Ludowa angielska

A brisk young sailor courted me, He stole away my liberty, He stole my heart with a free good will, I must confess I love him still. Down in the meadows she did run, A gathering flowers as they sprung, Every sort she gave a pull, Till she had gathered her apro...

A B C D E F G, H I J K L M N O P, Q R S T U V, W X Y and Z, Now I know my A B C Won't you come and sing with me. 

Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria! [England, give thanks to God for victory!] Owre Kynge went forth to Normandy With grace and myght of chyvalry Ther God for hym wrought mervelusly; Wherefore Englonde may call and cry Chorus Deo gratias! Deo gratias Angl...

As I walked forth one summer's day, To view the meadows green and gay A pleasant bower I espied Standing fast by the river side, And in't a maiden I heard cry: Alas! alas! there's none e'er loved as I. Then round the meadow did she walk, Catching each flower...

When the sheep are in the fauld, and the kye at hame, And a' the warld tae rest are gane, The waes o' my heart fa' in showers frae my e'e, While my gudeman lies sound by me. Young Jamie lo'ed me weel, and sought me for his bride; But saving a croun he had nae...

"Hi!" said the blackbird sitting on a chair. "Once I courted a lady fair; She proved fickle and turned her back, And ever since then I've dressed in black." "Hi!" said the little leather-winged bat. "I will tell you the reason that, Reason that I fly in the n...

It's in the evening after dark, When the blackleg miner creeps to work, With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt, There goes the blackleg miner! Well he takes his tools and doon he goes To hew the coal that lies below, There's not a woman in this town-row Wil...

A blacksmith courted me Nine months and better He fairly won my heart Wrote me a letter. With his hammer in his hand He looked so clever And if I was with my love I would live forever. But where is my love gone With his cheeks like roses And his good black Bi...

Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly, Blow the wind south o'er the bonny blue sea; Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly, Blow bonnie breeze, my lover to me. They told me last night there were ships in the offing, And I hurried down to the d...

Bobby Shafto's gone to sea, Silver buckles at his knee; He'll come back and marry me, Bonny Bobby Shafto! Bobby Shafto's bright and fair, Panning out his yellow hair; He's my love for evermore, Bonny Bobby Shafto! 

It was on the fifth of August-er' the weather fine and fair, Unto Brigg Fair I did repair, for love I was inclined. I rose up with the lark in the morning, with my heart so full of glee, Of thinking there to meet my dear, long time I'd wished to see. I took...

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 all o...

Early one morning, Just as the sun was rising, I heard a maid sing, In the valley below. R: Oh, don't deceive me, Oh, never leave me, How could you use A poor maiden so? Remember the vows, That you made to your Mary, Remember the bow'r, Where you vowed to be...

There was a farmer's son, Kept sheep all on the hill; And he walk'd out one May morning To see what he could kill. Chorus And sing blow away the morning dew The dew, and the dew. Blow away the morning dew, How sweet the winds do blow. He looked high, he look...

A Frog he would a wooing go, Heigh-ho, says Rowley, A Frog he would a-wooing go, Whether this mother would let him or no, With a Roley, Poley, Gammon and Spinach, Heigh-ho says Anthony Rowley. He saddled and bridled a great black snail, Heigh-ho, says Rowley,...

As I was a walking one morning in Spring, For to hear the birds whistle and the nightingales sing, I saw a young damsel, so sweetly sang she: Down by the Green Bushes he thinks to meet me. I stepped up to her and thus I did say: Why wait you my fair one, so l...

Alas my love you do me wrong To cast me off discourteously; And I have loved you oh so long Delighting in your company. Greensleeves was my delight, Greensleeves my heart of gold Greensleeves was my heart of joy And who but my lady Greensleeves. I have been...

Hail smiling morn, smiling morn, That tips the hills with gold, that tips the hills with gold, Whose rosy fingers ope the gates of day, Ope the gates, the gates of day, Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail! Who the gay face of nature doth unfold, Who the gay face of nature...

A nobleman met with a thresherman one day "Come now, good honest fellow, come tell to me I pray You have a large family, I know it to be true How d'you manage to maintain them so well as you do?" "Why, sometimes I do reap and sometimes I do sow Sometimes to h...

A fair young maid all in her garden, A strange young man comes passing by Saying fair maid, will you marry me And this answer was her reply 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 But still no m...

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green, When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be queen. Who told you so, dilly, dilly, who told you so? 'Twas my own heart, dilly, dilly, that told me so. Call up your men, dilly, dilly, set them to work Some to the p...

A fine young man it was indeed, He was mounted on his milk-white steed; He rode, he rode himself all alone, Until he came to lovely Joan. "Good morning to you, pretty maid." And, "Twice good morning, sir", she said. He gave her a wink, she rolled her eye. Say...

The Griffine, Bustard, Turkey & Capon Lett other hungry Mortalls gape on And on theire bones with Stomacks fall hard, But lett All Souls' Men have ye Mallard. CHORUS: Hough the bloud of King Edward, By ye bloud of King Edward, It was a swapping, swapping...

I once loved a boy and a bonny bonny boy, I loved him I vow and protest, I loved him so well, there's no tongue can tell, Till I built him a berth on my breast. 'Twas up the wild forest and through the green groves Like one that was troubled in mind, I hallo...

In Nottamun Town, not a soul to be seen Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down To show me the way to fair Nottamun Town I bought me a horse twas called a grey mare Grey mane and grey tail and...

Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee, ah saw thee? On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee, ah saw thee? Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee? On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at Tha's been a cooarti...

One man went to mow, Went to mow a meadow, One man and his dog, Went to mow a meadow Two men went to mow, Went to mow a meadow, Two men, one man and his dog, Went to mow a meadow Three men went to mow, Went to mow a meadow, Three men, two men, one man and hi...

Jocky met with Jenny fair Aft by the dawning of the day; But Jockey now is fu' of care Since Jenny staw his heart away. Altho' she promis'd to be true She proven has, alake! unkind Which gars poor Jockey aften rue That e'er he loo'd a fickle mind. Tis o'er th...

Now my name is Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall Oh my name is Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall Oh my name is Samuel Hall, and I hate you one and all You're a bunch of mucker's all Blast your eyes. You're a bunch of mucker's all Blast your eyes. Now I killed a ma...

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, Remember me to one who lives there, For she once was a true love of mine. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, Without no seam nor fine needlework, And th...

As I walked out on a May morning, on a May morning so early, I overtook a pretty fair maid just as the day was a-dawning. Chorus: With a rue-rum-ray, fol-the-diddle-day, Whack-fol-lare-diddle-I-doh. Her eyes were bright and her stockings white, and her buc...

Six dukes went a-fishing, Down by yon sea-side, One of them spied a dead body, Lain by the waterside. The one said to the other, These words I heard them say, "It's the royal Duke of Grantham, That the tide has washed away." They took him up to Portsmouth, T...

As I was going to Strawberry Fair, Singing, singing, Butter-cups and Daisies I met a maiden taking her ware, Fol-de-dee! Her eyes were blue and golden her hair, As she went on to Strawberry Fair, Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-riddle-li-do, Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-ridd...

As sweet Polly Oliver lay musing in bed, A sudden strange fancy came into her head. "Nor father nor mother shall make me false prove, I'll 'list as a soldier, and follow my love." So early next morning she softly arose, And dressed herself up in her dead brot...

Ye gentlemen of England who live home at your ease, It's little do you think of the dangers of the seas; When we receive our orders we are obliged to go On the main to proud Spain where the stormy winds do blow. Was on the fourth of August from Spithead we se...

As it fell out on a holy day, The drops of rain did fall, did fall, Our Saviour asked leave of His mother, May, If He might go play at ball. “To play at ball, my own dear Son, It’s time you was going or gone, But be sure let me hear no complaint of you, At ni...

The cock is dead, the cock is dead, the cock is dead, the cock is dead. He will never cry, cocodi, cocoda, he will never cry, cocodi, cocoda, coco coco coco cocodi, cocoda. 

Farewell to Prince's Landing Stage River Mersey, fare thee well I am bound for California, A place I know right well R: So fare thee well, my own true love For when I return, united we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me But my darling w...

When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year. As me and my companions was setting ou...

There was a jolly harper-man, That harped aye frae toun to toun; A wager he made, with two knights he laid To steal King Henry's Wanton Brown. Sir Roger he wagered five ploughs o land, Sir Charles wagered five thousand pound, And John he's taen the deed in ha...

Listen to me and you shall hear, news hath not been this thousand year: Since Herod, Caesar, and many more, you never heard the like before. Holy-dayes are despis'd, new fashions are devis'd. Old Christmas is kicked out of Tow Yet let's be content, and the tim...

In good King Arthur's day When we served under the King Lived a miller and a weaver and a little tailor Three jolly rogues of Lynn. Now the miller he stole corn And the weaver he stole yarn And the little tailor he stole broadcloth For to keep those three rog...

To Anacreon in Heav'n, Where he sat in full glee, A few Sons of Harmony Sent a petition That he their Inspirer And Patron would be; When this answer arrived From the Jolly Old Grecian: "Voice, Fiddle, and Flute, No longer be mute, I'll lend you my name And ins...

Tom Pearce, Tom Pearce, lend me your grey mare. All along, down along, out along lee. For I want for to go to Widecombe Fair, With Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all, Old Uncle Tom Cobley...

Dance to your Daddy, my little laddy Dance to your Daddy, my little man Thou shalt have a fish and thou shalt have a fin Thou shalt have a codlin when the boat comes in Thou shalt have haddock baked in a pan Dance to your Daddy, my little man Dance to your Da...

Tom Pearse, Tom Pearse, lend me your grey mare All along, down along, out along lee For I want for to go to Widdicombe Fair With Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney Peter Day, Daniel Whiddon, Harry Hawk Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh a...