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, sweet lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu, - (Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy)
- Adieu to you my own true love, a thousand times adieu - (The Holy Ground)
- Adieu ye streams that smoothly flow - (Adieu Ye Streams)
- A good sword and a trusty hand! - (Trelawney)
- 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 - (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 things are quite silent each mortal at rest - (All Things Are Quite Silent)
- A martin said to his man, fie, man fie - (A Martin Said To His Man)
- Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, - (Amazing Grace)
- 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 - (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 I looked over the castle wall - (Lord Thomas Of Winesberry)
- As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair - (Fiddlers Green)
- As I was a-walking for my recreation - (Blackbirds And Thrushes)
- As I was a-walking one morning in May - (The Cuckoo's Nest)
- 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)
- At the turning of the century I was a boy of five - (Old Man's 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 O'er 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 ye bold keepers, come listen awhile - (Keepers And Poachers)
- Come all ye bold sailors that follow the lakes - (Red Iron Ore)
- 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 young fellows so brave and so fine - (Dark As A Dungeon)
- Come all you young people and listen to me - (Not Old, Just Me)
- Come bridle me my milk white steed, - (Geordie)
- Come here, maw little Jacky - (Dance Ti Thy Daddy)
- Come kiss me love, before you leave me - (Come Kiss Me Love)
- 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 Bailey's Engine)
- Country roads take me home - (Country Roads)
- Crambambuli is the title - (Crambambuli)
D
- D' ye ken John Peel, with his coat so gay - (John Peel)
- 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)
- 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 Waterford Town on a cold winter's night - (The Juice Of The Barley)
- 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 The Wheel)
F
- Faith of our fathers, living still - (Faith Of Our Fathers)
- Farewell and adieu to you Spanish ladies - (Spanish Ladies)
- Farewell the Princes landing stage - (Leaving Of Liverpool)
- Flow gently sweet Afton among thy green braes - (Afton Water)
- For Charles our King And Rupert bold - (Prince Rupert's March)
- Freight train, freight train, going so fast - (Freight Train)
- From beyond the rocky island, skimming o’er the boiling wave - (Stenka Rasin)
- Full twenty years and more are passed since I left Brummagem. - (Good Old 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)
- Here's a health to the King and a lasting peace - (Down Among The Dead Men)
- Here's a health unto his majesty - (Heres A Health Unto His Majesty)
- 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, nimm das Gläschen)
- He sat on the corner of the Bevington Bush astride of an old packing case - (The Ballad Of Old Seth Davey)
- 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 - (The Dusty Miller)
- 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)
- How many kinds of sweet flowers grow - (Country Gardens)
- 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 you a tale that'll turn you pale about a generous lad - (Song Of Proliferation)
- I'm a weaver a Calton weaver I'm a rash and a roving blade - (The Calton Weaver)
- I'm goin' where those chilly winds don't blow, oh baby - (Chilly Winds)
- 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 - (The Girl I Left Behind Me)
- I'm raised and born, comes the cry of the storm - (Land Of The Carrion Crow)
- 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 - (Rosin The Bow)
- 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 can see a new day, a new day soon to be. - (I Can See A New Day)
- 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 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)
- 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 eighteen hundred and forty-six and of March the eighteenth day - (The Greenland Fisheries)
- In Good King Charles' golden days - (The Vicar Of Bray)
- In Manchester a City of cotton twist and twill - (The Calico Printers Clerk)
- 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 Mid Winter)
- In the vale of Llangollen the story runs still - (In The Vale Of Llangollen)
- I once loved a lass - (I Once Loved A Lass)
- 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 I O)
- It's of a pretty shepherdess - (The Knight And The Shepherds Daughter)
- 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 pleasant and delightful on a bright summer's morn - (Pleasant And Delightful)
- I was a walking down in Stokes Bay - (The Drowned Lover)
- 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)
K
L
- Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver - (Land Of The Silver Birch)
- Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly - (Lavender's Blue)
- 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)
- lo. hey trolley 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 O)
- 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)
- Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi, - (Hen Wlad fy Nhadau)
- Maxwellton braes are Bonnie, where Early fa's the dew - (Annie Laurie)
- Mit liedern und klampfenklang ziehn wir die strass’ entlang - (Mit Liedern Und Klampfenklang)
- 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 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 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 had no britches to wear - (Brian O Linn)
- 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, 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 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 Mc Grath)
- 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)
- Old apple tree, we'll wassail thee - (Appletree Wassail)
- Old Joe Clark, the preacher's son, preached all over the plain - (Old Joe Clarke)
- 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)
- On a Friday, it fell in the month of April - (Copshawholme Fair)
- 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 Sunday morn as I’ve heard say - (Richard Of Taunton Deane)
- On the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and six - (The Irish Rover)
- 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)
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)
- Roter Wein im Becher, der beste Rebensaft - (Rotor Wein)
S
- 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, that carry a gun - (Molly Bawn)
- 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 - (The Female Highwayman)
- Step we gaily on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe - (Lewis Bridal Song)
- Stewball was a racehorse, and I wish he were mine - (Skewball)
- Sumer Is I-Cumen In - (Sumer Is I-Cumen In)
T
- Tae the Lords o' convention 'twas Claverhouse spoke - (Bonnie Dundee)
- Tell ol' Bill when he leaves home this morning - (Tell Ol' 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 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 first to see the heavn-ly babe were a lowly ox and |ass - (And The Angels Sang)
- 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 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 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 - (There Are Twa Bonnie Maidens)
- There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kail-yard, - (The Bonny Briar Bush)
- There was a fair and fine young man and he was a squire's son - (The Baillifs Daughter Of Islington)
- There was a Lady dwelt in York - (The Cruel Mother)
- There was a lady of the North Country - (Riddles Wisely Expounded)
- 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 a squire, lived in the East, a squire of high degree - (The Green Wedding)
- There was a troop of Irish Dragoons - (The Bonnie Lass Of Fyvie-O)
- 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 two lofty ships from old England came - (High Barbary)
- The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn - (The Crow On The Cradle)
- 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)
- This ae nighte, this ae nighte, Every nighte and alle - (A Lyke Wake Dirge)
- Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street - (Finnegans Wake)
- Train whistle blowing makes a sleepy noise - (Morning Town Ride)
- 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 - (Drink Old Aston Dry)
V
- Von überall sind wir gekommen, im Lagergrund steht Zelt an Zelt, - (Regebogenlied)
W
- Waur hae ye been sae braw me lad? - (Killiekrankie)
- Way down up on the Swanee River, far, far away - (Old Folks At Home)
- We're sailing down the river from Liverpool - (Santyanno)
- Welcome in the Devil. Ask him what he's drinking. - (The Devil)
- Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe - (Dont 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 Servingman)
- 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)
- Westward the wild wind, high runs the sea, - (Flora MacDonald's Lament)
- What's the use of wearing braces, Vests and pants and boots and braces - (National Anthem Of The Ancient Britons)
- What is it about you, makes me feel this way? - (England 1914)
- 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 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 just a little lad or so me mammy told me - (Haul Away Joe)
- When I was young and in my prime - (Farewell To Carlingford)
- Why spend your leisure bereft of pleasure - (Preab san Ól)
- Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen heia hoho - (Bauernkrieg)
- Wollt ihr hören nun mein Lied und wollt ihr glauben daran - (König Olaf Tyrasson)
- Word is to the kitchen gone - (Mary Hamilton)
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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)
- 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 sailors all come lend an ear, come listen to my song; - (Barrack Street)
- You seamen bold who plough the ocean - (Ship In Distress)