Index of First Lines

• A dragon has come to our village today -- Do Virgins Taste Better
• A German clockwinder to Dublin once came -- German Clockwinder
• A gypsy rover came over the hill -- Gypsy Rover
• A long time ago, in a land most far away -- The Jester
• A man (I) walked into the chandler's shop some candles for to buy,  -- The Chandler's Wife
• Alone by the fire, a warrior I knew Told me this tale, and I pray it is true. -- A Valkyrie Song
• A lusty young smith at his vice stood a-filing -- Lusty Young Smith
• All around my hat, I will wear the green willow -- All around my hat
• An old man came courting me -- Maids When You're Young
• And who are you, me pretty fair maid And who are you, me honey? -- As I Roved Out
• As I cam' in by Fiddichside, on a May morning -- The Burning of Auchindoun
• As I was going over Gilgarry Mountain -- Whiskey in the Jar
• As I was going to the Faire of Dingle -- Red Haired Mary
• As I was sitting by the fire, Thinkin' 'bout ol' Reilly's daughter -- Reilly's Daughter
• At Mill o' Tyfty lived a man -- Andrew Lammie or The Trumpeter of Fyvie
• By the waters, the waters, the waters of Babylon -- Babylon (round)
• By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes -- Loch Lomond
• Come and listen, I'll tell you what happened to me -- Johnny Jump Up
• Come gather all ye fellows And lift a cup to memory -- They're Hanging Him For Paying His Taxes
• Come over the hills, my bonny Irish lass -- Red is the Rose
• Dark and rainy is the night -- Are Ye Sleepin Maggie
• Don't mind the wind nor the rolling sea -- Grey Funnel Line
• The Dutchman's not the kind of man Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam -- The Dutchman
• Fare thee well my lovely Dinah, A thousand times adieu -- Holy Ground
• Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies -- Spanish Ladies
• Farewell to your bricks and mortar -- Botany Bay
• For centuries down through the ages, I knew I'd find one of my kind -- I'll Fear Nothing With You At My Side
• Four and twenty virgins -- The Ball of Balinour
• Gather ye pipers and long chanters blow -- Gather Ye Pipers
• Gentlemen it is my duty to inform you of one beauty -- The Queen of Argyll
• Have ye heard the story from the land of Calontir? -- Have You Seen the Army?
• He gets up every morning and he goes to work each day -- Dream Warrior
• Hey, ho, nobody's home -- Peace Round
• Hynd Horn's bound, love, and Hynd Horn's free -- Hind Horn
• I have often heard it said from my father and my mother -- Maid in a Garret
• If I were King of Ireland's Isle and had all things at my will -- The Flower of Sweet Strabane
• In days gone by, when the world was much younger -- Circles
• In South Australia I was born, Heave away! Haul away! -- South Australia
• I care not for these ladies That must be woo'd and pray'd -- I Care Not For These Ladies
• I was born in battle's fire Laid beside my mother's corpse -- Loki's Song
• I was born of Geordy parents one day when I was young -- Itches In Me Britches
• I was brought up in Yorkshire and when I was sixteen -- Drummer Girl
• I wish I were on yonder hill  'Tis there I'd sit and I'd cry my fill -- Shule Aroon
• If the beggin' be as good a trade -- To the Beggin' I Will Go
• In a mean abode on the Skankill Road -- The Ballad of William Bloat
• In Amsterdam there lived a maid -- Amsterdam Maid
• In Dublin's fair city where girls are so pretty -- Molly Malone
• In early May, when skies are gay -- Ce fut en Mai
• In Orenmore in the County Galway -- The Galway Shawl
• In Scotland there was a babie born -- Hind Horn
• In the beginning, Diana the Listmaker decided to hold a party -- Thirty Years
• It fell about the Lammas tide, when moor-men win their hay -- The Battle of Otterburn
• lt's of a flash packet, a packet of fame -- The Dreadnaught
• I've been a wild rover for many a year -- Wild Rover
• Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme -- A Health to the Company
• Kytt hath lost her key -- Kytt Hath Lost Her Key
• Let grasses grow and waters flow -- Mountain Dew
• Let the farmer praise his ground -- Krushkin Lan
• Let your quacks and newspapers be cuttin their capers -- The Humours of Whiskey
• Look at the coffin, with silver handles -- Isn't It Grand Boys
• Methinks I see a host of craft Spreading their sails alee -- Three Score and Ten
• The minstrel boy to the war is gone -- The Minstrel Boy
• "Mrs. McGraw," the captain said, -- Mrs. McGraw (McGrath)
• My Harry was a gallant gay -- Highland Harry
• My old man's a fighter. What do you think about that? -- My Old Man
• My young love said to me, "My mother won't mind -- She Moved Through the Fair
• Now here's jolly good luck to the quarter gill -- Good Luck to the Barley Mow
• Now, the Baron of East March's fair sorcerous daughter -- Karelea's Song
• O whare are ye gaun? -- False Knight Upon the Road
• Of all the money ere I had, I spent it in good company -- The Parting Glass
• Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm -- Nelson's Blood
• Oh a Scotsman tried and true left the bar one evening fair -- The Scotsman
• Oh, I've searched for you my lady, For one hundred thousand years -- For Elizabeth
• Oh Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine -- Johnny Be Fair
• Oh, the summertime is comin' -- Wild Mountain Thyme
• Oh then tell me Sean O'Farrell; Tell me why you hurry so -- Rising of the Moon
• Oh there once was a woman and she lived on her own -- Stitch in Time
• Once came a warrior, fresh from the bar -- Bored on the List Field
• Passetyme with good companye -- Pasttime With Good Company or The Kynges Ballade
• Pay Me, you Owe me, Pay me my money down -- Pay Me My Money Down
• The Queen of all Elfhame, came to me -- The Queen of All Elfhame
• The rose by the door, I've seen it before -- Rose by the Door
• Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose, Will I ever see thee red? -- Peace Round
• Should auld acquaintance be forgot -- Auld Lang Syne
• Some friends and I in a public house Was playin' dominoes one night -- Old Dun Cow
• Susanna Martin was a witch who dwelt in Amesbury -- Susanna Martin
• The Diamond is a ship, my lads, for the Davis Strait she's bound -- Bonny Ship the Diamond
• The fifteenth day of July With glist'ning spear and shield -- Lord Willoughby
• The harvest is in and the fire on the hearth -- A Song of Thanksgiving
• There lived a lady in Scotland -- Bonnie Susie Cleland
• There was a young sailor Who looked through the glass -- A Clean Song
• There was an old woman lived under the hill -- The Tooper and the Maid
• There's a corner in the meadow where the lads and lasses meet -- Cuckoo's Nest
• There's a nice wee lass and her name's Mary Mac -- Mary Mac
• There's lilt in this song I sing, there's laughter and love -- Ar Fa La La Low
• Three Jolly coachmen sat in an English tavern -- Three Jolly Coachmen
• Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street -- Finnegan's Wake
• Twas Friday morn when we set sail -- The Mermaid
• To oar, to oar, the helmsman did cry --The Helmsman
• What a goodly thing, if the children of the world -- Peace Round
• Well, I was out strolling one evening -- Black Velvet Band
• Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog -- All For Me Grog
• Westering home with a song in the air -- Westering Home
• We've tried it once or twice And found it rather nice -- Roll Me Over
• When I was a little lad and so me mother told me -- Haul Away Joe
• When I was a young lad I used to like girls -- The Moose Song
• When two lovers meet down beside the green bower -- The Banks of the Lee
• Where go the maids on summer's day When the Falcon bears their men away -- Where Go The Maids?
• Wop Jamboree, wop jamboree Oh a long-tailed sailor man comin' up behind -- Wop Jamboree
• Would there were someone To bring me cool water -- Rearguard's Lament
• Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear! -- Ye Jacobites
• You may talk about your Lancers, or your Irish Fusiliers -- Gallant Forty-Twa
• You may talk and sing and boast about your Pennsic Wars and Floods -- Estrella VIII