Oberlin College Library - The Folk Song Index

Title	First line of verse	First line of chorus	Composer	Page Number
Meet, O Lord	Meet, O Lord, On De Milk White Horse			87
Amazing Grace	N/a		Traditional	87
Spinning Wheel Song, The	Mellow The Moonlight Shine Is Beginning	Merrily, Cheerily Noisily Whirring	Waller, John Francis	87
I've Got Sixpence	I've Got Sixpence, Jolly Jolly Sixpence	No Cares Have I To Grieve Me	Traditional Australian	87
Jubilee	They Were Dancing By The River	Jubilee, Wasn't It A Jubilee	Staines, Bill	87
Keep On The Sunny Side	There's A Dark And A Troubled Side	Keep On The Sunny Side, Always On The	Carter, A.p. / Garett, Gary	87
Lads O' The Fair	Come Bonny Lass, Lie Near Me And Let	For Ye Can See Them A', The Lads O'	Mcneill, Brian	87
Banks Of Green Willow, Child No. 24	Go Home And Get Some Of Your Father's		Traditional	87
Banks Of Green Willow, Child No. 24	Go Home And Get Some Of Your Father's		Traditional	87
Up The Street The Band Is Marching Down	Up The Street The Band Is Marching Down		Zaninelli, Luigi	87
Humours Of Tulla, The	N/a		Traditional	87
Lullaby My Baby	Lullaby My Baby		Traditional Guatemalan	87
Feet First Baby	I Was A Feet First Baby, Been Backwards		Chandler, Len H. Jr.	87
Pat-a-pan	Now We'll Play Upon The Drum And We'll		Traditional French	87
Little White Cat, The	The Little Grey Cat Was Walking Prettily		Traditional Irish	87
Twa Corbies, The	As I Was Walking All A Lane I Heard Twa			87
Bright Phoebe	Bright Phoebe Was My True Love's Name		Traditional / Cazden, Norman	87
Humours Of Tulla, The	N/a		Traditional	87
Bright Phoebe	Bright Phoebe Was My True Love's Name			87
I Wish I Was A Single Girl	When I Was Single, Marrying Was My Crave	And It's Oh, Lord, I Wish I Was A		87
Lion's Den	A Fair Maid Was Courted By Many's		Traditional	87
Come By Here	Come By Here, My Lord		Frey, Marvin V.	87
Old Noll's Jig	N/a			87
Brewer Laddie, The	In Perth There Liv'd A Bonny Lad	With A Fol Dol Diddle	Traditional	87
Baron Of Brackley, Child No. 203, Version D, The	Baron O Breachell Are Ye Within?		Traditional	87
Happy Miner, The	I Am A Happy Miner, I Love To Sing And	So I Get In A Jovial Way	Stone, J.a.	87
Farewell To Philadelphia, Hello Arkansas	I Feel Like A Butterfly Who's Just Had		Dickson, Parker	87
Single Girl, Married Girl	Single Girl, Single Girl, She's Goin'			87
Whole World Round, The	N/a		Jayne, Mitchell F. / Stuart, Joe / Dillard, Douglas	87
Homeward Bound, Version I	We're Homeward Bound	Good Bye, Fare You Well		87
Vatis Argumente	Also Wenn Vati Loslegt			87
Is Leatsa I	Thaistil Mise Soir Is Siar Ag Toraiocht		Baille, Ruaidhri O	87
Bell, The	The Bell Doth Toll, Its Echoes Roll			87
Beautiful Dreamer	Beautiful Dreamer, Wake Unto Me		Foster, Stephen C.	87
Church Point Breakdown	Church Point Breakdown		Traditional	87
N/a	Now We Gwine Leab Charlestown City	Pull Boys, Pull		87
N/a	Mass Ralph, Mass Ralph, 'e Is A Good Man			87
N/a	One Time Upon Dis Ribber			87
N/a	Hi De Good Boat Neely?			87
Follow The Drinking Gourd	When The Sun Comes Up And The First	87 Low The Drinkin' Gourd	Traditional	87
Lullaby Round	Lulla-lullaby, Lullaby		Anonymous	87
Six Pieces Based On Hungarian Folk Tunes, Version Iii	N/a		Bartok, Bela	87
My Love Nell	Come All Ye Boys Both Far And Near	For My Love Nell Was An Irish Girl	Unknown / Traditional	87
Life On The Ocean Wave, A	A Life On The Ocean Wave	A Life On The Ocean Wave		87
Nothing Between Us Now	I Was Walking Along Some Side Street		Pole, John / Kerr, Sandra	87
Wenn Alle Brunnlein Flieben	Wenn Alle Brunnlein Flieben			87
Every Night When The Sun Goes In	Every Night When The Sun Goes In			87
Song Of The Old Rooster	Once I Met An Old Rooster All Tattered	And Whether What's Wise Or Foolish Prove	Hemsworth, Wade	87
Babaro	Ba Mheidhreach Seimh Ceadrun Mo Chleibh			87
Raggedy	Hungry, Hungry Are We Just As Hungry		Handcox, John	87
O How I Love Jesus	Alas, And Did My Saviour Bleed	O How I Love Jesus	Watts, Isaac	87
Get On Your Holy Horse	Be Careful, My Friends			87
Diddie Wa Diddie	The Little Girl 'bout Four Feet Four		Blind Blake	87
Down In The Valley	Down In The Valley, Valley So Low			87
Rule Britannia	When Britain First At Heav'n's Command	Rule Britannia, Britannia Rule The Waves	Thomson, James / Mallet, David / Arne, Thomas A.	87
Trail Herding Song, The	Oh, Your Backs They Are Weak	Ki-yi-yip, Git Along, Git Along		87
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes	N/a		Traditional	87
Waltz	N/a		Schubert, Franz	87
Plains Of Waterloo, Version I, The	Come All Ye Loyal Lovers			87
Plains Of Waterloo, Version Ii, The	It Bein' On The Eighth Of June			87
Mad Family, Version I, The	There Was A Mad Man And He Had A Mad			87
Ramblin's Gonna Be The Death Of Me	Ask Me Why A Rambler Ain't Got No Home		Jansch, Bert	87
Columbian Independence	Wake, Columbia Wake The Lyre			87
Ode For The Fourth Of July, 1827	To The Sages Who Spoke To The Heroes			87
Count Arnaud	The Count Arnaud, The Count Arnaud		Traditional Gascon	87
El-a-noy	Way Down Upon The Wabash Sich Land Was Never Known	Then Move Your Fam'ly Westerward, Good Health You Will Enjoy		87
Have A Little Dog	Have A Little Dog And His Name Is Don	Toll A Winker, Toll A Winker	Unknown	87
Arkansaw Traveler (old-time Fiddler's Tune), The			Unknown	87
Nothing Like Grog	A Plague Of Those Musty Old Lubbers		Dibdin, Charles	87
Take Unto You	Take Unto You The Boughs Of Goodly Trees		Alman, Samuel	87
Gypsy Rover, The	The Gypsy Rover Came Over The Hill		Unknown	87
Zohrenu	Zohreynu L'hayim		Ephros, G.	87
Shenandoah	Oh, Shenandoah, I Long To Hear You			87
Coasts Of Barbary, The	Keep A Good Look-out, Ahead, Our Jolly Captain Said		Unknown	87
Lord Lovel	Lord Lovel He Stood At His Castle Gate		Unknown	87
In The Morning	Jesus My All To Heaven Is Gone And We'll All Shout Together		Unknown	87
Shule Agra	My True Love Has Gone From Me	Shool, Shool, Shool Lee Columba	Unknown	87
Herring, The	O What Will We Do With The Old Herrings' Heads?		Unknown	87
Paper Of Pins	I Offer To You A Paper Of Pins		Unknown	87
Selling The Crow	"come Along Down", Said The Farmer To His Son	Lei Toher, Rather Ruther Ruther Tum-aran-tannie-o	Unknown	87
Lord's My Shepherd/wake Ev'ry Breath, The	The Lord's My Shepherd/wake Ev'ry Breath And Ev'ry		Unknown / Billings, William	87
Wondrous Tiding, A	A Wondrous Tiding		Unknown	87
La Fille Vendue Au Diable / Maiden Sold To The Devil, The	Ah! C'etait En Riche Marchand / Oh Once There Was A Merchant Wealthy		Unknown	87
Gold-haired Maid, The			Unknown	87
As I Was Walking Beside Dublin			Unknown	87
Mo Storeen From Muskerry			Unknown	87
Here's A Health To Our Leader			Unknown	87
Unquiet Grave, The	Cold Blows The Wind On My True Love			87
Cold Blows The Wind	Cold Blows The Wind On My True Love			87
Chairemshina (cherry Tree)	Once Again The Cuckoo's In The Forest	Vsyoodi Booyno Kveetne Chairemshina		87
In Strichen You Know	In Strichen You Know Pretty Plantins Do Grow			87
In Strichen You Know	In Strichen You Know Pretty Plantin's Do Grow			87
Mighty Mississippi	Way Out In The Mississippi Valley		Unknown	87
Glory, Praise To Thee Be Given	Glory, Praise, To Thee Be Given, God Of Grace			87
Oh Uncle Rat	Oh Uncle Rat Ran Up The Wall			87
Old Lady Sittin' In The Dining Room	Old Lady Sittin' In The Dinin' Room, Sittin' By The Fire			87
La Cardelina	Cuando La Alegre Cardelina Reclama Al Dulce Ruiseñor		Unknown	87
Las Avecillas	Avedecillas Que En El Viento Entonáis		Unknown	87
All Hail! Oh Northern Strand!	All Hail! Oh Northern Strand! Our Fathers' Joyous Land!	Hail! Oh Hail! Oh Hail To Thee, Finland!	Crusell, Bernhard	87
An Spailin Fanach / The Girl I Left Behind Me	Go Deo Deo Aris Ni Raghad Go Caiseal / No More - No More In Cashel Town		Unknown	87
Listen, You Men!	We Are Young Women, Fine Young Strong Women			87
Okazaki Gomangoku	Gomangoku Demo Okazaki-sama Wa, Ayoikonosanse (although Lord Okazaki Has Only An Annual Revenue Of 50,000 Goku)			87
Frunza Verde S'o Sipicha	Frunza Verde S'o Sipicha			87
Es Wollt' Einmal Ein Schneidergesell (there Once Was A Journeyman Tailor)	Es Wollt' Einmal Ein Schneidergesell (there Once Was A Journeyman Tailor)		Unknown	87
Jn Ale Gasn Vi Me Gejt	Yn Ale Gasn Vi Me Gejt		Unknown	87
Cocaine Blues	Yonder Comes My Baby All Dressed In Blue	Hey, Baby, Won't You Come Here Quick	Unknown	87
Binorie (n)			Unknown	87
Binorie (o)	There Were Twa Sisters Lived In A Bower		Unknown	87
Binorie (p)	There Were Twa Sisters Lived In A Bower		Unknown	87
O Roger (a)	O Roger I'll Tell You The Theme Of My Song		Unknown	87
I Love My Love (b)	As I Cam' Owre Yon Hech Hech Hill	But I Love My Love And I Love My Love	Unknown	87
Every Night When The Sun Goes In	Ev'ry Night When The Sun Goes In	True Love Don't Weep True Love, Don't Mourn	Unknown	87
I've Got Sixpence	I've Got Sixpence, Jolly Jolly Sixpence	No Cares Have I To Grieve Me	Traditional Australian	87
Jubilee	They Were Dancing By The River	Jubilee, Wasn't It A Jubilee	Staines, Bill	87
Keep On The Sunny Side	There's A Dark And A Trouble Side Of Life	Keep On The Sunny Side	Carter, A. P. / Garett, Gary	87
Lads O' The Fair, The	Come Bonny Lass	For Ye Can See Them A'	Mcneill, Brian	87
Hafinjan	Hruach Noshevet K'rira		Israeli Folksong	87
We're Coming Back To California	Honey Girl Don't Sigh, Dry Those Tears, Don't Cry, I'll Be Coming Back Some Day	I'm Coming Back To California, To The Golden West And You	Walterstein, Frank	87
Los Bilbilicos	Los Bibilicos Cantan En El Arvol De La Flor		Traditional Ladino	87
Y'didi Hasachachta	Y'didi Hashachachta		Traditional Moroccan Sephardic	87
Little Maggie	Yonder Stands Little Maggie		Guard, Dave	87
Don't You Hurry Worry With Me	Don't You Hurry Worry With Me		Traditional Bahaman Negro Song	87
Jack Of All Trades	I Was Born In Portage, Utah	I'm A Jack Of All Trades	Hall, Lyle	87
Brewer Laddie, The	In Perth There Lived A Bonny'lad		Unknown	87
Ole Bull				87
Lone Star Clog				87
Livonia	I'll Praise My Maker With My Breath,		Unknown	87
Come, Sorrow, Come	Come, Sorrow, Come		Morley, Thomas	87
Amores	Ay, Outro Que Me Da Dineiro		Traditional Spanish	87
Os Casados...	Os Casados Valen Prata		Traditional Spanish	87
Es Wollt' Einmal Ein Schneidergesell / There Once Was A Journeyman Tailor	Es Wollt' Einmal Ein Schneidergesell		Unknown	87
Lewis Gordon	Oh! Send Lewis Gordon Hame		Unknown	87
I See The Sun Setting Swiftly	I See The Sun Setting Swiftly		Unknown	87
Son Of The Earl Of White Banners	O Yonder Woman Who Is Laughing		Unknown	87
It Has Grown, It Has Grown, The Fair Grapevine	It Has Grown, It Has Grown, The Fair Grapevine		Unknown	87
Zohrenu	Zohreynu L'hayim		Ehpros, G.	87
Fun Spanien Trog Ich Mein Tzimbel Aher	Fun Spanien Trog Ich Mein Tzimbel Aher		Unknown	87
Nudu Lamyaleles Al Naharos Bovel	Nudu Lamyaleles Al Naharos Bovel		Unknown	87
Shir Hamaalos Beshuv Adonoy	Shir Hamaalos Beshuv Adonoy		Unknown	87
Little Children, Then Won't You Be Glad?	Little Children, Then Won't You Be Glad		Unknown	87
Sweet William	A Sailor's Lot Is A Wearied Life		Unknown	87
Sweet William	O Father, Father, Go Build Me A Boat		Unknown	87
Young Beichan	The Turks They Had A Lovely Daughter		Unknown	87
Young Beichan	A Gentleman From The Courts Of England		Unknown	87
Young Beichan	She Wears A Gold Ring On All Of Her Fingers		Unknown	87
My Dame Hath A Lame Tame Crane	My Dame Hath A Lame Tame Crane		Mitchell, Donald / Biss, Roderick	87
Chante Et Dans La Boheme	Chante Et Danse La Boheme		Unknown	87
Mama Told Me	Mame Told Me To Open The Door		Unknown	87
Wet Sheet And A Flowing Sea, A	A Wet Sheet And A Flowing Sea	Oh! Give Me A Wet Sheet, A Flowing Sea	Cunningham, Allan	87
Gray Automobile, The	In Matamoros You May See Me		Unknown	87
Franke Dupree	I Want My Buddies And All My Friends		Unknown	87
Jean Harlow	Jean Harlow Died The Other Day	Tang A Lang, Tang A Lang	Ledbetter, Huddie	87
Going To Boston	Goodbye, Girls, I'm Going To Boston		Unknown	87
Repeal Of The Union	Our Absentee Landlords Have Left Us		Unknown	87
Oh, Aye, Rio	Oh, Lady Have You A Daughter Fine?	Oh, Aye, Rio!	Unknown	87
I'll Tell You Where They Were	If You Want To Know Where The Generals Were		Unknown	87
'twill Neber Do To Gib It Up So	I'm Ole Mister Brown	'twill Neber Do To Gib It Up So	Unknown	87
Homeward Bound (i)	"we're Homeward Bound!"	Good Bye, Fare You Well	Unknown	87
Railroad Paddy	Paddy On The Railroad		Unknown	87
Johnie Cope	Cope Sent A Letter Frae Dunbar		Unknown	87
Florilla	Rise, My Soul, And Stretch They Wings		Unknown	87
Awful Day	That Awful Day Will Surly Come	And Pass The Solemn Test	Unknown	87
Jack Be Nimble	Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick		Unknown	87
Ewie Wi' The Crookit Horn, The	Were I But Able To Rehearse		Unknown	87
Earl Brand (a)	Wake Up, Wake Up, Ye Seven Sleepers		Unknown	87
Three Ravens, The (bb)	There Were Three Crows Sat On A Tree		Unknown	87
Cruel Mother	There Was A Lady Lived In The North		Mccoll, Ewan	87
One World	This Planet Consists Of Lots Of Different Places		Meyers, Andy	87
Tingalayo	Me Donkey Fast	Tingalayo, Come, Little Donkey Come	Traditional	87
Little Major	At His Post, The "little Major"	Crying, "oh! For Love Of Jesus	Work, Henry C.	87
God Loves Many Diff'rent People	God Loves Many Diff'rent People With Surpassing Love		Traditional Tshiluba / Mukungu, Lubunda	87
Little Bo-peep	Little Bo-peep Has Lost Her Sheep		Unknown	87
Chairemshina / Cheremshyna - Cherry Tree	Once Again The Cuckoo's In The Forest	Vsyoodi Booyno Kveetne Chairemshina	Unknown	87
Barbara Allen (c)	In Scarlet Town Where I Was Born		Unknown	87
Ma Ghargha Miyasd Birabirum	Ma Ghargha Miyasd Birabirum		Unknown	87
Et Ging En Reiter Langs De Kant	Et Ging En Reiter Langs De Kant		Unknown	87
Uno Dos......	Uno, Dos, Tres Y Cuatro		Unknown	87
A Una Y A Dos	A Una Y A Dos Patatin Y Pataton		Unknown	87
Passing By	There Is A Lady Sweet And Kind		Purcell, Edward C. / Herrick, Robert	87
Ose Shalom	Ose Shalom Bimromav		Hirsh, N. / Neumann, R.	87
Kol Rina	Kol Rina Vishua B'ohole Tsadikim		Unknown / Pasternak, V.	87
Sa-enu	Sa-enu, Sa-enu Lamidbar Sa-enu / Carry Us To The Desert!		Unknown	87
Ach Toiv Vochesed	Ach Toiv Vochesed Yird'funi Kol Y'mei Chayoy / Surely Goodness And Mercy		Unknown	87
Chatzi Kaddish	Yisgadal V'yiskadash Sh'mei Rabo / Glorified And Sanctified Be God's Great Name		Unknown	87
Once I Had Plenty Of Thyme (a)	Once I Had Plenty Of Thyme		Unknown	87
Washington	Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing, Lord		Unknown	87
Stephens	From Whence Doth This Union Arise		Unknown	87
Parting, The	Poor Bessy Was A Sailor's Wife		Hodson, G. A.	87
Soldier's Bride, The	The Moon Was Beaming Silver Bright		Fitzsimmons	87
La Bourree D'auvergne	La Bourree D'auvergne, La Bourreee Va Bien		Unknown	87
The Harves Shearin'	Farewell, Love, For I Maun Leave You,		Alexander Robb	87
Adon Olam / Eternal God (in Vol. 5)	Adon Olam Asher Malach		Cohen, Steve	87
May The Words / Yih'yu L'ratzon (in Vol. 7)	Yih'yu L'ratzon		Nath, Robert G.	87
Wan' King Jedus Fuh Stan' Muh Bawn'	Wan' King Jedus Fuh Stan' Muh Bawn'			87
Bobby Shafto	Bobby Shafto Went To Sea		Unknown	87
She Moved Through The Fair	My Young Love Said To Me, My Mother Won't Mind		Bikel, Theodore	87
Adir Hu Bb	Adir Hu Adir Hu Yivne Veto		Milstein, S.w.	87
Chula (ao Desafio)	Na Forma Do Seu Costume		Leca Da Palmeira	87
Yidl Mitn Fidl	Iber Felder Vegn		Ellstein, Abraham	87
Lachluin Duth / Lachlainn Dubh / Dark-haired Lachlan	Melody Only		Ross, Elizabeth Jane	87
Nighean Donn Bhoidheach / Beautiful Brown-haired Maiden	Hug Orann O Ro Bha Ho		Ross, Elizabeth Jane	87
Ma Avarech	Ma Avarech Lo Bame Y'vorach Ze Hayeled Shaal Hamalach		Rosenblum, Y	87