Portal:Song lyrics
This page is for lyrics to songs in which the words have passed into the public domain, chiefly through age. Note that few modern songs would fit the criteria for inclusion.
one or more songs are available in a musical format.
Folk songsEdit
- Battle of Bothwell Brigg, The
- Battle of Chevy-chace, The
- Blow the Man Down
- Bridget O'Malley
- Casey Jones
- Cross of the South - Traditional Australian folksong
- Cuckoo Song, The - 13th/14th century lyric
- Early One Morning - traditional Folk Song
- Elefantes - traditional latin Children's song
- Farther Along
- Frankie and Johnnie
- Frog Went A-Courting
- Green Grow the Rushes, O
- Jovana Jovanka
- Londonderry Air
- Lonesome Valley
- Maggie May
- Mursheen Durkin
- Old Dan Tucker
- Sleep, my Child
- Softly and Tenderly
BalladsEdit
- Ballad of Chevy Chase, The
- Finnegan's Wake - Irish ballad
- Irish Rover, The
- Union Cruiser, The - Northern Irish ballad
CollectionsEdit
- 4 songs (c. 1815–1825)
- The Black-bird (1818)
- The Bennachie budget (1879)
Popular 19th and early 20th century songsEdit
Labor songsEdit
- Little Red Songbook (9th edition), 1916 by the Industrial Workers of the World
- Songs of the workers (15th edition), 1919 by the Industrial Workers of the World
- Casey Jones—Union Scab, original written in 1911 by Joe Hill
- The Preacher and the Slave, original written in 1911 by Joe Hill
- The Rebel Girl, original written in 1915 by Joe Hill
- There Is Power in a Union, original written in 1913 by Joe Hill
- The Tramp, original written in 1913 by Joe Hill
- Bella ciao, anonymous, sung by the Partisans in Italy ca. 1943–45.
Campaign songsEdit
- Tippecanoe and Tyler too, written by Alexander Coffman Ross for John Tyler's Vice Presidency campaign in the 1840 US Presidential election
- Rough and Ready, written by Alfred Wheeler for Zachary Taylor's campaign in the 1848 US Presidential election
- Lincoln and Liberty, written by Jesse Hurchinson for Abraham Lincoln's campaign in the 1860 US Presidential election
- Little Mac! Little Mac!, written by Stephen C. Foster for George McClellan's failed campaign in the 1860 US Presidential election
- Hurrah! Hurrah! For Cleve and Steve, written by Gertie Jones for Grover Cleveland's failed re-election campaign in the 1888 US Presidential election
- Our Good and Honest Taft, waltz written by Annie R. Waln Bassett for Howard Taft's campaign in the 1908 US Presidential election
- Harding, written by John C. Madden for Warren Harding's campaign in the 1920 US Presidential election
- Ballad of the Gruesome Twosome
African American freedom songsEdit
Film ScoreEdit
GospelEdit
AnthemEdit
OtherEdit
Sea songsEdit
(shanties and other forms)
Christmas carolsEdit
- Adeste Fideles (O come all ye faithful), written by John Francis Wade in 1742, and translated into English by Frederick Oakeley.
- Angels, from the Realms of Glory, written by James Montgomery
- Away in a Manger, 1885
- Boar's Head Carol, traditional English carol
- Christmas Day also called Hark! the Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley
- Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, by Charles Wesley
- Coventry Carol
- Deck the Halls
- Gesu Bambino by Pietro Yon, translated by Frederick H. Martens, 1917
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, 1833
- Good King Wenceslas, 1853, by John Mason Neale
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing originally Christmas Day by Charles Wesley
- Here We Come A-Wassailing
- The Holly and the Ivy
- A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour, 1616 by Ben Jonson
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- In Excelsis Gloria, traditional
- In Dulci Jubilo, traditional
- In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Georgina Rossetti
- It Came upon a Midnight Clear
- Jingle Bells, written in 1857 for Thanksgiving
- Joy to the World
- The Legend of St. Nicholas, English translation by James Henry Dixon
- No Room at the Inn, 1916
- O, Christmas Tree
- O come all ye faithful translation of Adeste Fideles by John Francis Wade (1742) translated by Frederick Oakeley
- O come, O come, Emmanuel, translation of the Latin text ("Veni, veni, Emmanuel") by John Mason Neal and Henry Sloane Coffin, mid-19th century
- On Christmas Night, traditional
- Silent Night, written by Josef Mohr.
- Still, Still, Still, traditional
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas, traditional English carol
- What Child Is This?, 1865 by William Dix sung to the tune of Greensleeves
Canadian songsEdit
- O Canada, national anthem
- The Maple Leaf Forever, written in 1867 by Alexander Muir
- This Canada of Ours, written in 1867 by J.D. Edgar
- Our Dominion, written in 1867 by G.R. Kingsmill
- Anti-Confederation Song, anonymously written to oppose Canadian Confederation
See alsoEdit
Please also consult the sub-indices at: