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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Lyrics Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (repeat twice) A mighty long way from home, yes, A mighty long way from home. True believer, I’m a long, long way from home, Yes, a long, long way...
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Standing in the Need of Prayer
Lyrics Refrain It’s me, it’s me, O Lord, Standing in the ned of prayer. (repeat) 1. Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me, O Lord, Standing… (repeat) Refrain 2. Not my father, not my mother…...
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This Little Light of Mine
Lyrics This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. (repeat twice) Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Version 2 African American Spiritual more songs with syncopation The post...
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Uncle Jessie
Lyrics Now here comes Uncle Jessie, Coming through the field, With his horse and buggy And I know just how he feels. Walk, walk, Uncle Jessie (repeat twice) Step, step, step, uncle Jessie, step....
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Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder
Lyrics 1. Missus Murphy gave a party just about a week ago. Everything was plentiful, the Murphys, they’re not slow. They treated us like gentlemen, we tried to act the same, And only for what...
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Rock Island Line
The Rock Island Line is named for the railroad line between Chicago and the small town of Rock Island on the Mississippi River. more about the song Lyrics Refrain Oh the Rock Island Line is a...
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To the West
Lyrics 1. To the west! to the west! to the land of the free, Where the mighty Missouria rolls down to the sea, Where a man is a man if he is willing to toil, And the humblest may gather the fruits...
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If a Fish
Lyrics If a fish could make a wish, She’d take the phone off the hook So the line would be busy. more minor songs more rounds The post If a Fish appeared first on Beth's Notes.
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Starving to Death on a Government Claim
Lyrics 1. I traveled out West to the wide open plains, I traveled out West to this country of fame, I’ve never been known as the type to complain, But I’m starving to death on a government claim. My...
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Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
This folk song was popular throughout the American Revolutionary War. (source) Lyrics Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill Who can blame me, cryin’ my fill And ev’ry tear would turn a mill, Johnny has gone...
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Nine Hundred Miles
Lyrics I am walkin’ down the track, I’ve got tears in my eyes Tryin’ to read a letter from my home Refrain If that train runs me right, I’ll be home tomorrow night ‘Cause it’s nine hundred miles...
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Old House
Lyrics Old house, tear it down! Who’s gonna help me tear it down? Bring me a hammer, tear it down, Bring me a saw, tear it down! Next thing you bring me, tear it down! Is a wrecking machine, tear it...
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Zousan
Lyrics: Zousan, zousan, O hana ga nagai no ne Sou yo, kaasan mo Nagai no yo Zou san, zou san Dare ga suki na no Ano ne kaasan ga sukina no yo Translation: 1. Elephant, elephant, why is your nose so...
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Friendship True
The origin of this song are unknown, but the melody has been attributed to Mozart. Lyrics 1. Friendship true is a golden token Friendship true is a chain unbroken, Shaped to last a lifetime long,...
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Yo Tengo un Duro
Lyrics Yo tengo un duro, y un medio duro y una peseta para gastar; También un coche Con siete mulas y un delantero para pasear. Translation I have a {duro} (money) And half a {duro} And a {peseta}...
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Glides Our Canoe
Lyrics Now up and now down glides our canoe Onward to Waiariki,* See, see how the waves part from her prow, Singing to maunawa. *The Waiariki is a sub-tribe that have connections at Whangaruru which...
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I Ride an Old Paint
Lyrics I ride an old paint, I lead an old dam, I’m off to Montana to throw the hooligan. They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw. Their tails are all matted, their backs are all raw. Ride...
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Meet Me in St. Louis
This is a popular song from 1904 which celebrated the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World’s Fair. (source) Lyrics When Louis came home to the flat He hung up his coat and...
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My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Lyrics My bonnie lies over the ocean My bonnie lies over the sea My bonnie lies over the ocean Oh bring back my bonnie to me Bring back, bring back Oh bring back my bonnie to me to me Oh bring back,...
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My Horses Ain’t Hungry
Lyrics 1. My horses ain’t hungry, They won’t eat your hay. So I’ll get on my pony, I’m going away. 2. I know you’re my Polly, I’m not going to stay. So come with me darlin’, We’ll feed on the way. 3....
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