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Songs of Love

True Love

• Abroad As I Was Walking
• Ailie Bain O' The Glen
• Annie Laurie
• Argyle is My Name
• As I Walked Through the Meadow (1)
• As I Walked Through the Meadow (2)
• At the Sign of the Bonny Blue Bell
• The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
• Ballynamony
• The Banks of the Roses
• Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
• Bells of Aberdovy
• Billy Boy (American)
• Billy Boy (English)
• Billy Boy (Irish)
• Black-Eyed Susan
• Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
• Blow, Ye Winds, Blow
• Blow the Candles Out
• The Bold Soldier
• Bonnie Lesley
• Bonnie Lizzie Baillie
• The Bonny Lighter Boy
• The Briery Bush
• Britons, Strike Home
• The Broom of Cowdenknows
• Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
• Child Waters
• Come Back Paddy Reilly
• Come Live With Me
• Corydon and Phyllis
• Dainty Davie
• My Darling Ploughman Boy
• The Dashing White Sergeant
• Derry Down Dale
• Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
• Eileen Arun
• Enraptured I Gaze
• Eriskay Love Lilt
• Fair Margaret and Sweet William (1)
• Fair Margaret and Sweet William (2)
• Fairest Gwen (Mentra Gwen)
• Farewell, Nancy
• Farewell to Lochaber
• The Female Highwayman
• Flow Gently Sweet Afton
• The Gaberlunzie Man
• Gaily the Troubadour
• The Gallant Hussar
• The Gallant Weaver
• Gentle Gwen
• Geordie
• Glenlogie
• Gypsy Rover
• Here's Adieu to All Judges and Juries
• Hi for the Beggarman
• High Germany
• Huntingtower
• I Know Where I'm Going
• I'll Never Leave Thee
• I'll Take You Home Kathleen
• I'm Seventeen Come Sunday
• The Irish Girl
• Jackaroe
• Jock O'Hazeldean
• Johnie Scot
• The Jolly Young Waterman
• Joy Upon Thy Bright Cheek Dances
  (Hob Y Deri Dando)
• Kathleen O'Moore
• The Keys of Canterbury
• The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter
• The Lass o' Gowrie
• The Lass of Patie's Mill
• The Lass of Richmond Hill
• Lavender's Blue
• Leezie Lindsay
• The Little Turtle Dove
• Lord Bateman
• Lord Thomas of Winesberry
• The Lost Lady Found
• Love Will Find Out The Way
• The Low-Back'd Car
• Maggie Lauder
• Maid of Llanwellyn
• Mairi Bhan Og
• My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
• My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
• My Wild Irish Rose
• Ned of the Hill (2)
• Norah, Dear Norah
• Nut Brown Maiden
• O Gin I Were a Baron's Heir
• O Nannie, Wilt Thou Gang Wi' Me?
• Oh No, John! (1)
• O No, John! (2)
• One Bright Summer Morning (Cadair Idris)
• Our Ship She Lies in Harbour
• Over the Hills and Far Away (1)
• The Ploughboy (The Lark in the Morn)
• Pretty Maid Milking a Cow
• The Pretty Ploughboy
• Pretty Polly Oliver
• The Rich Nobleman and His Daughter
• The Rolling of the Stones
• The Rose of Tralee
• Rosetta and Her Gay Ploughboy
• Roslin Castle
• Sally In Our Alley
• Savourneen Deelish
• Scarborough Fair
• Scottish Wedding
• The Sheffield Apprentice
• Snowy Breasted Pearl
• A Soldier and a Sailor
• The Soldier's Return
• The Star of the County Down
• Sweet Lovely Joan
• Sweet Rosie O'Grady
• Tam Glen
• To the Weavers Gin Ye Go
• True Lover's Farewell
• The Wealthy Farmer's Son
• When the Kye Comes Hame
• White Wings
• Will Ye Go Lassie?
• William and Mary
• The Willow Tree (Irish)
• Within a Furlong of Edinborough Town
• Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town
• The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, O!
• The Yellow Hair'd Laddie
• The Young Servant Man

Unhappy Love, False Love,
and Seduction

• A Bold Young Farmer
• As I Roved Out One Morning
• As I Walked Forth
• The Banks of the Sweet Primroses
• Billy Taylor
• The Blacksmith
• Blow the Candle Out
• Brimbledon Fair
• A Brisk Young Sailor
• Cold Haily Rainy Night
• Dabbling in the Dew
• The Deceived Maid
• Early One Morning
• The Fair Maid of Islington
• Fair Susan
• The Foggy Dew (1)
• The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (1)
• The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (2)
• Greensleeves
• The Gypsy Laddie
• Hares on the Mountains (1)
• Hares on the Mountains (2)
• Hughie Graham
• I Climb the Mountains (Fhir A Bhata)
• I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
• I Must Live All Alone
• I Pass All My Hours
• Johnny Faa
• Katy Cruel
• Lord Gregory
• Love Me Little, Love Me Long
• Madam, Will You Walk?
• Mary of the Wild Moor
• Mary Queen of Scots' Lament
• Mattie Groves
• Moggy Lawder
• Near Woodstock Town
• The Nightingale
• O Sally, My Dear
• On the Banks of the Allan Water
• Once I Loved A Maiden Fair
• The Outlandish Knight
• Reynardine
• Peggy Bawn
• Prince Elphin's Song
• Rolling in the Dew
• The Saucy Sailor Boy
• Seeds of Love
• She's Like a Swallow
• Some Rival Hath Stolen My True Love Away
• Sweet Joan
• Sweet is the Budding Spring of Love
• Sweet William
• Tam Lin
• Thou Art Gane Awa'
• The Trooper and the Maid
• Two Maids Went Milking One Day
• The Two Magicians
• William Taylor
• The Willow Tree (American)
• The Woods So Wild
• Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon
• And Ye Shall Walk in Silk Attire
• Young Rambleaway

Unrequited Love

• Alice Gray
• Ally Croaker
• Barbara Allen
• Belfast Mountains
• Blow Away the Morning Dew
• Dear Evelina, Sweet Evelina
• Eileen Oge
• Galway City
• I Once Loved a Lass (The False Bride)
• Idle Days in Summer Time
  (Bugeilio R Gwenith Gwyn)
• Kate Kearney
• The Laird o' Cockpen
• Lady Mary
• The Lady of Sker (Y Ferch O'r Scer)
• The Lakes of Pontchartrain
• Londonderry Air
• Megan's Fair Daughter (Merch Megan)
• The Maid Who Sold Her Barley
• Richard of Taunton Dean
• Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch
• The Spanish Lady (1)
• Spanish Lady (2)
• The Willow Tree (English)

Sad and Tragic Love

• All Round My Hat
• The Ash Grove (1)
• The Ash Grove (2)
• The Barkshire Tragedy
• Bedlam
• Bessie Bell and Mary Gray
• Blackbirds and Thrushes
• Bonnie George Campbell
• The Bonnie House o' Airlie
• The Bonnie Lass of Fenario
• The Bonny Lass of Fyvie
• The Bonny Light Horseman (1)
• The Bonny Light Horseman (2)
• The Braes of Yarrow
• Brother's Revenge
• Bruton Town
• Carrigfergus
• Cockles and Mussels
• The Cruel Mother
• The Cruel War (1)
• The Cruel War (2)
• The Death of Queen Jane
• Donald and Flora
• Down by the Salley Gardens
• The Drowned Lover
• The Duke of Bedford
• Earl Brand
• Earl Colvin
• Fair Helen of Kirkconnell
• Fair Janet
• The Fair Sailor Lad
• Fine Flowers in the Valley
• The Foggy, Foggy Dew
• The Four Marys
• A Gentle Maid In Secret Sighed
  (Erddigan Hun Gwennlliam)
• George Collins
• The Ghost Lover
• Gil Morice
• Gilderoy
• Green Bushes
• Heavy the Beat of the Weary Waves
• House Carpenter (English Version)
• House Carpenter (Canadian Version)
• Johnny's Gone for a Soldier (1)
• Johnny's Gone for a Soldier (2)
• Johnny's Gone for a Soldier (3)
• Kelvingrove
• Lady Maisry
• Lady Margaret
• Lilly Dale
• Lord Lovel
• Lord Rendal
• Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor
• Lost Jimmy Whelan
• Mary's Dream
• The Missing Boat (Yn Nyffryn Clwyd)
• Molly Brannigan
• My Lodging It Is On the Cold Ground
• Nae Mair We'll Meet Again
• The Nobleman's Wedding
• Oh, Breathe Not His Name
• Polly Vaughn
• Poor Sally Sits A-Weeping
• Rare Willie
• Sad Am I and Sorrow-Laden
• She is Far From the Land
• She Moved Through the Fair
• Shule Agra
• The Soldier's Farewell
• Still Growing
• The Three Ravens
• The Trees They Do Grow High (1)
• The Trees They Do Grow High (2)
• The Twa Corbies
• The Twa Sisters
• The Unquiet Grave
• The Water is Wide (O Waly, Waly)
• Will Watch
• Who is at My Window Weeping?

The Battle of the Sexes

• The Farmer's Curst Wife
• Good Morning, Pretty Maid
• Hard is the Fortune
• John Grumlie
• Kellyburnbraes
• Old Maid in the Garret
• Ruggleton's Daughter of Iero
• Tho' Women's Minds
• The Time I've Lost in Wooing
• The Well of St. Keyne
• A Woman's Work is Never Done

Songs of War
American Songs of War

The French and Indian War

• The Death of General Wolfe
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (1)
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (2)

Revolutionary War

• The Ballad of Major Andre
• Battle of the Kegs
• Battle of Saratoga
• Bunker Hill
• The Cruel War (1)
• The Cruel War (2)
• The Dying Redcoat
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (1)
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (2)
• How Happy the Soldier
• Johnny's Gone for a Soldier (1)
• Johnny's Gone for a Soldier (2)
• Johnny's Gone for a Soldier (3)
• Katy Cruel
• The Liberty Song
• Paul Jones
• The Rich Lady Over the Sea
• Sir Peter Parker
• The Sword of Bunker Hill
• The World Turned Upside Down
• Yankee Doodle
• The Yankee Man-of-War

War of 1812

• The Constitution and the Guerriere
• How Happy the Soldier
• The Hunters of Kentucky
• The Lakes of Pontchartrain
• Star Spangled Banner
• To Anacreon in Heaven
• Ye Parliament of England

Civil War

• Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Bonnie Blue Flag
• Darling Nelly Gray
• Dixie
• The Drinking Gourd
• Garry Owen
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (1)
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (2)
• John Brown's Body
• Lilli Burlero
• Tenting Tonight
• Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
• Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (Confederate Lyrics)
• The Vacant Chair
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Irish Songs of War and Rebellion

• Andy McElroe
• After the Battle of Aughrim(Midi Only)
• Avenging and Bright
• The Battle of the Boyne
• Bold Fenian Men
• Boulavogue
• Brian Boru's March(Midi Only)
• Eamonn of the Hill (Ned of the Hill)
• The Foggy Dew (2)
• Forget Not the Field
• Lilli Burlero
• The Minstrel Boy
• Mrs. McGrath
• Nell Flaherty's Drake
• When He Who Adores Thee

Jacobite Songs

• Adieu Dundee
• Aiken Drum (1)
• Argyle is My Name
• Blue Bonnets Over the Border
• Bonnie Dundee
• Cam Ye By Athol?
• Come Owre the Stream, Charlie
• Derwentwater's Farewell
• The Ballad of Glen Coe
• The Highland Widow's Lament
• The Highlanders Farewell
• Johnny Cope (1)
• Johnny Cope (2)
• Killikrankie
• Lenachan's Farewell
• Loch Lomond
• Piper o' Dundee
• Skye Boat Song
• The Standard on the Braes o' Mar
• Twa Bonnie Maidens
• Up and Waur Them A', Willie
• The Vicar of Bray
• The Wee German Lairdie
• Wha'll Be King But Charlie?
• Welcome Royal Charlie
• The White Cockade
• Will You Go To Sheriffmuir?
• Will Ye No Come Back Again?
• Ye Jacobites By Name

Other Scottish Songs of War

• The Battle of Harlaw
• The Battle of Otterburn
• Chevy Chase
• Flowers of the Forest
• Hardyknute
• The Moss Trooper's Lament
• Scotland the Brave
• The Scottish Soldier

Welsh Songs of War

• Forth to Battle (Rhwym Wrth Dy Wregys Rhyvelgyrch Cadpen Morgan)
• The Hirlas Horn
• Men of Harlech (1)
• Men of Harlech (2)
• A Mighty Warrior (Blondel's Song)
  (Per Alaw Neu Sweet Richard)
• Over The Stone
• Owain Glyndyr's War Song
• Taliesin's Prophecy

English Songs of War

• The Battle of Harlaw
• Boney's Lamentation
• Chevy Chase
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (1)
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (2)
• Grand Conversation of Napoleon
• Hardyknute
• Lilli Burlero
• Marlboro
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Over the Hills and Far Away (2)
• Private Tommy Atkins
• When the King Enjoys His Own Again
• The World Turned Upside Down
• Ye Sons of Albion

Lullabies and Sad Songs

• All Through the Night (1)
• All Through the Night (2)
• The Bonnie Earl o' Moray
• Castle Dromore
• Castles in the Air
• Danny Boy
• David of the White Rock (1)
• David of the White Rock (2)
• A Fairy Lullaby
• Hush ye, my Bairnie
• The Jam on Gerry's Rocks
• John O'Dwyer of the Glen
• Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament
• The Land of the Leal
• Little Sir Hugh
• Lullaby (Suo Gan)
• MacCrimmon's Lament
• My Gentle Harp
• Sir Lionel
• Smile In Your Sleep
• Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)
• The Wife of Usher's Well

Songs of the Country, Home and Nostalgia

• The Ages of Man
• Ben Bolt
• Bendemeer's Stream
• The Blind Harper
• By A Bank As I Lay (2)
• By A Bank As I Lay (1)
• The Cliffs of Doneen
• The Daughters of Erin
• An Emmigrant's Daughter
• English Country Gardens
• Farewell! But Whenever You Welcome the Hour
• Flowers on the Heath
• The Gallawa Hills
• Galway Bay
• The Irish Exile
• Killarney
• The Lake of Coolfin
• Long, Long Ago
• The Meeting of the Waters
• Mist Covered Mountains
• Mountains of Mourne
• O Gin I Were Where Gadie Rins
• The Oak and the Ash
• Oh Rowan Tree
• The Old Oaken Bucket
• The Oxen Song
• The Parting Glass
• Scottish Emigrant's Farewell
• Settler's Lament
• Tho' the Last Glimpse of Erin
• Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea
• Travel the Country Round
• Under Yonder Oaken Tree
  (Mae Croesawiad Gwraig Y Ty)
• Whaur Gadie Rins
• When Morning Is Breaking
  (Pan Gyryd Yr Heulwen)
• Woodman, Spare that Tree

Songs of the Sea (Unframed)
Songs of the Sea are on a separate page.

Wastrels, Outlaws, Rascals, Criminals and Violence

• A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir
• Andro and His Cutty Gun
• Are You There, MO-RI-AR-I-TY?
• Bachelor's Hall (1)
• Bachelor's Hall (2)
• The Barnyards of Delgaty
• Bold Dickie
• The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood
• Bonny Farday
• Botany Bay (1)
• Botany Bay (2)
• Brennan on the Moor (1)
• Brennan on the Moor (2)
• The Calton Weaver
• The Devil and Baliff McGlynn
• Down Among the Dead Men
• Edward
• False Lamkin
• Flash Lad
• The Isle of France
• Jack Hall
• Jesse James
• John Barleycorn
• The Leather Bottel
• The Lincolnshire Farmer
• Little Brown Jug
• Lucy Wan
• MacPherson's Farewell (1)
• MacPherson's Farewell (2)
• The Murdered Brother
• Nancy Whisky (1)
• Nancy Whiskey (2)
• Phil the Fluther's Ball
• The Poor Murdered Woman
• The Rakes of Mallow
• Rantin' Rovin' Robin (1)
• Rantin' Rovin' Robin (2)
• Reilly's Daughter
• Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
• Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
• Robin Hood and the Tanner
• Rothsay-O!
• Sam Hall
• The Three Butchers
• Waxie's Dargle
• The Wild Colonial Boy
• Will Watch
• The Women All Tell Me

Songs of the America (Unframed)
American Songs are now on a separate page sorted by time period.

Songs of Canada and Australia

• Brisbane Ladies
• Canadian Boat Song
• An Emmigrant's Daughter
• Farewell to Nova Scotia
• The Female Highwayman
• House Carpenter (Canadian Version)
• The Jam on Gerry's Rocks
• Lady Margaret
• Lost Jimmy Whelan
• The Lost Lady Found
• Lovely Molly
• Polly Vaughn
• Reynardine
• Settler's Lament
• The Sheffield Apprentice
• The Three Butchers
• Undaunted Mary
• Van Diemen's Land
• Young Man From Canada
• The Young Voyageur
• Waltzing Matilda
• The Wild Colonial Boy

Uncategorized Songs

• A Man's A Man For A' That
• Aiken Drum (2)
• A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir
• As I Was Going to Banbury
• The Bird Song
• The Carman's Whistle
• The Cheshire Man
• Death and the Lady
• The Galway Piper (Piping Tom)
• Go Get the Ax
• Go No More A Rushing
• God Save the King
• The Hawthorn Tree
• Ilka Blade o' Grass
• The Irish Washerwoman(Midi Only)
• King Arthur
• The Ploughboy
• The Rising of the Lark
• The Smart Schoolboy
• Oh! Think Not My Spirits are Always as Light
• Tramps and Hawkers

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