500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics
Wonderful compendium of complete lyrics for well-known folk songs, hymns and spirituals, nursery songs, popular and show tunes, etc. Includes Oh Susanna, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Shenandoah, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, hundreds more. Indispensable for singalongs, parties, family get-togethers, etc
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9781306391818, 9780486171524, 1306391814, 0486171523
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Title Page; DOVER MUSICAL ARCHIVES; Copyright Page; NOTE; Table of Contents; The Aba Daba Honeymoon
W & M: ARTHUR FIELDS & WALTER DONOVAN (1914); Abide with Me
W: HENRY F. LYTE (1847) / M: WILLIAM H. MONK (1861); Ach, du Lieber Augustin
AUSTRIAN DRINKING SONG; After the Ball
W & M: CHARLES K. HARRIS (1892); After You've Gone
W & M: HENRY CREAMER & TURNER LAYTON (1918); Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
W: RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG / M: VICTOR HERBERT; Ah! Vous Dirai-je, Maman
FRENCH FOLK SONG; Alexander's Ragtime Band
W & M: IRVING BERLIN (1911). Alice Blue Gown
W: JOSEPH Mc CARTHY / M: HARRY TIERNEYAll God's Children Got Shoes
SPIRITUAL; All Night, All Day
SPIRITUAL; All Through the Night
WELSH FOLK SONG; Alouette
FRENCH-CANADIAN CHILDREN'S "ACCUMULATION" SONG; The Alphabet Song
CHILDREN'S PLAY SONG; Amazing Grace
AMERICAN FOLK SONG; America (My Country! 'Tis of Thee)
W: SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH (1831) M: ANON.; America the Beautiful
W: KATHERINE LEE BATES (1895) M: SAMUEL A. WARD (1882); Anchors Aweigh
SONG OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY W & M: CAPT. ALFRED H. MILES, U.S.N. (Ret.) & CHARLES A. ZIMMERMAN (1907). Angels, from the Realms of Glory
W & M: JAMES MONTGOMERY (19th c.)Angels We Have Heard on High
TRADITIONAL FRENCH NOEL; Annabel Lee
W: EDGAR ALLAN POE (1849-50) / M: ANON.; Annie Laurie
W: WILLIAM DOUGLAS (l8th c.) M: LADY JOHN SCOTT (1835); The Ash Grove
WELSH FOLK SONG; As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo
AMERICAN COWBOY SONG; Asleep in the Deep
W: ARTHUR J. LAMB / M: H.W. PETRIE (1897); At a Georgia Campmeeting (A Song in Black)
W & M: KERRY MILLS (1897); Au Clair de la Lune
FRENCH FOLK SONG; Auld Lang Syne
W: ROBERT BURNS (late 18th c.) M: ANON. Auprès de Ma Blonde
FRENCH MARCHING SONGAura Lea
W: W.W. FOSDICK / M: GEORGE R. POULTON (1861); Ave Maria
W: LATIN HYMN / M: VARIOUS SETTINGS:; Away in a Manger
TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS SONG; Baa! Baa! Black Sheep
NURSERY SONG; Ballin' the Jack
W: JAMES H. BURRIS / M: CHRIS SMITH (1913); La Bamba
MEXICAN FOLK SONG; The Band Played On
W & M: JOHN F. PALMER (1895); Barbara Allen
ENGLISH FOLK SONG; The Battle Cry of Freedom
W & M: GEORGE F. ROOT (1862); Battle Hymn of the Republic
W: JULIA WARD HOWE (1862) M: "GLORY, HALLELUJAH" (Anon., 1857?). Beautiful Dreamer
W & M: STEPHEN C. FOSTER (1864)Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
W: JESSIE B. POUNDS / M: J.S. FEARIS (1897); Beautiful Ohio
W: BALLARD MACDONALD / M: "MARY EARL" [Robert A. King] (1918); Because
W: EDWARD TESCHEMACHER M: "GUY D'HARDELOT" [Helen Guy] (1902); Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
W: THOMAS MOORE (1808) / M: TRADITIONAL IRISH MELODY; The Belle of Av'noo "A"
W & M: SAFFORD WATERS (1895); The Bells of St. Mary's
W: DOUGLAS FURBER / M: A. EMMETT ADAMS (1917); Be My Little Baby Bumblebee
W: STANLEY MURPHY / M: HENRY I. MARSHALL (1912). The Big Rock Candy Mountain
AMERICAN FOLK SONG