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An abbreviated song key appears at intervals with a pagetop link. Over a hundred are shown as being traditional songs but there are repeats of many songs listed.

The Ulverscroft Song Books songs are in red or blue text according to book cover colour.

The Hootenanny Song Book songs are in this text - Banana Boat Song. The text size doesn't reflect importance. It does help distinguish titles and sources, The book includes lyrics (not always in full, the chords and the score.

Songs in this text are not from specific souces.

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Messing about on the River Y^

find all by searching for Y^. More than thirty listed. More here

After the Ball 1 .

Ain't she sweet? T*

Alexander's Ragtime Band 3 . T*

All My Loving 5 .B^ lyrics/chords

Any Old Iron 7 C.^ T* youtube

Ash Grove (The) 8 .

The Auctioneer Song Y^ listening only!

Auld Lang Syne 10 S^ P^ T*

Auld Lang Syne 75 S^ T* song key pagetop here

Baby Face 17 .

Banana Boat Song 71 J^

Banana Boat song Y^ J^

Barbara Allen 92 D^ T*

Beautiful Dreamer 11

Beautiful Dreamer 31

Beer Barrel Polka (Roll out the Barrel) 12 C^ T*

Bells are Ringing (The) 13 .F^ V

Big Rock Candy Mountain, The 125 K^ T*

Billyboy 98 M^ T*

Billy Boy 14 .M^ lyrics/chords T*

Bless 'Em All 15 . WW P^ T*

Blow the Man Down 24 .M^ T*

Blow The Man Down 53 M^ T* C*

Blue Bells Of Scotland, The 84 S^ T*

Blue Tail Fly, The (Jimmie Crack Corn) 116 A^ T*

Blowin' in The Wind 26 . D^ Wiki lyrics and chords for guitar R^

Boomps-a-Daisy 28 .

Bring Me Sunshine 17 .T*

Buttons and Bows 30

By the Light of the Silvery Moon 19 . F^ T*

Bye, Bye Blackbird 31 . A^ T*

California Here I Come 20 .$ T* song key pagetop here

Camptown Races 21 .T* C*

Camptown Races 129 T* C*

Catch a Falling Star 34 .$ R^

Chattanooga Choo-Choo 35 .T*

Charlie is My Darling 22 . S^ here T*

Chim Chim Cher-ee 38 . F^

Clementine 23 . D^ T* C*

Click Go the Shears 39 .A^ T*

Cockles and Mussels 24 . C^ D^ T* C*

Cockles And Mussels 69 D^ T* C*

Comin' Thru The Rye 144 S^ T* C*

Comin' Thro' the Rye 41 . S^ T* R^ C*

Combine Harvester Y^ R^

Daddy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow Y^ K^

Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow 28 . T*

Daisy, Daisy 29 . C^? T*

Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) 30 . I^ T*

Davy Crockett $ Y^ R^?

Donald where's your trousers S^ Y^

Don't Dilly Dally on the Way 32 C^ T*

Do-Re-Mi 44 . F^ song key pagetop here

Down By the Riverside 46 .

Down In The Valley 88 T^

Down at the Old Bull and Bush 33 C^ T*

Drunken Sailor, The 57 M^ T* C*

Dry Bones 38

Dry Bones 47 . Y^ hilarious for carers

see also Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho 35

Early One Morning 48 . T*

Engine that could Y^ T^ K^ Y^

Farmer In The Dell, The 120 K^

Flow Gently, Sweet Afton 110 S^ T*

For He's A Jolly Good Fellow 75 T* C*

Frankie and Johnny 87 $ G^ T*

Frere Jacques 52 . T*

Froggy Went A-Courtin A^ Y^

song key pagetop here

Get Me to the Church on Time 53 F^

Getting to Know You 54 . F^

Goodbye Dolly Gray 38 WW P^ T* V^

Good-bye-ee 56 . WW P^ T*

Good-Night, Irene 58 .

Grandfather's Clock 107 T* D^ C*

Green Grow The Lilacs 99 $

Greensleeves 103 G^? T* C*

Greensleeves 40 . G^? T* C*

The Gnu Song Y^ A^

The Happy Wanderer 64 . T* C*

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 65 . T* C*

Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend? 43 . Y^ T*

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands 67 . T* H* C*

He's Got The Whole World In His Hands 47 H* C*

Hey Diddle Diddle 114 K^ T*

Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous 77 WW T*

see also Mademoiselle from Armentieres 98 . WW P^ T*

The Hippopotamus Song Y^ A^

Home On The Range 17 T* C*

Home on the Range 45 .$ T* C*

I Belong to Glasgow 69 . S^ T*

I do Like to be Beside the Seaside 47 . T*

I Gave My Love a Cherry 70 . T* song key pagetop here

I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song) 142 T*

It Ain't Gonna Rain No More 78 C*

I Have a Song to Sing, Oh! 71 . G&S (T*)

John Reed - I have a song to sing-o . G&S Y^

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Y^ D^ but kids love it! C*

I Know Where I'm Goin' 72 .

I Love a Lassie 73 . S^ P^ T*

I love a lassie S^ P^ Y^ T*

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 52 .T* C*

Island in the sun J^ Y^

It's nice to get up in the morning S^ Y^ T*

It's Nice to Get Up in the Mornin' 84 . S^

I Whistle a Happy Tune 75 . F^ song key pagetop here

If You Knew Susie 78 .

Jamaica Farewell 86 .J^

Just A wee deoch an' doris S^ P^ Y^ T*

Jamaica Farewell 70 J^

Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho 35 C*

see also Dry Bones 47 . Y^ hilarious for carers

John Brown's Body 60 .D^ T* C*

John Peel 61 .D^ T* C*

John Peel 146 D^ T*

Just a Wee Deoch an' Doris 87 . T*

Keep Right on to the End of the Road 65 . S^ T* C*

Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major 66 .WW

King of the road Y^

Kookaburra 89 .

KumBaYa 90 H* C* song key pagetop here

Ladies of the harem Y^

Land of Hope and Glory 67 . T*

Landlord, Fill The Flowing Bowl 82 C* T*

Life On The Ocean Wave 57 M^ T* C*

L'll Liza Jane 101 T* C*

Little Bitty Baby 37 $

Little Brown Jug 77 T* C*

The Little White Duck Y^ A^

Little bitty tear Y^

Loch Lomond 144 S^ T*

Lavender Blue 92 . T*

Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry 68 .

Li'l Liza Jane 94 .

Lilli Marlene 70 .WW P^

Little Brown Jug 72 .T*

Loch Lomond 73 . S^ T*

Looby Loo 119 K^

song key pagetop here

Mademoiselle from Armentieres 98 . WW P^ T*

see also Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous 77 WW T*

Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats 99 . T*

Marble Halls Y^ V^

Mary Had A Little Lamb 114 K^ T*

Messing about on the River Y^ M^ C*

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore 104 H* C*

Michael Row The Boat Ashore 35 C*

Midnight Special, The 137 $ T^ C*

The Mole In The Hole Y^

Mulberry Bush, The 115 K^ T*

My Darling Clementine 93 D^ T* C*

Marching Through Georgia 77 .$ T* song key pagetop here

Morning Has Broken 106 .

Morningtown Ride 107 .

My Blue Heaven 108 .

My Bonnie 80 . S^ T* C*

My Grandfather's Clock 81 .T* D^ C*

Nobody Knows de Trouble I Seen 111 . S*

Oh! Dear! What Can the Matter Be? 114 . T* C*

Oh! Susanna 116 . $ T* C*

Oh! Susanna 29 $ T* C*

Ol' Man River 119 . $ S* T*

One Man Went to Mow 121 . K^ T* C*

Over the Rainbow 122 F^

Oh What a Beautiful Morning 85 .F^ song key pagetop here

Old Folks at Home 88 .$ T* C*

Old Folks At Home (Swanee River) 28 T* C*

Old Kentucky Home 30 T*

Old Macdonald 117 K^ (First known as Old MacDougal) C*

On Ilkla Moor Baht'at 90 .T* C*

Pack up Your Troubles 92 . WW^ P^ T* C*

Pick A Bale Of Cotton 127

Polly Wolly Doodle 151 $ T* C*

Pop Goes The Weasel 120 T* K^

Putting On The Style 133 R^

Polly Wolly Doodle 94 . $ T*

A Pub with no Beer 124 .

Puff The Magic Dragon 125 . K^

Red Sails in the Sunset 126 . song key pagetop here

The Road to the Isles 127 .S^ P^ T*

Roamin' in the Gloamin' 95 .S^ T*

Rock Island Line, The 129

Roll Out the Barrel 12 .C^ T*

The Run-away Train Y^

She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain 134 . T* C*

She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain 117 T* C*

Shenandoah 64 T* C*

Shenandoah 98 . $ T* C*

Ship Ahoy (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor) 135 . M^ -ish T* C*

Sing A Song Of Sixpence 114 K^ T*

Singin' in the Rain 136 .F^

Sixteen Tons 67 $ song key pagetop here

16 tons $ Y^

Skip To My Lou 119

Some Folks do 34

Summertime 141 .

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 143 .F^

Sweet Betsy From Pike 112 T* C*

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 43 pos D^ S* C*

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 147 .S* C*

Tea for Two 150 . T*

That Doggie in the Window 151 . A^ K^

There is a Tavern in the Town 108 .T* C*

Good old days V^

Those Were the Days My Friend 153 .

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport 154 .D^ O^

Till the Boys Come Home (Keep the Home Fires Burning) 155 .WW

Tip Toe Through the Tulips With Me 156 .

Tulips from Amsterdam 159 .

Ugly Bug Ball Y^ K^

Waiting at the Church 113 .

Waltzing Matilda 114 .WW P^ O^ C* song key pagetop here

A Wand'ring Minstrel 166 . G&S

Whatever Will Be Will Be 171 .F^ Que Sera Sera Y^ lyrics/chords

What Shall We do with the Drunken Sailor? 115 .T* C*

When I'm 64 B^ Y^

When Irish Eyes are Smiling 117 .I^ T*

When Johnny Comes Marching Home 173 . T* C*

When the Red, Red Robin 176 . T*

Where Did You Get That Hat? 180 .

The White Cliffs of Dover 183 .WW

When You're Smiling 118 .

The Windmills of Your Mind 187 . R^

Wish Me Luck 188 .WW

The Yellow Rose of Texas 191 .$

Yellow Submarine 192 .B^

Yesterday 193 .

Yes! We have no Bananas 119 .

You are My Sunshine 121 .

You Made Me Love You 122 . song key pagetop here

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