Lyrics for Singalongs and Original Songs
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By Beth Slater Whitson.
Let me call you sweetheart
I’m in love with you
Let me hear you whisper
That you love me too.
Keep the love light glowing
In your eyes so true
Let me call you sweetheart
I’m in love with you.
Keep the love light glowing
In your eyes so true
Let me call you sweetheart
I’m in love with you.
By Chauncey Olcott.
My wild Irish Rose,
The sweetest flower that grows,
You may search everywhere,
But none can compare
With my wild Irish Rose.
My wild Irish Rose,
The dearest flower that grows,
And some day for my sake,
She may let me take
The bloom from my wild Irish Rose.
Written by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, and Joe Goodwin in 1928.
When you’re smiling, when you’re smiling,
The whole world smiles with you.
When you’re laughing, when your’e laughing
The sun comes shining through.
But when you’re crying, you bring on the rain,
So stop your sighing, be happy again.
Keep on smiling, ’cause when you’re smiling
The whole world smiles with you.
By Jack Norworth.
Katie Casey was base ball mad.
Had the fever and had it bad;
Just to root for the home town crew,
Ev’ry sou Katie blew.
On a Saturday, her young beau
Called to see if she’d like to go,
To see a show but Miss Kate said,
“No, I’ll tell you what you can do.”
“Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
I don’t care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don’t win it’s a shame.
For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out,
At the old ball game.”
Katie Casey saw all the games,
Knew the players by their first names;
Told the umpire he was wrong,
All along good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
Katie Casey knew what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song:
“Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
I don’t care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don’t win it’s a shame.
For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out,
At the old ball game.”
From the 1800s.
I’ve been workin’ on the railroad,
All the live long day.
I’ve been workin’ on the railroad,
Just to pass the time away.
Don’t you hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn.
Can’t you hear the captain shoutin’
“Dinah, blow your horn?”
Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, won’t you blow your horn?
Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, won’t you blow your horn?
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah.
Someone’s in the kitchen, I know…
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah
Strumming on the old banjo.
And singing, “fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o.
Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o-o-o-o.
Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o,”
Strumming on the old banjo.
Written by Stephen Foster.
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,
I’m going to Louisiana, my true love for to see.
It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don’t you cry.
Chorus
Oh! Susanna, Oh don’t you cry for me,
For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
I had a dream the other night, when everything was still;
I thought I saw Susanna dear, a coming down the hill.
A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye,
Says I, I’m coming from the south, Susanna, don’t you cry.
I soon will be in New Orleans, and then I’ll look around,
And when I find Susanna, I’ll fall upon the ground.
But if I do not find her, then I will surely die,
And when I’m dead and buried, Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry.
By the Everly Brothers.
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream
When I want you in my arms
When I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream
When I feel blue in the night
And I need you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream
I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime, night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I’m dreamin’ my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream
I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime, night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I’m dreamin’ my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream
Written by Tom Paxton; Popularized by the Seekers.
It’s a lesson too late for the learnin’
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand, in your hand.
Chorus:
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind?
I could have loved you better, didn’t mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind.
As we walk along my thoughts are tumbling
Round and round, round and round.
Underneath our feet a subway’s rumbling
Underground, underground.
You’ve got reasons aplenty for going
This I know, this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing
Please don’t go, please don’t go
As I lie in my bed in the morning
Without you, without you
Every song in my head dies a-borning
Without you, without you.
A true best friend is hard to find
It’s someone to be your Valentine
Beside you to the very end
That’s a true best friend.
They’ll cheer you up when you’re down
Put a smile on a frown
You know they’ll always be around
That’s a true best friend.
VERSE 1
Doesn’t matter how you look
Learned from life or from a book
Who you are, whatever it took
WIth a true best friend
If you’re young or if you’re grown,
No matter where you call your home,
You’ll never really be alone,
With a true best friend.
CHORUS 2
Your best friend will be there for you
When skies are gray and skies are blue
Beside you ’till the very end
That’s a true best friend.
They’ll cheer you up when you’re down
Put a smile on a frown
You know they’ll always be around
That’s a true best friend.
VERSE 2
They’ll stick around when you’re down
They’re with you when you come around
Waiting when you’re homeward bound
That’s a true best friend.
And if one day you finally part
Your best friend’s always in your heart
you’ll never really be apart
From a true best friend.
CHORUS 3
A true best friend is hard to find
It’s someone to be your Valentine
Beside you to the very end
That’s a true best friend.
Your best friend will be there for you
When skies are gray and skies are blue
Beside you ’till the very end
That’s a true best friend.
That’s a true best friend.
Original music and lyrics by Vicky Oldham.
(Chord start: G)
[VERSE 1]
In the stillness of the night, I traveled in my mind,
To seasons in my life, those places I could find,
So I could understand, and no longer be afraid,
So I could clearly see, the choices that I’ve made.
[VERSE 2]
In the silence of a dream, upon a cloud I flew,
To a moment in my life, when I am there with you,
To see our time together and the things we used to do,
And what we gave to others, those gifts we never knew.
[CHORUS]
On the wings of time, lighter than the air,
On the wings of time, our hearts are always there,
Forever reaching out to everyone we’ve known,
On the wings of time, our lives are never gone.
[VERSE 3]
In a moment’s reverie, I traveled to the past,
To a time I thought, that everything would last,
Remembering my youth, but that was long ago,
Oh, the lessons that I’ve learned… the change in what I know!
[VERSE 4]
Thoughts and memories, engraved in time and space,
Like lines upon a phonograph, continue in our place,
For someone in the future to play it all again,
So what we give to others, forever will remain.
[CHORUS]
On the wings of time, lighter than the air,
On the wings of time, our hearts are always there,
Forever reaching out to everyone we’ve known,
On the wings of time, our lives are never gone.
Written in 1982, and later best known from the beloved version by Bette MIdler.
It must have been cold there, in my shadow
To never have sunlight on your face
You’ve been content to let me shine, you always walked a step behind
I was the one with all the glory, while you were the one with all the strength
Only a face without a name, and I never once heard you complain
Did you ever know that you’re my hero, and everything I’d like to be
I could fly higher than an eagle, ’cause you are the wind beneath my wings
It might have appeared to go unnoticed, but I’ve got it all here in my heart
I want you to know I know the truth, I would be nothing without you
Did you ever know that you’re my hero, and everything I’d like to be
I could fly higher than an eagle, ’cause you are the wind beneath my wings
You are the wind beneath my wings.
Here is a version by singer Lucy Thomas:
This is an inspiring version that left the cast and crew crying in this performance by singer Tressa Thomas:
Originally a 19th-century poem by Dr. Brewster M. Higley of Kansas.
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Where the air is so pure, and the zephyrs so free,
The breezes so balmy and light,
That I would not exchange my home on the range,
For all of the cities so bright.
How often at night when the heavens are bright,
With the light from the glittering stars,
Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed,
If their glory exceeds that of ours.
Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours,
The curlew I love to hear cry,
And I love the white rocks and the antelope flocks,
That graze on the mountain slopes high.
Oh give me a land where the bright diamond sand,
Flows leisurely down in the stream;
Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along,
Like a maid in a heavenly dream.
Then I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
By songwriters Williams, Homer, and Green. Popularized by Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day.
(Guitar key G, no capo)
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
I’m like a child in wild anticipation
I long to hear that “All aboard”
Seven, that’s the time we leave, at seven
I’ll be waitin’ up for heaven
Countin’ every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam?
I’m gonna take that sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Seven, that’s the time we leave, at seven
I’ll be waitin’ up for heaven
Countin’ every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam?
I’m gonna take that sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
I gotta take that sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Sentimental journey.
Written by Leonard Cohen; Sung by Judy Collins.
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her
And you know that she’s half-crazy but that’s why you wanna to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer that you’ve always been her lover
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And then you know that she will trust you
For you’ve touched her perfect body with your mind
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind
And then you think maybe you’ll trust him
For he’s touched your perfect body with his mind
Now, Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
She’s wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey on our Lady of the harbor
And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And then you know that you can trust her
For she’s touched your perfect body with her mind.
Sung by Patti Page.
I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
Introduced her to my loved one and while they were dancing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz
I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
Introduced her to my loved one and while they were dancing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz.
Sung by Anne Murray.
(Ukulele key: G; capo up 1 or 2)
I’ll always remember
The song they were playing
The first time we danced and I knew
As we swayed to the music
And held to each other
I fell in love with you
Could I have this dance
For the rest of my life
Could you be my partner
Every night
When we’re together
It feels so right
Could I have this dance
For the rest of my life
I’ll always remember
That magic moment
When I held you close to me
As we move together
I knew forever
You’re all I’ll ever need
Could I have this dance
For the rest of my life
Could you be my partner
Every night
When we’re together
It feels so right
Could I have this dance
For the rest of my life
Could I have this dance
For the rest of my life
Could you be my partner
Every night
When we’re together
It feels so right
Could I have this dance
For the rest of my life.
By Vicky Oldham.
CHORUS
Bandaid love — hiding the pain,
Doesn’t fix the problem, it just happens again,
Say that you love me, and I’m wishing it’s true,
But bandaid love’s all I got with you.
VERSE 1
We were yellin’ and fightin’ just last night,
Now we’re makin’ up and everything’s all right,
You tell me you’re sorry and you love me and then,
Next thing I know it starts over again!
CHORUS
VERSE 2
When we got together everything was good,
Now I never know if you’re in a mood,
We never talk, I don’t know where you’ve been,
Next day you tell me you love me again.
CHORUS REPEAT
VERSE 3
You tell me I’m the only one for you,
And we’ll be together, no matter what we do,
Screamin’ and throwin’, to a push and a shove,
Next day’s fine, but it’s bandaid love.
CHORUS REPEAT
VERSE 4
You say you need me — I don’t understand,
The things that happened, we never planned.
You’re mean as hell, and then you’re ok,
Wonder if I’ll ever have — the guts to get away!
Sung by the Righteous Brothers.
(Ukulele key C)
Woah, my love, my darling
I’ve hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea, yeah
Lonely rivers sigh
“Wait for me, wait for me”
I’ll be coming home, wait for me
Woah, my love, my darling
I’ve hungered, hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me.
By John Denver.
(Ukulele key C, but start on F)
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again.
By Kris Kristofferson.
Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Lay it soft against my skin
Like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side
Till the early morning light
All I’m takin’ is your time
Help me make it through the night
I don’t care what’s right or wrong
I don’t try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
Lord, tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow’s out of sight
And it’s sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night
I don’t care what’s right or wrong, (Yes, I do!)
I don’t try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
Lord, tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow’s out of sight
Lord, it’s bad to be alone
Help me make it through the night.
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge performed this song in 1972.
By John Denver.
(Key of C)
Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather ’round her
Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the mornin’ hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin’ down the road, I get a feelin’
That I should’ve been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Country ballad by Trace Adkins.
She was staring out the window, of their SUV
Complaining, saying, “I can’t wait to turn 18”
She said, “I’ll make my own money, and I’ll make my own rules”
Mama put the car in park out there in front of the school
And she kissed her head, and said, “I was just like you”
You’re gonna miss this, you’re gonna want this back
You’re gonna wish these days, hadn’t gone by so fast
These are some good times, so take a good look around
You may not know it now, but you’re gonna miss this
Before she knows it, she’s a brand-new bride
In her one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her, “It’s a nice place”, she says, “It’ll do for now”
Starts talking about babies, and buying a house
And daddy shakes his head, and says, “Baby, just slow down”
‘Cause you’re gonna miss this, you’re gonna want this back
You’re gonna wish these days, hadn’t gone by so fast
These are some good times, so take a good look around
You may not know it now, but you’re gonna miss this
Five years later, there’s a plumber, working on the water heater
Dog’s barking, phone’s ringing, one kid’s crying, one kid’s screaming
And she keeps apologizing, he says, “They don’t bother me
I’ve got two babies of my own, one’s 36, one’s 23″
Huh, it’s hard to believe
But you’re gonna miss this, you’re gonna want this back
You’re gonna wish these days, hadn’t gone by so fast
These are some good times, so take a good look around
You may not know it now, but you’re gonna miss this
You’re gonna miss this, yeah, you’re gonna miss this.
Video with Trace Adkins performing.
By John Denver
(Ukulele key: G)
There’s a storm across the valley
Clouds are rolling in
The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders
There’s a truck out on the four lane
A mile or more away
The whining of his wheels just makes it colder
He’s an hour away from riding
On your prayers up in the sky
And ten days on the road are barely gone
There’s a fire softly burning
Supper’s on the stove
It’s the light in your eyes that makes him warm
Hey, it’s good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Yes, and hey, it’s good to be back home again
There’s all the news to tell him
How you’ve spent your time
What’s the latest thing the neighbors say?
And your mother called last Friday
Sunshine made her cry
You felt the baby move just yesterday
Hey, it’s good to be back home again, yes, it is
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Yes, and hey, it’s good to be back home again
And all the time that I can lay this tired old body down
To feel your fingers feather soft upon me
The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way
The happiness that living with you brings me
It’s the sweetest thing I know of
Just spending time with you
It’s the little things that make a house a home
Like a fire softly burning
Supper on the stove
The light in your eyes, it makes me warm
Hey, it’s good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Yes, and hey, it’s good to be back home again
Hey, it’s good to be back home again, you know it is
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Hey, it’s good to be back home again
I said, hey, it’s good to be back home again.
Performed by The Seekers.
(Key of G)
There’s a new world somewhere
They call the Promised Land
And I’ll be there someday
If you will hold my hand
I still need you there beside me
No matter what I do
For I know I’ll never find another you
There is always someone
For each of us, they say
And you’ll be my someone
Forever and a day
I could search the whole world over
Until my life is through
But I know I’ll never find another you
It’s a long, long journey
So stay by my side
When I walk through the storm
You’ll be my guide, be my guide
If they gave me a fortune
My virtue would be small
I could lose it all tomorrow
And never mind at all
But if I should lose your love, dear
I don’t know what I’d do
For I know I’ll never find another you
But if I should lose your love, dear
I don’t know what I’d do
For I know I’ll never find another you
Another you
Another you.
Sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary.
When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me
“Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree”
“Don’t put your faith in love, my boy” my father said to me
“I fear you’ll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree”
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie
A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the stars rose in the sky
We passed that summer lost in love, beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter hid my father’s words from me
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
One day she left without a word, she took away the sun
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done
She left me for another, it’s a common tale but true
A sadder man, but wiser now, I sing these words to you
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Peter, Paul and Mary perform this classic folk ballad.
Song written by Eric Andersen in the 1960s.
(Ukulele key G)
You’ve long been on the open road, sleepin’ in the rain
From dirty words and muddy cells
Your clothes are smeared and stained
But the dirty words and muddy cells will soon be judged insane
So only stop to rest yourself, till you are off again
And take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try
I’m just lookin’ for the evening
The morning in your eyes
But tell me of the ones you saw as far as you could see
Across the plain from field to town a-marchin’ to be free
And of the rusted prison gates that tumbled by decree
Like laughin’ children one by one
They looked like you and me
So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try
I’m just lookin’ for the evening
And the morning in your eyes
I know you are no stranger down the crooked rainbow trails
From dancing cliff-edged shattered sills of slander shackled jails
For the voices drift up from below as the walls are being scaled
Yes all of this and more my friends
Your song shall not be failed
So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try
I’m just lookin’ for the evening
The morning in your eyes
Yes, you’ve long been on the open road, just sleepin’ in the rain
From dirty words and muddy cells
Your clothes are smeared and stained
But the dirty words and muddy cells will soon be hid in shame
So only stop to rest yourself
Till you’ll be off again
So take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe I can try
I’m just lookin’ for the evening
The morning in your eyes.
Song written by Phil Ochs. Famously performed by Ian and Sylvia.
(Ukulele key of C [but begin in F chord])
Sit by my side, come as close as the air
Share in a memory of gray
And wander in my words
Dream about the pictures that I play
Of changes
Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall
To brown and to yellow they fade
And then they have to die
Trapped within the circle time parade
Of changes
Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind
Visions of shadows that shine
‘Til one day I returned
And found they were the victims of the vines
Of changes
The world’s spinning madly, it drifts in the dark
Swings through a hollow of haze
A race around the stars
A journey through the universe ablaze
With changes
Moments of magic will glow in the night
All fears of the forest are gone
But when the morning breaks
They’re swept away by golden drops of dawn
Of changes
Passions will part to a strange melody
As fires will sometimes burn cold
Like petals in the wind
We’re puppets to the silver strings of souls
Of changes
Your tears will be trembling, now we’re somewhere else
One last cup of wine we will pour
And I’ll kiss you one more time
And leave you on the rolling river shores
Of changes
So sit by my side, come as close as the air
Share in a memory of gray
And wander in my words
Dream about the pictures that I play
Of changes.
(Guitar, Key of C)
Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side,
The summer’s gone, and all the roses falling,
It’s you, it’s you must go, and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow,
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow,
Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or shadow,
Oh, Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so!
But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,
If I am dead, as dead I well may be,
Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say an Ave there for me;
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!
Come to me!
By John Newton, 1779.
Guitar key, C; Ukulele key C
Verse 1
Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost,
But now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
Verse 2
‘Twas grace that taught
My heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did
That grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Verse 3
Through many dangers,
Toils and snares,
We have already come;
Twas grace hath brought
Us safe thus far,
And grace will lead us home.
Repeat
Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost,
But now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
Celtic Woman performs Amazing Grace.
Song written by Bob Dylan. Blowing in the Wind was very popular in the 1970s when we’d sing it at coffee house gatherings!
(Suggested: Key of C, capo 2)
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
Yes, and how many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
And how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
And how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take ’til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
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