Malvina
Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems
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Introduction
and Notes Malvina
Reynolds super-classics: *** Malvina
Reynolds classics: ** Some
other favorites: *
NEW! The folks at Sing Out! have been putting up online pdfs of the old folk magazine Broadside, in the pages of which appeared dozens of Malvina's songs, including sheet music. The project isn't finished, but even at this point (6/2015) some sixty of her songs, including many whose music has appeared nowhere else, are available. Be the first one on your block to bring these works back to life! The items in question are linked to at the individual pages below keyed with a 'B'. (Note that Broadside was not individually paginated, so all the links go to the first page of that issue, and you will have to scroll down to find the item. But the early issues, especially, were short, so this shouldn't be a great bother.)
Ain't
That Fine ("Well, they're all out on probation, Ain't that fine...")
The Alameda Mountains
("In the Alameda Mountains it's always sunny...")
The
Albatross ("It is an ancient mariner who stoppeth one of three...")
Alcatraz
(Pelican Island) ("It was Pelican Island, when the Bay was clean...")
All
Over Everything ("All over ev'rything, kids all over ev'rything...")
Alone
("I'll go into my mind and close the door...")
Andorra
** B ("I want to go to Andorra, Andorra,
Andorra...")
Antique
Collector ("I understand that you collect antiques. How about
collecting me?...")
Are
You Walking There for Me? B ("Are you walking there for me?...")
Artichokes
("Artichokes, hmm, artichokes, hmm, artichokes, hmm...")
Babies
("There's the Life Force, you know, and it breaks you and mends you...")
Back
Alley Surgery ("Supreme Court sits in Washington, every one a
mother's son...")
Back
to the Dream ("I want to go back to the dream I was dreaming...")
Backyard
Blues ("Some day you're going to be sorry...")
The
Bairnies Are Crying ("The bairnies are cryin in the hall and
my singing can't be heard...")
Ballad
of Ella Mae ("I never could do for my children, not even keep
them alive...")
The
Ballad of Robban's First Ride ("The winter came early in seventy
two...")
The Bankers and
the Diplomats (see "Swivel Chair Reserves"
and "We Hate to See Them Go")
The
Battle of Maxton Field ("Now brave the Klansmen rallied there
in Maxton town that night...")
Beetle
Bottle Bush ("She washed the clothes in the morning...")
Big
People ("Big people are bottoms of skirts and jeans right down
from their knees, yo yo...")
Billy
Boy ("Did they wash you down the stair, Billy Boy, Billy Boy...")
Billy
Bump Bump ("Billy Bump Bump, come and get your dinner...")
The
Birch Society B ("Oh California, you're simply great...")
Birthday
Hallelu ("Who's the little whatnot came along our way...")
Birthday Polka (see
"Birthday Hallelu")
Bitter
Rain B ("The world's too much for me...")
Black
Hawk Blues ("I went down to the Black Hawk to get that cool root
beer...")
Black
Horse ("I want to ride on the black horse...")
Blood
on the Grapes B ("There's blood on the grapes, so we're not buying
grapes this year...")
The
Bloody Neat ("Don't be so bloody neat, don't be so bloody clean...")
Blues
Street ("Once you get to Blues Street you can't get away...")
Boraxo
* ("It's all right, it's all right, if
you're righteous it's all right...")
Born
in the Town ("I was born in the town where even the weeds don't
show, yes...")
The
Boy Salutes B ("The little boy salutes the casket on the caisson
passing thru...")
Boys
Will Be Boys ("Because they are bigger and make more noise boys
will be boys will be boys...")
Bring
Flowers ("There's lots to be said for the guy who's not dead...")
Bump-A-Deedle (see
"Everybody Says")
Bury
Me in My Overalls ** ("Bury me in
my overalls, don't use my gabardines...")
Busting
at the Seams ("Everything is busting at the seams, no more seams,
no more binding...")
Buying
the Package ("You're buying the package, you're buying the dream...")
Call
on Me ("If you want some singin done, call on me...")
Can't
Wait to Go ("Baby, I can't wait to go. Out, out, brief candle's
glow...")
Carolina
Cotton Mill Song ("Oh I love to get into my clean bed...")
The
Cement Octopus * B ("There's a cement
octopus sits in Sacramento, I think...")
Change
It ("Change, change it, we've got to change the system...")
Check-Up
("Check-up, check-up, ev'rybody needs a check-up now and then...")
Christ
Died ("Christ died for you, the poster said...")
Clean
Water ("Clean water, clean water, clean water. Mister and Mrs.
me and you...")
Come
Clean Blues B ("You brag about your washing, how fine it can feel...")
Come
Out ("She cries, Come out! Come out of your room...")
Computers
("Computers, computers, computers wherever you turn...")
Coplas
("You asked me for green peppers, green peppers are your due...")
The
Corners of Your Mind ("Into the corners of your mind, go dig
and see what you can find...")
El
Cortito ("It's the short hoe, it's the short hoe, field workers
call it El Cortito...")
Count
Ten ("When I couldn't go to sleep, my grandmother used to say...")
Daddy's
in the Jail ("Daddy's in the jail, oh yes. Daddy's in the jail,
oh yes...")
Dancing
Girl ("Tina is a dancing girl everybody knows...")
Day
Care Mommy ("She's our day care mommy and she's O.K....")
The
Day the Freeway Froze ("'Twas at eight-o-five a.m. on a hot old
July day...")
D.D.T.
on My Brain ("I don't need your LSD, head to toe I'm DDT...")
Dead
Hand at the Tiller B ("There's a dead hand at the tiller of this
ship...")
The
Delinquent ("Oh the boy was on the bench, and the judge was on
the dock...")
The
Desert ("I sing of the desert, the dirt is so clean...")
The
Devil Is Talking B ("The Devil is talking in Kennedy's ear, the
Devil is talking in Kennedy's ear...")
The
Devil's Baptizin ("There was a man who walked like a man...")
Dialectic
("It's hard to believe that people live in such palaces...")
Did
You Know? ("Did you know, did you know, that the whole round
world...")
Discovery
Day ("We celebrated Columbus, and wasn’t that a
lovely day!...")
Do
As the Doukhobors Do B ("There's a new tactic to use, my dear...")
Do
Something Wrong B ("Do something wrong, Baby, you're too right for me...")
Don't
Believe the Night Time ("Don't believe the night time, you wake in the dark...")
Don't
Bother Me ("Don't bother me, I have some things to do...")
Don't
Bring Us Money ("Bring us potatoes say the diggers...")
Don't
Drop the Box ("Don't drop the box, there's a cake inside...")
Don't
Go Away ("Don't go away, stay where you are...")
Don't
I Let You Live Here? ("Don't complain cause you do all the work...")
Don't
Let Him In ("Don't let him in without that safety skin...")
Don't
Push Me B ("Don't push me, I'm headed my way...")
Don't
Sell Texas Short ("Don't sell Texas short, there's some lovely
people in Dallas...")
Don't
Shoot the Captain ("We boarded the ship at Newport News, away,
roll away...")
Don't
Smoke, Darling ("When we came together, we knew we were meant for each other...")
Don't
Talk to Me of Love ("Don't talk to me of love anymore...")
Down
to Hanson's ("If you go out to Idaho, just take my advice...")
The
Dresses ("The dresses are all made of paper, they sparkle, they
twinkle, they shine...")
Drive
on the Cart ("Nothing in the world seems worth the trouble...")
Early
in the Morning ("Early in the morning, not yet dawn...")
Earth
Child ("Of all the children in the world, itself the world is
my special care...")
Easy
Street ("Easy Street, Easy Street, everybody knows about Easy
Street...")
Eight
Candles ** ("Eight candles shine
for the Maccabees...")
The
Emperor Has No Clothes ("Well the emperor has no clothes...")
The
Emperor's Nightingale ("The emperor's nightingale sang in the
forest...")
Everybody
Says * ("Everybody says, 'sit down, sit down!'...")
Everybody
Smiles at Me ("Everybody smiles at me. I don't know why...")
Everybody
Talks About Mine Mill B ("Everybody talks about Mine Mill, Mine
Mill, Mine Mill...")
Everything
Soup ("It's everything soup, everything soup, and I'll never
make it again...")
The
Falling of the Tree ("He thought he owned the tree because he
bought it...")
Fantastic
Man ("I see you for a minute, it last me all the day...")
The
Faucets Are Dripping ** B ("The faucets
are dripping in old New York City...")
Field
Workers Song ("Oh the grapes on the vine, they are heavy and
they shine...")
First
Amendment Banjo ("Come gather round, you singing folk...")
Flood!
("Flood! Flood! Flood! The houses washed away...")
Fortunatus'
Wallet ("Fortunatus had a wallet, he was a lucky man...")
Four
Saints in a Boat ("Well there were four saints in a boat, in
a boat...")
The
Fragile Sea ("Our fathers knew the ocean as a friendly enemy...")
Free
Enterprise ("The air you breathe is poison, the food you eat
is worse...")
From
Way Up Here ** B ("From way up here
the earth looks very small...")
Funny
Bug Basin ("I drove along the highway and I saw a little sign...")
Galaxy
("You don't care about me, way out there, Galaxy...")
The
Gang Dancers ("We are gang made, we are children of tribal centuries...")
The
Genius ("As I walked out upon Stockton street one fine September
day...")
Gentlemen of Distinction
in the Army (see "We Hate to See Them
Go")
The
Girls from the Oyster House ("We are the girls from the Oyster
House...")
Give
a Man a Bulldozer ("Give a man a bulldozer, he'll fill the lake
with muck...")
God
Bless the Grass ** B ("God bless the
grass that grows thru the crack...")
Golden
Bell
The
Good Ship O'Connor ("On the outermost tip of Rhode Island...")
Goodbye, Joe (see
"Tokyo Farewell")
Goodbye
to the Band ("Tho my plane don't fly till morning, I'm already
far from you...")
Green
Shadows ("You walk into this room, the trees are all around you...")
Griddle
Cakes ("You bring the sorghum, the sorghum, the syrup O...")
Ground
Swell ("Are you listening to the ground swell, moving underneath
your feet?...")
Guerrillas
in Guatemala ("Did you cry when Jacob Arbenz was exiled from
Guatemala?...")
Gupery
Joe and Mike ("Let's go, let's go says Gupery Joe, put on your
seven league slippers...")
Heavy
on Me ("Comin down heavy on me, comin down heavy...")
Hello
Ladybug ("Hello ladybug, little lady, ladybug...")
Henry
Ford's Engine ("Henry Ford's engine has to go. Henry Ford's engine
has to go...")
Here
Comes a Partner ("Here comes a partner so give me your hand...")
Here's
To a World That's All Right B ("Here's to the girls afraid that
they're caught, yeh, yeh...")
The
Highway ("The highway is laid as smooth as glass...")
The
Hills of Hey ("Come listen all you jolly folk, a tale I will
produce...")
Hip
Hop Candytop ("Hip hop candytop, pop around the corner...")
Housewife's
Grief ("When I come to your house, everything looks fine...")
The
H. U. A. C. B ("The H.U.A.C., the H.U.A.C., they need a new menace
for '63...")
Huelga
Huelga (Do Not Cross the Line) B ("Huelga! Huelga! Leave the grapes
alone...")
I
Believe B ("I believe, I believe, I believe this war is wrong...")
I
Cannot Sleep ** ("I cannot sleep
for thinking of the children...")
I
Come From a Country ("I come from a country where ev'ryone's
happy...")
I
Don't Care About You ("I don't care about you, I just want to
be free...")
I
Don't Have Anything ("He said I don't have anything...")
I
Don't Mind Failing * B ("I don't mind failing in this world, I don't
mind failing in this world...")
I
Don't Think So ("Will you make the revolution eating wheat germ?...")
I
Don't Understand ("Of course I have someone to love me and I
don't need you...")
I
Know When I've Done Wrong ("I know when I've done wrong, but
there are some...")
I
Live in a City ** ("I live in a city,
yes I do, I live in a city, yes I do...")
I
Lived Through This Day ("Well I lived thro this day, how I lived
thro this day...")
I
See You ("I see you, I see you, I look at you and I see you...")
I
Went A-Gathering ("I went a-gathering, a-gathering, a-gathering...")
I
Wish You Were Here * ("I wish you
were here to get underfoot...")
I'm
Apathetic ("The world’s best brains have banded together...")
I'm
Doing Fine ("I thought I'd die when you left me...")
I'm
Sorry It's Done ("When I think of the world that I've lived in...")
I'm
Too Dumb ("I'm too dumb. Elect some other guy....")
I've
Got a Song ** ("I've got a song,
it's about so high...")
If
Peace Time Came ("If peace time came, and we all got poor...")
If
Two Have Four ("If two have four and if four have four...")
If
You Love Me ** ("If you love me,
if you love, love, love me...")
If
You Want a Friend ("If you want to have a friend, be a friend...")
If
You Were Little ("If you were little, I'd put you in my pocket...")
In
Bethlehem ("What did the little lamb say who saw the baby in
the hay?...")
In
the Dancing
Instant
Sentence, or, Talking Law and Order Blues B ("Well the boy won't
move, and the girl won't move...")
It
Isn't Nice ** B ("It isn't nice to
block the doorway, it isn't nice to go to jail...")
It
Turned Out to Be a Song ("Some people bake a cookie, some people
fly an aeroplane...")
It's
Enough to Be Young B ("It's enough to be young and walking two
by two...")
It's Hard to Get
a War These Days (see "The Little Generals")
It's
My Turn ("It's my turn, it's my turn, it's my turn to sing...")
It's
Raining! ("The grass says 'It's raining!' and gives a green 'Hurrah!'...")
It's
Up to You ("You might have been born a ladybug...")
Jail
House Buddy B ("I have a friend, I met him at a sit-in...")
Jailhouse
Door ("The jailhouse, the jailhouse, it is an awful place...")
January
Sale ("Do you have youth and joy on display...")
Jeannie
* ("Jeannie can doze in all of her clothes...")
Jennie
Fell Down ("Jennie fell down and bumped her nose...")
Jenny
Appleseed ("If I were Jenny Appleseed, in this day and time...")
Jesus
Was a Saviour, Too ("Jesus was a saviour, too. Jesus was a saviour,
too...")
Johnny
Built a House ("Johnny built a house that was just so high...")
The
Judge Said * ("The judge said 'Screw
'em! Boys you're only human'...")
Judy's Song (see
"I've Got a Song")
Just
a Little Every Day ("Just a little every day, a little something
in the air...")
Just a Little Rain
(see "What Have They Done to the Rain?")
Kennebunkport
("Well, it's fifty miles to Kennebunkport as the crow flies, as the
crow flies...")
Kiss
Her Goodbye ("She is in another world, kiss her goodbye...")
Lake
of the Isles ("The water was so still in the evening, so still...")
Lambarene
Time ("It's the time of Lambarene, the good doctor had the answer...")
The
Lambeth Children O ** B ("Fifty children
sitting in the trees, fifty children swingin in the breeze...")
The
Last Time ("This will be the last kiss and then I'll leave you...")
The
Lazy Dog B ("Well they call it the Lazy Dog, and they call it the
Lazy Dog...")
Leave
My Van Allen Belt Alone B ("The sky is full of hardware, it's shot
up ev'ry day...")
Let
It Be ** ("When you walk in the forest,
let it be...")
Let
Them Eat Cake ("Let them eat cake, said Marie Antoinette...")
Let
Us Come In (Party Crasher's Carol) * ("We are three wand'ring trav'lers
out in the wind and the rain...")
Let's
Have a Picnic ("Let's have a picnic. Let's go on a picnic...")
Like
the Miller Grinds the Wheat B ("We don't touch that machine cause
once you get your finger in...")
Little
Birds ("Little birds in the tree tops, little birds in the firebushes...")
Little
Bitty Mommy B ("Little bitty mommy with the baby in the stroller...")
Little
Boat ("There was a little boat sailed down the river...")
Little
Boxes *** B ("Little boxes on the hillside,
little boxes made of ticky tacky...")
The
Little Generals B ("All the little generals are running out of
war...")
Little
Kids ("Little kids drive me out of my mind...")
Little
Land [ listen
to youtube.com video ]
The
Little Mermaid ("The little mermaid swam beside me...")
The
Little Mouse * ("A little mouse got
into the wires...")
The
Little Red Hen ** B ("The Little Red
Hen found a grain of wheat...")
Lock
the Windows ("Lock the windows, close the doors...")
Log
of the Echo III ("We left Vancouver Saturday, the natives gave
a cheer...")
Look
on the Sunny Side * ("Look on the sunny side, sugar's goin up...")
Lost
Children Street ("Go through the mountain, through the mountain...")
Lost
in the Crowd ("You can't be heard if you're speaking in a simple
human tone...")
Love Is Something
(see "Magic Penny")
Love It Like a Fool
(see "This World")
Love
Somebody ("Love somebody, no matter
who...")
Madwoman
("Madwoman, I can't touch you, I can't stop to listen to you...")
Magic
Penny *** ("Love is something if
you give it away...")
Magical
Food ("Take a bite of mystical, magical food...")
Magical
Song ("I know a magical song, make you sound like a Chinese gong...")
Mail
Call ("I need fresh flowers each morning to make me a bouquet...")
Mailman
Blues B ("Here comes the mailman, I love to see him on his way...")
Malaguena
Salerosa
Malvina's
Blues, or, It Ain't a Folk Song B ("It ain't a folk song, Buddy,
unless it's old and gray...")
Mama's
Gone ("Mama's gone, mama's gone, mama's gone to Washington...")
The
Man in the Mask * ("Come sit down
beside me before the big T.V....")
The
Man Says Jump B ("Well the man says jump, everybody jump...")
Many
Colors ("We looked out on that picture, it was all white...")
Mario's
Duck * ("Mario had a little pet duck,
they couldn't afford a dog or a cat...")
Market
Day ("My pa got up this morning before the break of day...")
Marty's Song (see
"Move Over")
Masquerade
(Gray Power Song) ("Masquerade, masquerade, we are people over
fifty on parade...")
May
Flies Dance ("The May flies in the sun. They are living like
crazy...")
Meet
Me at the Watergate ("Meet me at the Watergate, the Watergate,
the Watergate...")
The
Miracle ("Oh, what a piece of work is man, how marvelously wrought...")
The
Moment ("My whole life passed before me the moment that I died...")
Mommy's
Girl ("This is the girl that Mommy loves, this is the girl that
Mommy loves...")
Monaco
Money
Blues ("Some folks have lots of money, some haven't got a bean...")
The
Money Crop * B ("Well money has its
own way, and money has to grow...")
The
Montreal Vandals ("They talk of the young boys who pull up the
bushes...")
Moogical
Love ("Love's a magic, love's a wonder...")
Morningtown
Ride *** ("Train whistle blowing,
makes a sleepy noise...")
Move
Over * ("Move over and make room
for Marty...")
Mrs.
Clara Sullivan's Letter ** B ("Dear
Mister Editor, if you choose, please send me a copy of the labor news...")
My
Little Guitar ("My little guitar, you're a part of me...")
My
Street ("My street is a friendly street, people say hello to
the people they meet...")
Nancy, Nancy, Fourteen
Years Today (see "Birthday Hallelu")
Nancy
Newman of Liberty Hall ("I'll tell you the story of Nancy Newman...")
Napalm
("Lucy Baines, did you ever see that napalm?...")
Nestle
No! ("We use no Nestlé products here, cause they have
a cruel campaign...")
Never
Argue with a Bee ** B ("Never argue
with a bee. He has got a sting-a-ree...")
Never
Touch a Singing Bird ("Never touch a singing bird, a wild bird...")
The
New Restaurant * B ("I stopped into a restaurant and oh, it was a
dream!...")
The
New York Song ("Keep out of New York City, the city's falling
down...")
No
Closing Chord * ("Don't play that
closing chord for me, baby, baby...")
No
Hole in My Head ** ("Everybody thinks my head's full of
nothin...")
No
House ("Oh the cat has a house, and the rat has a house...")
No
Place to Run ("Baby, there's no place to go from here...")
No
Room ("No room! No room! No room! said the Mad Hatter...")
No
Town ("This is no town, no town, this is no town...")
Nobody
("Who's there? Nobody, nobody. Who's there?...")
Non-Ads
B ("Detergent, detergent, it gets your laundry white...")
Not
the Shadow of a Man ("I have learned I can stand on my feet and
all alone...")
Nothing
to Say ("Well I brought home records from the record store...")
Nowhere
Blues ("Got me a new bus, Baby, goes with the speed of light...")
Oh, Bury Me Not
on the Lone Prairie [parody] (see "Untitled
3")
Oh,
Doctor ("Oh, I wish I was a doctor, not a barroom troubador...")
On
My Own Feet ("I'll get there on my own feet, on my own feet...")
On
the Coat Tails of the Lord ("The biggest time evangelist of all
tonight will be on T.V....")
On
the Rim of the World * ("She inches
along on the rim of the world...")
One
More Ride B ("One more ride, one more ride, one more ride in the
flyin tide...")
One
of the Family ("Sleep's a-coming, say hello, lay your head on
his shoulder-o...")
One
Shoe ("Little Rosie Ree, she's only got one shoe...")
Only
a War B ("It's only a war, another war, forget it...")
Only
Room for Two ("Only room for two, only room for two...")
The
Only Way ("Socialism is the only way to go...")
Osaka
Train ("What's in the seat up ahead?...")
Outrageous
("Outrageous, you got to be outrageous...")
Over
and Over ("If there's something I want to remember...")
Overtime
("Overtime, overtime, overtime, boss says I've got to work overtime...")
Patchwork
of Dreams ("A patchwork of dreams will be my cover...")
Pea
Soup Song of Billings, Montana ("Come into the kitchen, I'll
sing you a song...")
Peace
Isn't Treason B ("Peace isn't treason, Peace is good reason...")
People
("People are the greatest thing, you see them ev'rywhere...")
People
Are Tired ("People are tired, let them be...")
The
Pets * ("I have a doggie, his name
is Dolally...")
Picket
Line B ("The gray flannel suits stand outside the door...")
The
Pied Piper ("Rats, rats, ev'rywhere, in the kitchen and down
the stair...")
The
Pitch ("There's a bright pretty money in your purse; let it go...")
Place
to Be ** ("Ev'rybody has a place
to go, ev'rybody wants a place to be...")
Playing
War B ("There's a nameless war in Vietnam, there's wars in many
lands...")
The
Plutonium Song ("Plutonium is a business, the business people
say...")
Poor
Worms ("Being people isn't all that it's cracked up to be...")
Power
Plant Reggae ("You can make steam in a boiler...")
Preedle
Proddle ("Preedle Proddle filled the bottle...")
Pretty
Thing ("This pain I carry round inside me, it is a pretty thing...")
The
Pro-Life Boy ("It's none of your business, young fellow my boy...")
Puget
Boat Song ("I don't care if we never get back to shore...")
Put
On Your Hat ("Put on your hat and come with me...")
Quiet
* ("I don't know much about much, and what I don't know I don't say...")
Rabbits
Dance * ("People say the rabbits
dance in the night time...")
Rachel's
Lullaby ("Rachel, Rachel, Judy's baby, what a wonder child you
are...")
Rail
Birds ("I walked thro the park when Spring was in the sky...")
Rain Song (see
"What Have They Done to the Rain?")
Rain
Song ("Blow a little rain my way, Jupiter Pluvius. Queen of May...")
Rand
Hymn ("The Rand Corporation's the boon of the world...")
The
Rape Song
Red
Bird ("The red bird sang on the highest branch as he had never
sung before...")
Rejoice
("There's something my grandfolks used to say...")
The
Rigatoni Song ("I know a little girl, she likes to dance and
sing...")
Ring
Like a Bell B ("Oh, if I could ring like a bell!...")
Road
Song ("Somewhere between Chicago and Champaign, Urbana...")
Rosie
Jane * ("This song is addressed to
my sisters...")
Run,
Run, the Tree Is Falling ("Run, run, the tree is falling...")
The
Saigon Children B ("The French have gone and the Yanks have come...")
Sally
Don't You Grieve * ("When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve, when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve...")
Sausalito
Fire ("Oh, Sausalito's burning, you can see it from the hills...")
Say
Something Nice ("Man cannot live by bread alone, nor woman by
a stone...")
Says
the Bee ("Come with me, says the bee, into the daffodil...")
Seabeck
("The water was so still in the evening, so still...")
Senate
Bill One ("Senate Bill One, Senate Bill One...")
Seventy
Miles * ("Seventy miles of wind and spray, seventy miles of water...")
Shaggy
Baggy Man ("Shaggy Baggy Man, Shaggy Baggy Man, o-o-oh, he's
the man I love...")
She
Got Lost ("She got lost cause there was no one by her...")
Shelter
from the Rain ("Shelter from the rain, that's all we need...")
The
Shoppers' Game ("I played the shoppers' game today (game today)...")
A
Short History of Warfare B ("Back in the Middle Ages, the nobles
fought the wars...")
The
Sick Business ("Well it's the sick business, the sick business...")
Sick
People in Chicago ("In the city of Chicago, little black girl
wasn't well...")
Sick
World ("The world is so sick it can never be saved...")
Signature
Blues ("If you see the dotted line, Baby, don't sign...")
Sing
Along * ("I get butterflies in my stomach whenever I start to sing...")
Singin
Jesus B ("Let me tell you 'bout singin Jesus...")
Skagit
Valley Forever * ("There's a fine green valley not far from Vancouver...")
Sleep,
Come On By ("Oh sleep it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole
to pole...")
So
Soon ("It took a long time to get here through evolution and
revolution...")
A
Soft Answer ("A soft answer, a gentle word, might turn a raging
lion...")
Something's
After You ("Something's after you, run, run...")
Somewhere
Between ("On Monday I think I'm a sinner, on Tuesday I think
I'm a saint...")
Song
of the Nobodies ("If you have to be nobody, and you're bound
to be nobody...")
The
Soul of an Onion ("If you want to find the soul of an onion...")
Spooky
World ("I don't need horror pictures to refrigerate my spine...")
Stand
Up With Me ("It's time to get up and walk...")
Star
Flower ("Star flower O, star flower O, star flower in the ground
O...")
The
Stars Are Hiding ("The stars are hiding all the day, the stars
are hiding all the day...")
Stone
Stone ("Stone, stone, mighty stone, you are a mighty stone...")
The
Story of Old Monroe B ("Gather 'round us you Americans, if you
believe in right and wrong...")
Stranded
on This Planet ("Stranded on this planet, what a place!...")
Street
Corner Blues ("Stand around the corner, watch the cars go by...")
Sweet
Stuff ("You're so likeable, you're so sweet, you don't need any
sugar to eat...")
Swivel
Chair Reserves * ("The bankers and
diplomats are going in the army...")
Take
It Away B ("We've got to take over P. G. E., it's become a dreadful
pest...")
Take
Me to Sandy Hook ("Take me to Sandy Hook, bring along your pocket
book...")
Take
Two ("Well the coke is nice, and the coke is sweet...")
Temptation
("Temptation, get away from me. Temptation, get away from me...")
Ten
Ton Blues ("I've got the ten ton blues, the meanest blues in
town...")
That's
Me ("When I holler in a rain barrel, 'hooey hooey looie,'...")
There'll
Come a Time * ("There'll come a time the smog will be so thick...")
There's
a Bottom Below * ("Do you think you've
hit bottom? Do you think you've hit bottom?...")
There's
Music in the Air ("There's music in the air that was sung long
ago...")
They've
Got Everything ("Well isn't it sad, and hopeless, too, there
isn't much that we can do...")
Thirty-Three
Dollars B ("Bargain day in the battle zone, thirty three dollars
for a human soul...")
This
Dream I Have ("I try to run but my feet stick to the ground...")
This
House Is Your House ("This house is your house, you can do what
you want here...")
This
World * ("Baby, I ain't afraid to
die, it's just that I hate to say goodbye...")
Throw
Away People ("Throw away people, instant discards...")
To
a Songwriter ("Honey, it's all I can give you of me...")
To-Ro
March ("A left foot and a right foot and a one, two, three...")
Tokyo
Farewell ("I toured Japan in seven O, but I didn't care to see
the fair...")
Tony's
Soup ("And have you eaten Tony's soup and are you brave and tough?...")
Too
Many Pollywogs ("Sun is bright and the water is cool but there's
too many pollywogs in this pool...")
Too
Much ("Too much, too much, well it's all too much for me...")
Too
Much Blues ("Hide behind your door, hide behind your door and
cry...")
Too
Much Trouble ("Everything is too much, too much trouble...")
Torch
Song ("If I'm going to carry a hopeless love, it will be for
Al Pacino...")
The
Tour of the Irish Fusiliers B ("Ta-rum, ta-rum, the Irish Fusiliers,
they wear the finest uniforms...")
A
Trundle, A Bundle ("A trundle, a bundle, and what's inside...")
Tungsten B
("Tungsten, wolfram, makes the steel so hard...")
Turn
Around *** ("Where are you going,
my little one, little one...")
Turn
On the Sun ("Turn out your house light, turn out your house light...")
Turn
to Your Sister ("When you're in trouble, turn to your sister,
sister...")
Turtle Song (see
"You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out")
Two
Ways ("Well there's two ways you can go when you're feelin low...")
Uneasy
("Uneasy, I'm a little bit uneasy...")
Uneasy
Dreams ("Uneasy dreams when I can't find you...")
Untitled
1 ("I love my love and my love loves me...")
Untitled
2 ("I'm invisble, nobody sees me, I'm invisible, nobody sees
me...")
Untitled
3 ("Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie!...")
Upside
Down ("When I stand with my upside down...")
Upside
Down ("Propaganda says the raise in wages makes the prices hike...")
Vikki
Dougan
The
Walker Outside ("I am under the sky, I'm the one passing by...")
We
Can Stop Here ("We can stop here for a day or two...")
We
Don't Need the Men * ("It says in
Coronet Magazine, June nineteen-fifty six, page ten...")
We
Hate to See Them Go ** ("Last night
I had a lovely dream. I saw a big parade...")
Western
Wind
The
Whale ("The whale, the whale, the citizen of the sea...")
What
Happened to the Diners? B ("There's a skull and crossbones on the
can of spinach...")
What
Have They Done to the Rain? *** B ("Just
a little rain falling all around...")
What
Time Is It? ("The birds don't know it's Sunday...")
What's
Goin On Down There ("Nobody knows about, nobody knows about,
what's goin' on down there...")
What's
Small ("What's small? Small is a little bit...")
What's
There to Sing About? ("What's there to sing about? I ask you...")
What's
Your Name ("Hello Ingery Pingery! Ingery Pingery's not my name...")
Wheels
("Sun is round, moon is round, and a wheel was made to roll...")
When
I First Came to This Land
When
I Fly ("When I fly from this world I will fly with heavy wings...")
When
It Goes, Goodbye ("I run around the empty streets, hoping you'll
be somewhere...")
When
Papa Plays Accordion ("When Papa plays the 'cordion ev'rybody
dances...")
Where Are You Going?
(see "Turn Around")
Where
Did My Money Go? ("Just a penny, just a penny, just a penny more
for milk and cheese...")
Where
Is the Little Street? ("There is a bird flies around in the sky...")
Where
the Tempest Blows ("Peace is where the tempest blows...")
Where
Were You? B ("Where were you before the building burned...")
A
White and Orange Aeroplane ("A white and orange aeroplane against
a cloudy sky...")
Who
You Cryin To? ("Who, who, who, who you cryin to?...")
Who's
Going to Build the Ark? ("Who's going to build the Ark, the Ark?...")
Willow
Tree
The
Wise Men B ("The wise men, the wise men, they do not know a thing...")
Women
at Your Doors ("We are women at your doors, and we're bound to
come in...")
World
Gone Beautiful * ("The world's gone
beautiful because it's about to die...")
World
in Their Pocket * ("They've got the world in their pocket, pocket,
pocket, pocket...")
The World Is So
Sick (see "Sick World")
The
World Slowed Down ("The world slowed down on its axis, and slowed
and slowed...")
Wrong
Blues ("You think you're sweet and you think you're true...")
Ya
Ha Ho ("Ya ha ho and a chuckle and a giggle...")
Yo
Yo Girl
You
Ain't Sayin Nothin ("Well you sound and you sound and you ain't
sayin nothin...")
You
Can Believe It ("If people say good things about you, you can
believe it...")
You
Can't Eat the Oysters
You
Can't Make a Turtle Come Out ** ("You
can't make a turtle come out...")
You
Can't Make It That Way ("It isn't one by one that we can make
it...")
You'll
Be a Man ("They'll make a man of you, my son...")
You're
Crazy ("It's the people in the crazy house that's sane...")
You're
On! ("Why, why, why, I'm asking why, why, why!...")
Young
Moon ("Young moon, small moon, little girl moon...")
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