Oberlin College Library - The Folk Song Index

Title	First line of verse	First line of chorus	Composer	Page Number
Cold Water	Cold Water, Cold Water For Me		Unknown	81
Join The Angel Band	If You Look Up De Road You See Fader			81
Samit And The Dragon	Riding Faster Than The Wind	Every Evening Just At Bedtime	Alsop, Peter	81
Sleep My Love	Shoheen Shoho My Wonderful Treasure		Connolly, Fintan / Traditional	81
Omaha: Myth	Toward The Coming Of The Sun		Traditional	81
Red-haired Boy	N/a			81
Cruel Mother, Child No. 20, The	There Was A Lady Lived In New York		Traditional	81
Cruel Mother, Child No. 20, The	There Was A Lady Came From York		Traditional	81
Cruel Mother, Child No. 20, The	There Was A Lady In New York		Traditional	81
Jesse James	Howard Has Laid Poor Jesse In The Grave	Poor Jesse Had A Wife To Mourn For		81
Lord Of The Starfields	Lord Of The Starfields Ancient Of Days		Cockburn, Bruce	81
Hej Pada Pada Rosieka	Slumber Slumber Rosicka		Traditional Slovakian	81
Pusher, The	It Gets So Hard Just To Keep Track	Didn't I See You Standin' In The Hall	Millius, Mike / Thomas, Don	81
Man Says Jump, The	Well The Man Says Jump		Reynolds, Malvina	81
Little Boy And The Sheep, The	Lazy Sheep Pray Tell Me Why		Traditional English	81
Bye Baby Bunting	By Baby Bunting, Daddy's Gone A-hunting		Traditional English	81
Jimmie And Nancy	Lovers I Crave Lend An Ear To My Story		Traditional	81
One Man's Hands	One Man's Hands Can't Tear A Prison	But If Two And Two And Fifty Make	Comfort, Alex / Seeger, Pete	81
All In A Garden Green Version Ii	N/a		Byrd, William	81
My Blue Heaven	When Whippoorwills Call And Evening		Whiting, George / Donaldson, Walter	81
Pack Up Your Troubles	Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit		Asaf, George / Powell, Felix	81
Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet	Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet With The		Murphy, Stanley / Weinrich, Percy	81
Tea For Two	Picture You Upon My Knee		Caesar, Irving / Youmans, Vincent	81
Shine On Harvest Moon	Shine On, Shine, On Harvest Moon		Norworth, Jack / Bayes-norworth, Nora	81
There's A Long Long Trail	There's A Long, Long Trail A-winding		King, Stoddard / Elliott, Zo	81
Trail Of The Lonesome Pine, The	In The Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia		Macdonald, Ballard / Carroll, Harry	81
King Edward The Fourth And A Tanner Of Tamworth, Child No. 273	In Summer-time When Leaues Grou Greene		Traditional	81
Fair Morn	Fair Morn Life To The Drowsy World			81
Morn Doth Break	The Morn Doth Break		Moffat	81
Ho! Every Sleeper Waken	Ho! Ev'ry Sleeper Waken			81
Lowlands, Version Ii	In The Virginia Lowlands I Was Born	Lowlands, Lowlands, Away, My John		81
Lowlands, Version Iii	A Bully Ship And Bully Crew	Lowlands, Lowlands, Hurrah My John		81
Queen Of The Night	Fair Azure Queen Who Rulest In Yon Hall			81
Hier Am Ende Von Deutschland	Hier Am Ende Von Deutschland			81
Cead Slan Le Camus	Is Mo Chuig Chead Slan Le Camus		Mealoid, Colm O	81
Stars Of The Summer Night	Stars Of The Summer Night, Far In Yon		Longfellow, H. Wordsworth / Woodbury, L.b.	81
She'll Be Comin' 'round The Mountain	She'll Be Comin' 'round The Mountain			81
Opera Reel	N/a			81
Nelly Was A Lady	Down On De Mississippi Floating	Nelly Was A Lady, Last Night She Died	Foster, Stephen C.	81
Billy Hughes' Army	Why Don't You Join			81
Election Ditty	Vote, Vote, Vote For Billy Mahoney			81
In Grafton One Day	In Grafton One Day			81
Valse Des Cherokis	Cherokee Waltz			81
Table Prayer Grace Of The Communists In The United States	Nature, You Give Us All We Eat			81
Study War No More	Gonna Lay Down My Burden	Down By The Riverside		81
Let Us Sing Together	Let Us Sing Together			81
Three Pieces From The Five Fingers	N/a		Stravinsky, Igor	81
Do Re Mi	Lots Of Folks Back East, They Say	Oh, If You Ain't Got The Do Re Mi	Guthrie, Woody	81
Just A Closer Walk With Thee	N/a		Traditional / Grossman, Stefan	81
Child Grove	N/a		Traditional	81
June Apple	N/a		Traditional	81
Mullingar Heifer, The	In Dublin's Fair City Where Fine People		Unknown	81
Get Thee Behind Me Satan	The Boss Comes Up To Me With A Five	Get Thee Behind Me, Satan	Almanac Singers	81
Most Beautiful	Most Beautiful Most Beautiful			81
Sea Ran High, The	The Wind Blew Hard The Sea Ran High			81
Gypsy Laddie, The	There Was Seven Gypsies All In A Row			81
Das Treue Herz	Es Wollte Sich Einschleichen			81
Whistle, Daughter, Whistle	Mother, I Would Marry Yes			81
Peigin Leitir Moir	Eirigh Suas, A Pheigin	O, Gairim, Gairim I, Agus Gairim		81
Ballad For Un-american Blues, The	I Was Down In St. James Infirm'ry		Hays, Lee / Lowenfels, Walter / Hille, Waldemar	81
I Want To Be Ready	John Said That Jerusalem Was Four-square	I Want To Be Ready	Traditional	81
Stuyvesant Dance, The	The Irish Washerwoman			81
Fix Me Jesus	Fix Me Jesus, Fix Me Right			81
Devilish Mary	She Washed My Clothes In Live Soap Suds			81
Old Joe Clark	Old Joe Had A Chicken Coop	Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark	Traditional	81
Solidarity Forever	When The Union's Inspiration Through			81
St. Anne's Reel	N/a			81
Shenandoah	Missouri She's A Might River, Away Ay			81
Total Pulchra Es Maria	Tota Pulchra Es Maria, Maria		Nunes-garcia, Jose Mauricio	81
Nocturne	N/a			81
Getting Angry	I Get Angry, Sometimes	Getting Angry, Getting Angry		81
Paul Jones's Victory	Poor Richard And The Serapis And Allianc			81
Are You Vaccinated?	They'll Vaccinate The Tories			81
Rumours Of Glory	Above The Dark Town, After The Sun's		Cockburn, Bruce	81
Pat Muldoney	My Name Is Pat Muldoney From A Place	With My Rifle O'er My Shoulder		81
You Broken-hearted Heroes	You Broken-hearted Heroes That Love			81
Song Of The Rail	With Fingers Holding A Pen			81
Chapeau Boys, The	I'm A Jolly Good Fellow, Pat Craig Is			81
Initiation, Version I	Buff Says Buff To All His Men			81
Mary And Martha Jes' Gone 'long	Mary And Martha Jes' Gone 'long			81
Hunters, The	High Up In A Jungle Tree Top		Gould, Terry / Winter, Eric	81
Mack's Blues	Say, I Told The Captain, He Don't Worry			81
Bridal Dance And Funeral	I Was Up In The Morning Early		Traditional Piedmontese	81
Beauty, Beauty Bride, The	Once I Did Court A Beauty, Beauty Bride			81
Happy Miller	Happy Is The Miller That Lives By The Mill		Unknown	81
Shantyman's Life (1), The	The Shantyman's Life Is A Worrisome One			81
Praise Member	O Jordan's Bank Is A Good Old Bank	Praise, Member, Praise God	Praise, Member, Praise God	81
Resurrection Morn, The	O Run, Mary, Run, Hallelu, Hallelu!		Unknown	81
Green Grows The Willow Tree	Green Grows The Willow Tree		Unknown	81
Motza'ey Shabbat	Hael El Avraham		Engel, J.	81
Miami University Fight Song (miami University)		Love And Honor To Miami	Unknown	81
Bay O' Biscay, The	Ye Gentlemen Of England That Lives At Home At Ease		Unknown	81
Shenandoah	Oh, Shenanho' I'm Bound To Leave Ya, Away		Unknown	81
Druimin	Is Bronach Mo Thocht		Unknown	81
Drimeen	There's A Catch In My Throat		Unknown	81
Grand Falls Tragedy, The	Attention Ye Workmen, Come Listen Awhile		Unknown	81
Froggie's In The Meadow	Froggie's In The Meadow, Can't Get Out		Unknown	81
Risselty Rasselty	I Married Me A Wife In The Moth Of June	Risselty, Rasselty, Hay, Bumbossity	Unknown	81
Let Us Celebrate Today The Birth Of Christ!	Let Us Celebrate Today The Birth Of Christ!		Unknown	81
La Bergere Muette / Dumb Shepherdess, The	Ecoutez La Complainte / Hark Ye To The Complaint		Unknown	81
My Pretty Brown-haired Girl And Myself A-walking Together			Unknown	81
Chiefs Of Old Times, The			Unknown	81
Should The Volga's Banks Be Flooded	How Much Sorrow, How Much Torment	Should The Volga's Banks Be Flooded		81
Lord Lovel	Lord Lovel He Stood At His Own Castle Gate			81
Sontse Nizengko (sun Is Setting)	Sontse Nizengko, Veecheer Blinzengko			81
There's Many A Mile	There's Many A Mile Atween Me And My Love			81
Over Hills And Mountains	Over Hills And Mountains, I'll Mak' My Lamentations			81
Blow Ye Winds	I Long For A Barque, A Gallant Barque	Then Blow, Ye Winds, Hie Ho!	Unknown	81
Trabling Back To Georgia	I'se Trabling Back To Georgia	I'se Trabling Back, Yes, Trabling Back	Blake, Chas. D. / French, Arthur W.	81
Banks Of The Similkameen, The	It Was One Sunday Morning, I Bid Grand Forks Adieu		Unknown	81
Chazak Chazak	Candles Burn In The Window	Chazak Chazak V'nit Chazeik	Silver, Julie	81
River Go Down	The River Goes Up, The River Goes Down			81
Little Sally Walker	Little Sally Walker, Sittin' In A Saucer			81
Alas, My Wretched Mother	Alas, My Wretched Mother		Unknown	81
Ta Crann Ar An Gcoill / There Is A Tree In The Wood	Ta Crann Ar An Gcoill Agus Is Uire Ar A Dtagann A Bhlath		Unknown	81
Le Retour Du Marin	Brave Marin Revient De Guerre, Tout Doux		Unknown	81
Freyen Zikh Is Gut	Feter - Lebn Iz A Laysn	Halt Dem Zak Un Shit Kartoflyes		81
De La Muerte De Emiliano Zapata	Escuchen, Senores, Oigan El Corrido			81
Lipa Vekovaia	Lipa Vekova Ia Pod Oknom Shumit, Pecnia Udala Ia Za Rekoi Zvuchit.		A. Zhivtsova	81
I Can See A New Day	I Can See A New Day, A New Day Soon To Be		Rice, Les	81
Green Grow The Rashes, O!	There's Nought But Care On Ev'ry Han'	Green Grow The Rashes, O!		81
Binnorie O (e)	There Were Two Sisters Lived In Yonder Toon		Unknown	81
Johnny Lad (d)			Unknown	81
For You My Johnnie Lad (e)			Unknown	81
Johnnie's Nae A Gentleman (f)	Weel They Ca' The Muckle Wheel, And Weel They Ca' The Sma'		Unknown	81
Fisherman Boy, The (i)	Low In The Low-lands A Poor Boy Did Wander		Unknown	81
High In The Highlands A Poor Boy Did Wander (j)	High In The Highlands A Poor Boy Did Wander		Unknown	81
Bechirey El Reu (god's Chosen People, Behold)			Abraham Ben Halfon	81
The Bull And The Cowboy	And There Goes The Bull; Look Out There	Mmm, Mmm, Mmm!		81
Whistle, Daughter, Shistle	Mother, I Would Marry		Unknown	81
El Pescadorcito (sabinal)	Pescadorcito Hermoso De Mi Amor	Pescando Las Almas Puras	Unknown	81
My Blue Heaven	When Whipporwills Call And Evening Is Nigh		Donaldson, Walter / Whiting, George	81
Pack Up Your Troubles	Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag		Powell, Felix / Asaf, George	81
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet	Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet With The Blue Ribbons On It		Weinrich, Percy / Murphy, Stanley	81
Shine On, Harvest Moon	The Night Was Mighty Dark And You Could Hardly See	Shine On, Shine, On Harvest Moon	Bayes-norworth, Nora / Norworth, Jack	81
Tea For Two	Picture You Upon My Knee		Youmans, Vincent / Caesar, Irving	81
There's A Long, Long Trail	There's A Long, Long Trail A-winding		Elliot, Zo / King, Stoddard	81
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine	In The Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia		Carroll, Harry / Macdonald, Ballard	81
Mi Yitneni Of	Mi Yitneni Of Tsipor K'tana		Israeli Folksong	81
Shalom L'ben Dodi	Shalom Le Ben Dodi		Traditional Italian Sephardic	81
Mountain Dew	Down The Road Here From Me	Oh, They Call It That Good Old Mountain Dew	Traditional Bluegrass	81
Post-oak Grove				81
Jolly Dogs				81
Steamboat Quickstep				81
Red River Valley	From This Valley They Say You Are Going,		Unknown	81
O Dear O	As I Was Walking One Midsummer's Morning		Unknown	81
My Dove	Arise, My Dear Love, My Undefill'd Dove,		Unknown	81
Maria Se Que Te Llamas...	Maria Se Que Te Llamas		Traditional Latin	81
Anda, Marinquina	Ama Tua Cama Vai Dare O Raya Do Sol		Traditional Spanish	81
Bush Aboon Traquair, The	Hear Me, Ye Nymphs, And Evry Swain		Unknown	81
Noise Of The Goats Beside The River, The	It Was Not A Lark That Woke Me		Unknown	81
Little Murdo, Contentious Fellow	Little Murdo, Contentious Fellow		Unknown	81
Come Out, Dark-haired Stojna	Come Out, Dark-haired Stojna		Unknown	81
Motza'ey Shabbat	Hael El Avraham		Engel, J. / Tsiyon, S. B. / Leftwick, J.	81
Oif A Teich Oif Dem Ort Vu Di Vasser Is Tief Mit A Nezt Kennen Nit Greichen Dem Dek	Oif A Teich Oif Dem Ort Vu Di Vasser Is Tief Mit A Nezt Kennen Nit Greichen Dem Dek		Unknown	81
Farsholten Bin Ich Geboren Dem Dosigen Tog	Farsholten Bin Ich Geboren Dem Dosigen Tog		Unknown	81
Bangum And The Bo'	Bangum Come Out Of De Wood		Niles, John Jacob	81
Loving Reilly	One Night As I Lay Sleeping		Unknown	81
Young Beichan	They Bored A Hole In His Left Shoulder		Unknown	81
Young Beichan	Lord Batesman Was A Noble Young Man		Unknown	81
Young Beichan	A Gentleman From The Courts Of England		Unknown	81
Old King Cole	Old King Cole Was A Jolly Old Soul		Unknown	81
There's A Long, Long Trail	There's A Long, Long Trail Awinding		Elliot, Zo / King, Stoddard	81
Laredo	That Town Of Laredo Is A Very Distinguished Town		Unknown	81
Little Mary Phagan	Little Mary Phagan		Unknown	81
When Adam Was Created	When Adam Was Created He Dwelled In Eden's Shade		Unknown	81
Pick A Bale Of Cotton	I'm Gonna Jump Down		Unknown	81
Lowlands (ii)	In The Virginia Lowlands I Was Born	Lowlands, Lowlands, Away, My John	Unknown	81
Lowlands (iii)	A Bully Ship And Bully Crew	Lowlands, Lowlands, Hurrah, My John	Unknown	81
Git Along, Little Dogies	As I Was A-walking One Morning For Pleasure	Whoopee Ti Yi You	Unknown	81
Blow Blow Blow	Come All You Young Sialors And Listen To Me		Unknown	81
Paul Jones's Victory / Poor Richard And The Serapis And Alliance	An American Frigate, A Frigate Of Fame		Unknown	81
Black Bird, The	Up A Fair Morning, For Soft Recreation		Unknown	81
Calvary / Gethsemane	Come, Precious Soul, And Let Us Take		Unknown	81
Little Miss Muffet	Little Miss Muffet		Unknown	81
Cabin In The Wood, The	In A Cabin In The Wood		Traditional / Gold, Marty	81
Somewhere In The World			Raffi	81
When She Came Ben She Bobbit	When She Came Ben She Bobbit		Unknown	81
All Grownups, All Children	I Am A Person	All Grownups, All Children, All Mothers, All Fathers	Shelly, Patricia Joyce	81
Freyen Zikh Is Gut / Es Ist Gut, Sich Zu Freuen	Feter - Lebn Iz A Kaysn	Halt Dem Zak Un Shit Kartoflyes	Unknown	81
Oranges Sweet	Oranges Sweet And Some Lemon Slices		Unknown	81
Sontse Nizengko / Sun Is Setting	Sontse Nizengko, Vecheer Blizengko / The Sun Is Setting, Evening Near		Unknown	81
Song Of The Trap, The (ii)	The Diggers Hered Used To Assail Us		Unknown	81
Ei, So Nehm Ich Meine Buchse	Ei, So Nehm Ich Meine Buchse Und Geh In Den Wald		Unknown	81
Ja No Canta El Capella	Ja No Canta El Capella		Unknown	81
Xurros De Venta	Xurros De Venta Se Posen A La Venta		Unknown	81
Melchor, Gaspar Y Baltasar	Melchor, Gaspar Y Baltasar		Unknown	81
Una I Dos, La Marraixa	Una I Dos Las Marraixa		Unknown	81
Where'er You Walk	Where'er You Walk		Handel, George F. / Congreve, William	81
Sachki	Sachki Sachki Al Hachalomot Zu Ani		Shlonsky, T. / Pasternak, V. / Tchernichovsky, S.	81
Some Folks	Some Folks Like To Sigh		Foster, Stephen Collins / Smith, Gregg / Starobin, David	81
Bonnie House O' Airlie, The	The Duke O' Montrose Has Written To Argyle		Unknown	81
V'yazor	V'ya'zor V'yagen		Brazil, S.	81
Ele Chamda Libi	Ele Chamda Libi V'chusa Na V'al Titalem		Unknown	81
Ani Maamin	Ani Maamin Ani Maamin		Neumann, R.	81
Ki Eshm'ra Shabbat	Ki Esh-m'ra Shabbat El Yish-m'reni / If I Safeguard The Sabbath, God Will Safeguard Me		Unknown	81
Bollochy Bill The Sailor	Who's That Knocking At My Door?		Unknown	81
Vay'chulu	Vay'chulu Hashomayim V'hoorets V'chol Ts'voom / Thus The Heavens And The Earth Were Finished		Unknown	81
Fir Tree, The	O Fire Tree Dark , O Fire Tree Dear		Unknown / Cowdrey, Cecil	81
Factor's Song, The	As I Was Walking In Fair Londontown		Unknown	81
Anchorsmiths, The	Like Etna's Dread Volcano See The Ample Forge		Dibdin	81
Prodigal	Afflictions, Tho' They Seem Severe		Unknown	81
Happy Souls	O Happy Souls, How Fast You Go		Unknown	81
Why Are You Wandering Here, I Pray?	Why Are You Wand'ring Here, I Pray?		Nathan, J. / Kenney, James	81
Black Bird, The	Upon A Fair Morning, For Soft Recreation		Unknown	81
Hunters Of Kentucky, The	Ye Gentlemen And Ladies Fair		Unknown	81
The Gypsy Laddie	Two Little Gypsies Lived At The East		Unknown	81
The Navvy	The Gaffer Gave To Her A Ring		Alexander Robb	81
Oseh Shalom / May The One Who Makes Peace (in Vol. 7)	Oseh Shalom Bimromav		Gostein, Abby	81
Stannin' Een Duh Need Ob Prayuh	En't Muh Mammy En't Muh Pappy	Hit Me, Hit Me, Hit Me Oh Lawd		81
Ballet Of The Boll Weevil	O Have You Heard De Lates',	A-lookin' For A Home	A, John / Lomax, Alan	81
B'chol Dor Vador Bb	B'chol Dor Vador Chayav Adam Lor'ot		Yardeni, D. / Milstein, S.w.	81
As Irmas Da Caridade	As Irmas Da Caridade Moram Na Quinta Amarela		Leca Da Palmeira	81
Wearing Of The Green, The	O Paddy Dear, And Did Ye Hear The News That's Goin' Round			81
Chorshat Ha'ekaliptus	K'sheima Baa Hena Yafa Uts'ira		Shemer, N	81