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Richard’s Songs Alphabetically Listed (approximately)

A Song Of Love Is A Sad Song............................................2After The Ball Is Over..........................................................3Alberta..................................................................................4Amazing Grace.....................................................................5American Pie.........................................................................6Any Dream Will Do..............................................................7Auld Lang Syne....................................................................8Banana Boat Song.................................................................9Banks of the Ohio...............................................................10Beautiful brown eyes..........................................................11Return to index....................................................................11Blackboard of My Heart.....................................................12Blanket on the Ground........................................................13Blue Eyes crying in the rain................................................14Bottle of Wine.....................................................................16Bye-Bye Blackbird.............................................................17Bye, Bye Love....................................................................18By the Rivers of Babylon (G).............................................19Cool Water..........................................................................20Could I Have This Dance....................................................21Crazy, I'm Crazy For Feeling So Lonely............................22Crystal Chandelier (A, E7, D)............................................23Danny Boy..........................................................................24Daddy Don’t you walk so fast............................................25Deep In The Heart Of Texas...............................................26Delta Dawn,........................................................................27Different Drum...................................................................28Down Mexico Way.............................................................29Ebony Eyes.........................................................................30Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime.............................31Feliz Navidad......................................................................32Flower of Scotland..............................................................33Galway Bay.........................................................................34Give Me Five Minutes More..............................................35Goodnight Irene..................................................................36Green, Green Grass Of Home.............................................37Green, Green, It's Green, They Say....................................38Have you ever been Lonely................................................39Heart Of My Heart, How I Love That Melody...................40He’ll Have to Go.................................................................41Help Me Make It Through The Night.................................42Hello Mary Lou..................................................................43Henry the Eighth.................................................................44Home On The Range..........................................................45How Much Is That Doggie In The Window.......................46I Can't Help Falling In Love with you (Plaiser d-amour)...47Isa Lei.................................................................................48I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus...................................49I Just Called to say I love you.............................................50I Love you because.............................................................51If you ever go across to sea to Ireland................................52Ireland Calls........................................................................53Island in the Sun.................................................................54It’s hard to be Humble (F)..................................................55Ilkley Moor bar t’at.............................................................56I’ve had Enough..................................................................57Just a Closer Walk with Thee.............................................58Just for What I am...............................................................59King Of The Road...............................................................60

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Kingston Town...................................................................61Knock Three Times On The Ceiling...................................62Ko te Waipounamu.............................................................63Leaning on the Lamp..........................................................64Lemon Tree.........................................................................65Let the sun shine in.............................................................66Lilli Marlene.......................................................................67Lion Sleeps Tonight............................................................68Loch Lomond......................................................................69Love Me Tender, Love Me Sweet......................................70Lucille (A, E7, Bm, E7)).....................................................71MacNamara’s Band............................................................72Maori Battalion...................................................................73Nobody’s Child...................................................................74Now is the Hour Pö atarau................................................75On Blueberry Hill...............................................................77Obladi Oblada.....................................................................78On Top Of Spaghetti...........................................................79One Day at a Time..............................................................80Po ata rau............................................................................82Pack Up Your Troubles......................................................83Paper Roses.........................................................................84Pearly shells,.......................................................................85Please Help Me I’m Falling...............................................86Please Release Me, Let Me Go...........................................87Put another Log on the Fire................................................89Put Your Hand In The Hand...............................................90Que Sera, Sera.....................................................................91Red River Valley................................................................92Red sails in the Sunset (A, D, F#, B)..................................93Roamin' In The Gloamin'....................................................94Roses are Red......................................................................95Rose Garden........................................................................96Rosewood Casket................................................................97Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town..............................98Save The Last Dance For Me.............................................99Scarlett Ribbons................................................................100Second-hand Rose.............................................................101Send me the Pillow that you Dream on............................102Silver Bells........................................................................103Sixteen Candles.................................................................104Song Sung Blue (C, G).....................................................105Take Me Home, Country Roads.......................................106Te Atua (Majesty).............................................................107Tears in heaven.................................................................108Teddy bear’s Picnic..........................................................109Tell Him What You Want.................................................110Tennessee Waltz...............................................................111The Great Pretender..........................................................112The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen.............................113The Power Of Love...........................................................114There Goes My Everything...............................................115Tom Dooley......................................................................116Unchained Melody............................................................117Unicorn.............................................................................118How Great thou Art - Whakaria Mai................................119When Irish Eyes are Smiling............................................120Waltzing Matilda..............................................................121White Sports Coat (G7)....................................................122Why Does The Sun Go On Shining..................................123You are my sunshine.........................................................124

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A Song Of Love Is A Sad Song

A Song Of Love Is A Sad Song"Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-lo"

A song of love is a sad song.Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-lo.

A song of love is a song of woe,Don't ask me how I know.

A song of love is a sad song,For I have loved and it's so,

I sit at the window and watch the rainHi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-lo.

Tomorrow I'll probably love again,Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-lo.

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After The Ball Is Over

A little maiden climbed an old man's knee,Begged for a story, "Do, Uncle, Please.""Why are you lonely, why do you roam?

Have you no sweetheart, have you no home?"

"I had a sweetheart, long long agoWhy we were not wed, you soon

shall know. List to my story, I'll tell it all.I broke her heart, pet, after the ball."

After the ball is over,just at the break of dawn,After the dance is ended,

and all the stars are gone.Many the heart that's aching,

if you could read them all.Many the fond hope that's vanished,

after the ball.

Her eyes were shining, in the big ballroom,Softly the organ was playing a tune.

There stood my sweetheart, my love, my ownWishing some water, I left the room.

When I returned, pet, there stood a manKissing my sweetheart, as lovers can.

Down went the glass, pet, broke in the fall,Just as my heart was, after the ball.

After the ball is over….

Many years have gone by; I have not wed -True to my sweetheart, though she is dead.

She tried to tell me, tried to explain.I would not listen, pleading in vain.

One day a letter came from this man.He was her brother, the letter ran.

That's why I'm lonely, no home at allI broke her heart, pet, after the ball.

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Alberta

Alberta, alberta,Where you been so long?


Aint had no lovingSince youve been gone.

Alberta, alberta,Whered you stay last night?

Alberta, albertaWhered you stay last night? Come home this morning,Clothes don't fit you right

Alberta, alberta,Girl, you're on my mind.

Alberta, alberta,Girl, you're on my mind.

Aint had no lovingSuch a great long time.



Aint had no lovingSince youve been gone.

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6

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace, how sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost, but now I'm found.Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to feelAnd grace my fears relieved.

How precious did that grace appearThe hour I first believed.

Chorus

When we've been there ten thousand yearsBright shining as the sun,

We've no less days to sing God's praiseThen when we first begun.

Chorus

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7

American Pie

A long long time agoI can still remember

How that music used to make me smileAnd i knew that if i had one chance

I could make those people danceAnd maybe they'd be happy for awhile

Did you write the book of loveAnd do you have faith in God above

If the bible tells you soNow do you believe in rock n roll

And can music save your mortal soulAnd can it teach me how to dance real slow

Well i know that your in love with himCause i saw you dancing in the gym

You both kicked off your shoesAnd i did Gods rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage brock of luckWith a great carnation and a pick up truck

But i knew that i was out of luckThe day the music died

I started singing

Bye bye miss. american pieDrove my chevy to the levy

But the levy was dryAnd good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye

singingThis will be the day that i dieThis will be the day that i die

I met a girl who sang the bluesAnd i asked her for some happy newsBut she just smiled and turned awayWell i went down to the sachet storeWhere i heard the music years before

But the man there said the music wouldn't playWell now in the streets the children screamed

The lovers cried and the poets dreamedBut not a word was spokenThe church bells all broken

And the three men i admire the most,The father, son, and the holy ghost

They caught the last train for the coastThe day the music died

I started singing

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8

Any Dream Will Do

I close my eyesDraw back the curtain

To see for certainWhat I thought I knew

Far far awaySomeone was weeping

But the world was sleepingAny dream will do.

And in the EastThe world was waking

Still hesitatingAny dream will do

“A crash of drums, a flash of light,My golden oat flew out of sight,The colours faded into darkness,

I was left alone"

May I returnTo the beginning

The light is dimmingAny dream will do.Any dream will do.

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9

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgotAnd never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgotAnd days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne my dear,For auld lang syne

we'll take a cup o'kindness yetFor auld lang syne.

And here's a hand, my trusty friend,And gi'es a hand o'thine;

We'll take a cup of kindness yet,For auld lang syne.

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Banana Boat Song

Day-o, day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and he wan' go home

Day, he say day,He say day,He say day,He say day,

He say day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and he wan' go home

Work all night on a drink a'rumDaylight come and he wan' go home

Stack banana till thee morning comeDaylight come and he wan' go home

Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me bananaDaylight come and he wan' go home


It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!Daylight come and he wan' go home

Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!Daylight come and he wan' go home

Day, he say day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and he wan' go home

Day, he say…

A beautiful bunch a'ripe bananaDaylight come and he wan' go home

Hide thee deadly black tarantulaDaylight come and he wan' go home

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch!Daylight come and he wan' go home

Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch!Daylight come and he wan' go home

Day, he say day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and he wan' go home

Day, he say…



Day-o, day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and he wan' go home

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11

Banks of the Ohio

I asked my love to take a walkTo take a walk, just a little walk

Down beside where the waters flowDown by the banks of the Ohio

And only say that you'll be mineIn no other's arms entwine

Down beside where the waters flowDown by the banks of the Ohio

I held a knife against her brestAs into my arms she pressed

She cried, "Oh, Willie, don't murder me,I'm not prepared for eternity"

I started home 'tween twelve and oneI cried, "My God! what have I done ?

Killed the only woman I lovedBecause she would not be my bride"

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Beautiful brown eyes

Beautiful beautiful brown eyesBeautiful beautiful brown eyesBeautiful beautiful brown eyesI'll never love blue eyes again

Willie I love you my darlingLove you with all my heart

Tomorrow we might have been marriedBut rambling has kept us apart

Down through the barroom he staggeredAnd fell down at the door

The last words that I heard him utterI'll never see brown eyes no more

Seven long years I've been marriedWish I was single again

A woman mever knows her troublesUntil she has married a man

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13

Blackboard of My Heart

When I was young and went to school They taught me how to write

To take the chalk and make a mark And hope it turns out right

Well that's the way it is with love And what you did to me I wrote it so you'd know

That I was yours eternally

(Chorus) But my tears have washed I love you

From the blackboard of my heart It's too late to clean the slate

And make another start I'm satisfied the way things are

Although we're far apart My tears have washed I love you from

The blackboard of my heart

If you'd been true the way you should And not have gone astray

These tears would not have fallen down And washed the words away

No need to talk, 'cause if the chalk Should write those words again It will be for someone

else Not things that might have been

(Chorus)

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Blanket on the Ground

Come and look out through the windowThat big old moon is shining downTell me now, don’t it remind you

Of a blanket on the ground

Remember back when love first found usWe’d go slippin out of town

And we’d love beneath the moonlightOn a blanket on the ground

I’ll get the blanket from the bedroomAnd we’ll go walking once again

To that spot down by the riverWhere our sweet love first began

Just because we are marriedDon’t mean we cant slip around

So lets walk out though the moonlightAnd lay the blanket on the ground

Oh rememebr how excitedWe used to get when love was young

That old moon was our best buddyWe couldn’t wait for night to comeNow you know you still excite me

I know you love me like I amJust once more I wish you’ll love me

On a blanket on the ground

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15

Blue Eyes crying in the rain

In the twilight here I see her,blue eyes cryin' in the rain.

When we kissed goodbye and parted,I knew we'd never meet a-gain.

Love is like a dyin' ember,only memories re-main.

Through the ages I'll remember,blue eyes cryin in the rain.

Someday when we meet up yonder,we'll stand hand in hand a-gain.In a land that knows no parting,

blue eyes cryin' in the rain.Blue eyes cryin' in the rain.

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16

Bobby Magee

Busted flat in Baton Rouge,waitin' for a train

And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeansBobby thumbed a diesel down

just before it rainedIt took us all the way to New Orleans

I pulled my harpoon out ofmy dirty red bandana

I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeahWith them wipers slappin' time,

and bobby clapping hands we finallySang every song that driver knew, yeah

Freedom's just another wordfor nothin' left to lose

Nothin' ain't worth nothin',but it is freeAnd feelin' good was easy,

Lord, when Bobby sang the blues You know, feelin' goodwas good enough for me

Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

From the Kentucky coal mineto the California sun

Bobby shared the secrets of my soulStanding right beside me lord,through everything we done

and every night kept me from the coldOne day up near Salinas, oh Lord,

I let him slip awayHe's lookin' for that home

and I hope he finds itBut I'd trade all o' my tomorrows

for one single yesterday Holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

Freedom's just another wordfor nothin' left to lose

Nothin', that's all that Bobby left meBut if feelin' good was easy, Lord,

when Bobby sang the bluesHey, feelin' good was good enough for me,

mm-hmmGood enough for me

and my Bobby McGee

La-da-da La-da-da-daLa-da-da da-da da-da

La-da-da da-la-da la-da,Bobby McGee, yeah

La-da-la-da-la-daLa-da-la-da-da

La-da-la-da-la-la,Bobby McGee, yeah

La-da-da La-da-da La da-da La da-daLa-da-da La da-da La da-da

Hey, my Bobby, Lord,my Bobby McGee, yeahLo-da-lo da-la-lo-da-la

Lo-da-la-lo da-la-lola-la-lo la-la-lo la-la

Hey, my Bobby, Lord,my Bobby McGee, yeah

Lord, I call him my lover,call him my man

I said I call him my lover,did the best I can, c'mon

Hey now Bobby now, hey now Bobby McGee, yeahLa-da la-da la-da la-dala-da la-da la-da la-la

Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, Lord!

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17

Bottle of Wine

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,When you gonna let me get sober?Leave me alone, let me go home,

Let me go back and start over.

Ramblin' around this dirty old town,Singing for nickels and dimes.

Times gettin' rough, I ain't got enough,To buy me a bottle of wine.

Rambling around, this dirty old townSinging for nickels and dimes

Out in the street I tell the people I meetTo buy me a bottle of wine

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vineWhen you gonna let me get sober

Bottle of wine fruit of the vineLet me go home and start, over.

Pain in my head, I got bugs in my bed,My pants are so old that they shine

Out in the street I tell the people I meetTo buy me a bottle of wine

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18

Bye-Bye Blackbird

Black bird, black bird singing the blues all dayRight outside of my door

Black bird black bird who do you sit and say"There's no sinshine in store"

All thru the winter you hung aroundNow I begin to feel homeward bound

Black bird, black bird gotta be on my wayWhere there's sunshine galore.

Blue bird, blue bird calling me far awayI've been longing for you

Blue bird blue bird what do I hear you say"Skies are turning to blue"

I'm like a flower that's fading hereWhere ev'ry hour is one long tear

Blue bird, blue bird this is my lucky dayNow my dreams will come true.

Pack up all your care and woeHere I go,

Singing low,Bye-Bye Blackbird.

Where somebody waits for me,Sugar's sweet,

So is she,Bye-Bye Blackbird.

No one here can loveAnd understand me,

Oh, what hard-luck storiesThey all hand me.

Make my bedAnd light the light,

I'll arrive late tonight,Black Bird, Bye-Bye.

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Bye, Bye Love

There goes my babyWith someone new

She sure looks happy,I sure am blue

She was my babyTill he stepped in

Goodbye to romanceThat might have been

Bye bye loveBe bye happiness,Hello loneliness

I think I’m gonna cry

Bye bye love,Bye bye sweet caress,

Hello emptinessI feel like I could die

Bye bye my loveGood bye

I’m through with romance,I’m through with love

I’m through with countingThe stars above

And here’s the reasonThat I’m so freeMy loving baby

Is through with me

Bye bye love…

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By the Rivers of Babylon (G)

By the rivers of BabylonWhere he sat downAnd there he wept

when he remembered Zion.Oh from wicked,

carry us away from captivityRequired from us a song

How can we singing out for songin a strange land.

So let the words of our mouthAnd the meditation of our heart

Be acceptable in thy sightO-verride

By the rivers of BabylonWhere he sat downAnd there he wept

when he remembered Zion.

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21

Cool Water

All day I face the barren wasteWithout the taste of water,

Cool waterOld Dan and I

With throats burned dryAnd souls that cry for water,

Cool, clear, water

Keep a-movin' DanDon't ya listen to him Dan

He's a devil of a manAnd he spreads the burning sand

With waterOh Dan can you seeThat big green tree

Where the water's running freeAnd it's waiting there for you and me?

The nights are coolAnd I'm a fool

Each star's a pool of water,Cool water

But with the dawn I'll wake and yawnAnd carry on to water,

Cool, clear, water

Keep a-movin' Dan…

The shadows swayAnd seem to say

Tonight we pray for water,Cool, water

And way up thereHe'll hear our prayer

And show us where there's water,Cool, clear, water

Keep a-movin' Dan…

Dan's feet are soreHe's yearning for

Just one thing more than water,Cool, water

Like me I guessHe'd like to rest

Where there's no quest for water,Cool, clear, water

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22

Could I Have This Dance

I'll always rememberThe song they were playing

The first time we dancedAnd I knew

As we swayed to the musicAnd held to each otherI fell in love with you

Could I have this danceFor the rest of my life

Would you be my partnerThen every night

When we're togetherIt feels so right


I'll always rememberThat magic moment

When I held youClose to me

Cause we move togetherI know forever

You're allI'll ever need









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Crazy, I'm Crazy For Feeling So Lonely

Crazy,I'm crazy for feeling so lonely

I'm crazy,Crazy for feeling so blue

I knewYou'd love me

As long as you wantedAnd then someday

You'd leave meFor somebody new.

Worry,Why do I let myself worry?

Wonderin',What in the world did I do?

Crazy for thinkingThat my love could hold you

I'm crazy for tryingAnd crazy for crying

And I'm crazyFor loving you.

Crazy for thinkingThat my love could hold you

I'm crazy for tryingAnd crazy for crying

And I'm crazyFor loving you.

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Crystal Chandelier (A, E7, D)

All the crystal chandelierslight up the paintings on your wall

The marble statuettesAre standing stately, in the hall,

but will the timely crowd,that has you laughing loud

help you, dry your tearsWhen the new wears off of your crystal chande-liers

I never did, fit in too wellwith folks you knew

And it's plain to see that the likes of me don't fit with youSo you traded me for the gaiety

of the well to doAnd you turned a way from the love

I offered you

I see your picture in the newsmost every day

You're the chosen girlof the social worldSo the stories sayBut a paper smile

only last awileThen it fades away

And the love we knewwill come home to you some day

Oh the crystal chandeliers…

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Danny Boy

Oh Danny boy, the pipes,The pipes are calling,

From glen to glenAnd down the mountain side,

The summer's goneAnd all the flowers dying,

'Tis you, 'tis youMust go and I must bide.

But come ye backWhen summer's in the meadow,

Or when the valley'sHushed and white with snow,

'Tis I'll be thereIn sunshine or in shadow,

Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boyI love you so.

But if ye comeWhen all the flowers dying,

And I am dead,As dead I well may be,You'll come and find

The place where I am lying,And kneel and say

An "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear,Tho' soft you tread above me,

And all my dreamsWill warm and sweeter be,

If you'll not failTo tell me that you love me,

I simply sleep in peaceUntil you come to me.

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Daddy Don’t you walk so fast

The love between the two of us was dyin'And it got so bad I knew I had to leave

But halfway down that highway,when I turned around I saw

my little daughter running after me, crying

Daddy, don't you walk so fast,daddy don't you walk so fast

Daddy, slow down some,'cause you're making me run

Daddy, don't you walk so fast.

If only for the sake of my sweet daughterI just had to turn back home right there and then

And try to start a new lifeWith the mother of my child

I couldn't bear to hear those words again.

It broke my heart to tell my little daughterThat her daddy had to run to catch a train

She had no way of knowingthat I was leaving home for good

I turned around and there she was again, crying.

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Deep In The Heart Of Texas

The stars at nightAre big and bright

Deep in the Heart of TexasThe prairie sky

Is wide and highDeep in the Heart of Texas;

The sage in bloomIs like perfume.

Deep in the Heart of TexasReminds me ofThe one I love

Deep in the Heart of Texas.

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Delta Dawn,

What's that flower you have on?Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you sayHe was meeting you here today,

To take you to his mansion in the sky.

She's forty-oneAnd her daddy still calls her baby,

All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy,Cause she walks downtownWith a suitcase in her hand,

And looking for a mysterious dark-haired man.

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn,Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on,

Then a man of low degree stood by her side,And promised her he'd take her for his bride.

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29

Different Drum

I hear the sound, of different drumsFar away, far away

So Mary marry me, lets not wait…. Before its too late

So Mary Mary Mary marry me

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Down Mexico Way

South of the borderDown Mexico way

That's where I fell in loveWhen stars aboveCame out to play

And now as I wanderMy thoughts ever stray

South of the borderDown Mexico way

She was a pictureIn old Spanish lace

Just for a tender whileI kissed the smile

Upon her faceFor it was fiesta

And we were so gaySouth of the borderDown Mexico way

Then she sighedAnd she whispered "Mañana"

Never dreamingThat we were parting

And I liedAs I whispered "Mañana"

For our tomorrow never came

South of the borderI rode back one day

There in a veil of whiteBy candlelight

She knelt to prayThe mission bells told me

That I mustn't staySouth of the borderDown Mexico way

Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!

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Ebony Eyes

On a weekend passI wouldn’t have had time

To get home and marry that baby of mineSo I went to the chaplain

and he authorizedMe to send for my ebony eyes

My ebony eyes was coming to meFrom out of the skies on Flight 1203

In an hour or two I would whisper “I do”To my beautiful ebony eyes

SPOKENThe plane was way overdue so I went inside to the airlines desk and I said “Sir, Iwonder why 1203 is so late?” He said “Aww, they probably took off late or theymay have run into some turbulent weather and had to alter their course.” I went

back outside and I waited at the gate and I watched the beacon light from thecontrol tower as it whipped through the dark ebony skies as if it were searching for

(my ebony eyes.) And then came the announcement over the loudspeaker—“Would those having relatives or friends on flight number 1203 please report to the

chapel across the street at once.”

Then I felt a burning break deep insideAnd I knew the heavenly ebony skies

Had taken my life’s most wonderful prizeMy beautiful ebony eyes

If I ever get to heaven I’ll betThe first angel I’ll recognize

She’ll smile at me and I know she will beMy beautiful ebony eyes

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Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime

Everybody loves somebody sometimeEverybody falls in love somehow

Something in your kiss just told meMy sometime is now

Everybody finds somebody someplaceThere's no telling where love may appear

Something in my heart keeps sayingMy someplace is here

If I had it in my powerI'd arrange for every girl

To have your charmThen every minute, every hour

Every boy would findWhat I've found in your arms

Everybody loves somebody sometimeAnd although my dream was overdueYour love made it well worth waiting

For someone like you.

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Feliz Navidad

Feliz NavidadFeliz NavidadFeliz Navidad

Prospero Ano y Felicidad.

Feliz NavidadFeliz NavidadFeliz Navidad

Prospero Ano y Felicidad.

I wanna wish you a Merry ChristmasI wanna wish you a Merry ChristmasI wanna wish you a Merry Christmas

From the bottom of my heart.

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Flower of Scotland

1. O flower of ScotlandWhen will we see Your like again

That fought and died forYour wee bit hill and glen

And stood against himProud Edward's army

And sent him homewardTae think again

2. The hills are bare nowAnd autumn leaves lie thick and still

O'er land that is lost nowWhich those so dearly held

And stood against himProud Edward's army


3. Those days are passed nowAnd in the past they must remain

But we can still rise nowAnd be the nation againThat stood against himProud Edward's army


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Galway Bay

If you ever go across the sea to IrelandThen maybe at the closing of your day

You will sit and watch the moonrise over CladdaghAnd watch the sun go down on Galway Bay

Just to hear again the ripple of the trout streamThe women in the meadows making hayAnd to sit beside a turf-fire in the cabin

And to watch the barefoot Gossoons at their play

For the breezes blowing o’er the seas from IrelandAre perfumed by the heather as they blow

And the women in the uplands diggin’ pratiesSpeak a language that the strangers do not know

For the strangers came and tried to teach us their wayThey scorn’d us just for being what we are

But they might as well go chasing after moonbeamsOr light a penny candle from a star

And if there is going to be a life hereafterAnd somehow I’m sure there’s going to be

I will ask my God to let me make my heavenIn that dear land across the Irish sea

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Give Me Five Minutes More

Give me five minutes more,Only five minutes more

Let me stay,Let me stayIn your arms

Here am I,Begging for

Only five minutes moreOnly five minutes more

Of your charms

All week longI dreamed about

Our Saturday dateDon't you know

That Sunday morningYou can sleep late

Give me five minutes moreOnly five minutes more

Let me stay,Let me stayIn your arms

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37

Goodnight Irene

Last saturday night, I got married.Me and my wife settled down.

Now me and my wife are partingGonna take another boat downtown

Goodnight Irene, goodnight.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.

Good night Irene….

I love Irene, God knows I do,I'll love her till the seas run dry

But if Irene should turn me down,I'd take the morphine and die.

Stop rambling, stop your gamblingStop staying out late at night,

Go home to your wife and childrenStay there by your fireside bright.

Good night Irene….

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Green, Green Grass Of Home

The old townLooks the sameAs I step downFrom the train

And there to meet meIs my Mama and PapaDown the road I lookAnd there runs Mary

Hair of goldAnd lips like cherries

It's good to touchThe green, green grass of home.

Yes they'll allCome to meet me

Arm reaching,Smiling sweetlyIt's good to touch

The green, green grass of home

The old houseIs still standingTho' the paint

Is cracked and dryAnd there's

That old oak treeThat I usedTo play on.

Down the lane I walkWith my sweet Mary

Hair of goldAnd lips like cherries

Its good to touchThe green, green grass of home.

Then I awakeAnd look around meAt four grey wallsThat surround me

And I realizeThat I was only dreaming

For there's a guardAnd there's a sad old padre

Arm in armWe'll walk at daybreak

Again I'll touchThe green, green grass of home.

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Green, Green, It's Green, They Say

Green, green, it's green, they sayOn the far side of the hill.

Green, green I'm going away to whereThe grass is greener still.

Well I don't care when the sun goes down,Where I lay my weary head.

A green, green valley or a rocky road,That's where I'm going to lay my head.

Sing it now:

Green, green, ..

And I don't give a hootabout a green back dollar,

Spend it fast as I can,Cause when its gone,

and the good days long,Thats the only thing that I understand

Hoo boyThe only thing that I understand.

Green, green, …

Well I told my mamaon the day I was born

Don't ya cry when you see I'm gone,You know there ain't nobody gonna

Settle me down, I just gotta beTravelling on. Hear me singing.

Green, green, …

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Have you ever been Lonely

Have you ever been lonelyHave you ever been blue

Have you ever loved someoneJust as I love you

Can't you see I'm sorryFor each mistake I've made

Can't you see I've changed, dearCan't you see I've paid

Be a little forgivingTake me back in your heart

How can I go on livingNow that we're apart

If you knew what I've been thruThen you'd know why I ask you

Have you ever been lonelyHave you ever been blue

He Touched meShackled by a heavy burden

Neath a load of guilt and shameThen the hand of Jesus touched me

And I am no longer the same

He touched me, oh yes he touched meAnd oh the joy that filled my soul

Something happened and now I knowHe touched me nad made me whole

Since I met my Blessed SaviourSince he cleansed and made me whole

I will never to cease to praise himI’ll shout until eternity rolls

I roto ite tohu o te heI nga whakawai tanga e

Ka pai mai nga ringa o Te ArikiKa hotuhotu te manawa

He tohu he tohu WairuaTiaho mai ra nga whetu

Ka tumanako kia puawai raHe tohu no Te ArikinuiI piri atu au ki te arikiKa horoi aku hara e

E kore au e warewareKa tuku whakamoimiti e

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Heart Of My Heart, How I Love That Melody

Heart of my heart,How I love that melody

Heart of my heart,Brings back fond memories,

When we were kidsOn the corner of the street,

We were rough and ready guysBut oh how we could harmonize

Heart of my heart,Oh how our friendsWere dearer then,

Too bad we had to partI know a tear would glistenIf once more I could listen

To the gang that sangHeart of my heart

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42

He’ll Have to Go

Put your sweet lipsa little closer to the phone

Let's pretend that we're together all aloneI'll tell the man

to turn the juke box way down lowAnd you can tell your friend

there with you he'll have to go

Whisper to me tell me do you love me trueOr is he holding you the way I do

Though love is blind make up your mind I've got to knowShould I hang up

or will you tell him he'll have to go

You can't say the words I want to hearWhile you're with another man

Do you want me answer yes or noDarling I will understand

Put your sweet lipsa little closer to the phone

Let's pretend that we're together all aloneI'll tell the man

to turn the juke box way down lowAnd you can tell

your friend there with youhe'll have to go

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43

Help Me Make It Through The Night

Take the ribbon from my hairShake it loose and let it fallLayin' soft against your skinLike the shadow on the wall

Come and lay down by my sideTill the early mornin' lightAll I'm takin' is your time

Help me make it through the night

I don't care what's right or wrongAn' I won't try to understandLet the devil take tomorrowLord, tonight I need a friend

Ysterday is dead and goneAnd tomorrow's out of sight

And it's sad to be aloneHelp me make it through the night

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Hello Mary Lou

Hello mary LouGoodbye heart

Sweet Mary Lou I’m so in love with youI knew Mary Lou, right from the start

So hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart

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45

Henry the Eighth

I’m ‘Enery the 8th I am‘Enery the 8th I am I am

I got Married to the widder next doorShe’s been married 7 times before

And every one was an ‘EneryShe wouldn’t take a Willy or a Sam

I’m her 8th old man, I’m ‘Enery‘Enery the 8th I am I am

‘Enery the 8th I am

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Home On The Range

Oh give me a home,where the buffalo roam

Where the deer and the antelope play,Where seldom is heard,

a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy all day.

Home, home on the Range;Where the deer and the antelope play;

Where seldom is heard,a discouraging word,

And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Where the air is so pureand the zephyrs so free

And the breezes so balmy and lightThat I would not exchange

my home on the rangeFor all of the cities so bright

How often at nightwhen the heavens are bright

With the light of the glittering starsI stand there amazed and I ask as I gaze

Does their glory exceed that of ours?

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How Much Is That Doggie In The Window

How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!)The one with the waggley tail

How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!)I do hope that doggie's for saleI must take a trip to California

And leave my poor sweetheart aloneIf he has a dog, he won't be lonesomeAnd the doggie will have a good home


How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!)I do hope that doggie's for sale

I read in the paper there are robbers (roof! roof!)With flashlights that shine in the darkMy love needs a doggie to protect him

And scare them away with one barkI don't want a bunny or a kittyI don't want a parrot that talks

I don't want a bowl of little fishies (Try our Goldfish Maze!)He can't take a goldfish for a walk


How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!)I do hope that doggie's for saleI do hope that doggie's for sale

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I Can't Help Falling In Love with you (Plaiser d-amour)

Wise men say only fools rush in,But I can't help falling in Love with you.

Shall I stay? Would it be a sinIf I can't help falling in Love with you.

Like a river flows surely to the seaDarling so it goes

Some things are meant to be.

Take my hand, take my whole life too.For I can't help falling in Love with you.

Like a river flows surely to the seaDarling so it goes

Some things are meant to be.

Take my hand, take my whole life too.For I can't help falling in Love with you.

For I Can't Help Falling In Love With You

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Isa Lei

Isa isa vulagi lasa dinaNomu lako au na rarawa kinaCava beka ko a mai cakava

Nomu lako au na sega ni lasa

Isa lei (Isa lei)Na noqu rarawa (noqu rarawa)Ni ko sa na vodo e na mataka

Bau nauma (bau nanuma)Na nodatou lasa (na nodatou lasa)

Mai Suva* nanuma tiko ga

Domoni dina na nomu yanuyanuKena kau wale na salusalu

Moce lolo, bua na kukuwaluLagakali mama na rosi damu

Vanua rogo na nomuni vanuaKena ca ni levu tu na ua

Lomaqu voli me'u bau butukaTovolea ke balavu na bula Isa Isa, …

(English Version)Isa isa you are my only treasure

Must you leave me so lonely and forsakenAs the roses will miss the sun at dawning

Every moment my heart for you is yearning

Isa lei (Isa Lei)The purple shadows fall (shadows fall)

Sad, the morrow will dawn upon my sorrowOh forget not (oh forget not)

When you're far away (when you're far away)Precious moments beside dear Suva bay

Isa isa my heart was filled with pleasureFrom the moment I heard your tender greeting'mid the sunshine we spent the hours togetherNow so swiftly those happy hours are fleeting

O'er the ocean your island home is callingHappy country where roses bloom in splendour

Oh if I could but journey there beside youThen for ever my heart would sing in rapture

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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

I saw Mommy kissing Santa ClausUnderneath the mistletoe last night.

She didn't see me creepDown the stairs to have a peep;

She thought that I was tucked upIn my bedroom fast asleep.

Then, I saw Mommy tickle Santa ClausUnderneath his beard so snowy white;

Oh, what a laughIt would have been

If Daddy had only seenMommy kissing

Santa Claus last night.

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I Just Called to say I love you

I just called to say, I love youI just called, to say, how much I care

I just called to say I love youAnd I mean it from the bottom of my heart

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I Love you because

I love you becauseYou understand me

Every single thing I try to doYou’re always there to lend

A helping hand dearBut most of all

I love you, ‘cause you’re you

No matter,what the world may say about you

I know your love will alwayssee me though

I love you for a hundred thousand reasonsBut most of all,

I love you ‘cause you’re you

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If you ever go across to sea to Ireland

If you ever go across the sea to Ireland,Then maybe at the closing of your day,

You will sit and watchthe moon rise over Claddagh,

And see the sun go down on Galway Bay.

Just to hear againthe ripple of the trout stream,

The women in the meadow making hay.Just to sit beside a turf fire in the cabin,

And watch the barefoot gosoonsat their play.

For the breezes blowin'o'er the sea from Ireland

Are perfumed by the heather as they blowAnd the women in the uplands

diggin' pratiesSpeak a language that the strangers

do not know.

Yet the stangers came and tried to teach us their way.They scorned us just for bein' what we are.

But they might as well go chasing after moon beams,Or light a penny candle from a star.

And if there's is going to be a life hereafter,And somehow I am sure there's going to be,

I will ask my God to let me make my heaven,In that dear land across the Irish sea.

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Ireland Calls

IrelandIreland

Side by sideWe stand like brothers

One for all and all togetherWe will stay united through darker days

And we'll be unbeatable forever

Ireland, IrelandTogether standing tallShoulder to shoulder

We'll answer Ireland's call!

Come the day and come the hourSome will live in song and story

We were born to follow our guiding starAnd to meet our destiny with glory

[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/celtic_thunder/irelands_call.html ]Ireland, Ireland

Together standing tallShoulder to shoulder


Hearts of steel and heads unbowingVowing never to be broken

We will fight, until we can fight no moreTill our final requiem is spoken




We'll answer Ireland's call! We'll answer Ireland's call!

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Island in the Sun

Oh island in the sunBuilt to me by my father's handAll my days I will sing in praise

Of your forest waters, your shining sand

As morning breaks, the Heaven on highI lift my heavy load to the sky

Sun comes down with a burning glowMingles my sweat with the earth below



I see woman on bended kneeCutting cane for her familyI see man at the water-side

Casting nets at the surfing tide



I hope the day will never comeWhen I can't awake to the sound of drum

Never let me miss carnivalWith calypso songs philosophical



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It’s hard to be Humble (F)

Oh Lord it hard to be hum-bleWhen you’re per-fect in ev-er-y way

I can’t wait to look in the mir-ror‘Cause I get better look-in’ each day

To know me is to love meI must be a hell of a man

Oh Lord it’s hard to be hum-bleBut I’m do-in’ the best that I can

I used to have a girl friendBut I guess she just couldn’t com-peteWith all of these loved starved wo-men

Who keep clamouring at my feetWell I prob’ly could find me an-oth-er

But I guess they’re all in awe of meWho cares, I nev-er get lone-some

‘Cause I trea-sure my own com-pan-y

Oh Lord it hard to be hum-ble ….

I guess you could say I’m a lon-erA cow-boy out-law tough and proud

Oh I could have lots of friends if I want aBut then I wouldn’t stand out

from the crowdSome folks say that I’m e-go-tisti-cal

Hell I don’t even know what that meansI guess it has some-thin’

to do with the wayThat I fill out my skin tight blue jeans

Oh Lord it hard to be hum-ble ….

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Ilkley Moor bar t’at

Where hast thou been since I saw thee,I saw thee

On Ilkley Moor bar t'atWhere hast thou been since I saw thee,

I saw theeWhere hast thou been since I saw thee without thy trousers on

On Ilkley Moor bar t'at (where's that?)On Ilkley Moor bar t'at (where's that?)

On Ilkley Moor bar t'at(where the ducks play football!)

Thou've been-a-courting Mary-Jane, Mary-JaneOn Ilkley Moor bar t'at

Thou've been-a-courting Mary-Jane, Mary-JaneThou've been-a-courting Mary-Jane without thy trousers on

Thoust going to catch thy death of cold, death of coldOn Ilkley Moor bar t'at

Thoust going to catch thy death of cold, death of coldThoust going to catch thy death of cold without thy trousers on

Then we shall have to bury thee, bury theeOn Ilkley Moor bar t'at

Then we shall have to bury thee, bury theeThen we shall have to bury thee without thy trousers on

Then t'worms shall come and eat thee up, eat thee upOn Ilkley Moor bar t'at

Then t'worms shall come and eat thee up, eat thee upThen t'worms shall come and eat thee up without thy trousers on

Then ducks shall come and eat up t'worms, eat up t'wormsOn Ilkley Moor bar t'at

then ducks shall come and eat up t'worms, eat up t'wormsThen ducks shall come and eat up t'worms without thy trousers on

Then we shall come and eat up ducks, eat up ducksOn Ilkley Moor bar t'at

Then we shall come and eat up ducks, eat up ducksThen we shall come and eat up ducks without thy trousers on

Then we shall all have eaten thee, eaten theeOn Ilkley Moor bar t'at

Then we shall all have eaten thee, eaten theeThen we shall all have eaten thee without thy trousers on

There is a moral to this tale, to this taleOn Ilkley Moor bar t'at

There is a moral to this tale, to this taleThere is a moral to this tale (where the ducks flew backwards!)

Don't go without your hat, don't go without your hat to Ilkley Moor bar t'at.

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58

I’ve had Enough

Love it's not IWho didn't tryHard enoughHard enough

And this is whyI'm saying goodbye

I've had enoughI've had enough

Love you don't seeThe pain in me

That's plain enoughPlain enough

You're never hereTo catch the tears

I cried for usI cried for us

I'll take my shareBut I'll be fair

There's not much stuffEasy enough

And if you chooseI'll break the newsThis part is tough

So very tough

I've tried and triedTo put aside

The time to talkBut without luck

So I'll just pin this noteWithin your coat

And leave the garden gate unlocked

And this is whyI'm saying goodbye

I've had enoughI've had enough

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Just a Closer Walk with Thee

I am weak, but Thou art strong;Jesus, keep me from all wrong;

I’ll be satisfied as longAs I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

RefrainJust a closer walk with Thee,Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,

Daily walking close to Thee,Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

Through this world of toil and snares,If I falter, Lord, who cares?

Who with me my burden shares?None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

When my feeble life is o’er,Time for me will be no more;Guide me gently, safely o’er

To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.

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Just for What I am

Blue ain't just a word it's a feeling a feeling of loneliness that I can feel right nowLove has looked at me but tried to change me

I wished that love would take me just for what I amJust for what I am I want someone to love me

Someone who won't expect me to feel like that old mem'ryJust for what they see just for being me

I want someone to love me just for what I am

Cry ain't just a sound it's a sadnessA sadness that lives with me and follows me around

Love wants me to be someone I can't beI wished that love would take me just for what I am

Just for what I am...I want someone to love me just for what I am

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61

King Of The Road

Trailers for sale or rentRooms to letfifty cents.

No phone, no pool, no petsI ain't got no cigarettes

Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broomBuys an eight by twelve four-bit room

I'm a man of means by no meansKing of the road.

Third boxcar, midnight trainDestinationBangor, Maine.

Old worn out clothes and shoes,I don't pay no union dues,

I smoke old stogies I have foundShort, but not too big around


I know every engineer on every trainAll of their children, and all of their names

And every handout in every townAnd every lock that ain't locked

When no one's around.

I sing, Trailers for sale or rentRooms to let, fifty cents

No phone, no pool, no petsI ain't got no cigarettes

Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broomBuys an eight by twelve four-bit room


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Kingston Town

Down the wayWhere the nights are gay

And the sun shines brightlyOn the mountain top

I took a tripOn a sailing ship

And when I reached JamaicaI made a stop

But I'm sad to say,I'm on my wayWon't be backFor many a day

My heart is downMy head is turning 'roundHad to leave a little girl

In Kingston town.

Down in the markeYou can hear

Ladies cry out asOn their heads the bear

'Ackee riceAnd fish on ice

And the rum is goodAny time of year.

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Knock Three Times On The Ceiling

Hey girl what ya doin' down thereDancin' alone every night

While I live right above youI can hear your music playin'I can feel your body swayin'

One floor below meYou don't even know me

I love you

Oh my darlingKnock three times on the ceiling

If you want meTwice on the pipeIf the answer is noOh my sweetness

Means you'll meet me in the hallwayTwice on the pipe means

You ain't gonna show

If you look out your window tonightPull in the string with the note

That's attached to my heartRead how many times I saw youHow in my silence I adored you

Only in my dreamsDid that wall between us come apart




You ain't gonna showI can hear your music playin'I can feel your body swayin'

One floor below meYou don't even know me

I love you




You ain't gonna show

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Ko te Waipounamu

Ko te WaipounamuMaranga mai ki runga

E nga iwi o te motu e tau neiKana e tukua

Kei ngaro te whenuaE nga iwi o te motu

Haeri mai

Maranga te WaipounamuPowhiritia nga iwiTe Reo KarangaTe Reo Powhiri

E nga iwi o te motuHaeri mai

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Leaning on the Lamp

I’m leaning on the lampMaybe you think I look a tramp

Or maybe you think I’m outto steal your car

But no, I’m not a crook,and if you think that’s what I look

I’ll tell you why and what my motives are

I’m leaning on a lamppostat the corner of the street

In case a certain little lady comes byOh me, oh my,

in case a certain little lady comes byShe wonderful she marvelous she’s fabulous she’s beautiful

And anyone can understand whyI’m leaning on the lamppost at the corner of the street in case

A certain little lady comes by

She’s not the kind o girl to be late forBut this girl I’d break any date for

I won’t have to ask what she late forShe’d never leave me flat, she’s not a girl like that

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Lemon Tree

When I was just a lad of ten,My father said to me,

"Come here and take a lessonFrom the lovely Lemon Tree."

"Don't put your faith in love, my boy",My father said to me,

"I fear you'll find that love is likeThe lovely Lemon Tree."

Lemon Tree very prettyAnd the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the lemonIs impossible to eat.

Lemon Tree very prettyAnd the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the lemonIs impossible to eat.

One day beneath the Lemon Tree,My love and I did lie

A girl so sweet that when she smiledThe stars rose in the sky.

We passed that summer lost in loveBeneath the lemon tree

The music of her laughterHid my father's words from me:

Lemon Tree very pretty ..

One day she left without a word.She took away the sun.

And in the dark she left behind,I knew what she had done.She'd left me for another,

It's a common tail but true.A sadder man but wiser now

I sing these words to you:

Lemon Tree very pretty ..

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Let the sun shine in

Mommy told me somethingA little kid should know

It's all about the devilAnd I've learned to hate him so

She said he causes troubleWhen you let him in the room,He will never ever leave you

If your heart is filled with gloom

So let the sun shine inFace it with a grinSmilers never lose

And frowners never winSo let the sun shine in

Face it with a grinOpen up your heart

and let the sun shine in

When you are unhappyThe devil wears a grin

But oh, he starts to runningWhen the light comes pouring in

I know he'll be unhappy'Cause I'll never wear a frownMaybe if we keep on smiling

He'll get tired of hanging 'round.

If I forget to say my prayersThe devil jumps with glee

But he feels so awful awfulWhen he sees me on my knees

So if you're full of troubleAnd you never seem to win

Just open up your heart and let the sun shine in

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Lilli Marlene

Underneath the lanternBy the barrack gate,Darling I remember

The way you used to wait;'Twas there that you whispered

Tenderly,That you lov'd me,You'd always be,

My Lilli of the lamplight,My own Lilli Marlene.

Time would come for roll callTime for us to part

Darling I'd carress youAnd press you to my heart.And there 'neath that far off

Lantern lightI'd hold you tight

We'd kissGoodnight,

Orders came for sailingSomewhere over there,All confined to barracks

Was more than I could bear;I knew you were waiting

In the street,I heard your feet,

But could not meet,

Resting in a billetJust behind the line

Even tho' we're partedYour lips are close to mine,You wait where that lantern

Softly gleamsYour sweet face seemsTo haunt my dreams,

When we are marchingIn the mud and cold,

And when my pack seemsMore than I can hold,

My love for you renews my might,I'm warm again,My pack is light,

It's you Lili Marlene,It's you Lili Marlene.

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Lion Sleeps Tonight

(A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)(A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)

In the jungle, the mighty jungleThe lion sleeps tonight

In the jungle the quiet jungleThe lion sleeps tonight

Near the village the peaceful villageThe lion sleeps tonight

Near the village the quiet villageThe lion sleeps tonight

Hush my darling don't fear my darlingThe lion sleeps tonight

Hush my darling don't fear my darlingThe lion sleeps tonight

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Loch Lomond

And by yon bonnie braes,Where the sun shines bright

On Loch Lomond,Where me and my true love

Were ever wont to gae,On the bonnie, bonnie banks

O' Loch Lomond.

O, ye'll tak' the high road,An' I'll tak; the low road,

An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye;But me and my true loveWill never meet again,

On the bonnie, bonnie banksO' Loch Lomond.

'Twas there that we partedIn yon shady glen,

On the steep, steep sideO' Ben Lomon'

Where in purple hueThe Hieland hills we view,

An' the moon comin'Out in the gloaming.




The wee birdies singAnd the wild flow'rs spring,

And in sunshineThe waters are sleepin';

But the broken heartIt kens nae second spring,

Tho' the waefu' mayCease frae their greetin'.




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Love Me Tender, Love Me Sweet

Love me tender,Love me sweet,Never let me go.

You have made my lifeComplete

And I love you so.Love me tender,Love me true,

All my dreams fulfill.For, my darlin',

I love youAnd I always will.

Love me tender,Love me long,

Take me to your heart.For it's thereThat I belong

And we'll never part.Love me tender,Love me true,



Love me tender,Love me dear,

Tell me you are mine.I'll be yours

Through all the yearsTill the end of time.

Love me tender,Love me true,



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Lucille (A, E7, Bm, E7))

In a bar in Toledoacross from the depot on a

bar stool she took off her ringI thought i'd get closerso I walked on over I

sat down and asked her nameWhen the drinks finally hit her

she said I'm noquitter but I finally quit livin on dreams

I'm hungry for laughterand here ever after I'm

after what-ever the other life brings

In the mirror I saw himand I closely watched him I

thought how he looked out of placeHe came to the woman

who sat there be-side mehe had a strange look on his face

The big hands were callousedhe looked like a mountain

for a minute I thought I was deadBut he started shaking

his big heart was breakinghe turned to the woman and said

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucillewith four hungry children

and a crop in the fieldI've had some bad times

lived through some sad timesbut this time your hurting won't heal

you picked a fine time to leave me Lucille.

After he left us I ordered more whiskyI thought how she'd made him look small

From the lights of the bar roomto a rented hotel room

we walked without talking at allShe was a beauty but when she came to me she must have thought I'd lost my mind

I couldn’t hold her‘cos the words that told her

kept coming back time after time

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucillewith four hungry children

and a crop in the fieldI've had some bad times

lived through some sad timesbut this time your hurting won't heal

you picked a fine time to leave me Lucille.

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MacNamara’s Band

My name is Mac-na-ma-ra,I’m the leader of the band

And tho’ we’re small in num-berWe’ve the best in all the land!

I am the con-duc-torAnd we oft-en have to play

With all the best mu-si-cian-ersyou hear about to-day

When the drum goes bang, the cym-bals clang, the horns will blaze a-wayMac-Car-thy puffs the old bas-soon

while Doyle the pipes will playOh! Hen-nes-sey Ten-nes-sy too-tles the flute, my word! ‘tis something grand.

Oh! A cred-it to ould Ire-land boys,Is Mac-na-ma-ra’s band!

Tra-la-la la la, Tra-la-la la la,Tra-la-la la la la la la la la ….

Whenever an election’s onwe play on either side

The way we play our fine ould airsfills Irish hearts with pride

Oh! If Tom Moore was living nowhe’d make yez un-der-stand

That none could do him jus-ticelike ould “Mac-na-ma-ra’s band”

We play at wakes and wed-dings,and at ev-‘ry coun-ty ball

And at a-ny great man’s fu-ner-alwe play “Dead March in Saul”

When the prince of Wales to Ire-land came,he shook me by the hand

And he said he nev-er heard the likeof “Mac-na-ma-ra’s band”

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Maori Battalion

In the days that have now gone when the Maoris went to war

They fought and fought until the last man died for the honour of their tribe

And so we carry on the conditions they have laid And as we go on day by day You will always hear us say...

Maori Battalion march to victory Maori Battalion staunch and true Maori Battalion march to glory

Take the honour of the people with you We will march, march, march to the enemy

And we'll fight right to the end. For God! For King! And for Country!

AU - E! Ake, ake, kia kaha e!

A loyal band of Maoris Sailing from New Zealand

To win us freedom and peace Marching shoulder to shoulder onward

And we will shout again Ake aka kia kaha e

Haere tonu haere tonu ra Kia - o - ra Kia - o - ra

Te Ope Māori Hīkoi kia toa Te Ope Māori kia kaha ra

Te Ope Māori hikoi kia kororia ai Mauria te hōnore o te iwi.

Ka hīkoi mātou ki te hoariri Whawhaitia tae noa ki te mutunga

Mō te Atua! Mo te kingi! Me te whenua!

AU-E!, ake ake kia kaha e!

Maori Battalion march to victory Maori Battalion so very staunch Maori Battalion march to glory

Be the living expression of the people's honour.

We will march to the enemy Put them to flight at the end.

For God! For King! And for country! AU - E! Forever and ever be strong!

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75

Nobody’s Child

I was slowly passing byAn orphan's home one day

And I stopped there for a momentTo watch the children play

Alone a little boy was standingAnd when I asked him why

He truned to me, but did not speakAnd he began to cry

I'm nobody's childI'm nobody's childI'm like a flower

Just growing wildNo mommy's kisses

And no body's smilesNobody wants meI'm nobody's child

People come for childrenAnd take them for their own

Then they have a mom and dadAnd a fine home

I know they like my golden curlsBut when they see I'm blind

They always take some other shildAnd I am left behind

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Now is the Hour Pö atarau

Now is the hour, when we must say goodbye.Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea.

While you're away, oh, then, remember me.When you return, you'll find me waiting here.

Sunset glow fades in the west.Night o'er the valley is creeping.Birds cuddle down in their nest

Soon all the world will be sleeping.

Now is the hour, when we must say goodbye.Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea.

While you're away, oh, then, remember me.When you return, you'll find me waiting here

Pö atarauE moea iho nei

E haere anaKoe ki pamamao

Haere ra;Ka hoki mai ano;

Ki i te tauE tangi atu nei

On a moonlit nightI see in a dream

You goingTo a distant land

Farewell,But return again

To your loved one,Weeping here

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77

Oh, I Get By With A Little Help

What would you thinkIf I sang out of tune,Would you stand up

And walk out on me ?Lend me your ears

And I'll sing you a songAnd I'll try not to sing

Out of key.

Oh, I get byWith a little help from my friends

Mm, I get highWith a little help from my friends

Mm, gonna tryWith a little help from my friends

What do I doWhen my love is away

Does it worry youTo be alone?How do I feel

By the end of the day,Are you sad

Because you're on your own?

No, I get byWith a little help from my friends



Do you need anybodyI need somebody to love

Could it be anybodyI want somebody to love.

Would you believeIn a love at first sight

Yes, I'm certainThat it happens all the time

What do you seeWhen you turn out the light

I can't tell youBut I know it's mine,




Do you need anybodyI just need someone to love

Could it be anybodyI want somebody to love.


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On Blueberry Hill

I found my thrillOn Blueberry HillOn Blueberry HillWhere I found you

The moon stood stillOn Blueberry HillAnd lingered until

My dreams came true

The wind in the willow playedLove's sweet melody

But all of those vows we madeWere never to be

Tho' we're apartYou're part of me stillFor you were my thrill

On Blueberry Hill

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79

Obladi Oblada

Desmond has a barrowIn the market place

Molly is the singer in a bandDesmond says to Molly-girl

I like your faceAnd Molly says this

As she takes him by the hand.

Obladi oblada life goes on braLala how the life goes on

Obladi Oblada life goes on braLala how the life goes on.

Desmond takes a trollyTo the jewellers store

Buys a twenty carat golden ringTakes it back to Molly

Waiting at the doorAnd as he gives it to her

She begins to sing.

In a couple of years they have builtA home sweet home

With a couple of kids running in the yardOf Desmond and Molly Jones.

Happy ever afterIn the market place

Molly lets the children lend a handDesmond stays at homeAnd does his pretty face

And in the eveningShe's a singer with the band.

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On Top Of Spaghetti

On top of spaghetti,All covered with cheese,I lost my poor meatball,

When somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table,And onto the floor,

And then my poor meatball,Rolled out of the door.

It rolled in the garden,And under a bush,

And then my poor meatball,Was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tastyAs tasty could be,

And early next summer,It grew into a tree.

The tree was all coveredWith beautiful moss,

It grew lovely meatballs,And tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti,All covered with cheese,

Hold on to your meatballs,And don't ever sneeze.

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One Day at a Time

I’m only human, I’m just a personHelp me believe in all that I am

And all that I coiuld beShow me the stairway, I have to climb

Lord for my sake, teach me to takeOne day at a time

One day at a time, sweet JesusThat’s all I ‘m asking of you

Just give me the strength to do every dayWhat I have to do

Yesterday’s gone, sweet JesusAnd tomorrow may never be mine

Lord help me today, show me the wayOne day at a time

Do you rememberwhen you walked among men

well Jesus you knowif you’re looking below,it’s worse now than thenIt’s pushin’ and shovin’It’s crowding my mind

Lord for my sake, teach me to takeOne day at a time

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82

Only Believe

I believe, Lord, I believeAll things are possible

If you only believe….

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83

Po ata rau

Po atarau, e moea iho neiE haere ana koe ki pamamao

Haere ra, ka hoki mai anoKi te tau, e tangi atu nei

Oh moonlight, as I sleep hereYou (my loved one) are going to a distant land

Farewell, but return againTo your loved one, weeping here

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84

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack up your troublesIn your old kit bag

And smile, smile, smile.While you've a lucifer

To light your fag.Smile, boys,

That's the style.What's the use of worrying,It never was worth while,So, Pack up your troubles

In your old kit bagAnd smile, smile, smile.

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85

Paper Roses

I realize the wayYour eyes deceived me

With tender looksThat I mistook for love

So take away the flowersThat you gave meAnd send the kind

That you remind me of

Paper rosesPaper rosesOh how real

Those roses seem to beBut they're only

ImitationLike your imitation

Love for me

I thought that youWould be a perfect lover

You seemed so fullOf sweetness at the startBut like a big red roseThat's made of paper

There isn't any sweetnessIn your heart

Paper rosesPaper rosesOh how real

Those roses seem to beBut they're only

ImitationLike your imitation

Love for me

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Pearly shells,

Pearly shells from the oceanShining in the sunCovering the shoreWhen I see them

My heart tells me that I love youMore than all the little pearly shells

For ev'ry grain of sand upon the beachI've got a kiss for you

And I've got more left over For each star that twinkles in the blue

Pearly shellsShining in the sunCovering the shoreWhen I see them

My heart tells me that I love youMore than all the little pearly shells

Pupu a o EwaI ka nuku

E lawe maiAhe ainaMai no

Ala hula puuloa he ala hele no kaahupahau

I apau huna one i ka kahakaiUa honi nau

Ho'i koe lawa naPakahi hoku 'i ka lani

PuhauAla hula puuloahe ala hele no kaahupahau

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Please Help Me I’m Falling

Please help me I’m fallingIn love with you.

Close the door to temptation,Don’t let me walk through.Turn away from me, darling

I’m begging you to.Please help me I’m falling

In love with you.

I belong to anotherWhose arms have grown cold,

But I promised foreverTo have and to hold.

I can never be free, dear,But when I’m with youI know that I’m losing

The will to be true.

Please help me I’m fallingAnd that would be sin.

Close the door to temptation,Don’t let me walk in.

For I mustn’t want you,But, darling, I do

Please help me I’m fallingIn love with you.

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88

Please Release Me, Let Me Go

Please release me, let me goFor I don't love you any more

To waste our lives would be a sinRelease me and let med love again.

I have found a new love, dearAnd I will always want him near

His lips are warm, while yours are coldRelease me, my darling, let me go.

Please release me, can't you seeYou'd be a fool to cling to me

To live a lie would bring us pain -soRelease me and let me love again.

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89

Pōkarekare ana

ngā wai o Waiapu, 1 Whiti atu koe hine

marino ana e.

E hine e hoki mai ra.

Ka mate ahau 2 I te aroha e.

Tuhituhi taku reta tuku atu taku rīngi,

Kia kite tō iwi raru raru ana e.

Whati whati taku pene 3

ka pau aku pepa, Ko taku aroha mau tonu ana e.

E kore te aroha e maroke i te rā, Mākūkū tonu i aku roimata e.

They are agitated the waters of Waiapu,

But when you cross over girlthey will be calm.

Oh girl return to me, I could die

of love for you.

I have written my letter I have sent my ring,

so that your people can see that I am troubled.

My pen is shattered, I have no more paper

But my love is still steadfast.

My love will never be dried by the sun,

It will be forever moistened by my tears.

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90

Put another Log on the Fire

Put another log on the fireBoil me up some bacon and some beans

Go out to the car and change the tyreDarn me socks and wash me old blue jeans

Come on baby babyFetch me pipe and then go fetch me slippers

Boil me up another pot of teaPut an other log on the fire, baby

Come and tell me why you’re leaving me

Aint I always nice to your kid sisterDon’t I take her drivin’ evry night

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Put Your Hand In The Hand

Put your hand in the handOf the man that stills the water,

Put your hand in the handOf the man that calms the sea.

Take a look at yourself,And you can look at others differently,

By putting your hand in the handOf the man from Gallilee.

Every time I lookInto the holy bookI wanna tremble.

When I read about the partWhere the carpenterCleared the temple.

For the buyers and the sellersAre no different fellows

That what I profess to be,And it causes me to shame

To know we're notThe people we should be.

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Que Sera, Sera

When I was just a little girl,I asked my mother, "What will I be?

Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?"Here's what she said to me:

Que sera, sera,Whatever will be, will be.

The future's not ours to see,Que sera, sera,

What will be, will be.

When I was just a child in school,I asked my teacher, "What shall I try?

Should I paint pictures?Should I sing songs?"

This was her wise reply:Que sera, sera,…

When I grew up and fell in love,I asked my lover, "What lies ahead?

Will we have rainbows day after day?"Here's what my lover said:

Que sera, sera,…

Now I have children of my own,They ask their mother, "What will I be?

Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?"I tell them tenderly:Que sera, sera,…

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Red River Valley

From this valley they say you are goingWe will miss your bright eyes & sweet smile

For they say you are taking the sun shineThat brightens our path way a while

Come and sit by my side if you love meDo not hasten to bid me adieu

But remember the red river valleyAnd the cowboy who loves you so true

OR

From this valley they say you are going,I will miss your sweet face

and sweet smile,Just because you are weary and tired,

You are changing your range for a while.

I've been thinking a long time, my darling,Of the sweet words you never would say,Now alas, must my fond hopes all vanish?

For they say you are going away.

When you think of the valleyyou're leaving

Oh how lonely and drear it it would be,When think of the fond heart

you're breakingAnd the pain you are causing to me.

From this valley they say you are going;When you go, may your darling go too?Would you leave her behind unprotected

When she loves no other but you?

I have promised you darling that never,Shall the words from my lips

cause you pain;And my life is still your's forever,

If you only will love me again.

Must the past with it's joys be blightedBy the future of sorrow and pain,And the vows that were spoken

be slighted?Don't you think, you can love me again?

As you go to your home by the oceanMay you never forget those sweet hoursThat we spent in the Red River Valley

And the love we exchanged 'mid the flowers

There never could be such a longingIn the heart of a poor maiden's breast,

That dwells in the heart you are breakingAs I wait in my home in the West.

And the dark maiden's prayer for her loverTo the Spirit that rules the world:

May his pathway be evr in sunshine,

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Red sails in the Sunset (A, D, F#, B)

‘Twas down where the fish-er folk gath-erI wan-der’d far from the throng

I heard a fish-er girl sing-ingAnd this re-frain was her song

Red sails in the sunset, Way out on the seaOh carry my loved one, home safely to me

He sailed at the dawning, all day I’ve been blueRed sails in the sunset, I’m trusting in you

Swift wings you must borrow. Make straight for the shoreWe marry tomorrow. And he goes sailing no more

Red sails in the sunset, Way out on the seaOh carry my loved one, home safely to me.

Red sails, the night breeze is blow-ingAnd clouds are hid-ing the moon

Above no bright stars are glow-ingIt means the storm’s com-ing soon

Red sails in the sunset, I’m trusting in youSwift wings you must borrow. Make straight for the shore

We marry tomorrow. And he goes sailing no moreRed sails in the sunset, Way out on the seaOh carry my loved one, home safely to me.

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Roamin' In The Gloamin'

Roamin' in the gloamin',On the bonnie banks o' Clyde

Roamin' in the gloamin',Wi' my lassie by my side

When the sun has gone to rest,That's the time that we love best

Oh, it's lovely roamin' in the gloamin'.

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Roses are Red

A long long time agoOn graduation day

You handed me your bookI signed this way

Roses are red my loveViolets are blue

Sugar is sweet my loveBut not as sweet as you

We dated through high schoolAnd when the big day came

I wrote into your bookNext to my name

Then I went far awayAnd you found someone new

I read your letter dearAnd I wrote back to you

Is that your little girlShe looks a lot like you

Someday some boy will writeIn her book too

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Rose Garden

I beg your pardon,I never promised you a rose garden,

Along with the sunshine,There´s got to be a little rain sometime.

When you take you got to giveSo love and let live and let go

I beg your pardon,I never promised you a rose garden.

I could promise you thingsLike big diamond rings

But you don't find rose growin'On stalks of clover

Well, you better think it over

Well, if sweet talkin' youCould make it come true

I would hand you the world right nowOn a silver platter

But what would it matter

So smile for a whileAnd let's be jolly

Life shouldn't be so melancholyCome and let's share the good times

While we can

I beg your pardonI never promise you a rose garden

Well, I could sing you a tuneOr promise you the moon

But if that's what it takes to hold youI'd just as soon let you go

But there's one thing I want you to know

You better look before you leapStill waters run deep

There won't always be someone thereTo pull you out

That's just what I'm talkin' aboutI beg your pardon

I never Promised you a rose garden

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98

Rosewood Casket

There's a little rosewood casketResting on a marble stand

With a packet of old love lettersWritten by my true love's hand

Go and bring them to me sisterRead them o'er for me tonight

I have often tried but I could notFor the tears that filled my eyes

When I'm dead and in my casketWhen I gently fall asleep

Fall asleep to wake in heavenDearest sister do not weep

Take his letters and his locketPlace them gently on my heart

But this golden ring that he gave meFrom my finger never part

There's a little rosewood casketResting on a marble stand

With a packet of old love lettersWritten by my true love's hand

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99

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town

You've painted up your lipsAnd rolled and curled your tinted hair,

Ruby are you contemplatingGoing out somewhere?

The shadows on the wall tell meThe sun is going down,

Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

It wasn't me that startedThat old crazy Asian war,

But I was proud to goAnd do my patriotic chore,

And yes, it's trueThat I'm not the man I used to be,

Oh Ruby, I still need some company.

It's hard to loveA man whose legs

Are bent and paralyzed,And the wants and needs

Of a woman your ageReally I realize,

But it won't be long,I've heard them say,Until I'm not around,

h Ruby, don't take your love to town.

She's leaving nowcause I just heard

the slamming of the door,The way I knowI heard its slams

one hundred times before,And if I could move

I'd get my gunand put her in the ground,

Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

Oh Ruby, for God's sake, turn around

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Save The Last Dance For Me

You can danceEv'ry dance with the guyWho gives you the eye,Let him hold you tight

You can smileEv'ry smile for the man

Who held your hand'Neath the pale moonlight

But don't forgetWho's taking you home

And in whose armsYou're gonna be

So darlin',Save the last dance for me.

Oh, I knowThat the music's fineLike sparkling wine

Go and have your funLaugh and sing

But while we're apartDon't give your heart to anyone

But don't forgetWho's taking you home

And in whose armsYou're gonna be

So darlin',Save the last dance for me.

Baby don't you know I love you soCan't you feel it when we touch

I will never never let you goI love you oh so much

You can dance goAnd carry on

Till the night is goneAnd it's time to go

If he asksIf you're all alone

Can he take you homeYou must tell him no

'Cause don't forgetWho's taking you home

And in whose arm'sYou're gonna be

So darlin',Save the last dance for me

Save the last dance for meSave the last dance for me

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Scarlett Ribbons

I peeked in to say goodnightAnd then I heard my child in prayerAnd for me some scarlett ribbons

Scarlett ribbons for my hair

All the stores were closed and shutteredAll the streets were dark and bareIn our Town no scarlett ribbons

Not one ribbonFor her hair

Through the night my heart was achingJust before the dawn was breaking

I peeked in and on her bedIn gay profusion lying there

Lovely ribbonsScarlet ribbons

Scarlett ribbons for her hair

If I live to be a hundredI will never know from where

Came those lovely scarlett ribbonsScarlett ribbons for her hair.

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Second-hand Rose

Second hand shoesSeconf hand clothes

They call her second hand roseThey think they’re pretty smart

But Rose aint got, a second hand heart

I'm wearing second-hand hats,Second-hand clothes

That's why they call me second-hand roseEven the piano in the parlor,

Daddy bought for ten cents on the dollar.

Second-hand pearls,I'm wearing second-hand curls

I never get a single thing that's newEven Jake the plumber he's the man I adore

Has the nerve to tell me he's been married beforeEveryone knows that I'm just second-hand rose

From second avenue.

I'm wearing second-hand hats,Second-hand clothes

That's why they call me second-hand roseEven the piano in the parlor,

Daddy bought for ten cents on the dollar.

Second-hand pearls,I'm wearing second-hand curls

I never get a single thing that's newEven Jake the plumber he's the man I adore

Has the nerve to tell me he's been married beforeEveryone knows that I'm just second-hand rose

From second avenue.

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103

Send me the Pillow that you Dream on\

Send me the pillowThat you dream on

Don't you knowThat I still care for you?


So darling,I can dream on it, too

Each night while I'mSleeping oh, so lonely

I'll share your loveIn dreams thatOnce were true



Send me the pillowThat you dream onMaybe time will let

Our dreams come trueSend me the pillowThat you dream on


I've waited so longFor you to write meBut just a memory'sAll that's left of youSend me the pillowThat you dream on


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104

Silver Bells

City sidewalks,Busy sidewalks.

Dressed in holiday styleIn the air

There's a feelingOf Christmas

Children laughingPeople passing

Meeting smile after smileAnd on ev'ryStreet cornerYou'll hear

Silver bells, silver bellsIt's Christmas time in the cityRing-a-ling, hear them sing

Soon it will be Christmas day

Strings of street lightsEven stop lights

Blink a bright red and greenAs the shoppers

Rush homeWith their treasures

Hear the snow crunchSee the kids bunch

This is Santa's big sceneAnd above all this bustle

You'll hear

Silver bells, silver bellsIt's Christmas time in the cityRing-a-ling, hear them sing

Soon it will be Christmas day

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Sixteen Candles

Happy birthday, happy birthday, babyOh, I love you so

Sixteen candles make a lovely lightBut not as bright as your eyes tonight

(as your eyes tonight) (Oh)Blow out the candles, make your wish come true

For I'll be wishing that you love me, too (that you love me, too)

You're only sixteen (sixteen)But you're my teenage queen (you're my queen)You're the prettiest, loveliest girl I've ever seen

(I've ever seen) (OH!)

Sixteen candles in my heart will glowFor ever and ever for I love you so (for I love you so)

You're only sixteen (sixteen)But you're my teenage queen (you're my queen)

Oh, you're the prettiest, loveliest girl I've ever seen (I've ever seen) (OH!)

Sixteen candles in my heart will glowFor ever and ever for I love you so

(for I love you so)For I love you so!!!

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106

Song Sung Blue (C, G)

Song sung blue, everybody knows one.Song sung blue, every garden grows one.

Me and you are subject to, the blues now and then,But when you take the blues and make a song,You sing them out again, sing them out again,

Song sung blue, weepin' like a willow,Song sung blue, sleepin' on my pillow.

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice,And before you know it start to feelin' good, You simply got no choice.

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice,And before you know it start to feelin' good, you simply got no choice.

Song sung blue, weepin' like a willow,Song sung blue, sleepin' on my pillow.

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice,And before you know it start to feelin' good, you simply got no choice.

Song sung blue, everybody knows oneSong sung blue, every garden grows one

Me and you, are subject to, the blues now and then

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107

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Almost heaven,West Virginia,

Blue Ridge Mountains,Shenandoah River,Life is old there,

Older than the trees,Younger than the mountains,

Growing like a breeze

Country roads,Take me home,

To the place I belong;West Virginia,

Mountain momma,Take me home,Country roads.

All my memories,Gather 'round her,

Miner's lady,Stranger to blue water.

Dark and dusty,Painted on the sky,

Misty taste of moonshine,Teardrops in my eye.

I hear her voice,In the morning hours

She calls me,The radio reminds meOf my home far away,

And dreamin' down the roadI get a feelin'

That I should have beenHome yesterday, yesterday.

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Te Atua (Majesty)

Te Atua, Tapu o nga TapuKi a Ihu te Kororia, te Honore

Te Atua, te mana hareruiaI heke mai, te Maunaga Tapu

Ki te Iwi

Hapaitia (Hapaitia)Te Ingoa o Ihu

Whakapai nga Whakamoemiti-tia

Te Atua, Tapu o nga TapuI mate nei, whakanui tia

Te Kingi NuiI mate nei, Whakanuitia

Te Kingi Nui

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Tears in heaven

Would you know my nameIf I saw you in heavenWould it be the sameIf I saw you in heaven

I must be strongAnd carry on

'Cos I know I don't belongHere in heaven

Would you hold my handIf I saw you in heaven

Would you help me standIf I saw you in heaven

I'll find my way through night and dayI just can't stayHere in heaven

Time can bring you downTime can bend your kneesTime can break your heartHave you begging please

Begging please

Beyond the doorThere's peace I'm sure

And I knowThere'll be no more

Tears in heaven

Would you know my nameIf I saw you in heavenWould it be the sameIf I saw you in heaven

I must be strong and carry on'Cos I know I don't belong

Here in heaven.

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Teddy bear’s Picnic

If you go down to woods todayYou’re sure of a big surprise

If you go down to the woods todayYou’d better go in disguise

For every bear that ever there wasIs going to be there for certain because

Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnicPicnic time for teddy bears

The little teddy bearsAre having a lot of fun todayTry to catch them unawares

In their …… on their holiday

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Tell Him What You Want

Its Jesus on the mainlineTell him what you want (x3)

Dial him up and tell him what you want

If you’re feeling down and outTell him what you want (x3)

If you’re feeling sad and blueTell him what you want (x3)

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Tennessee Waltz

I was dancing with my darlin'To the Tennessee waltz

When an old friend I happend to seeI introduced him to my darlin'And while they were dancing

My friend stole my sweetheart from me

I remember the nightAnd the Tennessee waltz

'Cause I know just how much I have lostYes I lost my little darling

The night they were playingThe beautiful Tennessee waltz

Now I wonder how a danceLike the Tennessee Waltz

Could have brokenMy heart so complete

Well I couldn't blame my darlin',And who could help fallin'

In love with my darlin' so sweet

Well it must be the faultOf the Tennessee Waltz

Wish I'd known justHow much it would cost

But I didn't see it commin',It's all over but the cryin'

Blame it all on the Tennessee Waltz

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The Great Pretender

Oh yes, I'm the great pretenderPretending that I'm doing well

My need is such,I pretend too much

I'm lonely,But no one can tell

Oh yes, I'm the great pretenderAdrift in a world of my own

I play the game,But to my real shame

You've left meTo dream all alone

Too real is this feelingOf make believe

Too real when I feelWhat my heart can't conceal

Oh yes, I'm the great pretenderJust laughin' and gay like a clownI seem to be what I'm not you see

I'm wearing my heart like a crown:Pretending that you're still around.

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The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen

The Northern Lights of old Aberdeen,Mean home sweet home to me,

The Northern Lights of Aberdeen,Are what I long to see.

I've been a wanderer all my life,And many a sight I've seen,

God speed the dayWhen I'm on my way

To my home in Aberdeen.

Repeat first verse

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The Power Of Love

The whispers in the morningOf lovers sleeping tight

Are rolling like thunder nowAs I look in your eyes

I hold on to your bodyAnd feel each move you makeYour voice is warm and tenderA love that I could not forsake

(first chorus)'Cause I am your ladyAnd you are my man

Whenever you reach for meI'll do all that I can

Lost is how I'm feeling lying in your armsWhen the world outside's too

Much to takeThat all ends when I'm with you

Even though there may be timesIt seems I'm far away

Never wonder where I am'Cause I am always by your side

(repeat first chorus, (second chorus)We're heading for somethingSomewhere I've never beenSometimes I am frightened

But I'm ready to learnOf the power of love

The sound of your heart beatingMade it clear

Suddenly the feeling that I can't go onIs light years away

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There Goes My Everything

I hear footsteps slowly walking,As they gently walk

Across a lonely floor,And a voice is softly saying,

Darling, this will beGood-bye for ever more.

There goes my reason for living,There goes the one of my dreams,There goes my only possession,

There goes my everything.

As my memory turns back the pages,I can see the happy

Years we had before,Now the love that keptThis old heart beating,

Has been shatteredBy the closing of the door.

There goes my reason …

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Tom Dooley

(Narrative) Throughout history there have been many songs written about the eternal triangle. This next one tells the story of Mister Grayson, a beautiful woman, and a condemned man named Tom Dooley. When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang

Hang down your head Tom Doo-ley,hang down your head and cry

Hang down your head Tom Doo-ley,poor boy you’re bound to die

I met her on a mountain,There I took her life

Met her on a mountain,Stuck her with my knife

This time tomorrow, reckon where I’ll beHadn’t a been for Grayson,

I’d a been in Tennessee

This time tomorrow, reckon where I’ll beDown in some lonesome valleyHanging from a white oak tree

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Unchained Melody

Oh, oh my loveOh my darling

I've hungered for your touchA long and lonely time

And time goes by so slowlyAnd time can do so much

Are you still mine

need your loveI need your loveI need your love

God speed your love to me

Lonely rivers flowTo the sea, to the sea

To the open arms of the sea

Lonely rivers sighWait for me, wait for me

I'll be coming homeWait for me

Oh, oh my loveOh my darling

I've hungered for your touchA long and lonely time

And time goes by so slowlyAnd time can do so much

Are you still mine

I need your loveI need your loveI need your love

God speed your love to me (it to me)God speed your love to me

(I need your love)

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Unicorn

A long time ago when the earth was greenThere was more kinds of animals than you'd ever seen

They'd run around freewhile the world was being born

But the loveliest of them allwas the u--ni--corn

There was green alligatorsand long necked geese

Some humpy back camelsand some chimpanzees

Cats and rats and elephantsbut sure as you're born

The loveliest of all was the u--ni--corn

But the Lord seen some sinnin'and it caused him painHe said "Stand back –I'm gonna make it rainSo hey brother Noah,I'll tell you what to do,

Build me a floating zoo."

And you take two alligatorsand a couple of geese

Two hump back camelsand two chimpanzees

Two cats, two rats, two elephantsbut sure as you're born

Noah, don't you forget my u--ni--corn.

Now Noah was thereand he answered the callin'And he finished up the ark

as the rain started fallin'And he marched in the animals two by two

And he sung out as they went through

"Hey Lord, I got you two alligatorsand a couple of geese

Two hump back camelsand two chimpanzees

Two cats, two rats, two elephantsbut sure as you're born

Lord, I just don't see your u--ni--corns."

Well, Noah looked outthrough the driving rain,

But the unicorns were hiding –playing silly games,

They were kickin' and a-spashin'while the rain was pourin'Oh them foolish unicorns.

[Repeat second chorus]

And then the ark started movingand it drifted with the tide,And the unicorns looked up

from the rock and cried,And the water came up

and sort of floated them away,That's why you've never seen

a unicorn to this day.

"You'll see a lot of alligatorsand a whole mess of geese

You'll see hump back camelsand chimpanzees

You'll see cats and rats and elephantsbut sure as you're born

You're never gonna see no u--ni--corns."

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How Great thou Art - Whakaria Mai

Whakaria maiTou ripeka ki ahau

Tiaho maira roto i te po

Hei konei auTitiro atu ai

Ora mateHei ahau koe

noho ai

Oh lord my God,when I in awesome wonder

Consider all,the works thy hands have made

I see the stars,I hear the rolling thunderThy power throughoutthe Universe displayed

Then sings my soul,My saviour God, to thee

How great thou art, how great thou art

When though the woodsand forest glades I wander

And hear the birds singsweetly in the treesWhen I look down

from lofty mountain grandeurAnd hear the brook

and feel the gentle breeze

When Christ shall comewith shouts of acclamation

And take me home,what joy shall fill my heart

Then I shall bow in humble adorationAnd there proclaim,

my God how great thou art.

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When Irish Eyes are Smiling

There's a tear in your eyeAnd I'm wondering why

For it never should be there at allWith such power in your smile

Sure a stone you'd bequileSo there's never a teardrop should fall

When your sweet lilting laughter's like some fairy songAnd your eyes twinkle bright as can be

You should laugh all the while and all other times smileAnd now smile a smile for me

When Irish eyes are smilingSure'n it's like a morn in spring

In the lilt of Irish laughterYou can hear the angels singWhen Irish hearts are happy

All the world is bright and gayAnd when Irish eyes are smilingSure they steal your heart away

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Waltzing Matilda

Once a jolly swag man camped by a bil-la-bongUn-der the shade of a cool-i-bah tree

And he sang and he watch’d and wait-ed till his bil-ly boil’dYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

Waltz-ing Ma-til-da, Waltz-ing Ma-til-daYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

And he sang and he watch’d and wait-ed till his bil-ly boil’dYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

Down came a jum-buckto drink at that billabongUp jumped the swag manand grabbed him with gleeAnd he sang as he shoved

that jum-buck in his tucker bagYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with meWaltz-ing Ma-til-da, Waltz-ing Ma-til-da

You’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with meAnd he sang as he shoved

that jum-buck in his tucker bagYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

Up rode the squattermounted on his thorough bred

Down came the troopers one two threeWhose that jolly jum-buck

you’ve got in your tucker bagYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with meWaltz-ing Ma-til-da, Waltz-ing Ma-til-da

You’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with meWhose that jolly jum-buck

you’ve got in your tucker bagYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

Up jumped the swagman,sprang into the bil-la-bong

“You’ll never catch me alive said he.And his ghost may be heard,

as you pass by the bil-la-bongYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with meWaltz-ing Ma-til-da, Waltz-ing Ma-til-da

You’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with meAnd his ghost may be heard,

as you pass by the bil-la-bongYou’ll come a waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

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White Sports Coat (G7)

A white sports coat and a pink car-na-tionI’m all dressed up for the dance

A white sports coat and a pink car-na-tionI’m all alone in ro-mance

Once you told me long a-go to the Proms with me you’d goNow you’ve changed your mind its seems

Some-one else will hold my dreamsA white sports coat and a pink car-na-tion I’m in a blue blue mood

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Why Does The Sun Go On Shining

Why does the sun go on shiningWhy does the sea rush to shore

Don't they know it's the end of the worldCause you don't love me anymore

Why do the birds go on singingWhy do the starts glow above

Don't they know it's the end of the worldIt ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonderWhy everything is the same as it was

I can't understand, no, I can't understandHow life goes on the way it does

Why does my heart go on beatingWhy do these eye of mine crying

Don't they know it's the end of the worldIt ended when you said goodbye

Don't they know It's the end of the worldIt endend when you said goodbye

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You are my sunshine

You Are My SunshineMy only sunshine.

You make me happyWhen skies are grey.

You'll never know, dear,How much I love you.

Please don't take my sunshine away

The other nite, dear,As I lay sleeping

I dreamed I held you in my arms.When I awoke, dear,

I was mistakenAnd I hung my head and cried.

You are my sunshine,My only sunshine.



Please don't take my sunshine away.

I'll always love youAnd make you happy

If you will only say the sameBut if you leave me

To love anotherYou'll regret it all some day;





You told me once, dearYou really loved me

And no one else could come betweenBut now you've left me

And love anotherYou have shattered all my dreams;

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Louisiana my Louisianathe place where I was borne.

White fields of cotton-- green fields clover,

the best fishingand long tall corn;





Crawfish gumbo and jambalayathe biggest shrimp and sugar cane,

the finest oystersand sweet strawberries

from Toledo Bend to New Orleans;




Please don't take my sunshine away

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