Pete Seeger

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...

Henry: There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole. Liza: So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it. H: With what should I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With...

My grandma, she can make a soup, With a little a' this 'n' that. She can feed the whole sloop group, With a little a' this 'n' that. Stone soup! You know the story. Stone soup! Who needs the glory? But with grandma cooking, no need to worry. Just a litt...

Once upon a time there was a little boy, who played a ukulele. He'd go around town: clink, clunk, CLONK! Of course, the grownups would be busy, and they'd say: "Take that thing out of here. We're talking. Git!" And they'd kick him out of the house. Not onl...

Early in the morning, Just as the sun was rising Adam started inventing things, And the results were surprising. Later in the morning The sun was getting higher. Adam made a discovery, He learned to handle fire. Invented spears, invented guns, Inven...

Did you ever hear the story of Aimee McPherson? Aimee McPherson, that wonderful person, She weight a hundred eighty and her hair was red And preached a wicked sermon, so the papers said. Cho: Hi dee hi dee hi dee hi Ho dee ho dee ho dee ho. Aimee built...

I'm Alabama bound I'm Alabama bound And if the train don't stop and turn around I'm Alabama bound Oh, don't you leave me here Oh, don't you leave me here But if you must go anyhow Just leave a dime for beer Oh don't you be like me Oh don't you be like me Drink...

I don't want your millions, Mister, I don't want your diamond ring. All I want is the right to live, Mister, Give me back my job again. Now, I don't want your Rolls-Royce, Mister, I don't want your pleasure yacht. All I want's just food for my babies, G...

You know this language that we speak, is part German, Latin and part Greek Celtic and Arabic all in a heap, well amended by the people in the street Choctaw gave us the word "okay"; "Vamose" is a word from Mexico way. And all of this is a hint I suspec...

I had a little book was given to me, And every page spelled Liberty. All my trials Lord, soon be over. If religion were a thing that money could buy, The rich would live and the poor would die. All my trials Lord, soon be over. Too late my brothers, to...

Alleluya, Alleluya. Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya. Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya 

[Chorus:] Amen, amen Amen, amen, amen. See the little baby Amen Lying in the manager Amen On Christmas morning, Amen, amen, amen. See Him in the temple Amen Talking to the elders. Amen How they all marvelled. Amen, amen, amen. See Him at the...

~~~~♫ whistling ♫ ~~~~ O beautiful, for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountains majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea. ---------...

There was a tree All in the wood The prettiest tree That you ever did see Now, the tree in a hole And the hole in the ground And the green grass grows all around, all around, and the green grass grows all around And on that tree There was a li...

[Chorus after each verse:] I want to go to Andorra, Andorra, Andorra, I want to go to Andorra, it's a place that I adore, They spent four dollars and ninety cents On armaments and their defense, Did you ever hear of such confidence? Andorra, hip hurrah!...

Early in the mornin' I first see the sun, I say a little prayer for the world. I hope all the children live a long, long time, Yes, every little boy and little girl. I hope they learn to laugh at the way Some wicked old words do seem to change, 'Cause t...

You're one of us now Johann Sebastian Bach Your statues stand But you Chained in your own score Were dragged to Treblinka Where murder and music Go hand-in-hand 

On April the thirtieth Nineteen thirty-three Upon the streets of Wilder They shot him brave and free They shot my darling father He fell upon the ground 'Twas in the back they shot him His blood came streaming down They took the pistol handles And b...

I've travelled around this country From shore to shining shore And it really makes me wonder What the world is coming to I see the weary farmer Just plowing up the loam And I see the auction hammer A'selling off his home Cho: But the banks are made...

I asked my love to take a walk Just to walk a little way And as we walked, and as we talked Of our golden wedding day Then only say that you'll be mine In no other arms you'll find Down beside where the waters flow On the banks of the Ohio I drew a s...

In Scarlet town where I was born There was a fair maid dwellin’ Made many a youth cry well a-day, And her name was Barb’ry Allen T’was in the merry month of May When green buds they were a swellin’ Sweet William came from the west country, And he courted Barb...

Be kind to your parents Though they don't deserve it Remember that grown ups Is a difficult stage of life They're apt to be nervous And over excited Confused by their Daily storm and strife Just keep in mind Though it seems hard I know Most parents...

I was born long ago, in eighteen ninety four I've seen many a panic I will own I've been hungry, I've been cold, and now I'm growin' old But the worst I've seen is nineteen thirty one Oh those beans, bacon and gravy They almost drive me crazy I eat them...

Refrain: Behold that star! Behold that star up yonder, Behold that star! It is the star of Bethlehem. 1. There was no room found in the inn. It is the star of Bethlehem. For Him who was born free from sin. (It is the star of Bethlehem. Refrain 2. Th...

Belle Starr, Belle Starr, tell me where you have gone Since old Oklahoma's sand hills you did roam? Is it heaven's wide streets that you're tying your reins Or single footing somewhere below? Eight lovers they say combed your waving black hair Eight men...

Oh, the ink is black, the page is white Together we learn to read and write To read and write And now a child can understand This is the law of all the land All the land Chorus with child's voice: Oh, the ink is black, the page is white Together we le...

Black girl, black girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through Black girl, black girl, where will you go I'm going where the cold wind blow...

Black is the color of my true love's hair His face is like roses so fair He's the prettiest face And the neatest of hands I love the ground on where he stands Oh I love my love And this he knows I love the ground on whereon he goes If you no more on e...

As I was out walkin' down paradise street To me way, hey, blow the man down A pretty young damsel I chanced for to meet Give me some time to blow the man down She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow So I took in all sail and cried, "Way enough...

How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, T...

Let bring me upright and I feel uptight in this place shitty and I'm feelin' kinda gritty. Oh blue days Do I, do I, do I need a new beginning? got pushed, got shoved, got squeezed Oh blue days, what is there to do? I'm bushed See that sloop sailin' up the...

When I was young, I used to wait On the boss and give him his plate And pass him the bottle when he got dry And brush away the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's go...

Have you heard the latest, the latest of the song, 'Bout that little boll weevil - he done been there and gone; Lookin' for a home - lookin' for a home. Boll weevil he's a little black buck from Mexico they say, Came all the way to Texas lookin' for a pla...

Bows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I could have done But clouds got in my way I've looked a...

Me and my wife went all over town And everywhere we went people turned us down Lord, in a bourgeois town It's a bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around Home of the brave, land of the free I don't wanna be mistre...

Bring a little water Silvy Bring a little water now Bring a little water Silvy Every little once in a while (I mean it) Every little once in a while Don't you hear me calling Don't you hear me now Don't you hear me calling Every little once in a while...

If you love your Uncle Sam Bring them home, bring them home Support our boys in Vietnam Bring them home, bring them home It'll make our generals sad, I know Bring them home, bring them home They want to tangle with the foe Bring them home, bring them h...

As I was walking down the street Down the street, down the street A pretty girl I chanced to meet And we danced by the light of the moon Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight Come out tonight come out tonight Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight A...

'Twas in the town o' Jacksboro, in the spring o' seventy-three A man by the name o' Crego come steppin' up to me Said how d'you do young fellers, and how'd you like to go And spend one summer pleasantly on the range o' the buffalo It's me bein' out of emp...

Well it's C for Conscription, C for Capitol Hill. C for Conscription, C for Capitol Hill. Hey, hey, hey And it's C for the Congress That passed that goddamn bill. Yodellayee Yeow! hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo. I'd rather be at home, Even sleeping in a holler...

Well, I came down there with my hat caved in Oh I'll go back home with my pocket full of tin oh doo-dah day Goin' to run all night, goin' to run all day I'll bet my money on the bobtail nag, somebody bet on the bay. Well, the Camptown ladies sing this son...

I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines I feed my horse on corn and beans, And sport young ladies in their teens Tho' a Captain in the Army. I teach the ladies how to dance How to dance, how to dance I teach the ladies how to dance For I'm the pet of the Army...

Oh love, ooh love Oh, careless love Yes, oh love, oh love Oh, careless love Oh love oh, oh love Oh love, oh, careless How can't you see What careless love, have done? And it have caused me to weep And to It done caused me to weep And to moan...

Come all you rounders if you wanna hear The story of a brave engineer Casey Jones was the rounder's name On the big six-wheeler boys he made his fame Well the caller called Casey 'bout half past four He kissed his wife at the station door He stepped int...

There's a cement octopus sits in Sacramento, I think, Gets red tape to eat, gasoline taxes to drin, And it grows by day and it grows by night And it rolls over everything in sight. Oh, stand by me and protect that tree From the freeway misery. Who knows...

Ay, ay, ay, ay Canta y no llores Porque cantando se alegran Cielito lindo, los corazones De la Sierra Morena Cielito lindo, vienen bajando Un par de ojitos negros Cielito lindo, de contrabando Ese lunar que tienes Cielito lindo, junto a la boca No se lo des...

All my life's a circle Sunrise and sundown The moon rose through the nighttime Till the day break comes around All my life's a circle Still I wonder why Seasons spinning round again Years keep rolling by (2) Seems like I've been here before I can't r...

Oh mama oh mama, Come wash my face 3x 2x And make it nice, and clean-O Oh brother oh brother, Come scrub my back 3x 2x And scrub it nice and clean-O Oh daddy oh daddy Come shine my shoes 3x 2x And polish them nice and clean-O Oh sweetie oh sweetie...

In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner, forty-niner And his daughter Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine Thou art lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine. Light she was and like a fairy...

Oh, me name is Dick Darby, I'm a cobbler I served my time at ould camp Some call me an old agitator But now I'm resolved to repent With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doe With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day With me roo-boo-boo roo-boo-bo...

Way down in Columbus Georgia Lord I wish I was back in Tennessee Way down in that old Columbus Stockade My friends all have turned their back on me. Go and leave me if you wish to Never let me cross your mind In your heart you love another Leave me, li...

Come all ya hardy miners and help us sing this song Sung by some union men four hundred thousand strong With John White our general, we'll fight without a gun He'll lead us on to victory and sixty cents a ton Come all ye hardy miners and help us sing this...

When you go to work well you work like the devil At the end of the week you're not on the level Payday comes, you ain't got a penny 'Cause when you pay your bills you got so many I'm a-gonna starve and everybody will 'Cause you can't make a livin' in a c...

There's a cowboy that I know ridin' in the rodeo He's a feller that I'm fondest of I love him and he loves me and that's the way it ought to be But he drives me crazy when we're makin' love cause he always starts to yodel (yodel) Well he always squeezed me at...

Coyot', Coyotee-ee-ee! What have they done? My brother, where brother, where where do you run? They strychinined the mountains, they strychinined the plains brother, the coyote, won't come back again, won't come back again. When you hear him singin...

Crawly creepy little mousie, From the barnie to the housie. In the pantry under the shelf! Found some cheese and helped himself. Nibble nibble nibble nibble! 

Belle Starr, Belle Starr, tell me where you have gone Since old Oklahoma's sand hills you did roam? Is it heaven's wide streets that you're tying your reins Or single footing somewhere below? Eight lovers they say combed your waving black hair Eight men...

Me and my wife and my wife's pap We're all going down to Cumberland Gap Me and my wife and my wife's pap We're all going down to Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap Hey, way down yonder in Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap with its cliffs and rocks Hom...

Away, away, we're bound for the mountain, bound for the mountain, bound for the mountain; Over the hills, the fields, and the fountain, away to the chase, away, away! Rover, Rover, see him, see him; Rover, Rover, catch him, catch him; Over the mountain, the...

I went down to the railroad yard, watch that train come by, Knew the train would roll that day, but I did not know what time. I did not know what time, boys, did not know what time. Knew the train would roll that day but I did not know what time. Good mo...

Wake up wake up darling Corey What makes you sleep so sound The revenue officers are coming They're gonna tear your still house down Well the first time I seen darling Corey She was sitting on the banks of the sea Had a forty-four around her body And a...

Im haboker ya'ale Veotanu yegalé Im halev beor shuv ytmale Dayenu Im bashemesh hachama Od yavshilu sdot kama Im nishbor ra'av vegam tzama Dayenu. Veim notra meat chiba - dayenu Veim lishmoach yesh siba - dayenu Veim ismach hador haba - dayenu Veyote...

Dear Mr. President, I set me down, To send you greetings from my home town, And send you best wishes from all the friends I know In Texas, Alabama, Ohio, And affiliated places. Brooklyn, Mississippi. I'm an ordinary guy, worked most of my life, Sometime...

Declare independence! Don't let them do that to you! Declare independence! Don't let them do that to you! Declare independence! Don't let them do that to you! Declare independence! Don't let them do that to you! Start your own currency! Make your own stamp P...

Deep Blue Sea, Baby, Deep Blue Sea (3x) It was Willy what got drowned in the Deep Blue Sea Dig his grave with a silver spade (3x) It was Willy what got drowned in the Deep Blue Sea Lower him down with a golden chain (3x) It was Willy what got drowned in...

It's gonna take everybody to win this war, The butcher and the baker and the clerk in the store, The guys who sail the ships and the guys who run the trains, And the farmer raising wheat upon the Kansas plains. [Chorus after each verse:] The butcher, the...

The crops are all in The peaches are rotting The oranges are all piled in their cresote dumps They're flying them back to the Mexico Border To take all their money to wade back again Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria...

Die gedanken sind frei My thoughts freely flower Die gedanken sind frei My thoughts give me power No scholar can map them No hunter can trap them No man can deny Die gedanken sind frei I think as I please And this gives me pleasure My conscience dec...

If I had wings like Noah's dove I'd fly up the river to the one I love Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well If I met your man, who was long and tall I'd hit his body like a cannon ball Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well One of these days and...

There's a new tactic to use, my dear, If you have a protest no one wants to hear, Just attend a rally where the big shots meet Strip to your hide and walk down the street. Way up in Canada, Doukhobor lads Were sent to public schools disapproved of by t...

Down in the valley valley so low Hang your head over hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow dear hear the wind blow Hang your head over hear the wind blow. Roses love sunshine violets love dew Angels in heaven know I love you Know I love you dear know I...

Here's a song for one and all (down-a-down and down-a-down) Here's a song for one and all (with a down) Here's a song for one and all About a man just two feet tall (with a-down, derry derry derry down down) He met a dame on Blytheswood square … She was...

I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town I believe in God and Senator Todd and keeping old Castro down And when it came my time to serve I knew better dead than red But when I got to my old draft board, buddy, this is what I said: Sarge...

I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again, Of the place that I lived on the west texas plains, In the city of Tampa, The county of Gray, And here's what all of the people there say: So long, it's been good to know yuh; So long, it's been good to know yuh; S...

I was born and raised in East Virginia North Carolina I did go Where I met a fair young maiden Her name and age I do not know Her hair was a lightsome color Her lips a rosy red On her breast she wore white flowers Where I longed to lay my head I rather...

We're brave and gallant miner boys, who work in underground For courage and good nature, no finer can be found We work both late and early, and get but little pay To support our wives and children, in free Americay If Satan took the blacklegs, I'm sure t'...

I never had a pocket full of money, I never had a ruby red ring, All I ever had was you, babe, To sit and listen to me sing. I've got those blues, Those empty pockets blues. I never had a pocket full of money, I never had a big Cadillac, All I ever ha...

English is the most widely spoken language in the history of the planet. One out of every seven human beings can speak or read it. Half the world's books, 3/4 of the international mail are in English. It has the largest vocabulary, perhaps two million words...

Equinoxial swore by the green leaves on the tree That he could do more work in a day than Pheobe could in three Three, he could do more work in a day than Pheobe could in three If that be true little Pheobe said then this you must allow You come do the wo...

Equinoxial swore by the green leaves on the tree That he could do more work in a day than Pheobe could in three Three, he could do more work in a day than Pheobe could in three If that be true little Pheobe said then this you must allow You come do the wo...

I've got a mule and her name is Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal She's a good old worker and a good old pal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal We haul'd some barges in our day Filled with lumber, coal, and hay We know every inch of the way From Albany to Buff...

We are 5,000 - here in this little part of the city We are 5,000 - how many more will there be? In the whole city, and in the country 10,000 hands Which could seed the fields, make run the factories. How much humanity - now with hunger, pain, panic and ter...

We are down in Washington Fighting against an age-old sin Nothing but mass murder Done by age-old men. [Chorus:] Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got...

When my songs turn to ashes on my tongue, When I look in the mirror and see I'm no longer young, Then I got to start the job of separating false from true, And then I know, I know I need the love of you. When I found tarnish on some of my brightest dreams...

Fare ye well old Ely Branch, fare ye well I say I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes And I'm a-goin' away When we had a strike in Ely this spring, these words ol' Hughes did say Come along boys go back to work, we'll give you the two weeks' pays...

When the farmer comes to town with his wagon broken down The farmer is the man that feeds 'em all If you'll only look an' see, I think you will agree That the farmer is the man that feeds 'em all The farmer is the man The farmer is the man Lives on cred...

Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder Why it should be thus all the day long While there are others living about us Never molested though in the wrong [Chorus] Farther along we'll know all about it Farther along we'll understand why Cheer up my brother l...

Oh the summertime is coming, and the leaves are sweet returning But those flowers of peace, it's for them I'm really yearning Will they bloom, ever bloom? Will they bloom in the springtime? Oh you flowers of peace When the world should be ringtime(?) Wi...

Bluebird, bluebird, fly through my window Bluebird, bluebird, fly through my window Bluebird, bluebird, fly through my window Buy molasses candy. Fly through my window, my sugarlump Fly through my window, my sugarlump And buy molasses candy. 

I was down the glen one Easter morn To a city fair rode I. There armed lines of marching men In squadrons passed me by. No pipe did hum, no battle drum did sound it's loud tattoo. But the Angelus Bells o'er the Liffey swells rang out in the foggy dew. Ri...

(Whistled introduction) There was once a farmer, walking down the road whistling a tune to himself. He said, "Dog-gone, I wish I had some words to that tune. But all I've got is the melody." Just then he came to a little bridge, and he leaned on the railing l...

May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all 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, Forever young, forever young, May you stay foreve...

The ore's a-waiting in the tubs, the snow's upon the fell Canny folks are sleeping yet but lead is reet to sell; Come, me little washer lad, come, let's away It's verra hard to work for four pence a day. It's early in the morning, we rise at five o'clock,...

Now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts Oh Lord, how they did love Swore to be true to each other true as the stars above He was her man but he wouldn't do her wrong. Now Frankie went down to the corner Just for a bucket of beer She said Mr Bartender ha...

Franklin D., listen to me You ain't gonna send me 'cross the sea. 'Cross the sea, 'cross the sea You ain't gonna send me 'cross the sea. You may say it's for defense But that kinda talk that I'm against. I'm against, I'm against, That kinda talk ain't...

Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, uh-huh Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, uh-huh Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride With a sword and a pistol by his side, uh-huh. Well he rode right up to Miss Mousey's door, uh-huh He rode right up to Miss Mou...

From way up here the earth looks very small, It's just a little ball of rock and sea and sand, No bigger than my hand. From way up here the earth looks very small, They shouldn't fight at all Down there upon that little sphere. Their time is short, a li...

Mister Thompson calls the waiter, orders steak and baked potato (Then) he leaves the bone and gristle and he never eats the skin The busboy comes and takes it, with a cough contaminates it (And he) puts it in a can with coffee grounds and sardine tins And...

[Chorus:] Inch by inch, row by row, Gonna make this garden grow. Gonna mulch it deep and low, Gonna make it fertile ground. Inch by inch, row by row, Please bless these seeds I sow. Please keep them safe below 'Til the rain comes tumbling down. Pulli...

How do I know my youth is all spent? My get up and go has got up and went In spite of it all, I'm able to grin When I think of the places my get up has been Old age is golden, I think I've heard said But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed My ears in...

Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks Goin' someplace there's no goin' back Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' round the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin'...

When Israel was in Egypt land - Let my people go. Oppressed so hard they could not stand - Let my people go. Chorus Go down Moses, Way down in Egypt´s land. Tell old Pharao , let my people go. Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said- let my people go. If not I'...

Go tell Aunt Rhody Go tell Aunt Rhody Go tell Aunt Rhody That the old gray goose is dead The one she's been saving The one she's been saving The one she's been saving To make a feather bed Old gander's weeping Old gander's weeping Old gander's weep...

God bless the grass that grows through the crack. They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back. The concrete gets tired of what it has to do, It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru, And God bless the grass. God bless the truth that f...

I'm goin' across the mountains, oh fare ye well Goin' 'cross the mountains, you can hear my banjo tell Got my rations on my back, my powder it is dry Goin' across the mountains, oh Chrissy don't you cry Goin' across the mountain, to join the boys in blue...

Goliath, Goliath, bound in steel Goliath, Goliath, fell in the field A beardless boy not fully grown Brought him down with a sling and a stone. Goliath's mother wept and mourned Remembering the day when he was born Goliath's children got the blame Goli...

Irene goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene Goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams Sometimes I live in the country, Sometimes I live in town. Sometimes I take a great notion To jump into the river and drown. Irene goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnig...

With my two hands on the plow, I don't mind my journey now. Keep your hands on the plow, hold on. Mary wore three links of chain, every link was Jesus' name. Keep your hands on the plow, hold on. Hold on, hold on, keep your hands on the plow, hold on. Paul an...

Tom Hight is my name, an old bachelor I am, You'll find me out West in the country of fame, You'll find me out West on an elegant plain, And starving to death on my government claim. Hurrah for Greer County! The land of the free, The land of the bed-bug, Gras...

Whet up your axe and whistle up your dog, (repeat) We're off to the woods to hunt groundhog, groundhog! Old Joe Digger, Sam and Dave, (repeat) Went a hog-huntin as hard as they could stay, groundhog! Too many rocks and too many logs, (repeat) Too many r...

Guantanamera, guajira, Guantanamera Guantanamera, guajira, Guantanamera Yo soy un hombre sincero, de donde crecen las palmas Yo soy un hombre sincero, de donde crecen las palmas Y antes de morirme quiero echar mis versos del alma Guantanamera, guajira,...

Ha ha this-a way, Ha ha that-a way, Ha ha this-a way, Man oh man. When I was a little boy, little boy, little boy, When I was a little boy 12 years old. Papa went and left me, left me, Papa went and left me so I was told. Ha ha this-a way, Ha ha tha...

Chorus Hallelujah! I'm a bum, Hallelujah bum again Hallelujah! give us a handout and revive us again I went to a house and I knocked on the door A lady says, " Bum, bum, you been here before" I went to a house, and I asked for some bread A lady says, "...

Every mornin' at half-past four You hear the cooks hop on the floor It's hard times in the mill my love Hard times in the mill Every morning just at five Gotta get up, dead or alive It's hard times in the mill my love Hard times in the mill Every mor...

I've been havin' some hard travelin', I thought you knowed I've been havin' some hard travelin', way down the road I've been havin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin' Been havin' some hard travelin', Lord I've been ridin' them fast rattlers, I...

Come and listen to my story, come and listen to my song I will tell you of a hero, who's now dead and gone I will tell you of a young boy, whose age was nineteen He was the bravest union man, that I have ever seen Harry Simms was a palomine, we labored si...

I once was a tool of opression As green as a sucker could be And monopolies banded together To beat a poor hayseed like me The railroads and the old party bosses Together did sweetly agree They thought there would be little trouble In workin' a hayseed...

Ah, my God what is this land of America? So many people travelling there I will go too for I am still young God the Lord will grant me good luck there You, my wife stay here 'til you hear from me When you get my letter, put everything in order Mount a r...

You know it may seem hard to imagine But once upon a time people didn't have Any such thing as television, didn't have any radios And if you wanted to have any music You just had to make it yourself It was only the kings and queens That could afford to...

Go to sleep, you weary hobo Let the towns drift slowly by Can't you hear the steel rails humming That's the hobo's lullaby Don't you worry about tomorrow Let tomorrow come and go Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar Safe from all the wind and snow I...

Let me tell you the story of a line that was held, And many brave men and women whose courage we know well, How we held the line at Peekskill on that long September day! We will hold the line forever till the people have their way. [Chorus (after each ver...

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Home, home on the range Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouragin...

There is a house in New Orleans They call, the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many poor girl And me, oh God, I'm one My mother, she's a tailor She sews those new blue jeans My husband, he's a gambling man Drinks down in New Orleans Yes, my husband,...

Huddie Ledbetter was a helluva man. Huddie got his music from the heart of the land. In his voice you could hear John Henry's hammering While his hands would "buck and wing" upon the big 12-string. Sometimes a lion, sometimes a lamb, Huddie Ledbetter was...

I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead, for I am dead. I'm only seven, although I died In Hiroshima long ago. I'm seven now, as I was then - When children die, they do not grow. My...

I had a rooster, my rooster pleased me I fed my rooster 'neath the greenberry tree My little rooster went cocka doodle doo Dee doodle-ee doodle-ee doodle-ee do. I had a dog, my dog pleased me I fed my dog 'neath the greenberry tree My little doggie went...

I don't know why she swallowed the fly Perhaps she'll die I know an old lady who swallowed a spider That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don't know why she swallowed the fly Perhaps she'll die...

I don't know why she swallowed the fly Perhaps she'll die I know an old lady who swallowed a spider That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don't know why she swallowed the fly Perhaps she'll die...

King Henry marched forth, a sword in his hand Two thousand horsemen all at his command In a fortnight the rivers ran red through the land The year, fifteen hundred and twenty The year is now nineteen sixty five It's easier far to stay alive Just keep yo...

I ride an old paint, I lead an old dan I'm goin' to Montana to throw the hoolihan They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw Their tails are all matted, their backs are all raw CHORUS: Ride around little dogies, ride around them slow For the...

Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight What the dollar used to get us now won't buy a head of lettuce No the economic forecast isn't right But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray I can even glimpse a new an...

When I was a little girl I wished I was a boy I tagged along behind the gang and wore my corduroys. Everybody said I only did it to annoy But I was gonna be an engineer. Mamma said, "Why can't you be a lady? Your duty is to make me the mother of a pearl...

I'm on my way to Canaan's land I'm on my way to Canaan's land I'm on my way to Canaan's land I'm on my way, praise the Lord, I'm on my way If sister don't go, it won't hinder me If sister don't go, it won't hinder me If sister don't go, it won't hinder...

I've been working on the railroad All the livelong day I've been working on the railroad Just to pass the time away Can't you hear the whistle blowing Rise up so early in the morn Can't you hear the captain shouting Dinah, blow your horn Dinah, won't...

Light in the parlor, fire in the grate Clock on the mantle says it gettin' too late Curtains in the window, snowy white [Incomprehensible] on Sunday night Ida Red, Ida Red, I'm plum fool about Ida Red Ida Red, Ida Red, I'm plum fool about Ida Red Lamp on the...

If a revolution comes to my country Let me remember now I mean if bloody conflict rages I better learn right now How to catch and skin and cook a rat How to boil a soup from weeds And especially learn how to share Oh, hear the thunder... If a revoluti...

If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a bell I'd ring it in the morni...

If it can't be reduced - IF IT CAN'T BE REDUCED Reused, repaired - REUSED REPAIRED Rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted - OR COMPOSTED Then it should be - THEN IT SHOULD BE Restricted, redesigned - RESTRICTED, REDESIGNED Or remo...

If this world survives, And every other day I think it might, In good part it will be Because of the great souls in our community. There are a lot of them. I've seen them walk In lonely thousands down the city streets, Or stand in vigils in the rain, O...

If you miss me at the back of the bus You can't find me nowhere Come on over to the front of the bus I'll be riding up there. If you miss me on the picket line You can't find me nowhere Come on over to the city jail I'll be roaming over there. If you...

In a little Spanish town Twas on a night like this Stars were peek-a-booing down Twas on a night like this I whispered, be true to me And she sighed, si, si Many skies have turned to gray Because we're far apart Many moons have passed away And still...

If I should die before I wake, All my bone and sinew take Put me in the compost pile To decompose me for a while. Worms, water, sun will have their way, Returning me to common clay All that I am will feed the trees And little fishes in the seas. When...

My girl, my girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through My girl, my girl, where will you go I'm going where the cold wind blows In the pi...

If we could consider each other A neighbor, a friend, or a brother It could be a wonderful, wonderful world, It could be a wonderful world, oh-ho It could be a wonderful world If each little kid could have fresh milk each day If each working man had eno...

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long I went across the river and I lay down to sleep I went across the river...

One day, one day (one day, one day), I was walking along (I was walking along), And I spied a little child (I spied a little child), Just a-singing a song (just a-singing a song) About haulin' together (about haulin' together), Keepin' in time (keepin' i...

Twas the night before Christmas, Da whole house was mella, Not a creature was stirrin', 'cause I had a gun unda da pilla. When up on da roof I heard somethin' pound, I sprung to da window, To scream, "YO! Keep it down!" When what to my Wanderin' eyes should ap...

There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell He had a lovely daughter, the truth to you I'll tell Oh, the truth to you I'll tell Her sweethearts they were plentiful, she courted day and night Until on Jackie Fraser she placed her heart's delight...

We are climbing Jacob's ladder, We are climbing Jacob's ladder, We are climbing Jacob's ladder, Brothers, sisters, all. Every rung goes higher and higher, Every rung goes higher and higher, Every rung goes higher and higher, Brothers, sisters, all. W...

There's a valley in Spain called Jarama It's a place that we all know so well It was there that we gave of our manhood Where so many of our brave comrades fell We are proud of the Lincoln Battalion And the fight for Madrid that it made There we fought l...

Jay Gould's daughter said before she died Papa, fix the blinds so the bums can't ride. If ride they must, they got to ride the rod. Let 'em put their trust in the hands of God. In the hands of God. In the hands of God. Let them put their trust in the han...

Jesse James was a lad That killed many a man He robbed the Glendale train He stole from the rich And he gave to the poor He'd a hand and a heart and a brain Well it was Robert Ford That dirty little coward I wonder now how he feels For he ate of Jess...

My name is Joe Bowers, I've got a brother Ike, I came here from Missouri, Yes, all the way from Pike. I'll tell you why I left there And how I came to roam, And leave my poor old mammy, So far away from home. I used to love a gal there, Her name was Sallie Bl...

John Brown's body lies a-moulderin' in the grave John Brown's body lies a-moulderin' in the grave John Brown's body lies a-moulderin' in the grave But his soul goes marching on The stars above in heaven are lookin' kindly down The stars above in heaven a...

John Henry was about three days old, sittin' on his papa's knee. He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel; said, 'Hammer's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord. Hammer's gonna be the death of me.' The captain said to John Henry 'Gonna bring that...

As I went out one morning early, To breathe the sweet and pleasant air, Who should I spy but a fair young maiden; She seemed to me like a lily fair. I stepped to her add kindly asked her, "Would you like to be a bold sailor's wife?" "Oh no kind sir," sh...

My name is Johnny Grey, It’s just a name and I know that for you it’s the same, The world I know seems not to know me Here’s my number I need a call I’m Johnny Grey. My name is Johnny Grey, It’s just a name for you it’s the same. The world I know seems...

Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill Who can blame me, cryin' my fill And ev'ry tear would turn a mill, Johnny has gone for a soldier. Me, oh my, I loved him so, Broke my heart to see him go, And only time will heal my woe, Johnny has gone for a soldier. I'...

As I went out one morning early, To breathe the sweet and pleasant air, Who should I spy but a fair young maiden, She seemed to me like a lily fair. I stepped to her add kindly asked her, "Would you like to be a bold sailor's wife?" "Oh no kind sir," sh...

Chorus: Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho Joshua fought the battle of Jericho and the walls came a-tumbling down You may talk about your men of Gideon You may talk about the men of Saul But there's none like good old Joshua at the battle of...

Nita, Juanita, Breaks my soul that we should part Nita, Juanita, Nina on my mind. 

Paul and Silas bound in jail Had no money for to go their bail Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on Paul and Silas thought they was lost Dungeon shook and the chains come off Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on Freedom's name is mighty sweet And soon...

When I was a young man I'd never been kissed; I got to thinking about what I had missed. I found a girl. I kissed her and then... Oh lord, I kissed her again. Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine. Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine. He asked me to marry and...

Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbaya Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbayah Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya Someone's...

Oh, the Ladies' Auxiliary It's a good auxiliary The best auxiliary That you ever did see If you need an auxiliary See the Ladies' Auxiliary It's the Ladies' Auxiliary I ain't a knockin on our women I love them as much as you But womens mighty funny...

We visited a land of a thousand songs Voices blending clearly Each one seeming to say as it sang, We love our country dearly. We visited a land of a thousand songs Every garden many shades of green Still they told us, after peace will come Such colors then as...

Last night I had the strangest dream I'd ever dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war I dreamed I saw a mighty room Filled with women and men And the paper they were signing said They'd never fight again And whe...

Last train to Nuremberg! Last train to Nuremberg! Last train to Nuremberg! All on board! Do I see Lieutenant Calley? Do I see Captain Medina? Do I see Gen'ral Koster and all his crew? Do I see President Nixon? Do I see both houses of Congress? Do I s...

I said, the little leatherwing bat Ill tell to you the reason that The reason that I fly by night Is because Ive lost my hearts delight Howdy dowdy diddle-dum day Howdy dowdy diddle-dum day Howdy dowdy diddle-dum day Hey le lee-lee lie-lee low I said...

When I had the legs of a strong young boy, To run through the woods was all my joy. I would run like a deer and jump like a goat And a young boy's song rang in my throat. [Chorus:] I got the world in a jug, I got the world in a jug, I got the world in a jug,...

I lived in a town way down south By the name of Buffalo Worked in the mill with the rest of the trash As we're often called you know You factory folks who sing this rhyme Will surely understand The reason why I love you so Is I'm a factory hand While...

Oh, Eve, where is Adam, now you're kicked out of the garden? Oh, Eve, where is Adam, now you're kicked out of the garden? Been wandering from shore to shore, Now you find there's no more Oh, Pacem in Terris, Mir, Shanti, Salaam, Hey Wa. Don't you wish lo...

Listen, Mr. Bilbo, listen to me I'll give you a lesson in history. Listen and I'll show you that the foreigners you hate Are the very same people made America great. In 1492 just to see what he could see, Columbus, an Italian, looked out across the sea....

Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes made of ticky tacky Little boxes Little boxes Little boxes all the same There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same And th...

Someday, you'll be able to walk Someday, you'll be able to talk No more diapers, you will wear pants You'll be able to sing and dance And then, oh then, oh then, oh then I'll wish I had that little fat baby In my arms again Someday, you're going to be...

You know the guitar came to Europe with the gypsies 700 years ago Spain brought the guitar to Mexico 400 years ago U.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and California And it also got the guitar and the guitar got us It was Afro American people...

I got a girl in Arkansas, little Liza Jane She sleeps in her kitchen With her feet in the hall, little Liza Jane Oh, won't you? Oh Eliza, little Liza Jane Oh, won't you? Oh Eliza, little Liza Jane I'm gonna marry her if I can She loves me 'cause I'm a...

1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse's lineage coming As men of old have sung. It came, a flower bright, Amid the cold of winter When half-gone was the night. 2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it, The Rose I have in mind: With...

As I went out one evening to take the pleasant air Lolly toodum, toodum, lolly toodum day. As I went out one evening to take the pleasant air I overheard a mother a-scoldin' her daughter fair Lolly toodum, toodum, lolly toodum day. Oh, go and wash them dishes,...

On the streets of New York city when the hour was getting late Young men armed with knives and guns, young men armed with hate And Lou Marsh stepped between them and died there in his tracks For one man is no army when the city turns its back Now the streets...

Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear And he shows them pearly white And the AEC has figures But it keeps them out of sight When the shark bites with is teeth, dear Scarlet billows start to spread Strontium 90 shows no color But it leaves you just as dea...

I'm gonna wrap myself in paper I'm gonna daub myself with glue Stick some stamps on the top of my head I'm gonna mail myself to you I'm gonna tie me in a little red string I'm gonna tie blue ribbons too Climb up into my mailbox I'm gonna mail myself to...

First you get the buckets ready, clean the pans and gather firewood, Late in the winter, it's maple syrup time. You need warm and sunny days but still a cold and freezing nighttime For just a few weeks, maple syrup time. We boil and boil and boil and boil...

Oh Mary don't you weep for me Oh Mary just you wait for me The battle will soon be over Oh Mary don't you weep Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home For three long years now he's been gone He left her cryin' on her wedding day And went to fight th...

1. Mary had a baby, oh, Lord, Mary had a baby, oh my Lord, Mary had a baby, oh Lord, People keep a-comin' an' the train done gone. 2. What did she name him? oh, Lord, What did she name him? oh my Lord, What did she name him? oh Lord, People keep a-comi...

Masters in this hall, hear ye news today. Brought from over the sea and ever I you pray. Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell sing we clear! Holpen are all folk on Earth, born is God's Son so dear! Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell sing we loud! God today hath po...

Come you masters of war You that build the big guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks. You that never done nothin' But build...

Oh, I'm for open housing, yes I am, I welcome every person to each town (I'm Governor Brown) We will open wide the gate in any other state. Cause I'm for o-pen housing, sure I am. Yes, integrate our schools, let's start at once Education is for all, I've alwa...

Michael, row the boat ashore, hallelujah. Michael, row the boat ashore, hallelujah. Michael's boat is a music boat, hallelujah Michael's boat is a music boat, hallelujah Michael, row the boat ashore, hallelujah. Michael, row the boat ashore, hallelujah....

One day, one day, Sir I was walking along I heard that special Singing a lonesome song. [Chorus:] Oh, let the Midnight Special Shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special Shine her ever lovin light on me. If you ever go to Houston You know you b...

We leave our homes in the morning We kiss our children goodbye While we slave for the bosses Our children scream and cry And when we draw our money Our grocery bills to pay Not a cent to spend for clothing Not a cent to lay away And on that very evenin...

Miss Pavilichenko's well known to fame; Russia's your country, fighting is your game; The whole world will love her for a long time to come, For more than three hundred nazis fell by your gun. Fell by your gun, yes, Fell by your gun For more than three...

In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O! Crying cockles and...

Look at the dandy, oh there Michie Banjo, Doesn't he put on airs Hat cocked on one side, Michie Banjo, Walkin' a-stick in his hand. Look at the dandy, oh there Michie Banjo, Doesn't he put on airs? Look at the dandy, oh there Mister Banjo, Doesn't he...

Far and wide as the eye can wander, Heath and bog are everywhere, Not a bird sings out to cheer us, Oaks are standing, gaunt and bare. (Chorus:) We are the peat bog soldiers. We're marching with our spades, To the bog. Up and down the guards are paci...

Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit Your coat is mighty gray Yes, bless God, it's made that way Every little soul must shine, shine Every little soul must shine, shine Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit Your ears are mighty long Yes, bless God, they're put on wrong Every li...

Dear Mister Editor if you choose Please send me a copy of the labor news I've got a son in the Infantry And he's be mighty glad to see That someone, somewhere, now and then Thinks about the lives of the mining men In Perry County In Perry County and thereabou...

"Oh, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said "Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted With a scarlett coat and a big cocked hat Oh, Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?" Chorus: With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri, oor-ri-a...

My children are seven in number We have to sleep four in a bed I'm striking with my fellow workers To get them more clothes and more bread Shoes, shoes, we're striking for pairs of shoes Shoes, shoes, we're striking for pairs of shoes Pellagra is cramp...

My Father's mansion's many rooms Have room for all of His children As long as we do share His love And see that all are free And see that all are free to grow And see that all are free to know And free to open or to close The door of their own room W...

My name is Lisa Kalvelage, I was born in Nuremberg And when the trials were held there nineteen years ago It seemed to me ridiculous to hold a nation all to blame For the horrors which the world did undergo A short while later when I applied for I was a G...

When they opened up the strip I was young and full of zip, I wanted some place to call my own. And so I made the race, and staked me out a place, And settled down along the Cimarron. It blowed away, it blowed away, My Oklahoma home, it blowed away. It l...

One blue sky above us, one ocean lapping all our shore One earth so green and round, who could ask for more? And because I love you I'll give it one more try To show my rainbow race, it's too soon to die Some folks want to be like an ostrich Bur...

Well an old man came courting me, hey ding-doorum dow An old man came courting me, me being young An old man came courting me, fain he would marry me Maids when you're young never wed an old man Chorus: Because he's got no faloorum, faliddle aye oorum...

Darlin' you can't love but one (2X) you can't love but one, and still have any fun Oh, Darlin' you can't love but one cho:I'm ridin' on that New River train Ridin' on that New River train Same ol' train that brought me here Is soon gonna carry me away Darlin...

i'm in new york city i'm gonna lower my line new york city is a high timin' new york city! woo! ain't that a city new york city, baby, you've gotta know my line! there's one thing folks i'd ask you to do catch a busride ride up fifth avenue new york cit...

J-D's a home made product, that's what the subway poster say J-D's a home made product, that's what the subway poster say How can you be a home made product, when you haven't a home anyway Standing on the corner, till half past two or three Well, standing...

Oh, newspapermen meet such interesting people! He knows the low-down (now it can be told). I'll tell you quite reliably off the record About some charming people I have known, For I meet politicians, and grafters by the score, Killers plain and fancy, it'...

Don't play that closing chord for me, baby baby. I want a wake to wake the dead. Some rolling sounds with drums and rocking bass, And my good comrades dancing...all around the place. Don't play that closing chord for me, baby baby. I want rejoicing when I go....

I'm a decent boy just landed from the town of Ballyfad I want a situation, yes, and wants it very bad I seen employment advertised - "It's just the thing," says I But the dirty spalpeen ended with 'No Irish Need Apply' "Woah," says I, "but thats an insult...

No more auction block for me No more, no more No more auction block for me Many thousands gone No more driver's lash for me No more, no more No more driver's lash for me Many thousands gone No more whip lash for me No more, no more No more pint of salt for m...

Old father hudson Now we sit us down Ye winds and waters Come and gather 'round. We've had some good eating Now we sit us down So let's start the meeting Come and gather 'round. Mighty full agenda Now we sit us down It's a real mind bender! Come a...

Oh, what a beautiful city Oh, what a beautiful city Oh, what a beautiful city Twelve gates to the city, hallelujah And it's oh, what a beautiful Oh Oh Lord, what a beautiful city Twelve gates to the city, hallelujah There's three gates in the East T...

To make a long, long story terse, Be it blessing, be it curse. The Lord designed the universe With built in obsolescence. Each twinkling little star and sun Enjoys its own atomic run, Exploding when its time is done With cosmic incandescence. Astrono...

Mom's just a throw-back to the sixties generation All that junk like peace and love is just an aggravation Ain't got no use for transcendental meditation Mom, your universal love is such a drag Well, Mom said, "Dad, he might've been a Virgo Or a head shop own...

Oh what a beautiful city Oh what a beautiful city Oh what a beautiful city Twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah Three gates in the East Three gates in the West Three gates in the North Three gates in the South There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelu...

I can climb the highest mountain, Just for you, just for you. I can climb the highest mountain, Just for you, just for you. For your smile brings on the sunshine, Just one touch gives me the power. Yes, I can climb the highest mountain, Just for you, just for...

Oh Freedom Oh Freedom Oh Freedom over me And before I'd be a slave I'd be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free. No more weeping No more weeping No more weeping over me And before I'd be a slave I'd be buried in my grave And go ho...

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 earth....

Oh Mary don't you weep for me Oh Mary just you wait for me The battle will soon be over Oh Mary don't you weep Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home For three long years now he's been gone He left her cryin' on her wedding day And went to fight th...

I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana, My true love for to see It rained all night The day I left The weather it was dry The sun so hot, I froze to death Susanna, don't you cry Oh, Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me Fo...

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...

Well, Old Dan Tucker, was a fine old man, Washed his face in a frying pan Combed his hair with a wagon wheel Died with a toothache in his heel Get out of the way! Old Dan Tucker, You're too late to get your supper. Get out of the way! Old Dan Tucker, Y...

Come all you bold seamen wherever you be, And tell old Father Hudson that we'll set him free. We have sailed on his waters so noble and deep, But the way he's been treated, it would make your heart weep. May the power of the people be heard on each shore And b...

All people that on earth do dwell, Sing out for peace 'tween heav'n and hell. 'Tween East and West and low and high, Sing! peace on earth and sea and sky. Old Hundred, you've served many years To sing one people's hopes and fear, But we've new verses for you...

Farethee well Old Joe Clark Farethee well I say Farethe well Old Joe Clark I'm bound go go away I will not go to Old Joe's house I'll tell ya the reason why Every floor in Old Joes's house Is filled with chicken pie Old Joe Clark he did take sick And...

Give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion It's good enough for me. We will pray with Aphrodite, We will pray with Aphrodite, She wears that see-through nightie, And it's good enough for me. We will p...

Oh, to be in Oleanna! That's where I'd like to be, Than be bound in Norway, And drag the chains of slavery. [Chorus:] Ole, Oleanna, Ole, Oleanna, Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole, Oleanna. In Oleanna land is free, The wheat and corn just plant themselves, Th...

On top of old smokey all covered with snow I lost my true lover for courting too slow For courting's a pleasure and parting's a grief And a false hearted lover is worse than a thief For a thief will just rob you and take all you save But a false hearted l...

One grain of sand, One grain of sand in all the world. One grain of sand, One little boy, one little girl. One grain of sand, One little star up in the sky. One grain of sand, One little you, one little I. One grain of sand, One drop of water in the...

[Chorus:] One-a these days (ONE-A THESE DAYS) One-a these days (ONE-A THESE DAYS) One-a these days, one-a these days OR ELSE! Our school will get the money it needs for smaller classes, And the Navy will hold a bake sale to build a battleship. [Chorus...

Our generation has sandals like Vietnamese. Our generation wears long hair. With our clobbered minds, we still wink an eye to say Meet me, meet me at the bottom of the stairs. Our generation whistles in the dark, Has faith in faithlessness and in blue sky. Ou...

Over the hills I went one day, Dreaming of myself and you. And the springtime of years since first we met, And all that we've been through. May I not with delight still dream Of the years of the summer and fall to be, And the many, many verses still to...

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true. Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds ar...

Was early in October-o, Hitched my team in order-o To ride the hills-a Saludio. To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-my-ri-de-o. Chorus: To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-my-ri-de-o, To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-my-ri-de-o, To-my-ri-de-ay, to-my-ri-de-o, To-me-ro, to-me-ro, to-my-ri-...

Passing through, passing through, Sometimes happy, sometimes blue. Glad that I ran into you; Tell the people that you saw me passing through. I saw Adam leave the garden With an apple in his hand, I said, "Now you're out What are you gonna do? Plant s...

It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed; My poor feet have traveled that hot dusty road. Out of the dust bowl and westward we rolled, Your desert was hot and your mountains were cold. I've worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes; I've slept...

Trails of troubles Roads of battles Paths of victory I shall walk The trail is dusty And my road it might be rough But the better roads are waiting And boys it aint far off Trails of troubles Roads of battles Paths of victory We shall walk I walked down by...

In the days of eighteen and one Peg and awl In the days of eighteen and one Peg and awl In the days of eighteen and one Peggin' shoes was all I done Hand me down my pegs my pegs my pegs my awl In the days of eighteen and two Peg and awl In the days o...

You know the song goes... Pepsi-Cola hits the spot 21 ounces that's a lot Tastes like vinegar looks like ink Pepsi-Cola is a stinky drink 

There are three things Most beautiful In all the world we know Nay, there are four So wonderful For mortal eyes to behold. A bird on the wing A snake on the rock And a man and a maid in love One more thing, yes, one more thing And a ship under sail...

Jump down, turn around, pick a bail of cotton. Jump down, turn around, pick a bail a day. Oh lordy, pick a bail of cotton. Oh lordy, pick a bail a day Me and my wife, we pick a bail of cotton. Me and my wife, we pick a bail a day. Oh lordy, pick a bai...

Pittsburgh town is a smoky ol' town, Pittsburgh Pittsburgh town is a smoky ol' town, Pittsburgh Pittsburgh town is a smoky ol' town Solid iron from McKeesport down Pittsburgh, Lord God, Pittsburgh Well what did Jones and Laughlan steal? Pittsburgh What...

Remember when the AAA Killed a million hogs a day? Instead of hogs it's men today. Plow the fourth one under. [Chorus:] Plow under! Plow under! Plow under Ev'ry fourth American boy. They said our agricultural System was about to fall. So from Wash...

Who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot? Who's gonna glove your hand? Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips? Who's gonna be your man? Papa will shoe my pretty little foot Mama'll glove my hand Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips I don't need no man I...

Just when I thought All was lost, you changed my mind. You gave me hope, (not just the old soft soap) You showed that we could learn to share in time. (You and me and Rockefeller) I'll keep pluggin' on, Your face will shine through all our tears. And wh...

Gather round me children A story I will tell About pretty boy Floyd, the outlaw Oklahoma knew him well 'Twas in the town of Shawnee On a Saturday afternoon With his wife beside him in a wagon It was into town they rode Well, a deputy sheriff called hi...

Down in some lone valley In a sad lonesome place Where the wild birds do all Their notes to increase Farewell pretty Saro I bid you Adieu But I dream of pretty Saro Wherever I go Well my love she won't have me So I understand She wants a freeholder...

Put your finger in the air, in the air Put your finger in the air, in the air Put your finger in the air, and hold it right up there Put your finger in the air, in the air Put your finger on your cheek, on your cheek Put your finger on your cheek, on you...

When Great Grandfather was a gay young man And Great Grandmother was his bride They found a lot, a jolly little spot Over on the old North Side It sloped down toward the river, from River Avenue Great Grandma said that it would give her Such a lovely vie...

I can't believe that it's so cold As gentle tides go rolling by, Along the salt sea strand The colours blend and roll as one Together in the sand. And often do the winds entwine Do send their distant call, The quiet joys of brotherhood, And love is lo...

Racoon’s got a bushy tail Possum’s tail goes bare Rabbit’s got no tail at all Just a little old bunch of hair Raccoon is the bandit man Love to sneak around See the funny things he does He looks just like a clown Possum up an apple tree Raccoon on...

Raggedy, raggedy are we Just as raggedy as raggedy can be We don't get nothin' for our labor So raggedy, raggedy are we (Hungry!) Hungry, hungry are we Just as hungry as hungry can be We don't get nothin' for our labor So hungry, hungry are we (Home...

From this valley they say you are going. We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile. For they say you are taking the sunshine. That has brightened our pathways awhile. Come and sit by my side, if you love me. Do not hasten to bid me adieu. Just remem...

There's a star in the East on Christmas morn, Rise up shepherd and follow. It will lead to the place where the Saviour's born, Rise up shepherd and follow. Follow, follow, Rise up shepherd and follow. Follow the star of Bethlehem. Rise up shepherd and...

Married a wife in the month of June, Risselty rosselty, now now now! I carried her off by the light of the moon (in a silver spoon) Risselty rosselty, hey bombosity, nickety nackety, Retrical quality, willaby wallaby now now now! She combed her hair but...

I traveled the banks of the River of Jordan To find where it flows to the sea. I looked in the eyes of the cold and the hungry And I saw I was looking at me. I wanted to know if life had a purpose And what it all means in the end. In the silence I listen...

There's a river of my people And its flow is swift and strong, Flowing to some mighty ocean, Though its course is deep and long. Flowing to some mighty ocean, Though its course is deep and long. Many rocks and reefs and mountains Seek to bar it from it...

Way back yonder in Tennessee They leased the convicts out Set them workin' in the mine Against free labor stout Free labor rebelled against it To win it took some time But when the lease was in effect It made 'em rise an' shine Buddy won't you roll do...

Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew Canadian Northwest to the ocean, so blue, Roll on Colombia, roll on. Cho: Roll on Colombia, roll on Roll on Colombia, roll on Your power is turning our darknes...

Sailing down my golden river, Sun and water all my own, Yet I was never alone. Sun and water, old life givers, I'll have them where e'er I roam, And I was not far from home. Sunlight glancing on the water, Life and death are all my own, Yet I was never...

A woman of beauty A woman of pain In France or Jakarta Her shadow's the same You go home with Sally Ann You go home with Sally Ann You go home A woman of kindness With bracelets of jade In China, in Japan Choices are made You go home with Sally Ann You go ho...

O Sally, my dear, but I wish I could woo you, O Sally, my dear, but I wish I could woo you, She laugh'd and replied: And would wooing undo you? Sing fal the diddle i do, Sing whack fal the diddle day. O Sally, my dear, but your cheek I could kiss it, O Sally,...

How many times have you heard someone say, "If I had his money I would do things my way." How little they know, well, it's so hard to find, One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind. Oh, once I was waiting for fortune and fame, Had everything that I needed t...

Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat How in the world can a poor man eat? Flour up high and cotton down low How in the world can we raise the dough? Clothes worn out, shoes run down Ol' slouch hat with a hole in the crown Back nearly broken and finger...

Chorus: Seventy miles of wind and spray, Seventy miles of water, Seventy miles of open bay-- It's a garbage dump. What's that stinky creek out there, Down behind the slum's back stair Sludgy puddle, sad and gray? Why man, that's San Francisco Bay....

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ My young love came to me And she moved through the fair So slowly she wandered Both here and there And she laied her hand on me And this she did say 'It will not be long, love Til our wedding day' My young love came to me She softly came in So so...

The Missouri, she's a might river Away you rolling river The red man's camp lies on her borders Away, we're bound away across the wide Missouri A white man loved an Indian maiden Away you rolling river With notions sweet his canoe was laden Away, we'r...

[Additional verses] On this old Hudson waterfront we're wandering around With our hopes on the future and our eyes on the ground. Here I see a bottle, over there I see a can, And it leads me to ponder on the future of man. Well some people think that it's a...

I'll sing you a song, though it may be a sad one, Of trials and troubles and where they first begun; I left my dear kindred, my friends, and my home, Across the wild deserts and mountains to roam. I crossed the Missouri and joined a large train Which bore us...

I'm sixty percent an American I'm sixty percent a man That's what parity say I am That's the law of the land Now do I work sixty percent of each day? Eat sixty percent of my meals? And does my truck take me into town On sixty percent of its wheels? N...

Skip, skip,skip to my lou Skip, skip, skip to my lou Skip, skip, skip to my lou Put on your Sunday, go to meetin' And I'll take you by the hand If you will be my dancin' partner We will dance to beat the band So join the promenade And lead the big parade And...

[Chorus (after each verse):] Snow, snow, falling down; Covering up my dirty old town. Covers the garbage dump, covers the holes, Covers the rich homes, and the poor souls, Covers the station, covers the tracks, Covers the footsteps of those who'll not be back...

When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run, There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun; Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, But the union makes us strong. CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solid...

Solo le pido a Dios Que el dolor no me sea indiferente Que la reseca muerte no me encuentre Vacio y solo sin haber hecho lo suficiente Solo le pido a Dios Que lo injusto no me sea indiferente Que no me abofeteen la otra mejilla Después que una garra me araño...

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long ways from home A long ways from home True believer A long ways from home Along ways from home Sometimes I feel like I'm a...

[Chorus:] Somos el barco, somos el mar, Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi. We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me. The stream sings it to the river, The river sings it to the sea. The sea sings it to the boat That carries you and me....

I got a job in a factory Feeding a beast that don't like me It don't give a darn about how I feel As long as I feed it its ration of steel And pity the man who knows the grief That comes with the bite of that monster's teeth Pity the man who knows the g...

I heard the song Of the world's last whale As I rocked in the moonlight And reefed the sail. "It'll happen to you Also without fail If it happens to me," Sang the world's last whale. It was down off Bermuda Early last spring Near an underwater mount...

My name is Patrick Spudnut, photographer by trade I've traveled this world over; some think I got it made But while I film the world of fashion I really have a secret passion I spend all my cash on sour cream While I film the world of fashion I really h...

Behold the sower in the field, With her arm she scatters—ah! the seeds. Some seeds are trodden in the pathway; Some seeds fall on stony ground. But some seeds fall on fallow ground They grow and multiply—ah! a thousand fold. Oyey, oyey, oyey, oh—oo Oyey, oye...

I went down to St.James Infirmary, Saw my baby there. She was stretch down on a long white table So cold, so sweet, so fair. Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be. She can look this wide world over, But he'll never find a sweet man...

I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate to see that evening sun go down 'Cause my baby, he's gone left this town Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today If I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel today I'll pack my truck and make my give-a-way St. Louis woma...

Stagolee was a bad man, everybody knows Spent a hundred dollars just to buy him a suit of clothes He was a bad man, that mean ol' Stagolee Stagolee shot Billy the Lion, what do you think about that? Shot him down in cold blood 'cause he stole his Stetson...

Starlight, starbright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. That always may your love be shining bright Just like that first star that I see tonight. Star peace, green peace, surely the wars will cease, We'll f...

My name is Terry Roberts, From Little Rock I come. I went down to the schoolhouse, The place they kept me from. I went down to that schoolhouse, And this is what I saw... State troopers with steel helmets In the State of Arkansas. I went up to the tro...

Put your arms around me Like a circle `round the sun You know I'll love you baby When my easy ridin's done [Chorus:] You don't believe I love you Look at the fool I've been You don't believe I'm sinkin' Look at he hole I'm In Stealin' stealin' Preft...

Step by step, oh, baby, gonna get to you, girl Step by step. Rock! Step by step, oh, baby, gonna get to you, girl Step by step, oh, baby, really want you in my world Step! Hey, girl, in your eyes I see your picture of me all the time Step! And, girl, w...

You gallant sportsmen all, come listen to my story Its of the bold Skewball, that noble racin' pony Oh, the marvel was the man, who brought bold Skewball over He's the diamond of the land and he rolls about in clover The horses where brought out, with sa...

I'm a stranger here and I just moved into your town I'm a stranger here and I just moved into your town Because I'm a stranger Everybody's doggin' me around, doggin' me around Sometimes I wonder why they treat a stranger so Yes sir, sometimes I wonder why the...

As I walked out on the streets of Laredo. As I walked out on Laredo one day, I spied a poor cowboy wrapped in white linen, Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay. "I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy." These words he did say as I boldly walked...

I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield, Down by the riverside Down by the riverside Down by the riverside I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield, Down by the riverside Study war no more I ain't gonna study war no more Ain't gonna study war no more Ai...

Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Oh your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin' So hush little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings You're goin' to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take th...

Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away, There's where my heart is turning ever, There's where the old folks stay. Chorus All the world is sad and dreary, Ev'ry where I roam, Oh, darkies how my heart grows weary Far from the old folks at...

Sweepy, sweepy, sweepy Sweepy, sweepy, sweepy Sweepy, sweepy, sweepy Sweepin' up the floor. Sweepy, sweepy, sweepy Sweepy, sweepy, sweepy Sweepy, sweepy, sweepy 'Til there ain't no more! Dusty, dusty, dusty Dusty, dusty, dusty Dusty, dusty, dusty Dustin' up t...

(Chorus) Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home; Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home. I looked over Jordan, And WHAT did I see, Comin' for to carry me home, A band of angels comin' after me, Comin' for to carry me hom...

My good gal's trying To make a fool out of me Lord, my gal's trying To make a fool out of me Trying to make me believe I ain't got that old T.B. I've got the T.B. blues When it rained down sorrow It rained all over me When it rained down sorrow It...

Down in Alabama, 1955, Not many of us here tonight were then alive; A young Baptist preacher led a bus boycott, He led the way for a brand new day without firing a shot. Don't say it can't be done The battle's just begun Take it from Dr. King You too can lear...

Yeah! Oh, yeah! Now! Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night) And rock was my pillow, too; (doo-oo-oo-oo-oo!) Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night) And rock was my pillow, too. Yeah! I'm saying: talkin' blues (talkin' blues), talkin' bl...

Well, I'm gonna preach you a sermon 'bout Old Man Atom, I don't mean the Adam in the Bible datum. I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve mated, I mean that thing that science liberated. Einstein says he's scared, And when Einstein's scared, I'm scared. Hi...

Tell you all a story from across the sea 'Bout a little town they call Ben Tre Set on a river bank, peaceful as you please Till it got caught between two ideologies Con-front-ation! ... Western civilization at stake. Down by the river came a-marching alo...

If you want higher wages, let me tell you what to do; You got to talk to the workers in the shop with you; You got to build you a union, got to make it strong, But if you all stick together, now, ‘twont he long. You'll get shorter hours, Better working co...

He educated all the people. He demonstrated to the world: If a man will stand for his own land, He's got the strength of ten. And if we'd only learn the lesson, It could even be a blessin', He and me might disagree, But we needn't go to shooting again. And i...

On April the thirtieth Nineteen thirty-three Upon the streets of Wilder They shot him brave and free They shot my darling father He fell upon the ground 'Twas in the back they shot him His blood came streaming down They took the pistol handles And b...

Ira Hayes, Ira Hayes [Chorus] Call him drunken Ira Hayes He won't answer anymore Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian Nor the Marine that went to war Gather round me people there's a story I would tell About a brave young Indian you should remember well...

Oh what will you give me, say the sad bells of Rhymney Is there hope for the future, say the brown bells of Merthyr Who made the mine owner, say the black bells of Rhondda And who robbed the miner, say the grim bells of Blaina They will plunder willy-nill...

One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fires were burning, Down the track came a hobo hiking, And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning I'm headed for a land that's far away Besides the crystal fountains So come with me, we'll go and see The Big Rock...

I lost my eyes in the blacksmith shop in the year of fifty-six While dusting out a t-flange, which was out of fix It bounded from the tongs, and there concealed my doom I am a blind fiddler, and far from my home I've been to San Francisco, I've been to Dr...

May, May, the flowers bloom; A June wedding, an empty room. July was very warm-O Li-lo, lullo, li-lo. August, we beat the heat Fled the suburb for the beach September bought a car-O Li-lo, lullo, li-lo. October, red and gold November, turning cold December '...

The sheep's in the meadow The cow's in the corn Now is the time for a child to be born He'll laugh at the moon And cry for the sun And if it's a boy he'll carry a gun Sang the crow on the cradle And if it should be that this baby's a girl Never you mi...

Come and listen to my story, come and listen to my song I will tell you of a hero, who's now dead and gone I will tell you of a young boy, whose age was nineteen He was the bravest union man, that I have ever seen Harry Simms was a palomine, we labored si...

The first time I made it up The demi said to me: "There's one metal more in group 3." The second time I made it up The demi said to me: "Chloride isn't there, And there's one metal more in group 3." The third time I made it up The demi said to me: "...

It happened an hour ago Way down in a tunnel of coal The gas caught fire from somebody's lamp And the miners are choking in smoke. Dear sister and brother, goodbye. Dear father and mother, goodbye. My fingers are weak, I cannot write. Goodbye, Centrali...

Come all you workers and hear what I say, They're trying to plunder the eight-hour day, Won by our forbears in a bloody campaign, So rise up and be in the struggle again. Chorus: So stand up united, let no one betray Our right and our children's - the e...

As the sun Rose on the rim of eastern sky And this one World that we love was trying to die We said stand! And sing out for a great hooray-o! Your child may be the one to exclaim The emperor is naked today-o! Four winds that blow Four thousand tongues, with t...

The farmer comes to town with his wagon broken down, But the farmer is the man who feeds them all. If you'll only look and see, then I think you will agree That the farmer is the man who feeds them all. The farmer is the man, the farmer is the man, Lives on cr...

A farmer was ploughing his field one day, Riteful, riteful, titty fie day, A farmer was ploughing his field one day When the devil came up, and to him did say, With a riteful la, titty fie day, Riteful, riteful, titty fie day. See here, my good man, I have co...

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel The first Noel, the angel 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,...

The fox went out to the chase one night Prayed to the moon to give him light He had many a mile to go that night Before he reached the town-o, town-o town-o, Many a mile to go that night before he reached the town Many a mile to go that night before he re...

I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill, And o'er the moorland sedgy Such heavy thoughts my heart do fill, Since parting with my Betsey I seek for one as fair and gay, But find none to remind me How sweet the hours I passed away, With the girl I left behind me....

When the whale gets striked and the line run down And the whale makes a flunder with his tail And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man No more no more Greenland for you brave boys No more no more Greenland for you 'Twas in eighteen hundred and six...

Come fifty-one percent of the population and listen to my song, It's got but fifteen verses, It won't detain you long; It's all a-bout four housewives - We took a little risk. And how we got the title of the Housewife Terrorists On a sunny day in the month of...

She went down last October in a pouring driving rain. The skipper, he'd been drinking and the Mate, he felt no pain. Too close to Three Mile Rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow, And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low. There were five of us aboard her when s...

Come fill up your glasses and set yourselves down. I'll tell you a story of somebody's town. It isn't too near and it's not far away. It's not a place where I'd want to stay. Now the people are scratching all over the street Because the rabbits had nothi...

You wined me and dined me When I was your girl Promised if I'd be your wife You'd show me the world But all I've seen of this old world Is a bed and a doctor bill I'm tearin' down your brooder house 'Cause now I've got the pill All these years I've s...

Come and take a walk with me through this green and growing land Walk through the meadows and the mountains and the sand Walk through the valleys and the rivers and the plains Walk through the sun and walk through the rain Here is a land full of power and...

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 can the...

Why come ye hither, Redcoats, your mind what madness fills? In our valleys there is danger, and there's danger on our hills. Oh, hear ye not the singing of the bugle wild and free? And soon you'll know the ringing of the rifle from the tree. CHORUS: Oh, the ri...

When something in my history is found, Which contradicts the views that I propound, Or shows that I perhaps am not the guy I claim to be, here's what I usually do: [Chorus (after each verse):] I lie. I simply boldly falsify. I look the other feller in the eye...

Young men an' maidens, pay attention To these here lines l'm a-goin' to tell, They are the truth, if ever spoken, About a young an' beautiful girl. A young man courted a handsome lady, He loved her more than he loved his life; He ofttimes made her the solemn...

Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame? She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea. Tell me what were their names, tell m...

I was sitting on my front porch as I watched the river rot, Thinking about the sturgeon that are gone but not forgot And the buffalo an restless underneath the prairie sod And the smoke stacked up to heaven so's it hid the face of God There were soldiers marc...

The spider, dropping down from twig, Unfolds a plan of her devising, A thin premeditated rig To use in rising. And all that journey down through space, In cool descent and loyal hearted, She spins a ladder to the place From where she started. Thus I, gone fo...

Captain Smith, when he got his load Mighta heared him holl'in', All aboa'd Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well. Jack Johnson wanted to ge on boa'd; Captain Smith hollered, "I ain' haulin' no coal." Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well. It wa...

At midnight in a flaming angry town I saw my country's flag lying torn upon the ground. I ran in and dodged among the crowd, And scooped it up, and scampered out to safety. And then I took this striped old piece of cloth And tried my best to wash the gar...

I made up my mind to change my way And quit my crowd that was so gay, To leave my native home for a while And to travel west for many a mile. Whoo-a-whoo-a-whoo-a-whoo. 'Twas all in the merry month of May When I started for Texas far away, I left my darling...

I stood on the Atlantic Ocean The wide Pacific shore To the queen of the flowing mountains To the southbell by the door She's long and tall and handsome And loved by one and all She's a modern combination Called the Wabash Cannonball Chorus: Oh liste...

The water is wide, I cannot cross over, And neither have I wings to fly, Give me a boat that can carry two, And both shall row - my love and I. A ship there was, and she sails the sea, She's loaded deep as deep can be, But not so deep as the love I'm in...

I'm a poor wayfaring stranger While traveling through this world of woe Yet there's no sickness, toil, or danger In that bright world to which I go I'm going there to see my Father I'm going there no more to roam I'm only going over Jordan I'm only goin...

Along the trail you'll find me lopin' Where the spaces are wide open, In the land of the old A.E.C. (yea-hah!) Where the scenery's attractive, And the air is radioactive, Oh, the wild west is where I wanna be. Mid the sagebrush and the cactus, I'll watch the...

Oh Sergeant I'm a draftee and I've just arrived in camp. I've come to wear the uniform and join the martial tramp. And I want to do my duty, but one thing I do implore You must give me lessons, sergeant, for I've never killed before. To do my job obedient...

Well they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia, Said: "Steve, you're way behind time, "This is not 38, this is Ol' 97, "Put her into Spencer on time." Then he turned around and said to his black, greasy fireman, "Shovel on a little more coal. "And wh...

As I went walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway I saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me This land is your land and this land is my land From California to the New York island From the redwood forest to t...

This old car, was once brand new On the day, that you were born But sixteen years, have rolled right through And soon you'll drive me on your own Sixteen years is young for you But cars don't age so well My door hinge speaks, repairs to do But I've got...

I think of Andy in the cold wet clay Those three are on my mind With his comrades down beside him On that brutal day Those three are on my mind There lays young James in his mortal pain Those three are on my mind So I ask the killers can you see those three a...

To ev'ryone in all the world I reach my hand, I shake their hand. To ev'ryone in all the world I shake my hand like this. All, all together, The whole wide world around. I may not know your lingo, Bur I can say, by jingo, No matter where you live We...

To fight, perchance to win, aye, there's the rub For victory brings power and prestige And the children of the children of the fighters Take all for granted, and, in turn, oppress 

To my old brown earth And to my old blue sky I'll now give these last few molecules of "I." And you who sing, And you who stand nearby, I do charge you not to cry. Guard well our human chain, Watch well you keep it strong, As long as sun will shine....

Tomorrow is a highway broad and fair, And we are the many who'll travel there. Tomorrow is a highway broad and fair, And we are the workers who'll build it there; And we will build it there. Come, let us build a way for all mankind, A way to leave this...

But you who know days of a diff'rent kind, Tomorrow's children for whom work is more like play, And living is what poems are for me today, A passionate utterance carefully designed. Remember us, the lame, the deaf, the blind, Not for the stupid things we...

Some say the trouble's in the Pentagon Some say the trouble's in the street Some say the president's a paragon Where's the trouble at the bottom? Some say the trouble's the anatomy Some say the trouble's in the head Some say the trouble's the psychology Where...

To Everything Turn, turn, turn There is a season turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose, under Heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To Everythin...

Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell, Ding-dong. Hark! now I hea...

Zeina, zeina, zeina, zeina, Dabkeh nihdbek nurkus hora Bleilet twa adna. Yalla ma'ana, rudu ma'ana Rudu ma'ana, rudu ma'ana Ghrannu ya ah-bab. Zeina, zeina, dabkeh nihdbek yalla. Nurkus hora ya as-ha-a-a-ab. Yalla ma'ana, yalla rudu ma'ana Ah-lan bikom ya as-h...

There once was a union maid, she never was afraid Of goons and ginks and company finks and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid. She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called, And when the Legion boys come 'round She always stood her ground. C...

We'll work together, even though we work diff'rently. When we consider all the many dangers Visions of children asking us to save them. Building their gardens, all through the world. [Spoken segment by Pete] [repeat verse] 

Viva la quince brigada Rúmbala, rúmbala, rúmbala Que se ha cubierto de gloria Ay, Manuela, ay, Manuela Luchamos contra los moros Rúmbala, rúmbala, rúmbala Mercenarios y fascistas Ay, Manuela, ay, Manuela Solo es nuestro deseo Rúmbala, rúmbala, rúmba...

It was back in nineteen forty-two, I was a member of a good platoon. We were on maneuvers in-a Loozianna, One night by the light of the moon. The captain told us to ford a river, That's how it all begun. We were -- knee deep in the Big Muddy, But the b...

Far away on yonder hill old Blue's a barking at a coon I guess he's chased all night And it's just about two hours before dawning and Jacob's cabin doesn't show a light In the ruffle of the leaves beside my pathway a small animal appeared black and white And a...

Our fathers bled at Valley Forge. The snow was red with blood, Their faith was warm at Valley Forge, Their faith was brotherhood. Wasn't that a time, wasn't that a time, A time to try the soul of man, Wasn't that a terrible time? Brave men who died at...

A lonely spot I know where no man will go Where the shadows have all the room I was riding free on the old S.P. Humming a southern tune, When a man came along, made me hush my song, kicked me off away out there, Ohh - yo -dl - ay - dee - ohh - ay Ohh - ay - ho...

We are Soldiers, In the army, We have to fight, Although we have to cry We have to hold up the bloodstained banner We have to hold it up Until we Die! My mother was a Soldier Oh yes! She had her hand on the Gospel Plow Oh yes! But one day she got...

We shall not, we shall not be moved, (2x) Just like a tree that's planted by the water We shall not be moved We're young and old together, we shall not be moved, (2x) Just like a tree that's planted by the water We shall not be moved CHORUS We're wom...

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, I do...

We will love or we will perish. We will learn the rainbow to cherish. Dare to struggle, dare to danger, Dare to touch the hand of a stranger. Dare to struggle, dare to danger, Dare to touch the soul of a stranger 

Working in a weave-room, fighting for my life Trying to make a living for my kiddies and my wife; Some are needing clothing, some are needing shoes, But I'm getting nothing but the weave-room blues. I've got the blues, I've got the blues, I've got them awful...

Chorus: We'll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling We'll all be a-doubling in thirty-two years. We'll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling We'll all be a-doubling in thirty-two years. Two times two is four! Two times four is eight! Two times...

Well may the world go, The world go, the world go, Well may the world go, When I'm far away. Sweet may the breezes blow Clear may the streams flow Blue above, green below When I'm far away. Well may the world go, The world go, the world go, Well ma...

What a friend we have in Congress Who will guard our every shore Spends three quarters of our taxes Getting ready for a war Guns must make our coastline bristle And we need to fill the sky Full of planes and guided missiles They'll be paid for by and b...

What child is this, who, laid to rest, On Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The babe, the...

When I was most beautiful, Cities were falling And from unexpected places Blue sky was seen When I was most beautiful People around me were killed And for paint and powder I lost the chance When I was most beautiful Nobody gave me kind gifts. Men kne...

When I was single, I wore a plaid shawl Now that I'm married, I've nothing at all Chorus: Oh, but still I love him, I'll forgive him I'll go with him wherever he goes He came up our alley and he whistled me out But the tail of his shirt from his trousers hung...

When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer, the boys will shout The ladies they will all turn out That joyful day when Johnny comes marching home Get ready for the Jubilee, Hu...

Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Picked by young girls every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gon...

Come all of you good workers, Good news to you I'll tell Of how the good old union Has come in here to dwell. [Chorus:] Which side are you on? Which side are you on? Which side are you on? Which side are you on? My daddy was a miner And I'm a miner...

Who killed Davey Moore? How come he died And what's the reason for it? "Not I," says the referee "Don't point your little finger at me! Sure, I could have stopped it in the eight And saved him from his terrible fate. But the crowd would've booed, I'm s...

Who killed Norma Jean? I, said the City, as a civic duty, I killed Norma Jean. Who saw her die? I, said the Night, and a bedroom light, We saw her die. Who'll catch her blood? I, said the Fan, with my little pan, I'll catch her blood. Who'll make h...

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

In the jungle, the mighty jungle The lion sleeps tonight In the jungle the quiet jungle The lion sleeps tonight Near the village the peaceful village The lion sleeps tonight Near the village the quiet village The lion sleeps tonight Hush my darling d...

Ol' man seargent sittin' at the desk The damn ol' fool won't give us no rest He'd take the nickels off a dead man's eyes To buy a Coca-Cola an' a eskimo pie I got the blues, I got the blues I got the Winnsboro cotton mill blues Oh Lordy Lordy spoolin's...

[Chorus:] When I think of the ways that I've grown I know I couldn't a' made it alone I owe a lot to the sharing, caring, daring Wonderful friends that I've known. I owe a lot to the sharing, caring, daring Wonderful friends that I've known Here we are...

Words, words, words In my old Bible How much of truth remains? If I only understood them, While my lips pronounced them, Would not my life be changed? Words, words, words In Tom's old Declaration How much of truth remains? If I only understood them, While my...

Yankee Doodle came to town, A-ridin' on a pony; He stuck a feather in his hat And called it macaroni. Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy; Mind the music and the steps And with the girls be handy. Father and I went down to camp, Along with...

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know, dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms When I awoke, dear, I was mist...