Audio Archive of Songs Featured in our Newsletter

The Cotton Patch Rag

(all songs either public domain or posted with permission of the artist)

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a Man's a Man for a' that

by Robert Burns

able, Baker, Charlie,

and Dog

by Joe Crookston

abolitionist hymn

Melody: "Old Hundredth" Hymn,             

 Lyrics: John Pierpont

Althea's Song

by Paul Cooper

amelia

by Ben Bedford

an english moment

by Jack Williams

another time and place

by Dave van Ronk

Arthur McBride

Traditional

Aye Waukin' o

by Robert Burns

Away Rio

Traditional Capstan Shanty

Back Home In Derry

Lyrics: Bobby Sands

Melody: Gordon Lightfoot

Ballad Hunter, The

by Paul Cooper

Banks of Marble

by Les Rice

Bayou Pirates

by Saena Eyre

Bells of Rhymney, The

   Lyrics: Idris Davies (poem) 

   Melody: Pete Seeger

Best I can do, The

   by Steve Fisher

Big Spike Hammer

by Bobby Osborne and Pete Gobel

Billy The Kid

by Lloyd Ernstes

Black Cat Blues

by Lightnin' Hopkins

Blackfly Song, The

by Wade Hemsworth

Blackberry Pie

by Jack Hardy

Blaydon Races

by Geordie Ridley

Boar's Head Carol, The

Traditional Anglo-Saxon macaronic

Bold Campaneros

by Allan Taylor

Bonnie Lass of Fyvie

Traditional

Brennan on the Moor

Traditional

Bully in the alley

Traditional

Bully of the Town

by Charles E Trevathan

Bury Me Beneath The Willow

Traditional

calico printer's clerk

Traditional

cherry tree carol

Traditional

colorado trail, the

Traditional

company of friends

by Danny Schmidt

Cotton Mill Girls

by Hedy West (traditional)

Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase

by Uncle Dave Macon

dance around my atom fire

by Woodie Guthrie

deep ellum blues

Traditional

Did She Ever Mention my name

by Jay Williams

dink's song

collected by John Lomax

originally sung by Dink

down the river uncle joe

by Reverend T.H. Hendricks

dusty old dust

by Woody Guthrie

Edge of Oblivion

by Saena Eyre

family secrets

by Paul Sachs

FAIR AND TENDER LADIES

1700's Broadside Ballad

farewell to the rhondda Valley

by Frank Hennessey

fiddler's green

by John Connolly

fields of athenry

by Pete St. John

Flower and the Vine

by Dana Cooper and Kim Richey

following the drinking gourd

Traditional

garfield

by Eric Johnson

gerald's song

by Paul Cooper

Gold watch and chain

by AP Carter

Golden Vanity, The

1600's Child Ballad

good luck john

by Joe Crookston

goodbye jack

by Ben Bedford

Grandfather's Clock

by Henry Clay Work

Grandpa, Do You Wonder?

by Paul Cooper

he was a friend of mine

Traditional

High Germany

Traditional

hobos in the roundhouse

by Bill Isles

HOLE IN THE HEART OF TEXAS

by Steve Goodchild

Home on the Range

by Brewster Higley and Daniel Kelley

I AIN'T GOT NO HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE

by Woody Guthrie

icarus

by Anne Lister

In An Old House

by Steve Fisher

in the bleak midwinter

by Christina Rosetti

it only seems like christmas

by Paul Cooper

joe hill

by Earl Robinson

John B Sails, The

Traditional Bahamian

L & N don't stop here anymore, The

by Otto P Kelland

lady franklin's lament for her husband - aka lord franklin

Traditional

lady of the arbor

by Joe Jencks

Lakes of 

Ponchartrain, the

Traditional

leezie lindsay

Traditional

Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's

by Otto P Kelland

letters of florence hemphill, the

by Joe Crookston

Lulu Walls

Traditional

Maid of amsterdam

Traditional

massacre at glencoe

Traditional

may Day

by Jack Hardy

Memorial Day

by Steve Fisher

Midnight On The Water

by Lucas “Red Luke” Thomasson

Mighty Day

Traditional Black American Spiritual

minstrel boy, the

Lyrics: Traditional

Music: Thomas Moore

Molly and Tenbrooks

Traditional

mr zeidman

Pierce Pettis

My Name is Morgan, but it ain't jp

Lyrics: Will A. Mahoney

Music: Halsey K. Mohr

my wedding day

by Connie Mims

Nay, Ivy, Nay

Traditional

Next Door Stranger

by Brian Kalinec

no me dejes aqui

by Jorge Palomarez

oh babe it ain't no lie

by Elizabeth Cotten

old dun cow

by Harry Wincott

olden days

by Jimmie Joe Natoli

on the road to fairfax county

by David Massengill

Pandemic Shadows

by Saena Eyre

parting glass, the

Traditional

pastures of plenty

by Woodie Guthrie

Peggy Gordon

Traditional Canadian

raglan road

Lyrics: Patrick Kavanaugh

Melody: Luke Kelly

Rat in my Kitchen

by Paul Cooper

rider on an orphan train

by David Massengill

ripple

by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia

risselty rosselty

Traditional

road to lubeck

by Paul Cooper

roll, alabama, roll

Lyrics: Frank Townsend

Melody: Traditional Halyard Shanty

royal Canal

by Brendan Behan

see that my grave is kept clean

by Blind Lemon Jefferson

Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat

by Bob Miller and Emma Dermer

Shine Boy

by Michael Troy

Shropshire Wakes

Traditional - England 1600's

skye boat song

Lyrics:  Sir Harold Boulton

Melody: Traditional

some regrets

by Gayle Fallon

songs about texas

by John Early

star of the county down

by Cathal McGarvey

stately mansions

by Bryan Bowers

steppin' into color

by Saena Eyre

street of distaster

by Thad Beckman

sunshine

by Zachary Tyndall

sweet carnlough bay

Traditional - Irish

Sweet Heaven When I Die

Traditional - American early 1900's

Talking Dust Bowl Blues

by Woodie Guthrie

Texian Boys

collected by John A Lomax Jr

ThAT KIND OF LOVE

by Pierce Pettis

The Arabia

by Bob Lahmeyer

The Kid

by Buddy Mondlock

tHE smuggler

by Ian McCalman

tHERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD

Traditional African-American Spiritual

This Land Is Your Land

by Woodrow "Woody" Wilson Guthrie

time gentlemen, please

by Steve Goodchild

troop train blues

by Gaylee Malone

trouble in mind

by Richard M Jones

twa recruiting sergeants

Traditional Scottish

Until I learn How To Fly

by Jeff Black

valley to pray

by Albert E Brumley

Waist deep in the big muddy

by Pete Seeger

warlike lads of russia, The

Traditional

waterbound

by Dirk Powell

Way Downtown

Traditional

way out here

by Ken Gaines

way over yonder in the minor key

Lyrics:  Woody Guthrie

Melody:  Billy Bragg

What Did The Deep

SEA Say

by Cisco Houston

what was your name in the states

Traditional

when I stop dreaming

by The Louvin Brothers

where did you sleep last night

Traditional

where the water lilies grow

who's gonna buy you ribbons

by Paul Clayton

Wild Mountain Thyme

by Francis McPeake

willie goggins' hat

by Jack Hardy

zamboni

by Mary Hartman

Zombie (Jumbie) Jamboree

by Conrad Eugene Mauge, Jr.

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