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A Treasury Of The World's Best Folk Songs In A Beautiful Illustrated Songbook
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An absolutely charming 19th century song
originating from Scotland
Music by Mrs. P. Millard
Lyrics by William Mee (1879)
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American Folk Traditional
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Traditional Scot Folk Love Ballad
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A haunting lament from the north of England,
19th century
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Poetry by W.W. Fosdick,
Esq. Music by Geo. R. Poulton.
Publication:
Richmond, VA: Lithographed and Published by Geo. Dunn & Co., 1861
American Folk song
popular during the Civil War. Elvis Presley changed the words around
and recorded a huge
hit with his rendition of Love Me Tender
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A very old and very beautiful & haunting
Scottish air
Probably 1600's or earlier
Anonymous
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Believe Me, If All Those Enduring Young Charms
Traditional 18th Century Melody and "new"
lyrics in the early 19th Century
Written by Thomas Moore (1832)
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Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Beautiful traditional 19th Century Folk
Song,
made popular in the Appalachian mountain
areas of the U.S.
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Scottish Traditional
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Incredibly beautiful
song from Scotland,
Words by poet Robert
Burns
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Australian Folk Song from the early 1800's
Botany Bay became famous as a penal colony
where many prisoners from Britain and Ireland
were sent;
it also has a rich fishing and whaling
history
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British, the perfect soldier song
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The
Bold Grenadier
or
The Grenadier and the Lady
An ever-popular romantic English folk song
about unrequited love
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Traditional 19th Century English Folk Song,
circa 1860
A powerful song of unrequited love.
Inspiration for finding and
sequencing this song came from my re-watching another 1st season episode
of the BBC Masterpiece Theater
classic TV program "Upstairs, Downstairs". Emily, the kitchen maid,
falls in love with another
family's coachman, only to be told the two cannot see each other again.
Emily is heard singing this
song in the background as the couple's forced parting results in disaster.
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Lovely traditional Scottish folk lullabye
for children of all ages
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"Can't you see what careless love can do?"
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Folk Song of Ireland
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Words and Music by James A. Bland (1878)
A favorite Southern plantation song.
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy sang
this song together in "Maytime"
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South American Traditional
Words and Music by Quirino Mendoza y Cortes
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Classic Traditional Folk Song from Scotland
This is something different; a real pretty
war song
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An old English folk song about the dangers
of "hit and run" lovers
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Lovely English Folk Song about
a woman who loves her seaman
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Fantastic Russian Traditional Folk Song
Russian and English Lyrics
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Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron
Traditional English Folk Love Song
How fast can you sing? :)
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Traditional Irish Folk Song, Thomas Moore
Lyrics
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Written and Composed by Dan D. Emmett (1860)
Written for a minstrel show, and performed
at Confederate President Jefferson Davis's Inaugural in 1861
The name "Dixie" originated from the French
word for ten: "dix".
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Gorgeous Celtic love song inspired by a
poem by Yeats
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Traditional German Leider Folk - Love Song
German & English Lyrics
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Bittersweet and haunting traditional English
folk song, about lost love and deception,
probably 18th century
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Traditional Irish Folk Song from the 17th
Century
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Traditional English Folk Song
Extolls the beauties of the English countryside
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2 MP3 Files of Different
Variations of this lovely Folk Song from Scotland
Words by Robert Burns,
Scot Poet
See which one you
like better
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Traditional Irish Folk Song
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Melody: Traditional Irish; Words by Harold
Boulton
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A plaintive beautiful love song from the
1700's
I sang this song for an audition once,
and never forgot its gorgeous melody
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This soldier's song for the girl he loves
has been a favorite since Elizabethan times.
Now THAT is longevity!
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English Folk Lullaby
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Greensleeves and What Child Is This?
Both sets of lyrics to this song from ca.
1580,
which was re-written again in the late
1800's as the familiar Christmas song
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Traditional Hebrew Folk Song Of Israel
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Haunting Appalachian American Folk Song
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Welsh Folk Song
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Haunting English folk song of first love
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Traditional Irish
Folk Love Song
About a couple who
just can't seem to get it together
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Folk Fertility Song
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I've Been Working On The Railroad
American Traditional, 19th Century Folk
Song
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Traditional folk ballad
song from Scotland
What happens when
someone tries to bribe a woman into marrying someone she does not love?
This song answers
that question; with memorable words by Scotland's Poet Laureate Sir Walter
Scot
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Traditional Scot Folk Song, words by Robert
Burns, 18th century
This song is very funny, it must be the
template for all "henpecked husband" songs.
The elderly couple in this song could probably
represent 3/4's of older couples today....if you could be a fly
on the wall and listen to what they say
to each other in the bedroom, or rather, what the wife says to her husband.
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Probably the most
haunting song to come out of the Civil War era
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Gorgeous Folk Song of Ireland
One of my favorites
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and Vintage Recording in MP3 of John McCormack
Traditional American Folk Song
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This moving African-American traditional
Spiritual song from the 19th century
did much to initiate the style of black
gospel folk-type music we know today.
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Beautiful Folk Song of Scotland
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South American Sea Song
Come on a sea cruise, and don't forget
the sunscreen lotion
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Beautiful English
Folk Song of Love in the Springtime
Do you remember a
day like this in your life?
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Lass With The Delicate Air (or Aire), The
A little sweet, a little pretentious, a
little Baroque sounding -
this classic old English love song is a
traditional vocal recital piece.
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Traditional English Folk Song
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Traditional Folk Song From Scotland
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Written by Thomas Haynes Bayly (1883)
A very famous folk song about bittersweet,
romantic memories
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Words
and Music by Rev. H.D.L. Webster.
Publication: Chicago: H.M. Higgins, 117
Randolph St., 1857.
This love song is so incredibly beautiful.
It predates the Civil War, but became
a popular song during that time period
amongst the soldiers. It was featured again on
Ken Burns' PBS Documentary, "The Civil
War"
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Beautiful Folk Song About A Lost Ship At
Sea
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Very poetical folk song from Ireland
Written by Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
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recording of John McCormack
Very pretty Welsh folk song
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English Folk Song With The Eternal Theme:
"I
am a rock. I am an island."
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Traditional Irish Folk Song
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Traditional Irish Folk Song
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My Luve Is Like A Red Red Rose
Music by Neil Gow (1745), Words by Robert
Burns, 18th century
So luverly, this ever popular folk song
was sung in a memorable episode of the classic
BBC Masterpiece Theater series Upstairs,
Downstairs
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TWO FAMOUS NATIONALISTIC SCOTTISH FOLK SONGS
Stirring folk song that praises the military successes of the brave Scots who love freedom
Stirring folk song that praises the military
successes of the brave Scots who love freedom
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This is one of 14 songs that King Henry
the Eighth of England wrote in the early 16th century,
and the most famous one as well. It has
been featured in several films made about his life
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Petersbrünnele
(Peter's Fountain)
Austrian Folk Song
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A traditional Irish
favorite
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A beautiful country, rich with history,
and a charming accent...
what more could you wish for in a place
to visit.
Come take a tour of Scotland
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Sakura
(Cherry Blossoms)
Japanese Folk Song
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Traditional British Folk Song
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An Old English riddle song, of which there
are many variations
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A tender and beautiful
Irish Ghost Love Song
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Traditional folk tune about the beauties
of the Shenandoah Valley
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This is an old and haunting folk song. Do
you think
the lady in the story dies from unrequited
love?
I'm not sure, but some seem to believe
so
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Heard as the song the characters of Emma
& Frank sang together
in the popular 1996 Miramax Film "Emma"
with Gwyneth Paltrow
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Folk Song of Scotland
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Smile In Your Sleep, Bonny Baby
Sweet and haunting Scottish lullabye - military
song
From the 19th Century
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STEPHEN FOSTER LOVE SONGS AND BALLADS
Stephen Foster's songs are in their own section; please click on the link above
Lovely Folk Song of Ireland
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Welsh Folk Song Heard
in Steven Speilberg's 1987 WW 2 Film "Empire of the Sun"
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Ol' Texas, Streets of Laredo
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TURLOUGH O'CAROLAN - CUSTOM IRISH HARP MIDI & MP3 FILES
Beautiful Celtic Music from the Blind Master of the Harp
Words and Music by
George Root (1864)
A Civil War Song
popular with both the North and the South
Also known as "Jesus
Loves The Little Children"
Words by Preacher
C. Herbert Woolston
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"Die Forelle"
Franz Schubert - German Folk - Classical
Song
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A boisterous and exuberant Russian folk
song
that has always been popular with all peoples
Traditional
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English Folk Song, probably derived from
Shakepeare's Hamlet
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Care to go on walkabout, mates?
Australia's most famous folk song
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"O Waly Waly"
Song of false love, whose
melody dates back to the 18th century
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Traditional English Folk Christmas Song
"Here's to your health!"
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Traditional Folk Song, best sung in a round
to impress your friends
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Weeping,
Sad and Lonely
or
When
This Cruel War Is Over
Words
by Charles Carroll Sawyer. Music Composed and Arranged by Henry Tucker.
Publication: Brookly,
N.Y.: Sawyer & Thompson, 59 Fulton Av., 1863.
Another exquisite American folk song that
became popular during the Civil War, on both the
North and South sides (with different lyrics,
of course)
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We Shall Meet And Love In Heaven
Lyrics by Bella French and music by Thomas
Martin Towne (1873)
A very pretty nineteenth century love song,
with an eternal message of hope in the afterlife
The words were written by Bella French
for his wife
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When The Saints Go Marching In
American Traditional Folk Song, Dixie Land
Style
Composer James Black (19th Century)
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When You And I Were Young, Maggie
Music by J.A. Butterfield.
Words by Geo. W. Johnson.
Publication: Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 451 Washington St., 1866
A lovely bittersweet
ballad from the Civil War era
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Words and Music by Banks Winter (1912)
Lilting song of the sea, based on a popular
novel by the same name, from the 1800's.
Notice the year the song was written: the
year of Titanic
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Very haunting English folk song about a
Romeo and Juliet type of love
relationship that has a tragic end
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Haunting English Folk Song of Love and Betrayal
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