Index of first lines in this website
Included in this folder are a number of tunes which can be played or downloaded as a midi file or read and printed as a sheet of music.
This list is odered by first lines - where there is one. A list is also available ordered by title
note: I have activated 'ignore article' in sorting (a, the, les(fr.))
A
- A blacksmith courted me nine months or better - (The Blacksmith)
- Adieu to you my own true love, a thousand times adieu - (The Holy Ground)
- Adieu ye streams that smoothly flow - (Adieu Ye Streams)
- Ae fond kiss and then we sever! - (Ae Fond Kiss)
- After the battle back in the saddle - (Pass It On)
- A good sword and a trusty hand! A merry heart and true! - (Song Of The Western Men)
- Ah! Vous dirais je maman ce qui cause mon tourmont - (Ah! Vous Dirais-Je Maman)
- A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year - (Little Musgrave)
- A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year - (Mattie Groves)
- A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die - (Remember The Alamo)
- Ah went to Blaydon Races, ‘twas on the ninth of Joon - (Blaydon Races)
- A lady came out when I knocked on the door - (Alleluia I'm A Bum)
- Alas, my love, you do me wrong, - (Greensleeves)
- A little maiden climbed an old man's knees begged for a story Do uncle please - (After The Ball)
- All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go - (Leaving On A Jet Plane)
- All people that on earth do dwell - (All People That On Earth Do Dwell)
- All round my hat I will wear the green willow - (All Round My Hat)
- All round my hat I will wear the green willow - (Three Coloured Ribbon)
- All things are quite silent each mortal at rest - (All Things Are Quite Silent)
- All things are quite silent each mortal at rest - (My Bonny Bonny Boy)
- A mother was bathing her baby one night - (A Mothers Lament)
- A mother was bathing her baby one night - (Mother Was Bathing Her Baby)
- A mother was bathing her baby one night - (Your Baby Has Gone Down The Plughole)
- And did those feet in ancient times Walk upon England's mountain's green - (Jerusalem)
- An old man came courting me, Hey ding doorum dow - (An Old Man He Courted Me)
- An old man came courting me, Hey ding doorum dow - (Maids when you're Young)
- A north country maid up to London has strayed - (A North Country Maid)
- An outlandish knight came from the north lands - (The Outlandish Knight)
- Are you going to Scarborough Fair - (Scarborough Fair)
- As-tu connu le Pèr’ Lanc’lot? - (Le Pèr’ Lancelot)
- As I crossed over Salisbury plain - (Scarborough Plain)
- As I crossed over Salisbury plain - (The Rout Of The Blues)
- As I looked over the castle wall - (Lord Thomas Of Winesberry)
- As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair - (Fiddler's Green)
- As I was a-walking for my recreation - (Blackbirds And Thrushes)
- As I was a-walking for my recreation - (The Lover's Complaint)
- As I was a-walking one morning in May - (The Cuckoo's Nest)
- As I was a-walking one morning in Spring - (Married Next Monday Morning)
- As I was a-walking one morning in Spring - (The Sign Of The Bonny Blue Bell)
- As I was a-walking one morning in Spring - (Tuesday Morning)
- As I was a goin' over Gilgara mountain, - (Whiskey In The Jar)
- As I was going to Aylesbury all on a market day - (As I Was Going To Aylesbury)
- As I was going to Aylesbury all on a market day - (The Aylesbury Girl)
- As I was going to Aylesbury all on a market day - (The Ups And Downs)
- As I was going to Strawberry fair - (Strawberry Fair)
- As I was sitting with a jug and spoon, on one fine morn in the month of June - (A Jug Of Punch)
- As I was walking a' alane - (Twa Corbies)
- As I went walking that ribbon of highway - (This Land Is Your Land)
- A Sultan sat on his oriental mat - (What I Want Is A Proper Cup Of Coffee)
- At the turning of the century I was a boy of five - (Old Mans Tale)
- Au jardin de mon père les lilas sont fleuris - (Aupres De Ma Blonde)
- Away in a manger, no crib for a bed - (Away In A Manger)
B
- Begone! dull care I prithee, be gone from me - (Begone! Dull Care)
- Believe it friend We care not for ye - (Believe It, Friend)
- Be thou my guardian and my guide - (Be Thou My Guardian And My Guide)
- Black black black is the colour of my true love's hair - (Black Is The Colour)
- Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly - (Blow The Wind Southerly)
- Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea - (Bobby Shafto)
- Bold Arder went forth one summers morning - (Robin Hood And The Tanner)
- By Killarney's lakes and fells, Em'rald isles and winding bays; - (Killarney)
- By yon bonnie banks, and by yon bonnie braes - (Loch Lomond)
C
- Cam' ye by Athol lad wi' the philabeg - (Cam Ye By Athol)
- Cam' ye over frae France, cam ye doon by Lunnon - (Cam Ye Oer Frae France)
- Cherry ripe, cherry ripe, ripe, I cry, - (Cherry Ripe)
- Chevaliers de la table ronde, Goûtons voir si le vin est bon; - (Chevaliers De La Table Ronde)
- Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer - (Heart Of Oak)
- Come, come, light up the fire. Come, come, join in the ring. - (Campfire Opening (Sussex))
- Come, lasses and lads, get leave or your dads, and away to the maypole hie - (Come Lasses And Lads)
- Come all jolly ploughmen and help me to sing - (Two Young Brethren)
- Come all ye bold keepers, come listen awhile - (Keepers And Poachers)
- Come all ye bold sailors that follow the lakes - (Red Iron Ore)
- Come all ye jolly Sailors bold - (The Saucy Arethusa)
- Come all ye tramps and hawker-lads an' gaitherers o' bla' - (Tramps And Hawkers)
- Come all ye young fellows that follow the sea - (Blow The Man Down)
- Come all you bold fishermen listen to me - (Blow Ye Winds Westerly)
- Come all you seamen bold,and draw near - (Admiral Benbow)
- Come all you young fellows so brave and so fine - (Dark As A Dungeon)
- Come bridle me my milk white steed, - (Geordie)
- Come gather 'round people wherever you roam - (Times Are A Changing)
- Come here, maw little Jacky - (Dance Ti' Thy Daddy)
- Come here, maw little Jacky - (When The Boat Comes In)
- Come ye young men, come along - (Staines Morris)
- Concerning of three young men - (Bold Poachers)
- Cope sent a challenge free Dunbar - (Johnnie Cope)
- Cosher Bailey had an engine It was always wanting mending - (Cosher Baileys Engine)
- Country roads take me home - (Country Roads)
- Crack the whip and bring the blood - (Ox Driving Song)
- Crambambuli is the title - (Crambambuli)
D
- D' ye ken John Peel, with his coat so gay - (John Peel)
- Daylight, see the dew on the sunflower - (Memory)
- De'il take the war, that hurried Willy from me - (De'il Take The War!)
- Deep the silence round us spreading - (All Through The Night)
- Der Wein erfreut des Menschen Herz - (Wein Weib Gesang)
- Did you ever see a wild goose Sail over the ocean? - (Wild Goose)
- Don't know where I'll be tomorrow - (Rattler)
- Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother - (Silver Dagger)
- Down behind the gasworks, down in Rawtenstall - (The Rawtenstall Annual Fair)
- Down in front of Casey's old brown wooden stoop - (The Sidewalks Of New York)
- Down in Waterford Town on a cold winter's night - (The Juice Of The Barley)
- Down the street, the dogs are barkin' And the day is gettin' dark - (One Too Many Mornings)
- Down yonder green valley, where streamlets meander - (The Ash Grove)
- Drink to me only with thine eyes - (Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes)
E
- Early one morning, just as the sun was rising - (Early One Morning)
- Eengonyama gonyama - (Een Gonyama)
- eside the camp fire's fitful blaze - (The Flight Of The Earls)
- Every morning about seven o'clock - (Drill Ye Tarriers Drill)
- Ezekiel saw a wheel a-turning - (Ezekiel Saw A Wheel A Turning)
F
- Faith of our fathers, living still - (Faith Of Our Fathers)
- Farewell and adieu to you Spanish ladies - (Spanish Ladies)
- Farewell and adieu to you Spanish ladies - (Talachuano Girls)
- Farewell the Princes landing stage - (Leaving Of Liverpool)
- Farewel to a' our Scottish fame, Farewel our ancient glory - (Parcel Of Rogues)
- Flow gently sweet Afton among thy green braes - (Afton Water)
- For Charles our King And Rupert bold - (Prince Ruperts March)
- Freight train, freight train, going so fast - (Freight Train)
- From beyond the rocky island, skimming o’er the boiling wave - (Stenka Rasin)
- From Mobberley on a bright Morning - (The Wizard Of Alderley Edge)
- Full twenty years and more are passed since I left Brummagem. - (Good Old Brummagem)
- Full twenty years and more are passed since I left Brummagem. - (I Can't Find Brummagem)
G
- Gin a body meet a body, Comin' thro' the rye - (Coming Through The Rye)
- Glory to Thee my Gods this night - (Glory To Thee)
- God prosper long our noble king, Our lives and safeties all - (Chevy Chase)
- Goliath of Gath, with his helmet of brass - (Goliath Of Gath)
- Great Caesar once renowned in fame - (Row Dow Dow Or The Drum)
H
- Hail the day so long expected - (Babylon Is Fallen)
- Hark! I hear the foe advancing, Barbed steeds are proudly prancing - (Men Of Harlech)
- Hark how the drums beat up again - (Over The Hills And Far Away)
- Have you seen the old man in the closed down market - (Streets Of London)
- He came from his palace grand - (Lady Mary)
- Hello darkness, my old friend - (The Sound Of Silence)
- Here's a health to the King and a lasting peace - (Down Among The Dead Men)
- Here's a health unto his majesty - (Here's A Health Unto His Majesty)
- Here's health to the jolly blacksmith, the best of all fellows - (Twankydillo)
- Here's to the baker I must bring him in - (Rigs Of The Time)
- Here we come a wassailing among the leaves so green - (Here We Come A Wassailing)
- Herr Bruder, nimm das Gläschen und trink es fröhlich aus - (Herr Bruder Nuimm Das Glaschen)
- He sat on the corner of the Bevington Bush astride of an old packing case - (The Ballad Of Old Seth Davey)
- He sat on the corner of the Bevington Bush astride of an old packing case - (Whiskey On A Sunday)
- He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster - (He Who Would Valiant Be)
- Hey, now the day daws - (Hey Now The Day Daws)
- Hey, the dusty miller, and his dusty coat - (Binny's Jig)
- Hey, the dusty miller, and his dusty coat - (The Dusty Miller)
- Hey hey mister irishman can't you understand - (Mister Irishman)
- Hey Jude don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. - (Hey Jude)
- Hey woman, my woman, open your eyes and smile - (The Gift Of A Brand New Day)
- Ho, brother Teague, dost hear the decree? Lilliburlero, bullen a la - (Lillibulero)
- Ho boy! Hey boy! Come, come away boy - (Ho Boy Hey Boy)
- Holl amrantau'r sêr ddywedant - (Ar Hyd y Nos)
- How many gentle flowers grow in an English country garden? - (English Country Garden)
- How stands the glass around? For shame, ye take no care, me boys! - (Why Soldiers Why)
- Hush, little baby, don't you cry - (All My Trials)
- Hush little baby, don't say word - (Hush Little Baby)
I
- I'd like to tell you people I met her at a fair - (The Gypsy)
- I'll sing ye a story o' trouble an' woe, that'll cause ye to shudder and shiver - (Chinee Bumboat Man)
- I'll sing you one, O - (Green Grow The Rushes Oh)
- I'll tell me ma, when I get home - (Tell Me Ma)
- I'll tell me ma, when I get home - (The Wind)
- I'll tell you a tale that'll turn you pale about a generous lad - (Song Of Proliferation)
- I'm a freeborn man of the travelling people - (Travelling People)
- I'm a hand weaver to my trade - (The Weaver And The Factory Maid)
- I'm a little hunk of tin - (Hunk Of Tin)
- I'm a weaver a Calton weaver I'm a rash and a roving blade - (The Calton Weaver)
- I'm going for a soldier, Jenny - (Going For A Soldier Jenny)
- I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill, And o'er the moor and valley - (An Spailpin Fanach)
- I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill, And o'er the moor and valley - (As Slow Our Ship)
- I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill, And o'er the moor and valley - (The Bride In Camp)
- I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill, And o'er the moor and valley - (The Girl I Left Behind Me)
- I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill, And o'er the moor and valley - (The Wealthy Squire)
- I'm raised and born, comes the cry of the storm - (Land Of The Carrion Crow)
- I've been a wild rover for many's the year - (The Wild Rover)
- I've been on the road, so long - (Been On The Road)
- I've been over Snowdon, I've slept upon Crowdon - (The Manchester Rambler)
- I've done me time in Liverpool - (Hard Case)
- I've heard them liltin' at oor yowe milkin' - (The Flowers Of The Forest)
- I've shore at Burrabogie and I've shore at Toganmain - (Flash Jack From Gundagai)
- I've travelled all over this world - (Old Rosin The Beau)
- I've travelled all over this world - (Rosin The Bow)
- I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae well - (I Once Loved A Lass)
- I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae well - (The False Bride)
- I belong to a family, the biggest on the earth - (The Family Of Man)
- I cannot get to my love if I would die - (The Water Of Tyne)
- I care not for these ladies that must be wooed and prayed - (I Care Not For These Ladies)
- Ich komme schon durch manche Land - (La Marmotte)
- Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten - (Die Lorelei)
- I danced in the morning when the world was begun - (Lord Of The Dance)
- I don’t want glory and I don’t want fame I left school with a modest aim - (I'm Looking For A Job)
- If I had another penny I would have another gill - (Byker Hill And Walker Shore)
- If I had money enough to spend - (The Parting Glass)
- I found an old stocking, and filled it with lead; - (I Found An Old Stocking)
- I found my love by the gasworks croft - (Dirty Old Town)
- If you'll listen for a while, a story I will tell you - (Shooting Goshens Cock-ups)
- If you could read my mind love What a tale my thoughts could tell - (If You Could Read My Mind)
- If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet - (A Smugglers Song)
- I had a wife and got no good of her - (A Quick Way To Be Rid Of A Wife)
- I learned to dance when I was a boy - (The Dancing Song)
- I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me - (One Of Us Can't Be Wrong)
- I looked over Jordan and what did I see? - (Swing Low Sweet Chariot)
- Il était un p'tit homme Qui s'appelait Guilleri, carabi - (Compere Guillerie)
- Immortal, Invisible, God only wise - (Immortal Invisible God Only Wise)
- In a cavern, In a canyon, Excavating for a mine, - (Clementine)
- In Amsterdam there lived a maid - (A Roving)
- In Bruton town there lived a farmer - (Bruton Town)
- In das Dorf auf bunten Wagen zieht Zigeunervolk hinein - (In Das Dorf Auf Bunten Wagen)
- In Dublin's fair city, Where the girls are so pretty - (In Dublins Fair City)
- In Dublin's fair city, Where the girls are so pretty - (Molly Malone)
- In eighteen hundred and forty-six and of March the eighteenth day - (The Greenland Fisheries)
- In Manchester a City of cotton twist and twill - (The Calico Printers Clerk)
- In my mind I'm gone to Carolina - (Carolina On My Mind)
- In Scarlet town where I was born there was a fair maid dwellin' - (Barbara Allen)
- In South Australia I was born. Heave away! Haul away - (South Australia)
- In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan - (In The Bleak Midwinter)
- In the vale of Llangollen the story runs still - (In The Vale Of Llangollen)
- In Thorneymoor Woods in Nottinghamshire - (Thornaby Woods)
- In Thorneymoor Woods in Nottinghamshire - (Thornymoor Woods)
- I sow'd the seeds of love - (Garners Gay)
- I sow'd the seeds of love - (Let No Man Steal Your Thyme)
- I sow'd the seeds of love - (Maiden's Lament)
- I sow'd the seeds of love - (Rue)
- I sow'd the seeds of love - (The Seeds Of Love)
- I sow'd the seeds of love - (The Sprig Of Thyme)
- I speak on behalf of the next generation My sons and my daughters their children to come - (Leave Them A Flower)
- issouri, she’s a mighty river - (Shenandoah)
- It's a lesson too late for the learning made of sand made of sand - (The Last Thing On My Mind)
- It's all very well to have a machine - (The Machiners Song)
- It's a long and a dusty road, a hot and a heavy load and the folks that I meet aint always kind - (I Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound)
- It's a rosebud in June - (Rosebud In June)
- It's of a gallant lady, just in the prime of youth. - (Canadee IO)
- It's of a pretty shepherdess - (The Knight And The Shepherds Daughter)
- It's of three jolly butchers as I've heard many say - (Three Jolly Butchers)
- It is of a rich merchant I’m going to tell - (Villikins And His Dinah)
- I took this job when I left school and I thought it might be fun - (Apprentice Song)
- I took this job when I left school and I thought it might be fun - (I Just Can't Wait)
- It rains it rains in merry Lincoln - (Little Sir Hugh)
- It was at my true lovers window one night - (The Little Drummer)
- It was pleasant and delightful on a bright summer's morn - (Pleasant And Delightful)
- I was a walking down in Stokes Bay - (Stow Brow)
- I was a walking down in Stokes Bay - (The Drowned Lover)
- I was a walking down in Stokes Bay - (The Drowned Sailor)
- I was brought up in Yorkshire and when I was sixteen - (The Female Drummer)
- I went down south for to see my Sal - (Polly Wolly Doodle)
- I will go, I will go, When the fighting is over - (I Will Go)
- I wish I was in Liverpool, Liverpool Town where I was born - (I Wish I Was Back In Liverpool)
- I with I were a little fith, I with I were a fith: - (I Wish I Were A Little Fith)
- I’m a bold English navvy that works on the line - (The Bold English Navvy)
J
- Johnny Todd he took a notion - (Johnny Todd)
- Joy, health, love and peace Be all here in this place - (Please To See The King)
- Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone - (Fire And Rain)
- Jörg von Frundsberg, führt uns an, radi radi radi vallala - (Jorg Von Frundsberg)
K
L
- Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver - (Land Of The Silver Birch)
- Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly - (Diddle Diddle)
- Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly - (Dilly Dilly)
- Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly - (Lavenders Blue)
- Let's get away you say find a better place - (Light Flight)
- Let God arise and then his foes - (Let God Arise)
- Let grass grow, and waters flow - (Real Old Mountain Dew)
- Let us with a gladsome mind praise the Lord for he is kind - (Let Us With A Gladsome Mind)
- Lie doon ma bonnie wee littlin' - (Lullin The Littlin)
- Light down, light down, love Henry Lee - (Henry Lee)
- Light that shines is the light of love - (This Little Light Of Mine)
- lo. hey trol-ley lo Sing we now merrily - (Sing We Now Merrily)
- Look ahead look astern look the weather and the lee - (The Coasts Of High Barbary)
- Lord Bateman was a noble lad - (Lord Bateman)
- Lord of all being, throned afar - (Lord Of All Being)
- Loud roar'd the dreadful thunder The rain a deluge show'rs - (The Bay Of Biscay Oh)
- Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar. - (Skye Boat Song)
- Love me little, love me long, Is the burden of my song - (Love Me A Little)
M
- Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi, - (Hen Wlad Fy Nadau)
- Maxwellton braes are Bonnie, where Early fa's the dew - (Annie Laurie)
- May it be an evening star - (May It Be)
- Methinks I see some little craft, spreading their sails a-lee - (Three Score And Ten)
- Mit liedern und klampfenklang ziehn wir die strass’ entlang, - (Mit Liedern)
- Mon père et ma mère d'Locminé ils sont - (Les Gar De Rocmine)
- Morgen muß ich fort von hier, und muß Abschied nehmen - (Lebewohl)
- My Bonny lies over the ocean - (My Bonnie)
- My father's the King of the Gypsys tis true - (The Gypsy's Wedding Day)
- My father's the King of the Gypsys tis true - (The Little Gypsy Girl)
- My friends if you will understand my fortunes - (The Great Boobee)
- My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf - (My Grandfathers Clock)
- My love is one of the fairest young men - (Streets Of Derry)
- My love she speaks like silence - (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
- My mistress is a hive of bees in yonder flowery garden - (My Mistress' Cunny)
- My sweetheart, come along. Don't you hear the fond song - (Sweet Nightingale)
- My young love said to me - (She Moved Through The Fair)
N
- New oysters, new oysters, new oysters, new! - (New Oysters)
- News From Hollands Leager - (News From Hollands Leager)
- Nobody loves me, everybody hates me - (Nobody Loves Me)
- Non nobis Domine - (Non Nobis Domine)
- Now, come, my brave boys, as I've told you before - (Drink Old England Dry)
- Now Brian O'Lin and his wife and wife's mother - (Brian O'Lin)
- Now thank we all our God With heart and hands and voices - (Now Thank We All Our God)
O
- O'er the ocean flies a merry fay - (Marianina)
- O Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling - (Danny Boy)
- Of all the brave birds that ever I see - (The Owl)
- Oh, say were you ever in Rio Grande? - (Rio Grande)
- Oh, see that fleet foot host of men - (Roddy M'Corley)
- Oh, the sons of the Prophet are hardy and grim - (Abdulla Bulbul Ameer)
- Oh, the summertime is coming - (Wild Mountain Thyme)
- Oh, the summertime is coming - (Will Ye Go Lassie Go)
- Oh, the weary cutters and oh, the weary sea - (The Weary Cutters)
- Oh, were the scouts from Portsmouth - (Portsmouth)
- Oh as I went home on a Monday night as drunk as drunk could be - (Seven Drunken Nights)
- Oh do you know her or do you not - (The Doffin' Mistress)
- Oh Flower of Scotland - (Flower Of Scotland)
- Oh hard is the fortune of all womankind - (Hard Is The Fortune)
- Oh hard is the fortune of all womankind - (The Wagoner's Lad)
- Oh it's in the evening after dark the blackleg miners gan to work - (The Blackleg Miner)
- Oh it was a fine and a pleasant day, - (Shoals Of Herring)
- Oh love is teasing when love is pleasing, - (Love Is Teasing)
- Oh me name is Dick Darby, I'm a cobbler - (Dick Darby The Cobbler)
- Oh Mrs. McGrath! the sergeant said - (Mrs. McGrath)
- Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird she singeth as she fies - (The Cuckoo)
- Oh they call me hanging Johnny, Away, boys, away - (Hanging Johnny)
- Oh well, who wouldn't be a sailor lad a 'Sailin' on the main - (Home Boys Home)
- Oh what a beautiful city - (Oh What A Beautiful City)
- Oh what will you give me? - (Bells Of Rhymney)
- Oh where, tell me where, has your Highland laddie gone - (Blue Bell Of Scotland)
- Oh You can give marriage a whirl - (Texas Girl)
- O I forbid you, maidens a' - (Tam Lin)
- O I forbid you, maidens a' - (The Howling Wind)
- Old apple tree, we'll wassail thee - (Apple-Tree Wassail)
- Old Joe Clark, the preacher's son, preached all over the plain - (Old Joe Clarke)
- Old man Sargent sitting at the desk - (Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues)
- Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard - (Bung Him Through The Window)
- Old woman, old woman, are you fond of cooking? - (The Deaf Woman's Courtship)
- Old woman, old woman, are you fond of cooking? - (The Old Womans Courtship)
- O let's not think about to-morrow - (Trinden Grange Explosion)
- On a Friday, it fell in the month of April - (Copshawholme Fair)
- Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong - (Walzing Matilda)
- Once I had a colour as red as a rose - (The Myrtle Tree)
- Once I had a colour as red as a rose - (The Yellow Handkerchief)
- Once upon a time in the land of hush-a-bye round about the wondrous days of yore - (The Box)
- One day not very long ago in a patch of pea soup fog - (Dixies Dog)
- One day not very long ago in a patch of pea soup fog - (The Dog Licence)
- One day when I was out of work, a job I went to seek - (The Rest Of The Day's Your Own)
- One Sunday morn as I’ve heard say - (Richard Of Taunton Deane)
- Onward Christian soldiers marching as to war - (Onward Christian Soldiers)
- On yonder hill there stands a creature - (O No John)
- O Polly love, O Polly, the rout has now begun - (High Germany)
- Our boots and clothes are all in pawn - (Blood Red Roses)
- Our King went forth to Normandy - (The Agincourt Song)
- O where have you been to, Rendal my son - (Lord Randall)
- O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut - (Willie Brewd A Pack O Malt)
P
- Pastyme with good companye I love and shall untyll I dye - (Pastyme With Good Companye)
- Pray Gentle Maiden may I be your lover - (Chastity Belt)
Q
R
- Remember O thou man O thou man O thou man - (Remember O Thou Man)
- Rhwym wrth dy wregys, gleddyf gwyn dy dad - (Rhyfelgyrch Capten Morgan)
- Roll the old chariot along - (The Old Chariot)
- Roter Wein im Becher, der beste Rebensaft - (Rotor Wein)
S
- Says my lord to my lady as he mounted his horse - (Cruel Lincoln)
- Says my lord to my lady as he mounted his horse - (Long Lankin)
- Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots wham Bruce hath aften led - (Scots Wha Hae)
- See her playing on the hillside - (Its The Same The Whole World Over)
- She called to her little page boy - (Lady Maisry)
- She sat on a lilac and played her guitar - (She Sat On A Lilac)
- Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? - (Auld Lang Syne)
- Sing a song of Europe, highly civilised; - (Sing A Song Of Europe)
- So come all you bold sportsmen - (Molly Bond)
- Soldiers with swords in hands - (When Cannon Are Roaring)
- Some pals and I in a public house were playing dominoes last night - (Old Dun Cow)
- Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules - (The British Grenadiers)
- Sont les filles de La Rochelle Ont armé un bâtiment - (Les Filles De La Rochelle)
- Sovay sovay all on a day - (Sovay Sovay)
- Sovay sovay all on a day - (The Female Highwayman)
- Step we gaily on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe - (Lewis Bridal Song)
- Step we gaily on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe - (Mairi's Wedding)
- Stewball was a racehorse, and I wish he were mine - (Skewball)
- Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing Cuccu - (Sumer Is I Cumen In)
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- Tae the Lords o' convention 'twas Claverhouse spoke - (Bonnie Dundee)
- Tell old Bill when he leaves home this morning - (Tell Old Bill)
- Tempus ad est gratiae hoc quod optabamus - (Gaudete)
- The de'il cam' fiddlin' through the toon - (The De'ils Awa' Wi' The Exiseman)
- The de'il cam' fiddlin' through the toon - (Wilkes's Wrigle)
- The Diamond is a ship, my lads, for the Davis Strait she's bound - (The Bonny Ship The Diamond)
- The fifteen day of July, with glittering spear and shield - (Lord Willoughby)
- The gallant frigate, Amphitrite, she lay in Plymouth Sound, - (Around Cape Horn)
- The gallant frigate, Amphitrite, she lay in Plymouth Sound, - (The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite)
- The gypsy rover came over the hill - (Gypsy Rover)
- The hunt is up, the hunt is up, And it is well nigh day - (The Hunt Is Up)
- The keeper did a-hunting go - (The Keeper)
- The Laird o' Roslin's daughter walked through the woods her lane - (Captain Wedderburn's Courtship)
- The Laird o' Roslin's daughter walked through the woods her lane - (The Laird Of Rosslyn's Daughter)
- The land of my fathers, the land of my choice - (Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau)
- The land of my fathers, the land of my choice - (Land Of My Fathers)
- The man who drinketh small beer And goes to bed quite sober - (Come Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl)
- The minstrel boy to the war has gone - (The Minstrel Boy)
- The mistletoe hung in the castle hall - (The Mistletoe Bough)
- The morn was fair, the skies were clear - (The Rose Of Allendale)
- The old ways are changing, you cannot deny - (Goodbye To The Thirty-foot Trailer)
- There's a beautiful land by the blue western sea - (The Beautiful Cedars)
- There's nought but care on ev'ry han', In ev'ry hour that passes, O - (Green Grow The Rashes Oh)
- There are twa bonnie maidens, and three bonnie maidens - (Flora MacDonald's Lament)
- There are twa bonnie maidens, and three bonnie maidens - (There Are Twa Bonnie Maidens)
- There is a green hill far away - (There Is Still A Green Hill)
- There is a tavern in the town, in the town - (The Tavern In The Town)
- There is a young cowboy, he lives on the range - (Sweet Baby James)
- There was a fair and fine young man and he was a squire's son - (The Baillifs Daughter Of Islington)
- There was a jolly miller once lived on the river Dee - (Miller Of Dee)
- There was a Lady dwelt in York - (The Cruel Mother)
- There was a lady of the North Country - (Bonnie Broom)
- There was a lady of the North Country - (Riddles Wisely Expounded)
- There was a lady of the North Country - (The Devil's Nine Questions)
- There was a lofty ship, and she put out to sea - (The Golden Vanity)
- There was an old man lived out in the wood - (Broom Green Broom)
- There was an old woman lived under a hill - (The Trooper Watering His Nag)
- There was a simple maiden, Long ago, yes, long ago - (There Was A Simple Maiden)
- There was a squire, lived in the East, a squire of high degree - (The Green Wedding)
- There was a squire, lived in the East, a squire of high degree - (There Was A Lord In Edinburgh)
- There was a troop of Irish Dragoons - (The Bonnie Lass Of Fyvie-O)
- There was a wee Cooper wha lived in Fife - (The Wee Cooper O Fife)
- There was a Wild Colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name - (The Wild Colonial Boy)
- There was a wyly ladde met with a bonny lasse - (There Was A Wily Ladde)
- There were three auld gypsies came to our hall door - (Wraggle Taggle Gypsies)
- There were three brothers in merry Scot|land - (Henry Martin)
- There were three men come from the west Their fortune for to try - (John Barleycorn)
- There were three Ravens sat on a tree - (The Three Ravens)
- There were two lofty ships from old England came - (High Barbary)
- The shades of night were falling fast, Upidee, Upiday - (Upidee)
- The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn - (The Crow On The Cradle)
- The water is wide, I cannot get o'er - (The Water Is Wide)
- The Wind doth blow today my love - (The Unquiet Grave)
- The winter it is past and the summer's come at last - (The Curragh Of Kildare)
- They locked up my darlin' in Allentown Jail - (Allentown Gaol)
- Think I'll go out to Alberta - (Four Strong Winds)
- Think on Scotia's ancient heroes, Think on foreign foes repelled - (Wha Wadna Fecht For Charlie)
- This ae nighte, this ae nighte, Every nighte and alle - (A Lyke Wake Dirge)
- This Old Man he played one - (Knick Knack Paddywack)
- This Old Man he played one - (This Old Man)
- Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street - (Finnegans Wake)
- Tobaccoe, tobaccoe Sing sweetly for tobaccoe - (Tobaccoe Is Like Love)
- Tom making a Mantua for a Lass of Pleasure - (Tom The Taylor)
- Tom Pearce, Tom Pearce, lend me your grey mare - (Widecombe Fair)
- Train whistle blowing makes a sleepy noise - (Morning Town Ride)
- True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank - (Thomas The Rhymer)
- Twas down the glen one Easter morn - (The Foggy Dew)
U
- Up every morning at five - (Poverty Knock)
- Up jumped The Duke Of Wellington Into The Avenue - (Aston Pub Crawl)
- Up jumped The Duke Of Wellington Into The Avenue - (Drink Old Aston Dry)
V
- Vandy, Vandy, I've come to court you - (Vandy Vandy)
- Volez vous que je vous chant Un son d’amors avenant - (Volez Vous Que Je Vous Chant)
- Von überall sind wir gekommen, im Lagergrund steht Zelt an Zelt, - (Regenbogenlied)
W
- Waur hae ye been sae braw me lad? - (Killiekrankie)
- Way down up on the Swanee River, far, far away - (Old Folks At Home)
- Way down up on the Swanee River, far, far away - (Swanee River)
- We're climbing up the Sunshine Mountain - (Were Climbing Up The Sunshine Mountain)
- We're sailing down the river from Liverpool - (Santyanno)
- We are the Red Men, tall and quaint - (The Tribe Of The Old Dun Cow)
- We be soldiers three - (We Be Soldiers Three)
- Wee be three poore Mariners, newly come from the seas - (We Be Three Poor Mariners)
- We had to move away 'Cos the rent we couldn't pay. - (My Old Man (Said Follow The Van))
- Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe - (Don't Think Twice)
- Well, I wish I was in London, or some other seaport town - (Handsome Molly)
- Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog, - (All For Me Grog)
- Well it's down the shaft on a Monday morn and the cable lift's the best - (The Collier Lad)
- Well met, my brother friend, all at this highway end, - (Husbandman And Servantman)
- Well met, well met, my own true love - (James Harris)
- Well met, well met, my own true love - (The Daemon Lover)
- Well met, well met, my own true love - (The House Carpenter)
- Well the sun was hot and the air was heavy as the marching men came by - (Hey Sandy)
- Were you ever in Quebec - (Donkey Riding)
- We stood in the windy city, - (To Try For The Sun)
- Westward the wild wind, high runs the sea, - (Flodgary)
- Westward the wild wind, high runs the sea, - (Flora MacDonald's Lament)
- Westward the wild wind, high runs the sea, - (Lament Of Flora MacDonald)
- What's the use of wearing braces, Vests and pants and boots and braces - (National Anthem Of The Ancient Britons)
- What Booker can prognosticate concerning King or Kingdom's fate; - (When The King Enjoys His Own Again)
- What is a youth? Impetuous fire - (What Is A Youth)
- What is it about you, makes me feel this way? - (England 1914)
- What is right, what is wrong, by the law, by the law - (Ye Jacobites)
- What shall we do with the drunken sailor - (What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor)
- When first I went a soldier with pike upon my shoulder - (Bang Upon The Big Drum)
- When I'm happy, when I'm happy singing all the while - (Show Me The Way To Go Home)
- When I was a little boy I lived by myself - (The Swapping Song)
- When I was a tailor, A tailor, a tailor - (When I Was A Tailor)
- When I was a tailor I carried my bodkin and shears - (The Jolly Weaver)
- When I was a young man, never been kissed - (Kisses Sweeter Than Wine)
- When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire - (The Lincolnshire Poacher)
- When I was just a little lad or so me mammy told me - (Haul Away Joe)
- When your ears hang low do you swing them to and fro? - (When Your Ears Hang Low)
- Where be yon black-bird tu - (Whurr Be Yon Blackbird)
- While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo - (Johnnie I Hardly Knew You)
- While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo - (With Your Guns And Drums)
- Whose pigs are these? Whose pigs are these? - (Whose Pigs Are These)
- Why spend your leisure bereft of pleasure - (Preab san Ól)
- Will said to his mammy, That hee would go wooe - (Will Said To His Mammy)
- Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen heia hoho - (Bauernkrieg)
- With the scent of woodsmoke drifting on the air - (With The Scent Of Woodsmoke)
- Wollt ihr hören nun mein Lied und wollt ihr glauben daran - (Konig Olaf Tyrasson)
- Word is to the kitchen gone - (Mary Hamilton)
- Word is to the kitchen gone - (The Four Maries)
X
Y
- Ya 'cor dix fill's dans l'bourg de R'don tap'nt du pieds quand l'amour les prends - (Les Filles De Redon)
- Yawning in the morning when Akela gives a roar - (Were Yawning In The Morning)
- Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon - (Ye Banks And Braes)
- Ye lads and lasses a' draw near - (In Praise Of The Ploughman)
- Ye lads and lasses spruce and gay, attend unto my song - (Nottingham Goose Fair)
- Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair - (Colours)
- Yesterday a child came out to wander - (The Circle Game)
- Yonder comes a courteous knight Lustily raking over the hay. - (The Over Courteous Knight)
- You seamen bold who plough the ocean - (Ship In Distress)
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