Joan Baez

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'Nu Bello Cardillo

Lo cardillo I St' criscenno no bello cardillo... quanta cose ca ll'aggi''a 'mpar: Ha da ire da chisto e da chillo, li 'mmasciate isso mm'ha da port!... Siente cc bello mio: llco 'nnante, nc' na casa, na nnna nce sta, tu la vide ca nun distante: chell...

(Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around

Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around... turn me around... turn me around... Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around... Keep on a-walkin' Keep on a-talkin' Gonna build a brand new world. Ain't gonna let the administration turn me around... turn me aroun...

500 miles

If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles A Hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm...

A hard rain's a gonna fall

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? Oh, where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've been...

A Heartfelt Line Or Two

Though the songwriters of the industry Write most of the songs I do And it's clear that no one will ever Sing them quite the way I do I think tonight I'll sit down and write A heartfelt line or two And if they turn out good enough I owe every word to you To t...

A Mi Manera

Yo se que no vendras Por eso dia Tante la olvido Dejar un nuevo amor Tante mejor Ay como el mio Dejar y la vive En este mundo de tristessa Dejar y la vive A mi manera Yo quiero se Ay nada mas Prefierare Y recordar Un nueve amor Tanto mejor Qui siera olvidar...

A Song For David

In my heart I will wait by the stony gate and the little one in my arms will sleep. Every rising of the moon makes the years grow late and the love in our hearts will keep. There are friends I will make and bonds I will break as the seasons roll by and we buil...

A Stranger in My Place

I see the town Where we were born I see the place We were raised I see all the things you wanted That I never gave I see sadness I see sorrow I see pain in your face But I just can't see A stranger in my place I can see now where we quarreled I c...

A Swallow Song

Come wander quietly and listen to the wind Come here and listen to the sky Come walking high above the rolling of the sea And watch the swallows as they fly There is no sorrow like the murmur of their wings There is no choir like their song There is no...

A Young Gypsy

A young gypsy fell out in a slumber Heading north with a driver he knew Someone he'd lived with and trusted A young woman who trusted him too That very same day the young gypsy Had come from a farm in the west Where the children had played throughout the heat...

All in Green Went My Love Riding

All in green went my love riding On a great horse of gold Into the silver dawn. Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling The merry deer ran before. Fleeter be they than dappled dreams The swift sweet deer The red rare deer. Four red roebuck at a wh...

All My Trials, Lord

Hush little baby, don't you cry You know your mama was born to die All my trials, Lord, soon be over The river of Jordan is muddy and cold Well it chills the body but not the soul All my trials, Lord, soon be over I've got a little book with pages thre...

All the Pretty Little Horses

Hush-a-bye, don't you cry Go to sleep ye little baby When you wake, you shall have All the pretty little horses Way down yonder in the meadow Lies a poor little lamb ye Bees and butterflies pickin' out its eyes Poor little thing's cryin' mammy Hush-a...

All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth

All the weary mothers of the earth will finally rest We will take their babies in our arms and do our best When the sun is low upon the field To love and music they will yield And the weary mothers of the earth shall rest And the farmer on his tractor and bes...

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I'm found, was blind, but now I see. 't Was Grace that taught my heart to fear, and Grace my fear relieved. How precious did that Grace appear, the hour I first believed...

Amsterdam

Just the pattern of sunlight on a building Just a flash in a window I was passing Just a frame in a movie I remembered Amsterdam Just the sound of a wheel in the gravel Just the click of a heel on the pavement Just a moment like any other moment Amster...

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

When I was a young man I carried my pack And I lived the free life of a rover From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback I waltzed my Matilda all over Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be...

Angeline

Yesterday's newspapers forecasts no rain for today Yesterday's news was old news, the skies are all grey Winter's in labor and soon will give birth to the spring And sprinkle the meadows with flowers for my Angeline Heartache and sorrow and sadness unendi...

Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee, And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In thi...

Autumn Leaves

Oh ! je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes Des jours heureux où nous étions amis. En ce temps-là la vie était plus belle, Et le soleil plus brûlant qu'aujourd'hui. Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle. Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié... Les feuilles mortes...

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Babe, I'm gonna leave you Tell you when i'm gonna leave you leave you when ol'summer time, summer comes a-rolling leave you when ol'summer comes along Babe, the highway is a-callin' the old highway's a-callin' callin'me to travel on, travel on out the Westwar...

Banks Of The Ohio

I asked my love to take a walk To take a walk, just a little walk Down beside where the waters flow Down by the banks of the old Ohio And only say that you'll be mine In no others arms entwine Down beside where the waters flow Down by the banks of the old Ohi...

Barbara Allen

Twas in the merry month of May When green buds all were swelling, Sweet William on his death bed lay For love of Barbara Allen. He sent his servant to the town To the place where she was dwelling, Saying you must come, to my master dear If your name be...

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored, He has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword His truth is marching on. [Chorus] Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory!...

Be Not Too Hard

Be not too hard for life is short And nothing is given to man Be not too hard when he is sold or bought For he must manage as best he can Be not too hard when he blindly dies Fighting for things he does not own Be not too hard when he tells lies Or if...

Birmingham Sunday

Come round by my side and I'll sing you a song I'll sing it so softly, it'll do no one wrong On Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine And the choirs kept singing of freedom That cold autumn morning no eyes saw the sun And Addie Mae Collins, her numbe...

Black Is the Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)

Black is the colour of my true loves hair Her lips are like a rose so fair She's got the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she stands I love my love and well she knows I love the ground whereon she goes And how I wish the d...

Blessed Are...

Blessed are the one way ticket holders on a one way street. Blessed are the midnight riders for in the shadow of God they sleep. Blessed are the huddled hikers staring out at falling rain, wondering at the retribution in their personal acquaintance with...

Blowin' In The Wind

How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a man How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand How many times must the cannonballs fly Before they are forever banned The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind The answer i...

Blue Sky

Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing, It don't worry 'bout where it's going, no, no. Don't fly, mister blue bird, I'm just walking down the road, Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know [Chorus] You're my blue sky, you're my...

Boots of Spanish Leather

Oh, I'm sailin' away my own true love, I'm sailin' away in the morning. Is there something I can send you from across the sea, From the place that I'll be landing? No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love, There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'...

Boulder to Birmingham

I don't want to hear a love song I got on this airplane just to fly I know there's life below me But all that you can show me Is the prairie and the sky I don't want to hear your sad story About heartache and desire The last time I felt like this I w...

Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella

Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella Bring a torch, come swiftly and run Christ is born, tell the folk of the village Jesus is sleeping in His cradle Ah, ah, beautiful is the Mother; Ah, ah, beautiful is her Son. Hasten now, good folk of the village Hast...

Brothers in Arms

These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn To be brothers in arms Through these fields of destruction Baptisms of f...

Caleb Meyer

Caleb Meyer he lived alone In them hollering pines And he made a little whiskey for himself Said it helped to pass the time Long one evening in back of my house Caleb called around And he called my name â??til I went out With no one else around [Chor...

Cambodia

We've watched them leaving, seen their ragged flight Children of the jungle, mothers of the night A boy of ten by the roadside lies Hears his future in whispers and cries And clutching a tiny Buddha charm A baby dies in his mother's arms Is there only sorrow...

Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night)

Minuit, chrétiens, C'est l'heure solennelle Où l'Homme Dieu descendit jusqu'à nous Pour effacer la tache originelle Et de son père arrêter le courroux. Le monde entier tressaille d'espérance En cette nuit qui lui donne un sauveur. Peuple à genoux, Attends ta d...

Careless Love

Love, oh, love, oh careless love Love, oh, love, oh careless love Love, oh, love, oh careless love You see what love has done to me I'd love my mama and papa too I'd love my mama and papa too I'd love my mama and papa too I'd leave them both to go with you W...

Carrickfergus

I wished I had you in Carrickfergus, Only for nights in Ballygrand, I would swim over the deepest ocean, The deepest ocean to be by your side. But the sea is wide and I can't swim over And neither have I wings to fly. I wish I could find me a handy boat...

Carry It On

There's a man by my side walking There's a voice within me talking, There's a voice, within me saying, Carry on, carry it on. They will tell their empty stories, Send their dogs to bite our bodies, They will lock us up in prison, Carry on, carry it on....

Caruso

Infinity gives me chills So could the waters of Iceland But there's a difference in finding diamonds in rust And rhinestones in a dishpan Miracles bowl me over And often will they do so Now I think I was asleep till I heard The voice of the great Caruso Bring...

Catch the Wind

In the chilly hours and minutes Of uncertainty I want to be In the warm hold of your loving mind. To feel you all around me And to take your hand Along the sand, Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind. When sundown pales the sky I want to hide a while...

Children And All That Jazz

Little Annie Fannie Morgan and Christian Katy and Nathan Tommy and Zem Zem Alex and J.J. Tai and Ezekial Amy and Josie Matthew and Mosie Sweet Pearl and Nicholas Come here and tickle us I don't like nicknames I like to play games One of them's Batman That's wh...

Children of Darkness

Oh, now is the time for your loving, dear, And the time for your company Now when the light of reason fails And fires burn on the sea Oh, now in this age of confusion I have need for your company. For I am a wild and a lonely child And the son of an an...

Children Of The 80's

We're the children of the 80's, haven't we grown We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than stone And the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden We like the music of the 60's We think that era must have been nifty Flower children, Woodstock and t...

China

In the month of May, in the glory of the day Came the descendants of a hundred flowers And their fight it did begin with the aging Mandarin And they fought with an extraordinary power Everyone was smiling, their hearts were one In Tiananmen Square But it seem...

Christmas in Washington

It's Christmastime in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Gettin' into gear for four more years Things not gettin' worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat And thanked their lucky stars They said, 'He cannot seek another term They'll be no more F-D-R's...

Coconuts

Coconuts sitting in my hand Remindin' me of my island man And my island man sitting in his hut Dreamin' about my coconuts Coconuts floating in the sea I remember you, I remember me Coconuts dancing in the sand And I'm in love again with my island man Coconut...

Colours

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair In the mornin' when we rise, In the mornin' when we rise, That's the time, that's the time, I love the best. Blue's the colour of the sky In the mornin' when we rise, In the mornin' when we rise. In the morn...

Come all ye fair and tender maidens

Come all ye fair and tender maidens Come all ye fair and tender maidens Take warning how you court young men They're like a star of a summer's morning First they appear and then they're gone. They'll tell to you some loving story They'll swear to you th...

Copper Kettle

Get you a copper kettle Get you a copper coil Cover with new made corn mash And never more you'll toil Chorus: You just lay there by the juniper While the moon is bright Watch them jugs a-fillin In the pale moonlight Build your fires of hickory H...

Coventry Carol

Loo lee loo laLullay, Thou little tiny Child, Bye, bye, loo lee loo lay. Lullay, Thou little tiny Child. By, by, lully, lullay. O sisters, too, how may we do, For to preserve this day, This poor Youngling for whom we sing, By, by, lully, lullay. Hero...

Crack in the Mirror

You say you don't remember This thing she can't forget You say that it's been too damn long Time to bury the hatchet And if it made a difference Well you would say you're sorry It really makes you wonder why You should even bother There's a mi...

Cry Me a River

Now you say you're lonely You cried the long night through Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river I cried a river over you Now you say you're sorry For being so untrue Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river I cried, cried, cried a river over you...

Cucurrucucú Paloma

Dicen que por las noches No mas se le iba en puro llorar, Dicen que no comia, No mas se le iba en puro tomar, Juran que el mismo cielo Se estremecia al oir su llanto; Como sufrio por ella, Que hasta en su muerte la fue llamando Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay,... cantaba,...

Daddy, You Been on My Mind

Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat And covering the crossroads I'm standing at Or maybe it's the weather or something like that But daddy, you been on my mind I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down, don't get upset I am not pleading or sa...

Danger Waters

And I holler why, and I holler why And I holler why, the tortoise boy no mon ami! And I holler why, and I holler why And I holler why, the tortoise boy no mon ami! First he give me one, then he give me two And he give me three and I holler "Lord h...

Dangling Conversation

It's a still life water color, Of a now late afternoon, As the sun shines through the curtained lace And shadows wash the room. And we sit and drink our coffee Couched in our indifference, Like shells upon the shore You can hear the ocean roar In the d...

Danny Boy

Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling from glen to glen and down the mountain side. The summer’s gone and all the roses falling; it’s you, it’s you must go and I must bide. But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow or when the valley’s hushed and...

Day After Tomorrow

I got your letter today And I miss you all so much, here I can't wait to see you all And I'm counting the days, dear I still believe that there's gold At the end of the world And I'll come home To Illinois On the day after tomorrow It is so hard And it's cold...

De Colores

De colores, de colores Se visten los campos en la primavera. De colores, de colores Son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera. De colores, de colores Es el arco iris que vemos lucir. Y por eso los grandes amores De muchos colores me gustan a mí. Y por eso los gr...

Dear Landlord

Dear landlord, please don't put a price on my soul My burden is heavy, dear And my dreams are beyond my control Oh yes, they are But when that steamboat whistle blows Oh, honey I'm gonna give you everything I ever had to give, yeah And I do hope that yo...

Diamonds And Rust

Well I'll be damned Here comes your ghost again But that's not unusual It's just that the moon is full And you happened to call And here I sit Hand on the telephone Hearing a voice I'd known A couple of light years ago Heading straight for a fall As...

Die Rose

Manche sagen, eine Sturmflut die alles mit sich führt, manche sagen, wie ein Messer das Leib und Seel' zerstört, manche sagen, wie ein Donner der alles übertönt ich sag' Euch, wie eine Blume die unser Leben schönt... Herzen, die zu brechen fürchten, sie kenne...

Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

Take me to heart And I will always love you And nobody can make me do wrong Take me for granted Leaving love unshown Makes the will power weak Temptation's strong A woman's only human This you should understand She's not just a plaything She's fles...

Don't Blame My Mother

Look for me in crisis centers Padded cells Oh, wish me well Oh, shame, don't blame my mother As I am moving out I see she wanted all the best for me Those were the days when phrases never spoken led to broken lives I think of all the things that she once had...

Don't Cry for Me Argentina

It won't be easy, you'll think it strange When I try to explain how I feel But I still need your love after all that I've done. You won't believe me All you will see is a girl you once knew Although she's dressed up to the nines At sixes and sevens with you....

Don't Make Promises

It seems the songs we're singing Are all about tomorrow Tunes of promises you can't keep Every moment bringing a love I can only borrow You're telling me lies in your sleep Do you think I'm not aware of what you're saying Or why you're saying it? Is it hard t...

Don't Think Twice it's All Right

It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don't know by now An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It don't matter, anyhow When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on D...

Donna Donna

On a waggon bound for market there`s a calf with a mournful eye. High above him there`s a swallow, winging swiftly through the sky. How the winds are laughing, they laugh with all their might. Laugh and laugh the whole day through, and half the summer`s night...

Down In Yon Forrest

Down in yon forest there stands a hall: The bells of Paradise I heard them ring: It's covered all over with purple and pall And I love my Lord Jesus above anything. In that hall there stands a bed: The bells of Paradise I heard them ring: It's covered a...

Drifter's Escape

"Help me in my weakness" I heard the drifter say As they carried him from the courtroom And were taking him away "My trip hasn't been a pleasant one My time it isn't long And I still do not know What it was that I've done wrong" Well, the judge, he c...

Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man

He's a drug store truck drivin' man He's the head of the Ku Klux Klan When summer rolls around He'll be lucky if he's not in town Well, he's got him a house on the hill He plays country records till you've had your fill He's a fireman's friend he's an a...

East Virginia

I was born in East Virginia, North Caroline I did roam, There I met a fair pretty maiden, Her name and age I do not Know. Her hair it was of a brightsome color, And her lips of a ruby red, On her breast she wore withe lilies, There I longed to lay my h...

Edge Of Glory

My house stands at the edge of glory Steady as the seasons change Dreams of grace arise before me And they call me home again I went forth with no protection Through a fierce and blinding rain Seeking truth but not perfection Saw my father's face again Fathe...

El Preso Numero Nueve

El preso numero nueve ya lo van a confesar esta encerrado en la celda con el cura del penal y antes del amanecer la vida le han de quitar porque mató a su mujer y a un amigo desleal Dice así al confesar los maté si señor y si vuelvo a nacer yo los vuelv...

Eleanor Rigby

Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? All the lonely...

Elvis Presley Blues

I was thinking that night about Elvis Day that he died, day that he died I was thinking that night about Elvis Day that he died, day that he died Just a country boy that combed his hair And put on a shirt his mother made and went on the air And he shook...

Engine 143

Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line Running o'er the C and O road just twenty minutes behind Running into Cevile head porters on the line Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her...

Esquinazo del Guerrillero

Las cinco ya van a dar Las cinco de la maana abreme la puerta mi alma que he ganado una batalla que he ganado una batalla y herido ya el sol se asoma te busco en la madrugada dme tu pecho, paloma. Dme tu pecho, paloma sin olvidar bien amada flor que...

Famous Blue Raincoat

It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening. I hear that you're building your house deep in the desert...

Fare Thee Well

Oh fare thee well, I must be gone And leave you for a while Wherever I go, I will return If I go ten thousand miles If I go, if I go If I go ten thousand miles Oh, ten thousand miles it is so far To leave me here alone Well, I may lie, lament and cry And you'...

Farewell, Angelina

Farewell Angelina The bells of the crown Are being stolen by bandits I must follow the sound The triangle tingles And the trumpet play slow Farewell Angelina The sky is on fire And I must go. There's no need for anger There's no need for blame The...

February

I threw your keys in the water, I looked back They'd frozen half way down in the ice They froze up so quickly, the keys and their owners Even after the anger, it all turned silent and The everyday turned solitary So we came to February First we fo...

Fennario

As we marched down to Fennario, As we marched down to Fennario, Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove. They call her by name pretty Peggy-o. What will your mother think pretty Peggy-o? What will your mother think pretty Peggy-o? What will you...

Fifteen Months

The cats are sleeping here in the autumn sun. Your dog has flushed a deer and he's on the run. And the coffee cup is cold and the morning's feeling very old. Fifteen months of time my man's been gone. The second winter now is coming on. And our fates could al...

Finlandia

This is my song, O God of all the nations A song of peace, for lands afar and mine This is my home, the country where my heart is Hear are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine But other hearts in other lands are beating With hopes and dreams as true and hi...

Fishing

Please have a seat. I'm sorry I'm late I know how long you've had to wait I did not forget your documents No time to waste, why not begin? Here's how it works, I've got these faces You give them names and I won't deport you Make sure you face my ta...

Flora the Lily of the West

When first I came to Louisville Some pleasure there to find A damsel there from Lexington Was pleasing to my mind Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips, Like arrows pierced my breast And the name she bore was Flora The lily of the West I courted lovely Flora...

For All We Know

For all we know We may never meet again Before we go Make this moment live again We won't say goodbye Until the last minute I'll hold out my hand And my heart will be in it For all we know This might only be a dream We come and we go Like the ripples, like th...

For Sasha

Here by my window in Germany A morning bird flies close to me On his wing I see a yellow star The lights are on in the factory The frost is hung on the linden tree And I remember where we are And I remember the holocaust I remember all we lost The families to...

Forever Young

May God's bless and keep you always, May your wishes always come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young. May you grow up to be righteous, May you gr...

Fountain of Sorrow

Well I was looking through some photographs I found inside your drawer I was taken by a photograph of you There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more But they didn't show your spirit quite as true You were turning 'round to see who wa...

Freight Train

Freight train, freight train going so fast Freight train, freight train going so fast Please don't say what train I'm on and they won't know what route I've gone. Please don't tell'em what train I'm on they won't know what route I've gone. When I'm dead...

Gabriel And Me

The grey quiet horse wears the reins of dawn, and nobody knows what mountain he's from. In his mouth he carries the golden key, and nobody sees him but Gabriel and me. Gabriel and me. His nose is silver and his mane is white, his eyes are black and starry lik...

Gacela Of The Dark Death

I want to sleep the dream of the apples, to withdraw from the tumult of cemetries. I want to sleep the dream of that child who wanted to cut his heart on the high seas. I don't want to hear again that the dead do not lose their blood, that the putrid mou...

Geordie

As I walked out over London bridge One misty morning early, I overheard a fair pretty maid Was lamenting for her Geordie. Ah, my Geordie will be hanged in a golden chain, 'Tis not the chain of many He was born of king's royal breed And lost to a...

Ghetto

If you ever lived in a ghetto And maybe at the close of your day On your front porch you hear the sound of a jukebox From the neighborhood cafe Well in the noon you may hear the neighbors fussing When a kid breaks a window pane In the night, in the nigh...

Girl Of Constant Sorrow

I am a girl of constant sorrow I've seen troubles all my days I'm going back to California Place where I was partly raised All through this world I'm bound to ramble Through sun and wind and drought and rain I'm bound to rideThe Western Railways Perhaps I'll...

Glad Bluebird of Happiness

I was walking down the road, not caring much where I was going A heavy pack upon my back, burly good with inner sad of loneliness When fluttered by this bird of blue, he said I'll tell you what I 'll do Since you seem to be so sad, I will try and be your gl...

Go Away from My Window

Go away from my window Go away from my door Go away, way, way from my bedside And bother me no more And bother me no more I'll go tell all of my brothers Tell all my sisters too The reason that my heart is broke Is on account of you Is on account of...

God is God

I believe in prophecy. Some folks see things not everybody can see. And,once in a while,they pass the secret along to you and me. And I believe in miracles. Something sacred burning in every bush and tree. We can all learn to sing the songs the angels sin...

Gospel Ship

I have the news to bring And that is why I sing All my joy with you I'll share I'm gonna take a trip on that old Gospel Ship And go sailin' through the air I'm gonna take a trip on that old Gospel Ship Goin' far beyond the sky I'm gonna shout and sing...

Gossamer

When I was young then all my boughs were thickly hung with glittering hopes. But one by one they've blown away and only one remains today. It flutters out upon the air, one hope all pinned on gossamer. What are all lives but gossamer in one lacy cobweb crosse...

Gracias a La Vida

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto. Me dio dos luceros, que cuando los abro, Perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco Y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado Y en las multitudes el hombre que yo amo. Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto. Me ha dado...

Green Green Grass Of Home

The old home town looks the same As I step down from the train And there meet me is my mama and my papa Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home The old house is still...

Guantanamera

Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crece la palma Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crece la palma Y antes de morirme quiero Echar mis versos del alma Guantanamera, guajira Guantana...

Gulf Winds

It's only when the high winds blow that I wish my hair was long Sailing through the autumn leaves singing an ancient song Or falling in love in the streets at night at the edge of a local square It's only that I'm here tonight thinking I was there There are h...

Happy Birthday, Leonid Brezhnev

Happy birthday, Leonid Brezhnev What a lovely seventy-fifth We watched the party on TV You seemed to be taking things casually What a mighty heart must beat in your breast To hold forty-nine medals on your chest Think of all the gifts that you've got Some were...

Hasta Siempre, Comandante

Aprendimos a quererte desde la histórica altura donde el Sol de tu bravura le puso cerco a la muerte. Chorus: Aquí se queda la clara, la entrañable transparencia, de tu querida presencia, Comandante Che Guevara. Tu mano gloriosa y fuerte sobre la Historia di...

Heaven Help Us All

Heaven help the child who never had a home, Heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall, Heaven help us all. Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day, Heaven help the white man if he turns his...

Hello in There

We had an apartment in the city, Me and Loretta liked living there. It's been years since the kids had grown, A life of their own left us alone. John and Linda live in Omaha, And Joe is somewhere on the road. We lost Davy in the Korean war, Still don't know wh...

Help Me Make it Through The Night

Take the ribbon from my hair Shake it lose and let it fall Layin soft upon your skin Like the shadows on the wall Come and lay down by my side Till the early morning light All I'm taking is your time Help me make it through the night I don't ca...

Henry Martin

There were three brothers in merry Scotland In merry Scotland there were three And they did cast lots which of them should go Should go, should go And turn robber all on the salt sea The lot it fell first upon Henry Martin The youngest of all the three That h...

Henry Russell's Last Words

Still alive but the air is getting bad Oh how I love you Mary I have made my peace with God Oh how I love you Mary You did not ask why I go down in the mine Oh how I love you Mary It was for the children and it was for better times Oh how I love you Ma...

Here's to you

(angielski) Here's to you Nicolas and Bart Rest forever here in our hearts The last and final moment is yours That agony is your triumph ! (francuski) Maintenant Nicolas et Bart Vous dormez au fond de nos cœurs Vous étiez tous seuls dans la mort Mais par elle...

Hickory Wind

In south carolina There are many tall pines I remember the oak tree That we used to climb But it makes me feel better Each time it begins Callin' me home Hickory wind I started out younger At most everything All the riches and pleasures What else...

Honest Lullaby

Early early in the game I taught myself to sing and play And use a little trickery On kids who never favored me Those were years of crinoline slips And cotton skirts and swinging hips And dangerously painted lips And stars of stage and screen Pedal pushers, an...

House Carpenter

"Well met, well met, my own true love Well met, well met", cried he "I've just returned from the salt, salt sea All for the love of thee" I could have married the king's daughter dear She would have married me But I have forsaken her crowns of gold All...

House Of The Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans, they call the rising sun. It`s been the ruin for many a poor girl, and me, oh God, for one. If I had listened to what my mother said, I`d have been at home today, but I was young and foolish, oh, God, let a rambler lead me ast...

Hush Little Baby

Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird. And if that mockingbird don't sing, Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring. And if that diamond ring turns brass, Mama's going to buy you a looking glass. And if that looking gl...

I Am A Wanderer

I am a wanderer, feet on the ground, Heart on my sleeve and my head in the clouds. I own the star above some distant shore, Wandering ever more. I am a refugee torn from my land, Cast off to travel this world to its end. Never to see my proud mountains again...

I Dream of Jeannie

I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair, Floating like a vapor on the summer air. I hear her melodies like days gone by, Sighing around my heart o'er the fond hopes that die. Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain, Wailing for her los...

I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

I dreamed I saw St. Augustine alive as you our me Tearing through these quarters in the utmost misery With a blanket underneath his arm and a coat of solid gold Searching for the very souls who already have been sold "Arise, arise", he cried so loud in a...

I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song)

I gave my love a cherry that had no stone I gave my love a chicken that had no bone I told my love a story that had no end I gave my love a baby with no crying How can there be a cherry that has no stone How can there be a chicken that has no bone How c...

I Know You Rider

I know you rider gonna miss me when I'm gone I know you rider you're gonna miss me when I'm gone Gonna miss your pretty mama from rollin' in your arms [Lomax verse 5] I love you rider and I know you must love me some I love you rider and I know you must love...

I Pity the Poor Immigrant

I pity the poor immigrant who wishes he would have stayed home Who uses all his power to do evil and in the end is always left so alone That man who with his fingers cheats, who lies with every breath Who passionately hates his life and likewise fears his d...

I Saw the Vision of Armies

I saw the vision of armies; And I saw, as in noiseless dreams, hundreds of battle-flags, Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierced with missiles, I saw them, And carried, hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody And at last but a few...

I Shall Be Released

They say ev'rything can be replaced, Yet ev'ry distance is not near. So I remember ev'ry face Of ev'ry man who put me here. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released. They say ev'ry man need...

I Still Miss Someone

At my door the leaves are falling A cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone No, I never got over those blues eyes I see them every where I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there I wonder if she's sorry...

I Wonder As I Wander

I wonder as I wander out under the sky How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die For poor on'ry people like you and like I; I wonder as I wander out under the sky When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall With wise men and farmers and shepherds and...

I'm With You

So it's time to set you free Watch you sail away from me Though I'll miss you when you do I'm with you Turn your face into the wind Let your greatest dreams begin Take the high road, win or lose I'm with you I was there in the morning light With a love that...

If I Knew

If I knew where the wild dove flew I would not tell the hunter, but I would tell you Though they say you're not a brave man, hardly a man at all You would not shoot the wild things, like brave men in the fall Mm mm If I knew where calypso bloomed, I wou...

If I Wrote You

I never thought you were the letter writing type So now I see the words you chose the way you write So I started to write back about the trees in the snow And I saw a bird, couldn't see what it was but I thought you'd know You always surprised me And if...

If You Were a Carpenter

If you were a carpenter, and I were a lady Would you marry me anyway? would you have my baby? If a tinker were your trade, would you still find me Carrying the pots you made, following behind me? See my love through loneliness See my love for sorrow I'v...

Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in pea...

In Guernica

In Guernica the dead children were laid out in order on the sidewalk In their white starched dresses In their pitiful white dresses On their foreheads and breasts the little round holes Where death came in as thunder While they were playing their impor...

In My Time of Need

Will you comfort me in my time of need Can you take away the pain of a hurtful deed Cause when we need it most there's no rain at all And the dust just settles right there on the feed Will you say to me a little rain's gonna come When the sky can't offer...

In The Morning Light

Well there you stand A figure at my door And shadows fall On those that are no more And each time I love and take the fall Then like the sun I rise above it all In the morning light In the morning light Yes now's the time The time I shed my tears And now's th...

In the Quiet Morning

In the quiet morning, there was much despair And in the hours that followed, no one could repair That poor girl, tossed by the tides of misfortune Barely here to tell her tale, rolled in on a sea of disaster Rolled out on a mainline rail She once walked...

Isaac Abraham

Hard times, hard times in Canaan land Trouble in the mind of a man A voice came whispering softly to him Go offer, offer up the lamb Abraham took his only son High up on a hill His test of faith had finally come As the wind, the wind begin to chill Cold stee...

It Ain't Me Babe

Go away from my window Leave at your own chosen speed I'm not the one you want, babe I'm not the one you need You say you're lookin' for someone Never weak but always strong To protect you and to defend you Whether you are right or wrong Someone to op...

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last. But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast. Yonder stands your orphan with his gun, Crying like a fire in the sun. Look out the saints are comin' through And it's all over now, Baby Blue....

Jackaroe

There was a wealthy merchant In London he did dwell He had a lovely daughter The truth to you I'll tell Oh, truth to you I'll tell She had sweethearts a-plenty And men of high degree There was none but Jack the sailor Her true love e're would be Oh,...

James The Gang

Can you find another star to dream on The summer's coming to an end Say goodbye to all your wandering friends And lovers, casual confidants Who shared your dreams When you were sixteen And you walked on the sands of glory With James and the gang You were one...

Jericho Road

I was walkin` Walkin` down the Jericho road And every mile that I traveled showed And I`m walkin` down the Jericho road I just kept on walkin` Walkin` down the Jericho road And the sun set red over fields of gold And I`m walkin` down the Jericho road Well Josh...

Jerusalem

I woke up this mornin' and none of the news was good And death machines were rumblin' 'cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there was nothin' anyone could do or say And I almost listened to him Y...

Jesse

Jesse come home, there's a hole in the bed Where we slept; now it's growing cold. Jesse your face, in the place where we lay By the hearth, all apart, it hangs on my heart And I'm leaving the light on the stairs No I'm not scared; I wait for you Hey Jesse, it...

Joe Hill

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, Alive as you and me. Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died" said he, "I never died" said he. "The Copper Bosses killed you Joe, They shot you Joe" says I. "Takes more than guns to kill a man" Says Joe "I di...

John Riley

Fair young maid all in a garden Stange young man, passerby He said, "Fair maid, will you marry me?" This answer was her reply: Oh, no, kind sir, I cannot marry thee For I've a love who sails all on the sea. He's been gone for seven years Still no man shall ma...

Juan De La Cruz

Once again the workers rise with the lark There's a mass going on in the people's park Silent and determined they set to embark On a three day fast and a five mile march For a man's been shot on the picket line Sixty years of strength was young for dying His f...

Just a Closer Walk With Thee

I am weak, but Thou art strong, Jesus, keep me from all wrong, I'll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to Thee. Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus, is my plea, Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. Th...

King's Highway

I might just change my mind Sometimes you can never tell Where a story will unwind How deep is the shallow ground Sometimes you would never guess Who's all talk and who just might Find a way or lose themselves On the king's highway tonight I am just...

Kingdom Of Childhood

The ship that sails the seven seas Has finally brought me to my knees It's not much to my liking The people standing on the rock Are innocent and they know not That the tide comes in Death rides it like a Viking The mountains rise above the mist And the golde...

Kumbaya

Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya, Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya, Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya, oh, Lord, Kumbaya. Someone's singing, Lord, Kumbaya, Someone's singing, Lord, Kumbaja. Someone's singing, Lord, Kumbaya, oh Lord, Kumbaya. Someone's praying, Lord, Kumbaya,...

La Ballata Di Sacco E Vanzetti - I parte

"Give to me your tired and your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me." And blessed are the persecuted And blessed are the pure in heart Blessed are the merci...

La Ballata Di Sacco E Vanzetti - II parte

Father, yes, I am a prisoner Fear not to relay my crime The crime is loving the forsaken Only silence is shame And now I'll tell you what's against us An art that's lived for centuries Go through the years and you will find What's blackened all of hist...

La Ballata Di Sacco E Vanzetti - III parte

My son, instead of crying be strong Be brave and comfort your mother Don't cry for the tears are wasted Let not also the years be wasted Forgive me, son, for this unjust death Which takes your father from your side Forgive me all who are my friends I a...

La Colombe -- The Dove

Why all these bugles cry These squads of young men drill To kill and to be killed Stood waiting by the train Why the orders loud and hoarse Why the engine's groaning cough As it strains to drag us all Into the holocaust Why crowds who sing and cry And shout...

La Llorona

La Llorona Todos me dicen el negro, llorona negro pero cariñoso. x2 Yo soy como el chile verde, llorona picante pero sabroso. x2 Ay de mi, llorona llorona de ayer y hoy. x2 Ayer maravilla fui, llorona y ahora ni sombra soy. x2 Dicen que no tengo du...

Lady Di And I

Wake me with kisses in the afternoon The butler knows any time you arrive is never too soon He knows just where you are by the sound of your car He'll be waiting there by the spiral stair You could drive me crazy with your unkempt hair You don't know what a c...

Lady Mary

He came from his palace grand He came to my cottage door His words were few but his looks Will linger for evermore The look in his sad dark eyes More tender than words could be But I was nothing to him And he was the world to me. There in her garden she stand...

Last, Lonely And Wretched

You're tired and you're poor, you long to be free, but in this Godforsaken land you find no home, no family on the many roads that you've wandered since the day of your birth. You've become one of the last, lonely and wretched. Your hair is matted, your face...

Less Than the Song

I am less than the song I am singing I am more than I thought I could be Spent some time as a child in day dreaming As a young one I sailed on the sea So come stand by my side where I am going Take my hand if I stumble to fall It's the strength that you share...

Let it Be

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it be, let it be. Let it be, let it be. Whisper...

Lily

Lily lived in a farmhouse at the edge of town Long black braids like anchor chains How they weighed her down Dark eyes, pale skin Mean dad, she was my second grade friend My very best friend She had four older brothers that I sometimes dreamed about Mennonite...

Lily of the West

When first I came to Louisville Some pleasure there to find A damsel there from Lexington Was pleasing to my mind Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips Like arrows pierced my breast And the name she bore was Flora The Lily Of The West I courted lovely Flora Some ple...

Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts

The festival was over, the boys were all planning for a fall, The cabaret was quiet except for the drilling in the wall. The curfew had been lifted and the gambling wheel shut down, Anyone with any sense had already left town. He was standing in the doorway lo...

Lincoln Freed Me Today (The Slave)

Been a slave most all my life So's my kids, and so's my wife I've been working on the Colonel's farm Ain't been mistreated, ain't done no harm I'll be a slave to my grave No need of me being free Recollect when I was just fourteen Freedom used to be my bigg...

Little Moses

Away by the waters so blue The ladies were winding their way While Pharaoh's little daughter went down to the water To bathe in the cool of the day Before it was dark she opened the ark And found the sweet babe that was there And away by the waters so blue Th...

Llego Con Tres Heridas

Llego con tres heridas la del amor, la de la muerte, la de la vida. Con tres heridas viene: la de la vida, la del amor, la de la muerte Con tres heridas yo: la de la vida, la de la muerte la del amor Llego con tres heridas la del amor, la de la muerte, la d...

Lonesome Road

~~~~♫ guitar ♫ ~~~~ Look up and down that long, lonesome road, Hang down your head and cry, my Lord! Hang down your head and cry They say all good friends must part sometimes Why not you and I (my Lord) Why not you and I I wish to the Lord that I've never be...

Long Black Veil

Ten years ago on a cold dark night, Someone was killed 'neath the Town Hall light The people who saw they all agreed That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me. The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi? If you were somewheres else, then you won't have to di...

Love is Just A Four Letter Word

Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behind Down in a gypsy cafe with a friend of a friend of mine Who sat with baby heavy on her knee yet spoke of life most free from slavery With eyes that showed no trace of misery The phrase made connection- hurt was sh...

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

My love she speaks like silence, Without ideals or violence, She doesn't have to say she's faithful, Yet she's true, like ice, like fire. People carry roses, Make promises by the hours, My love she laughs like the flowers, Valentines can't buy her. In...

Love Song To A Stranger

How long since I've spent a whole night in a twin bed with a stranger His warm arms all around me? How long since I've gazed into dark eyes that melted my soul down To a place where it longs to be? All of your history has little to do with your face You're mai...

Lowlands

We sailed out of Dunmore Michelmas gone by Cowhides and wool and live cargo Twenty young Wild Geese ready fledged to fly Sailing for the lowlands low The lowlands low, the lowlands low Sailing for the lowlands low Sean Rouse the skipper from the church...

Luba, The Baroness

Luba, it was only the finest wine Means or no means Only the finest place to dine Paris in the sixties You had three sons Handsome husband by your side I flirted with everyone Your husband, aging but vain With the ladies was quite renowned Author of books mad...

Lucifer's Eyes

You are fair-haired, oh, your lips are red You like softball, oh, and the Grateful Dead Why am I attracted to The body and the mind of you? You mean trouble, oh, with your Lucifer's eyes And make me daydream, oh, and fantasize Running through a field of flame...

Mama, You Been on My Mind

Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at, Or maybe it's the weather or something like that, But mama, you been on my mind. I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset, I am not pleadin' or sayin',...

Man Of Constant Sorrow

Oh, I'm a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I bid farewell to old Kentucky State where I was born and raised All through this world I'm bound to ramble Through sun and wind and driving rain I'm bound to ride The Northern Railways Perhaps I...

Manhã de Carnaval

Ladi, lalala, lalala, ladi lalala, lalala. Ladalalala, ladadadidada, ladadidada, ladadadi. Ladi ladala lalala, ladi ladada dadada Lada lalala, laladadada, lalala ladilala. Manha tao bonita manha De um dia feliz que chegou O sol no ceu surgiu E em cada cor b...

Manhattan Kaboul

Petit Portoricain, bien intégré quasiment New Yorkais Dans mon building tout de verre et d’acier Je prends mon job, un rail de coke, un café Petite fille Afghane, de l’ autre coté de la terre Jamais entendu parler de Manhattan Mon quotidien c’ est la mis...

Marie Flore

Marie, Marie Flore was a small girl of ten whom I met in the south end of France. Stepping out of the crowd was the daughter of someone with flowers for me, we were friends at a glance. She spoke no English but sat by my side in the car and pointed out places...

Marriott, U.s.a.

My name is Chaffey, I'm from Marriott, U.S.A. I'm a high school graduate and I'm looking for a way To chase my future down and lay it at my feet So I can answer all the questions of my old friends on the street I lie awake at night and I think about the years...

Mary

Mary you're covered in roses, you're covered in ashes You're covered in rain You're covered in babies, you're covered in slashes You're covered in wilderness, you're covered in stains You cast aside the sheet, you cast aside the shroud Of another man, who...

Mary Call

Mary Call, Mary Call You never stumble, you never fall Silver stars and lilies call For the yearning of a young one Named Mary Call She's the treasure of the mountains And the dearest one of all Papa's gone and mama too This life has been quite cruel to you B...

Mary Hamilton

Word is to the kitchen gone, and word is to the hall And word is up to madam the queen, and that's the worst of all That Mary Hamilton has borne a babe To the highest stuart of all Oh rise, arise Mary Hamilton Arise and tell to me What thou hast done with thy...

Mary's Wandering

Once Mary would go wandering to other land would run that she might find her Son, that she might find her Son Whom met she as she journeyed forth saint Peter, that good man who sadly did her scan, who sadly did her scan "Oh tell me have you seen Him yet the...

Matty Groves

Hi ho, hi ho, holiday, the best day of the year Little Matty Groves at church did go, some holy words to hear Some holy words to hear He spied three ladies dressed in black, as they came into view Lord Arlen's wife was gaily clad, a flower among the few A f...

Me and Bobby McGee

Busted flat in Baton Rouge Waitin' for the train Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down Just before it rained Rode us all the way to New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna And was playing soft While Bobby sang the b...

Mercy Bound

Late last night I awoke in a dream To the sound of a voice that was almost a scream Oh oh oh From out of the city and out of the street Out where the wind hits the cold concrete Oh oh oh It's cold outside Darkness your enemy No place to hide The voic...

Michael

In the time spent in the foggy dew With the raven and the dove Barefoot she walked the winter streets In search of her own true love For she was Mary Hamilton And lover of John Riley And the maid of constant sorrow And the mother of the doomed Geordie One da...

Minister of War

Minister of War, we are the king's claws and fangs. Why should you roll us on from misery to misery, Giving us no place to stop in or take rest? Minister of War, we are the king's claws and teeth. Why should you roll us from misery to misery, Giving us no...

Miracles

Miracles keep happening The sun rose in the east today I sat up and sighed for the millionth time As the dawn was phasing a night away The blues can last for just so long And from the depth There will arise another song And I'll sit here in the sea and the sun...

MLK

Sleep Sleep tonight And may your dreams Be realized If the thunder cloud Passes rain So let it rain Rain down on me Mm, mm, mm, So let it be Mm, mm, mm, So let it be Sleep Sleep tonight And may your dreams Be realized If the thundercloud Passes rain So let i...

Money for Floods

My name is Eliza I live by the river My daughter Louise Will be three in July If July ever comes It's beginning to feel like The water will never Surrender the field Everyone knows The river will swell But they always find money They always find money Th...

Moscow On Hollywood Boulevard

Look at young Natasha fly Got gold medals in her starry eyes Di Di Di She's a family jewel and a national prize Tiny in her leotard, every day upon the double bars Di Di Di She's gonna be a superstar In Moscow on Hollywood Boulevard In Moscow on Hollywood Boul...

Motherland

Where in the hell can you go Far from the things that you know Far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling It's way about 1,000 miles a day Take one last look behind Commit this to memory and mind And don't miss this wasteland This terrible place Whe...

My Winding Wheel

Well nighttime let her through Yeah I'm talking to you I want to see her Precious little thing With eyes that dance around without their clothes So buy a pretty dress Wear it out tonight For anyone you think could out do me Or better still be my winding whee...

Myths

A myth has just been shattered Upon the four winds scattered Back to some storybook From whence it came Vicarious hearts may ache And try to mend the break And seek for a righteous place To put the blame Neither of us knew What the future would bring We only...

Natalia

Weaver of words Who lives alone In fear and sorrow Where are the words To set you free Perhaps tomorrow Where is the earth Where is the sky Where is the light You long for What hope of you Where you are now Natalia Gorbanevskaja Inside the ward...

Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer

I never dreamed you'd leave in summer I thought you would go then come back home I thought the cold would leave by summer But my quiet nights will be spent alone You said there would be warm love in springtime That was when you started to be cold I never drea...

No Man Is an Island

No man is an island, No man stands alone, Each man's joy is joy to me, Each man's grief is my own. We need one another, So I will defend, Each man as my brother, Each man as my friend. I saw the people gather, I heard the music start, The song that they were s...

No Nos Moveran

Sube a nacer conmigo, hermano Dame la mano desde la profunda zona de tu dolor diseminado No volverás del fondo de las rocas No volverás del tiempo subterráneo No volverá tu voz endurecida No volverán tus ojos taladrados Yo vengo a hablar por vuestra boca muert...

No Woman No Cry

No woman no cry, no woman no cry I said no woman no cry, no woman no cry Yes I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in Trench town Observing those hypocrites Mingle with the good people we knew ya Good friends we knew And good friends we lost a...

North

Where icicles hung the blossoms swing, but in my heart there is no spring. You were my spring, my summer too, it's always winter without you. The flocks head north and the lilacs bloom, at night they scent my moonlit room. You were my spring, my summer too, I...

North Country Blues

Come gather 'round friends And I'll tell you a tale Of when the red iron pits ran empty But the cardboard filled windows And old men on the benches Tell you now that the whole town is empty. In the north end of town My own children are grown But I was...

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to you, O Israel! Oh, come, our Wisdom from on high, Who ordered all things mightily; To us the path o...

Oh Happy Day

Oh happy day (oh happy day) Oh happy day (oh happy day) When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed) When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed) When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed) He washed my sins away (oh happy day) Oh happy day (oh happy day) He taught me how to wat...

Oh, Brother

You've got eyes like Jesus But you speak with a viper's tongue We were just sitting around on earth Where the hell did you come from? With your lady dressed in deerskin And an amazing way about her When are you going to realize That you just can't live without...

Oh, Had I A Golden Thread

Oh, had I a golden Thread And needle so fine I've weave a magic strand Of rainbow design Of rainbow design. In it I'd weave the bravery Of women giving birth, In it I would weave the innocence Of children over all the earth, Children of all the eart...

Old Blue

Well, I had an old dog and his name was Blue, Had an old dog and his name was Blue, Had an old dog and his name was Blue, Betcha five dollars he's a good dog too, "Here old Blue" "Good dog you" Well, I shouldered my axe and I tooted my horn, Went to find 'pos...

Old Welsh Song

I take with me where I go A pen and a golden bowl Poet and beggar step in my shoes, Or a prince in a purple shawl. I bring with me when I return To the house that my father's hands made, A crooning bird on a chrystal bough and, O, a sad, sad word! 

Once I Had a Sweetheart

Once I had sweetheart, and now I have none, Once I had sweetheart, and now I have none, She's gone and leave me, she's gone and leave me, She's gone and leave me to sorrow and moan. Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see, Last night in sweet slumber...

Once I Knew a Pretty Girl

Once I knew a pretty girl I loved her as my life I'd gladly give my heart and hand To make her my wife Ooh to make her my wife She took me by the hand She led me to the door She put her arms around me Saying, "Please don't come no more Ooh please come no more...

One Day at a Time

I Live One Day At A Time I live one day at a time I dream one dream at a time Yesterday's dead, and tomorrow is blind And I live one day at a time. Bet you're surprised to see me back at home, You don't know how I miss you when you're gone Don't ask ho...

One Too Many Mornings

Down the street the dogs are barking And the day is a-gettin' dark As the night comes in a-falling The dogs will lose their bark And the silent night will shatter From the thoughts inside my mind And I'm one too many mornings And a thousand miles behind At t...

Only Heaven Knows

Seems we've been to heaven darling Ah the sad wind blows But I have lost my way my darling Tell me how it goes While the mist is rising darling Ah the sad wind blows Tell me how we met my darling Tell me all you know Well I am somewhat older darling Ah the sa...

Outside The Nashville City Limits

Outside the Nashville city limits a friend and I did drive, on a day in early winter I was glad to be alive. We went to see some friends of his who lived upon a farm. Strange and gentle country folk who would wish nobody harm. Fresh-cut sixty acres, eight cows...

Pack Up Your Sorrows

There's no use crying, talking to a stranger Naming the sorrow you've seen Too many sad times, too many bad times Nobody knows what you mean Ah, but if somehow you could pack up your sorrows And give them all to me You would lose them, I know how to use...

Pal of Mine

Pal Of Mine In the night, while you lay sleeping Dreaming of your amber skies Was a poor boy broken hearted Listening to the winds that sigh My little darling, oh how, I love you How I love you, none can tell In your heart you love another Little darling, pa...

Paso Rio

Paso rio Paso fuentes Siempre te encuentro lavando los colores de tu cara El agua los va llevando Si vas a la fuente no bebas el agua Que la envenenaron tus ojos de rana 

Pauvre Ruteboeuf

Que sont mes amis devenus Que j'avais de si prs tenus Et tant aims Ils ont t trop clairsems Je crois le vent les a 'ts L'amour est morte Ce sont amis que vent emporte Et il ventait devant ma porte Les emporta Avec le temps qu'arbres dfeuille Quand il ne reste...

Percy's Song

Bad news, bad news, Come to me where I sleep, Turn, turn, turn again. Sayin' one of your friends Is in trouble deep, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. Tell me the trouble, Tell me once to my ear, Turn, turn, turn again. Joliet prison For ninety-...

Plaisir d'Amour

The joys of love are but a moment long The pain of love endures the whole life long Your eyes kissed mine, I saw the love in them shine You brought me heaven right there when your eyes kissed mine My love loves me, a world of wonder I see A rainbow shines th...

Play Me Backwards

You don't have to play me backwards To get the meaning of my verse You don't have to die and go to hell To feel the devil's curse Well I thought my life was a photograph On the family Christmas card Kids all dressed in buttons and bows And lined up in the yar...

Please Come to Boston

Please come to Boston in the springtime I'm stayin' here with some friends, and they've got lots of room You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk By a cafe where I hope to be workin' soon Please come to Boston I said, 'No, would you come home to me?' And I...

Poor Wayfaring Stranger

I am a poor wayfaring stranger Wandering through this world of woe And theres no sickness, no toil or danger In that bright land to which I go Im going there to meet my mother She said, shed meet me when I come Im only going over Jordan Im only going over hom...

Portland Town

I was born in Portland town I was born in Portland town Yes I was, yes I was, Yes I was. I was born in Portland town, Got married in Portland town, Yes I did, yes I did, Yes, I did. Got married in Portland town, Had children one, two, three, Yes I did, yes...

Prendre un enfant

Prendre un enfant par la main Pour l'emmener vers demain, Pour lui donner la confiance en son pas, Prendre un enfant pour un roi. Prendre un enfant dans ses bras Et pour la première fois, Sécher ses larmes en étouffant de joie, Prendre un enfant dans ses bras....

Pretty Boy Floyd

If you'll gather 'round me children A story I will tell Of Pretty Boy Floyd an outlaw Oklahoma knew him well. It was in the town of Shawnee It was Saturday afternoon His wife beside him in his wagon As into town they rode. There a deputy sheriff approached him...

Pretty Peggy-O

I've been around this whole country But I never yet found Fenneario. Well, as we marched down, as we marched down Well, as we marched down to Fennerio' Well, our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove Her name that she had was Pretty Peggy-O Well, what...

Prison Trilogy

Billy Rose was a low rider, Billy Rose was a night fighter Billy Rose knew trouble like the sound of his own name Busted on a drunken charge Driving someone else's car The local midnight sheriff's claim to fame In an Arizona jail there are some who tell the t...

Put Your Hand In The Hand

Put your hand in the hand of the man Who stilled the water Put your hand in the hand of the man Who calmed the sea Take a look at yourself And you can look at others differently By puttin' your hand in the hand of the man From a Galilee Every time I...

Quantanamera

Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera Yo soy un hombre sincero, De donde crece la palma, Yo soy un hombre sincero, De donde crece la palma, Y antes de morirme quiero Echar mis versos del alma Guantanamera, guajira Guant...

Queen Of Hearts

To the queen of hearts is the ace of sorrow He's here today, he's gone tomorrow Young men are plenty but sweethearts few If my love leaves me what shall I do? Had I the store in yonder mountain Where gold and silver is there for counting I could not count for...

Railroad Bill

Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill Little way up on railroad hill And it's ride, ride, ride. Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill He never worked, and he never will, Ride, ride, ride. Kill me a chicken, send me the wing You think I'm workin', I don't do a thing. Ride, rid...

Railroad Boy

She went upstairs to make her bed And not one word to her mother said. Her mother she went upstairs too Saying, "Daughter, oh daughter, what's troublin' you?": "Oh mother, oh mother, I cannot tell That railroad boy that I love so well. He courted me my life aw...

Rainbow Road

I was born a poor poor man All my life I had hard workin' hands But I sang a song as I carried my load Cuz I had a dream about rainbow, rainbow road Then one day my chance came along A man heard me singin' and playing these old songs He bought me fine clothes...

Rake And Rambling Boy

I'm a Rake And a Ramblin' Boy CHORUS: Well I'm a rake and ramblin' boy. There's many a city I did enjoy, And now I've married me a pretty little wife and I love her dearer than I love my life. Oh, she was pretty, both neat and gay caused me to rob the broad h...

Ranger's Command

Come all of you cowboys all over this land I'll sing you the law of the Ranger's command. To hold a six-shooter and never to run As long as there's bullets in both of your guns. I met a fair maiden whose name I don't know I asked her to the round-up with me...

Recently

Recently it all came back to me Somebody promised us roses We slid by for awhile on dreams But today I see what's only a memory Of a decade ago that vanished from sight With the speed of a shooting star Leaving you, leaving me, where we are... Well, you could...

Rejoice in the Sun

Fields of children running wild In the sun Like a forest is your child, growing wild In the sun Doomed in his innocence In the sun Gather your children to your side In the sun Tell them all they love will die Tell them why In the Sun Tell them it's not too l...

Requiem

Mother mary, full or grace, awaken, All our homes are gone, our loved ones taken, Taken by the sea, Mother mary calm our fears, have mercy, Drowning in a sea of tears, have mercy, Hear our mournful plea, Our world has been shaken, We wander our homela...

Restless Farewell

Oh all the money that in my whole life I spent Be it mine right or wrongfully I'd let it slip gladly past the hands of my friends To tie up the time most forcefully But the bottles are done, we've killed each one And the table is full and overflowed And the co...

Reunion Hill

Must've been in late September When last I climbed Reunion Hill I fell asleep on Indian Boulder And dreamed a dream I will not tell I came home as the sun went down One eye trained upon the ground Even now I find their things Glasses, coins, and golden...

Rexroth's Daughter

Coldest night of the winter working up my farewell In the middle of everything under no particular spell Dreaming of the mountains where the children learn the stars Clouds roll in from Nebraska dark chords on a big guitar My restlessness is long gone standi...

Rider, Pass By

Tell me when you see them Gathered at the shore Dancing on their broken chains Ah, the ladies are no more In their blue jeans and their necklaces Against an evening sky But some of them are weeping Crying rider, please pass by The ship with all the riders Has...

Ring Them Bells

Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams Ring them bells from the sanctuaries cross the valleys and streams For they're deep and they're wide And the world on its side And time is running backwards And so is the bride. Ring them bells Saint Peter...

Rock, Salt and Nails

On the banks of the river, where the willows hang down, Where the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound, Down in the hollow where the water runs cold, It's there I *have listened to the lies that you told. (*first) Now I lie on my bed and I see your...

Rose of Sharon

I am a rose of Sharon A lily of the valley As a lily grown among the thorns Love in this world has found me As an apple tree among the trees That grow deep in the forest My lover's form in comely With life and limb most joyous Rise up my love and come...

Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

With your mercury mouth in the missionary times Your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes And your silver cross and your voice like chimes Who do they think could bury you? With your pockets well protected at last And your streetcar visions which you...

Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind

Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind, Wo sind sie geblieben? Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind, Was ist geschehen? Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind, Mädchen pflückten sie geschwind. Wann wird man je verstehen? Wann wird man je verstehen? Sag mir, wo die Mädchen s...

Saigon Bride

Farewell my wistful Saigon bride I'm going out to stem the tide A tide that never saw the seas It flows through jungles, round the trees Some say it's yellow, some say red It will not matter when we're dead How many dead men will it take To build a dike that...

Sailing

I am sailing, I am sailing, Home again 'cross the sea. I am sailing stormy waters, To be near you to be free. I am flying, I am flying, Like a bird 'cross the sky. I am flying passing high clouds, To be with you to be free. Can you hear me, can you hear me,...

San Francisco Mabel Joy

His daddy was a simple man, just a red dirt Georgia farmer And his momma spent her young live havin´ kids and balin´ hay He had fifteen years and an ache inside to wander So he hopped a freight in Waycross and wound up in L.A. Lord, the cold nights had no pit...

Satisfied Mind

How many times have you heard someone say "If I had his money, I could do things my way?" Little they know that it's so hard to find One rich man in a hundred with a satisfied mind. Once I was waitin' for fortune and fame Everything that I dreamed for to get...

Scarlet Tide

Well I recall his parting words Must I accept his fate? Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll A little bird did sing Man has no choice When he wants everything [Chorus:] We'll rise above the scarlet tide That trickles...

Seabirds

Don't worry about my politics They are what they are I work best when I get some rest Right now I'm in a bar Overlooking the whole wide world It's over the Pacific I've never written when I was drunk This could be terrific! And the seabird struggles in the wi...

Seven Bridges Road

Seven Bridges Road There are stars In the Southern sky Southward as you go There is moonlight And moss in the trees Down the Seven Bridges Road Now I have loved you like a baby Like some lonesome child And I have loved you in a tame way And I have lov...

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenl...

Silent Running

Earth between my toes and a flower in my hair That's what I was wearing when we lay among the ferns Earth between my toes and a flower I will wear when he returns Wind upon his face and my fingers in his hair That's what he was wearing when we lay beneath...

Silkie

An earthly nurse sits and sings, And aye she sings a lily wean - "Little ken I my bairn's father, Far less the land that he dwells in." For he's come one night to her bed's foot And a grumly guest I'm sure he'd be, Saying, "Here am I, thy bairn's father, Alth...

Silver Dagger

Don't sing love songs; you'll wake my mother She's sleeping here, right by my side And in her right hand, a silver dagger She says that I can't be your bride. All men are false, says my mother They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies The very next evening, they'l...

Simple Twist of Fate

They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones It was then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of fate. They walked alone by the old canal A...

Since You've Asked

What I'll give you since you asked is all my time together Take the rugged sunny days, the warm and rocky weather Take the roads that I have walked along Looking for tomorrow's time, peace of mind As my life spills into yours changing with the hours Filling u...

So We'll Go No More A-Roving

So we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night Though the heart be still as loving And the moon be still as bright For the sword outwears the sheath And the soul wears out the breast And the heart must pause to breathe And love itself must rest Though t...

Song Of Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bangladesh, Bangladesh When the sun sinks in the west Die a million people of the Bangladesh The story of Bangladesh Is an ancient one again made fresh By blind men who carry out commmands Which flow out of the laws upon which nation st...

Speaking Of Dreams

Speaking of dreams Here we are in the glistening streets of Gay Paree Playing the Gipsy Kings After the rain and taking tea at the Ritz in boots and jeans With a teenage girl who said that it would be her grandest dream And speaking of dreams, I really must sa...

Steal Across the Border

Kneeling in the moonlight, gazing on the shore, the girl with the blue bouquet What if you got it, what you're praying for? Careful what you pray You turn around, the old way is gone, you wonder how you will carry on All my pride I will lay aside, I will stea...

Stephanie's Room

"You've loved me exquisitely." "I tried to." "Can we be best of friends now?" "I never lied to you." "And can I love you forever?" "Sure," she said and smiled "But will you?" I wish there was some new way To sing about a full moon Poured down on us like a tho...

Stewball

Stewball was a good horse, he wore his head high And the mane on his fore top was fine as silk thread I rode him in England, I rode him in Spain And I never did lose, boys, I always did gain So come all you gamblers, wherever you are And don't bet your money...

Still Waters At Night

Still waters at night In the darkest of dark But you rise as white As the birch tree's bark Or a pale wolf in winter You look down and shiver At still waters at night Your eyes are as black As the blackness you're fearing And yonder a bridge And a voice withi...

Stones in the Road

When we were young, we pledged allegiance Every morning of our lives The classroom rang with children's voices Under teacher's watchful eye We learned about the world around us At our desks and at dinnertime Reminded of the starving children Cleaned our pla...

Strange Rivers

There are voices in the mirror, faces at the door That open on the rivers we've never seen before Are there choices for the sparrow, or does he only fly High above the rivers that are pulling you and I Oh, there are strange rivers, rivers that we cannot see T...

Suzzane

Suzzane takes you down To a place by the river. You can see the boats go by, You could spend the night forever. And you know that she's half crazy And that's why you want to be there. And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China....

Swallow Song

Come wander quietly and listen to the wind Come here and listen to the sky Come walking high above the rolling of the sea And watch the swallows as they fly There is no sorrow like the murmur of their wings There is no choir like their song There is no...

Sweet Sir Galahad

Sweet Sir Galahad came in through the window in the night when the moon was in the yard. He took her hand in his and shook the long hair from his neck and he told her she'd been working much too hard. It was true that ever since the day her crazy man had passe...

Sweeter For Me

Red telephone sitting by my bed Practically bore your name Lying alone in the twilight zone Waiting for your call to come in Hadn't been for the kid Who was sleeping upstairs You'd have found me well on my way On that midnight plane to L.A. You suffered sweet...

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming to carry me home. Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home. And I looked over yonder and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home? So a band, a band of angels, it was a coming for me, Coming for to carry you on...

Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South

[Chorus:] Take me back to the place where I first saw the light To my sweet sunny south, take me home Where the mocking birds sing me to sleep every night Oh why was I tempted to roam The path to our cottage they say has grown green And the place is quite lon...

Te ador

Te ador, tu amor, deixasse corpo da gente marcado, O….h, porque se mina gente tatuado. Te ador, tu amor, deixasse corpo da gente marcado, O….h, porque se mina gente tatuado. La la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la la l….a la la la la la la la, la la la l...

Te Recuerdo Amanda

Te recuerdo Amanda La calle mojada Corriendo a la fabrica Donde trabajaba Manuel La sonrisa ancha la lluvia en el pelo No importaba nada Ibas a encontrarte Con él, con él, con él, con él, con él Son cinco minutos la Vida es eterna en cinco minutos Suena la...

Tears of Rage

We carried you in our arms On Independence Day And now you'd throw us all aside And put us on our way Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun Would treat a father so To wait upon him hand and foot And always tell him, "No"? Tears of rage, tears of grief Why mu...

The 33rd of August

Today, there's no salvation, the band's packed up and gone Left me standing with my penny in my hand There's a big crowd at the station where the blind man sings his song But he can see what they cant understand. [Chorus:] Its the thirty-third of August and I...

The Altar Boy And The Thief

At night in the safety of shadows and numbers Seeking some turf on which nothing encumbers The buying and selling of casual looks Stuff that gets printed in x-rated books Your mother might have tried to understand When you were hardly your daddy's little man A...

The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti, Part One

"Give to me your tired and your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me." Blessed are the persecuted And blessed are the pure in heart Blessed are the merciful...

The ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, Part Two

Father, yes, I am a prisoner Fear not to relay my crime The crime is loving the forsaken Only silence is shame And now I'll tell you what's against us An art that's lived for centuries Go through the years and you will find What's blackened all of hist...

The Bells Of Gethsemani

Sweet brother, if I do not sleep My eyes are flowers on your tomb And if I cannot eat my bread My fasts shall live like willows where you died If in the heat I find no water for my thirst My thirst shall turn to springs for you, poor traveler Come, in your la...

The Best of Friends

We may not always be the best of lovers But if you leave it to me I think I can see We'll always be the best of friends And one day when I am old and on the porch With knittings around my knees you hear me say Excuse me please, but aren't you the one An...

The Boxer

I'm just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told I have squadered my resistance For a pocketful of numbles Such are promises, all lies and jest Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest. When I left my home and family I was no more than...

The Brand New Tennessee Waltz

Oh, my, but you have a pretty face You favour a girl that I knew I imagine that she's still in Tennessee And, by God, I should be there, too I've a sadness too sad to be true Well I left Tennessee in a hurry, dear The same way that I'm leaving you But love is...

The Carol Of The Birds

When rose the eastern star The birds came from afar In that full might of glory With one melodious voice They sweetly did rejoice And sang the wondrous story Sang, praising God on high Enthroned above the sky And His fair mother, Mary The eagle left his lair...

The Cherry Tree Carol

When Joseph was an old man, an old man was he He married Virgin Mary, the Queen of Galilee He married Virgin Mary, the Queen of Galilee Joseph and Mary walked through an orchard green There were cherries and berries, as thick as might be seen There were cherr...

The Dangling Conversation

It's a still life water color, Of a now late afternoon, As the sun shines through the curtained lace And shadows wash the room. And we sit and drink our coffee Couched in our indifference, Like shells upon the shore You can hear the ocean roar In the dangling...

The Death of Queen Jane (Child No. 170)

Queen Jane lay in labor For six weeks and more The women grew weary And the midwife gave o'er King Henry, he was sent for On horse back and speed King Henry came to her In the time of her need Oh Henry, good King Henry If that you do be Please pierce my side...

The Dream Song

I had a dream I was following a barefoot girl Beside a dream that flowed around the world And we spoke of many things, though her mouth never moved As the most peculiar scenes were disappearing into view Oh what a dream, beyond the realm of why Pretty little...

The First Noel

The First Noel, the Angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay In fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night that was so deep. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel! They looked up and saw a star Shi...

The Greenwood Side

There was a fair maiden lived in the north Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh She fell in love with her father's clerk Down by the Greenwood side, oh He courted her a year and a day Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh Till her the young man did betray Down by the Gr...

The Hitchhiker's Song

When the mist rolls in on Highway One Like a curtain to the day A thousand silhouettes hold out their thumbs And I see them and I say You are my children My sweet children I am your poet. With hair just like the burning tree of Moses The girl beside you is yo...

The House Carpenter

"Well met, well met, my own true love Well met, well met", cried he "I've just returned from the salt, salt sea All for the love of thee" I could have married the king's daughter dear She would have married me But I have forsaken her crowns of gold All for th...

The Lady Came from Baltimore

The lady cam from Baltimore All she wore was lace She didn't know that I was poor She never saw my face I was sent to steal her money Take her rings and run But I fell in love with the lady Came away with none the lady's name was Suzanne Moore Her daddy read...

The Land of a Thousand Dances

One, two, three! One, two, three! You gotta know how to pony like Bony Maronie Mashed Potato, do the Alligator Put your hands on your hips, let your back-bone slip Do the Watusi, like my little Lucy Na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na...

The Last Thing on My Mind

It's a lesson too late for the learnin', Made of sand, made of sand. In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin' In your hand, in your hand. Are you goin' away with no word of farewell ? Will there be not a trace left behind ? I could have loved you better...

The Little Drummer Boy

Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King to see, pa-rum pum pum pum Our finest gifts we bring pa-rum pum pum pum To lay before the King pa-rum pum pum pum Rum pum pum pum. rum pum pum pum So to honor Him pa-rum pum pum pum When we come Little Ba...

The Lower Road

Cut me down, Bury this rosary Somewhere out of town, Somewhere out by the sea And take this ring, Give it to Emily And tell her I’m peaceful now, Tell her I’ve been released I will be rolling on, I will be rolling on . . . Well I know that dream, I kn...

The many crimes of Cain

Father, can you hear the tolling of the bells Echo a hundred thousand sons who wish you well? Tears will pour from the Golden Eagle now He watches as your soul departs The fields and the sanctuaries soon will overflow With the solidarity of hearts...

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train 'til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond that fell It was a time I remember, oh, so well The night the...

The Partisan

They poured across the borders We were cautioned to surrender This I could not do Into the hills I vanished No one ever asks me Who I am or where I'm going But those of you who know You cover up my footprints I have changed my name so often I have lost my wi...

The River In The Pines

Oh, Mary was a maiden When the birds began to sing She was sweeter than the blooming rose So early in the spring Her thoughts were gay and happy And the morning gay and fine For her lover was a river boy From the river in the pines Now Charlie, he got marrie...

The Rose

Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed Some say love it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need I say love it is a flower and you its only seed It's the heart afraid of breaking that neve...

The Salt of the Earth

Let's drink to the hard working people Let's drink to the lowly of birth Raise your glass to the good and the evil Let's drink to the salt of the earth Say a prayer for the common foot soldier Spare a thought for his back breaking work Say a prayer for his wi...

The Times They Are A-Changin’

Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times the...

The Tramp on the Street

Only a tramp was Lazarus that day, He lay down by the rich man's gate. He begged for crumbs from the rich man to eat But they left him to die like a tramp on the street. And Jesus who died on Calvary's tree, Shed his life blood for you and for me They pierced...

The Trees They Grow So High

The trees they grow high, the leaves they do grow green Many is the time my true love I've seen Many an hour I have watched him all alone He's young, but he's daily growing Father, dear father, you've done me great wrong You have married me to a boy who is to...

The Unquiet Grave (Child No. 78)

Cold blows the wind to my true love And gently drops the rain I've never had but one true love And in green-wood he lies slain I'll do as much for my true love As any young girl may I'll sit and mourn all on his grave For a twelve months and a day And when t...

The Water Is Wide

The water is wide I cannot get over And neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row my love and I Oh love is handsome and love is fine And love's a jewel when it's first new But love grows old and waxes cold And fades away...

The Wild Mountain Thyme

Oh, the summer time is coming, And the trees are sweetly blooming, And the wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather. Will you go, lassie, will you go? Chorus: And we'll all go together To pull wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather,...

There But For Fortune

Show me the prison, show me the jail Show me the prisoner, whose life has gone stale And I'll show you a young man With so many reasons why And there but for fortune, go you or I......mm.mm Show me the alley, show me the train Show me the hobo, who sleep...

Three Fishers

Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west as the sun went down, Each thought on the woman that loves him the best, And the children stood watching them out of the town. For men must work and women must weep, For there's little to earn an...

Three Horses

In the early dawn A stallion white Prances the hills In the morning light His bridle is painted With thunder and gold Orchids and dragons Pale knights of old He´s the horse of the ages past And now the children run To see the stallion on the hill Bringin...

Through Your Hands

You were dreaming on a park bench about a broad highway somewhere When the music from the carillon seemed to hurl your heart out there Past the scientific darkness, past the fireflies that float To an angel bending down to wrap you in her warmest cloak And yo...

Time Is Passing Us By

The moon is low on the southland The frogs are asleep on the lake Did you know that tears run in rivulets And hearts can repeatedly break? And this may well be the last time If my spirits don't pick up and fly For though it's sad It may well be true That our t...

To Bobby

I'll put flowers at your feet and I will sing to you so sweet And hope my words will carry home to your heart You left us marching on the road and said how heavy was the load The years were young, the struggle barely had its start Do you hear the voices in...

Tumbleweed

feel like a lonesome tumbleweed rolling across an open plain, I feel like something nobody needs I feel my life drifting away, drifting away - I feel like a broken wagon wheel when I can't hop a slow-moving train Think I know how a coyote feels when he's howl...

Turquoise

Your eyes beams like sunlight on a gull's wings And the leaves dance and play after you Take my hand and hold it as you would a flower Take care with my heart, oh, darling, she's made of glass Your eyes feel like sunlight resting on me And the birds cease to...

Txoria Txori

HEGOAK EBAKI BANIZKIO NERIA IZANGO ZEN EZ ZUEN ALDEGINGO BAINAN, HONELA EZ ZEN GEHIAGO TXORIA IZANGO ETA NIK...TXORIA NUEN MAITE THE BIRD WHICH IS A BIRD IF I HAD CUT THE WINGS TO HER SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN MINE SHE WOULD NOT BE FLEES BUT,THUS SHE WOULD NOT HAV...

Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary had a one son, Oh, glory halleluja, Oh, pretty little baby, Glory be to the new born King. "Well, Mary how you call that pretty little baby, Oh, pretty little baby, Oh, pretty little baby, Glory be to the new born King". "Well, some call Him Jesu...

Wagoner's Lad

Oh, hard is the fortune of all woman kind She's always controlled, she's always confined Controlled by her parents until she's a wife A slave to her husband the rest of her life Oh, I'm just a poor girl my fortune is sad I've always been courted by the wagone...

Walkin' Down the Line

Well, I'm walkin' down the line Walkin' down the line I'm walkin' down the line My feet'll be a-flyin' To tell you about my troubled mind I got a heavy-headed gal Got a heavy-headed gal Got a heavy-headed gal She ain't feelin' well When she's better only time...

We Shall Overcome

We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome, some day. Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome, some day. We'll walk hand in hand, We'll walk hand in hand, We'll walk hand in hand, some day. Oh, deep in my heart, We shall liv...

Welcome Me

Welcome me to the city of angels, Devil prophets still hold my hand. I walked your stillborn streets for hours, Ethnic echoes spitting out their trials. I'll be the first to praise the sun, The first to praise the moon. The first to hold the lone coyote, The l...

Well May the World Go

[Chorus] Well may the world go, The world go, the world go, Well may the world go, When I'm far away. Well may the skiers turn, The swimmers churn, the lovers burn Peace, may the generals learn When I'm far away. [Chorus] Sweet may the fiddle sound The banj...

What Have They Done to The Rain

Just a little rain falling all around The grass lifts its head to the heavenly sound Just a little rain, just a little rain What have they done to the rain Just a little boy standing in the rain [Lyrics from www.EasyLyrics.org] The gentle rain that falls...

What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby

Mary, Mary, had a little baby, Oo pretty little baby, Oo pretty little baby Glory be to the newborn king. Star a shinin', shinin' on the manger, Oo, shinin' on the manger Oo, welcoming a stranger Glory be to the newborn king. Mary, Mary, who was here who kne...

When Time Is Stolen

The music stopped in my hand My hand My hand Sadly smiled the band The band The band Softly echoes your laughter Riddled with tears When time is stolen it flies It flies It flies Lovers leave in disguise Disguise Disguise Weariness hangs like a curtain Heavy a...

When You Hear Them Cuckoos Hollerin'

CHORUS When you hear them cuckoos hollerin' When you hear them cuckoos hollerin' When you hear them cuckoos hollerin' Sign of rain, buddy, it'ss a sign of rain Goin' up on the mountain, for to see my baby Goin' up on the mountain, for to see my baby Goin' up...

Where Are You Now My Son

It's walking to the battleground that always makes me cry I've met so few folks in my time who weren't afraid to die But dawn bleeds with the people here and morning skies are red As young girls load up bicycles with flowers for the dead An aging woman picks...

Where have All The Flowers Gone

Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls g...

Where's My Apple Pie?

Been sitting on old park benches Brother, hasn't it been fun? But you remember me from the trenches I fought in World War One Yes, you saw us off at the troop train Smiling a brave goodbye But where were you when we came home To claim our apple pie Oh...

Wildwood Flower

Wildwood Flower (traditional) As recorded by The Carter Family Written by A. P. Carter Key of E [Maybelle puts a capo on the 4th fret and plays as if in the key of C using the following chords]: [C] Oh, I'll twine with my mingles And [G] waving black [C] ha...

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Will the circle be unbroken By and by, Lord, by and bye There's a better home a waiting In the sky, Lord, in the sky I was standing by the window On a cold and cloudy day When I saw the hearse come rolling To carry my mother away Will the circle be unbroken...

Willie Moore

Willie Moore was a young man, his age 21 and he courted a damsel fair Oh, her eyes were as white as a diamond after night and a wavy jet black wore her hair He courted her by night and day until marriage they did agree Oh, but when he came to get her parents'...

Winds of the Old Days

The lady's adrift in a foreign land Singing on issues both humble and grand A Decade flew past her and there on the page She read that the prince had returned to the stage Hovering near treacherous waters A friend saw her drifting and caught her Unguarded fant...

Wings

At night we crossed the border Following a Black robe To the edge of the reservation ton Cataldo Mission Where the saints and all the martyrs Look down on dying converts What makes the water holy she says is that that it's the closest thing to rain I stole a...

Wings Of Fantasy

Come all of ye fair and silver ladies Who rise with the dawn Dreaming of lovers Sing to the swans The count gave me a jet black saddle to ride upon Showed me the view Showed me the horses And he showed me you And you were young as morning sunlight Yo...

With God on Our Side

Oh my name it is nothin' My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I's taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side. Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cav...

Yellow Coat

It's a long time since I saw you last So tell me how you've been Did you ever get to buy that yellow coat? Do the flowers in you window box Still smile when you walk in? Did you read the letters that I wrote? And I've been on the road since Christmas But it do...

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

Clouds so swift, rain won't lift Gate won't close, the railings froze Get your mind off wintertime You ain't going nowhere Whoo-ee! Ride me high Tomorrow's the day my man's gonna come Oh, oh, are we gonna fly Down in the easy chair! I don't care how many lett...

You're Aging Well

Why is it that as we grow older and stronger The road signs point us adrift and make us afraid Saying "You never can win," "Watch your back," "Where's your husband?" Oh, I don't like the signs that the sign makers made. So I'm going to steal out with my paint...