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We Shall Overcome
Lyrics (Gospel song, Original lyrics: Charles Albert Tindley, 1900, Adaptations by: Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger) 1. We shall overcome, we shall overcome,We shall overcome someday. Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,We shall overcome someday. 2. We ...
Valentines (In the dark)
Lyrics (Old English tune, Lyrics by Homer H. Harbour) 1. In the dark of the winter when cold winds do blow,Saint Valentine’s Day comes like flowers in the snow;Bringing thoughts of our dear ones whose love we renew,By sending them ...
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral
Lyrics (James Royce Shannon, 1913) Over in Killarney, many years agoMy mother sang a song to me in tones so sweet and low,Just a simple little ditty, in her good old Irish way,And I’d give the world if she could ...
Alle Vögel sind schon da
Lyrics – German (Folk tune, Lyrics by Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1798-1874) 1. Alle Vögel sind schon da, alle Vögel, alle!Welch ein Singen, Musiziern, Pfeifen, Zwitschern, Tirilier’n!Frühling will nun einmarschier’n, kommt mit Sang und Schalle. 2. Wie sie alle lustig sind, ...
The Flag Going By
Lyrics (German folk tune, Lyrics by Homer H. Harbour) 1. O beautiful banner all splendid with stars,That down the street comes flying,Proud emblem of the free!My heart and hand salute you,Dear flag of liberty! 2.From ocean to ocean you brighten ...
Riding on the Elevated
Lyrics (Flemish folk tune, Lyrics by Richard Compton, publ. 1921) 1. Up in the air the trains go flying,Quick as a flash to Boston town.Over the roofs of the houses gray,Clear to the ocean we look away. 2. Under the ...
Happy New Year (To all people)
Lyrics (French folk tune, Lyrics by John Erwin, publ. 1921) 1. To all people in the world this day,New Year’s greetings we send on their way,New Year, New Year, Wish you happy New Year!Here at home or living far away. ...
Come Rejoicing Praises Voicing
Lyrics (Folk tune, Lyrics by Juraj Tranovsky, 1591-1637) 1. Come rejoicing, praises voicing, Christmas Day is breaking;Now th’ Eternal, Lord supernal,Human form is taking.On the hay–lo, beholdVirgin’s Son, as foretold–Lies the precious Infant in the wintry cold. 2. Unabated, for ...
Burgundian Carol
Lyrics (Bernard LaMonnoye, c. 1700) 1. The winter season of the year,When to this world our Lord was born,The ox and donkey, so they say,Did keep his holy presence warm.How many oxen and donkeys nowIf they were there when first ...
All My Heart This Night Rejoices
Lyrics (Melody by Johann G. Ebeling, 1666, Lyrics by Paul Gerhardt, 1656) 1. All my heart again rejoicesAs I hear far and near sweetest angel voices.“Christ is born!” their choirs are singingTill the air everywhere now with joy is ringing. 2. Hark! ...