In The Meadow (in Vol. 2)	See The Little Birch In The Meadow, With Her Curly Tresses In The Meadow		Kurt Schindler	7
	Motherless Children	Motherless Children Have A Hard Time	Motherless Children Have A Hard Time	Unknown	7
	Jolly Butchers, The (g)	A Story I Will Tell To You Of Jolly Butchers Three		Unknown	7
	Fat'll Mak A Bonny Lassie Blithe And Glad (b)	Fat'll Mak A Bonnie Lassie Blythe And Glad?		Unknown	7
	Fat 'ill Mak A Bonny Lassie Blythe And Glad? (c)	I'll Kiss Ye Yet		Unknown	7
	Lalla Since The Queen's Come			Unknown	7
	Sir Alexander Anderson			Unknown	7
	Lady Anderson			Unknown	7
	The Klan	The Countryside Was Cold And Still		Alan Grey	7
	Heiveinu Shalom Aleichem	Heiveinu Shalom Aleichem		Unknown	7
	Arthur Mcbride	O Me And Me Cousin, One Arthur Mcbride		Traditional Irish	7
	Barbara Allen	In Scarlet Town Where I Was Born		Traditional	7
	Wehu Rachum Yechaper Owon Welo Yashchis...	Wehu Rachum Yechaper Owon Welo Yashchis...		Traditional Hebrew	7
	Umaavir Yom Umeviloyloh	Umaavir Yom Umeviloyloh		Traditional Hebrew	7
	Shema Yisroel Adonoi Elohenu Adonoi Echod	Shema Yisroel Adonoi Elohenu Adonoi Echod		Traditional Hebrew	7
	Borechu Es Adonoi Hamevoroch	Borechu Es Adonoi Hamevoroch		Traditional Hebrew	7
	Yiru Enenu Weyismach Libenu Wesogel Nofshenu Bishuoschoh Beemes	Yiru Enenu Weyismach Libenu Wesogel Nofshenu Bishuoschoh Beemes		Traditional Hebrew	7
	Lomir Veinen, Lomir Klogen	Lomir Veinen, Lomir Klogen		Traditional Hebrew	7
	Suntig Bin Ich Nit Geven In Cheder	Suntig Bin Ich Nit Geven In Cheder		Traditional Hebrew	7
	Shalom Alechem Senores (peace And Blessings Unto You)	Shalom Alechem Senores		Edery, Gerard	7
	Cielito Lindo (huasteca)	De Domingo A Domingo Te Vengo A Ver		Anonymous	7
	Fly, The	Busy Curious Thirsty Fly		Bickham, George	7
	Johnny	Johnny's Too Little, Too Little To Whittle		Traditional English	7
	Bold Reynolds (bold Reynard)	Bold Gentry Of High Renown		Traditional English / Stubbs, Ken	7
	Posey Boy	My Father He Died, And I Didn't Know How		Traditional American / Sturgis, Edith B. / Hughes, Robert	7
	The Weaver's Daughter	It Was On A Charming Fine Summer's Weather,		Unknown	7
	Haul Away, Joe!	Way, Haul Away, Haul Away, My Rosies		Unknown	7
	Teresita Mia	I Think Of Thee, Teresita Mia,		Unknown	7
	El Sombrero Ancho	De Celayatraje El Hule		Unknown	7
	Amazing Grace	Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound		Newton, John / Sacred Harp Spiritual	7
	Davy Lowston	My Name Is Davy Lowston, I Did Seal		Unknown	7
	Lay Down The Bible	We'll Lay Down The Bible And Go Home		Traditional Spiritual	7
	Jacob's Ladder	We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder		Traditional Spiritual	7
	Come Sinners	Come, Sinners To The Gospel Feast		Traditional Spiritual	7
	Duerme Mucho...	Duerme Mucho, Chico		Traditional Latin	7
	La Campana De Mi Pueblo	La Campana De Mi Peublo		Traditional Latin	7
	Poor Rosy	Poor Rosy		Unknown	7
	Piri-miri-dictum Domini	I Had Three Cousins Over The Sea	Piri-miri-dictum-domini	Niles, John Jacob	7
	If You Want To Go A-courting	Come All You Alabama Girls And Listen To My Noise		Unknown	7
	Lady Isabel And The Elf Knight	There Was A Proper Tall Young Man		Unknown	7
	Pine Cones	Barn Holds Only Fir Cones		Unknown / Swingler, Richard	7
	America, The Beautiful	O Beautiful For Spacious Skies		Bates, Katherine Lee / Ward, Samuel A.	7
	La Pastora	A Orillas De Un Sesteadero		Unknown	7
	Chevy Chase	God Prosper Long Our Noble King		Unknown	7
	Bridge, The	I Stood On The Bridge At Midnight		Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth / Lindsay, M.	7
	Boney (ii)	Oh, Boney Was A Warrior	To Me Way, Hay, Ho!	Unknown	7
	Flag Of The Constellation, The	The Stars Of Our Morn On Our Banner Borne	Then Hail The True	Reid, T. Buchanan	7
	Clickety Clack Calunk Calunk	Clickety Clack, Calunk Calunk		Lopez, Carmelita / Miller, Sidney	7
	Let's All Sing / Kommt Und Lasst Uns Tanzen	Let's All Sing A Song Together / Kommt Und Lasst Uns Tanzen, Springen		Unknown	7
	I'm A Very Happy Person / Froh Zu Sein	I'm A Very Happy Person / Froh Zu Sein Bedarf Es Wenig		Unknown	7
	Oh, Dear! What Can The Matter Be?	Oh, Dear! What Can The Matter Be?		Unknown	7
	Old King Cole	Old King Cole Was A Merry Old Soul		Traditional	7
	Cock-a-doodle	Cock-a-doodle-doo		Unknown	7
	Common Cormorant, The	The Common Cormorant Or Shag		Maw, Nicholas / Anonymous	7
	Bawbee Allen	It Fell About The Martinmas Time		Unknown	7
	Riddles Wisely Expounded (bb)	There Was A Knight Came Riding By		Unknown	7
	I'm A Champion At Keeping 'em Rolling	I Am An Old Timer, I Travel The Road		Traditional / Macgoll, Ewan	7
	Andro And His Cutty Gun	Blyth, Blyth, Blyth, Was She		Unknown	7
	Sing Of Colors	Sing Of Colors		Traditional Mexican	7
	If I Could Have A Windmill	If I Could Have A Windmill		Traditional English	7
	Goosey, Goosey Gander	Goosey, Goosey Gander		Unknown	7
	Goosey, Goosey, Gander	Goosey, Goosey, Gander		Unknown	7
	Boy's Request, A	I Am Asking Of You A Wonderful Thing		Unknown	7
	Jovial Cutlers, The	Brother Workmen, Cease Your Labour		Unknown	7
	Tsareewna / A Princess	Oh, Once There Was A Princess, A Princess, A Princess		Unknown	7
	Chrysillis	Chrysillis, Du Mit Verdens Guld		Anonymous / Kingo, Th.	7
	Draumkvaedet	Vil Du Meg Lyda, Eg Kveda Full' Kan Um Einkvan Nytan' Drengen		Unknown	7
	Island, Farsaelda Fron	Island, Farsaelda Fron		Anonymous / Hallgrimsson, Jonas	7
	Am Yisrael Hai	Am Yisrael Hai		Unknown	7
	Dixie Land	I Wish I Was In De Land Ob Cotton	Den I Wish I Was In Dixie, Hooray, Hooray!	Unknown / Emmett, Dan	7
	Truth From Above, The	This The Truth Sent From Above		Traditional English	7
	Battle Cry Of Freedom, The / Rallying Song	Yes We'll Rally Round The Flag		Root, George F. / Smith, Gregg	7
	Buena Semana	Buena Semana Vemos Venir / Eine Gute Woche Moge Uns Vergonnt Sein / May We See A Good Week		Unknown	7
	Erev Shel Shoshanim	Erev Shel Shoshanim Netse Na El Habustan		Hadar, Y. / Dor, M. / Kalendar, E.	7
	Four Old Whores (a)	There Were Four Old Whores From Baltimore	Roly, Poly, Tickle My Hole-y	Unknown	7
	Four Old Whores (b)	There Were Five Women In Canada	Oh, Rub My Tits And Belly	Unknown	7
	Comin' Round The Mountain	She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain When She Comes		Unknown	7
	Little Things	Little Drops Of Water		Unknown	7
	Bah, Bah, Black Sheep	Bah, Bah, Black Sheep, Have You Any Wool?		Unknown	7
	Of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blew	Of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blow		Unknown / Burns, Robert	7
	Lizzie Lindsay	'will Ye Gang To The Hielands, Lizzie Lindsay?		Unknown	7
	Curly Locks	Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt Thou Be Mine?		Unknown / Buck, P. C.	7
	Dame, Get Up And Bake Your Pies	Dame, Get Up And Bake Your Pies		Unknown / Buck, P. C.	7
	Soldiers' Patriotic Song	Guns Toward The Foe, Forward We March		Hsing-hai, Hsien / Sai-k'e / Pao-ch'en, Lee /anonymous	7
	Auld Lang Syne	Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot		Burns / Thomson	7
	The Bold Princess Royal	On The Seventeenth Of February We Sailed From The Land,		James Angus	7
	L'chah Dodi/ Beloved, Meet The Bride (in Vol. 7)	L'chah Dodi Likrat Kalah		Dropkin, Steve	7
	True Freedom	Men Whose Boast It Is That Ye Come Of Fathers Brave And Free		Beethoven, L.	7
	Come En' Go Wid Me	Come, Come, Come En' Go Wid Me			7
	Zamri Li	Zam'ri Li Zam'ri Zam'ri Li		Unknown	7
	Kuules Mun Kulta äitini	Kuules Mun Kulta Aitini		Merikanto, Oskar	7
	Tuonne Taakse Metsämaan	Tuonne Taakse Metsämaan		Merikanto, Oskar	7
	Voi, Voi Kun Kullallein	Voi, Voi Kun Kullallein			7
	Danse Des Pecheurs Au Filet			Constantinidis, Gr.	7
	Scarborough Fair	Are You Goin' To Scaborough Fair		Unknown	7