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Ealing Folk Club Song Book V1 Ealing Folk Club Song Book V1 Sep 2014 Contents All The Good Times Are Past And Gone 1 Amazing Grace 2 Angel Band 3 Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight 4 Away With Rum 5 The Banks Of The Ohio 6 Blood Red Roses 7 Boozing 8 Careless Love 10 Chicken On A |Raft 11 Cigarettes And Whiskey 13 Cluck Old Hen 14 Deep Blue Sea 15 Deep River Blues 16 Don’t The Road Look Rough And Rocky 17 Down To The RIver To Pray 18 Dixie’s Land 19 Down In The Valley 21 The Old Dun Cow 22 Early One Morning 24 East Virginia 25 Ev’ry Night 26 Faeries 27 Ghost Riders In The Sky 28 Handsome Molly 29 Hard Times (Come Again No More) 30 Hava Nagila 31 Hooray, They’re Hanging Father 32 Hot Corn, Cold Corn 33 House Of The Rising Sun 34 I Don’t Want Your Millions, Mister 35 I Know Where I’m Going 36 I’ll Fly Away 37 I’ll Tell Me Ma 38 I’m Henery The Eighth, I Am 39 It’s The Same The Whole World Over 41 I’ve Been Working On The Railroad 42 I’ve Got No Use For The Women 43 Jesse James 44 Keep On The Sunny Side 45 Leaving Home 46 The Lakes Of Pontchartrain 48 Marching Through Georgia 49 Miner’s Life 51 My Grandfather’s Clock 52 The Nightingale 54 Nine Pound Hammer 55 Pick A Bale Of Cotton 56 Pleasant And Delightful 57 Red River Valley 58 Roseville Fair 59 Sail Away, Ladies 60 Silver Threads Among The Gold 61 The St. James Infirmary 62 S-A-V-E-D 63 Shenandoah 64 So Long, It’s Been Good To Know You 65 South Australia 66 The Streets Of Laredo 67 Sweet Thames Flow Softly 68 This Lans Is Your Land 70 The Titanic 71 Union Maid 72 The Village Pump 73 The Wabash Cannon Ball 75 Wayfaring Stranger 76 What’s The Life Of A Man 77 When The Fiddler Has Played 78 Will The Circle Be Unbroken 79 Wild Mountain Thyme 80 Wild Rover 81 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues 82 Worried Man Blues 83 You Are My Sunshine 84 I wish to the Lord I’d never been born Or died when I was young. I never would have seen your sparkling blue eyes Or heard you lying tongue Chorus Don’t you see that turtle dove, That flies from pine to pine? He’s mourning for his own true love. Just like I mourn for mine Chorus Don’t you see that passenger train, Going tound the bend? It’s taking away my own true love, To never return again. Chorus Come back, come back my own true love, And stay awhile with me. For if ever I’ve had a friend in this world, You’ve been a friend to me Chorus 1 Amazing grace how sweet the sounds, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found Was blind but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart of fear. And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace a ppear, The hour I first believed The Lord has promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to singGod's praise Than when we'd first begun 2 My latest sun is sinking fast, My race is nearly run. My longest trials now are passed, My triumph has begun. Chorus Oh come angel band, Come and around me stand. Oh bear me away on your snow white wings To my immortal home. O-oh Bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home. I know I’m near the holy ranks of friends and kindred dear. I brush the dew on Jordan’s banks, the crossing must be near. Chorus I've almost gained my heavenly home, my spirit loudly sings. The holy ones, behold they come, I hear the noise of wings. Chorus Oh bear my longing heart to him who bled and died for me. Whose blood now cleanses from all sin, and gives me victory. Chorus 3 Amelia Earhart's Last Flight G C d ‚ ‚ a 4 k k k k kz k k j k k kz k k k jz k A ship out on the o- cean, just a speck a- gainst the sky, A- d D G a k k k k k k k k jz k fk k k k k -meli a- Ear- hart flying- that sad day; With her partn- er, Cap- tain C D d ‚ k a k j k k kz k k k jz k k k k k k k k Noo- nan, onthe second- ofJu ly- Her planefellinthe ocean,- far a- G C G d k j k k j k i j a i j k k k k -way. There'sa beau ti-ful,- beau ti-ful- field Fara- d j k D G z z a j k k k i j k k j k k k k k k ‡ ‡ -way ina land thatis fair. Happy- landings- to you,Amel- ia- C D G d k k a k jz j e k jz k k k i Ear- hart Farewell,- first lady-ofthe air. Chorus A ship out on the ocean, just a speck against the sky, Well, a half an hour later an SOS was Amelia Earhart flying that sad day; heard, With her partner, Captain Noonan, on the The signal weak, but still her voice was second of July brave. Her plane fell in the ocean, far away. Oh, in shark-infested waters her plane went down that night Chorus In the blue Pacific to a watery grave. There's a beautiful, beautiful field Far away in a land that is fair. Chorus Happy landings to you, Amelia Earhart Farewell, first lady of the air. Well, now you have heard my story of that awful tragedy, She radioed position and she said that all We pray that she might fly home safe was well, again. Although the fuel within the tanks was Oh, in years to come though others blaze low. a trail across the sea, But they'd land on Howland Island to We'll ne'er forget Amelia and her plane. refuel her monoplane, Then on their trip around the world they'd go. Chorus 4 Chorus We never eat fruit cake because it has rum And one little taste turns a man to a bum Oh, can you imagine a sorrier sight Than a man eating fruit cake until he gets tight Chorus If you wash your hair, never rinse it with beer Because if you do, you'll get foam in your ear And if there's one thing a young man must dread It's dating a girl with a head on her head Chorus We never eat peaches, because peaches ferment And peaches ferment at the least little dent Oh can you imagine a sorrier sight Than a man drunk on peaches he thought were alright Chorus We never drink water, they put it in gin One little sip and a man starts to grin Oh can you imagine the horrible sight Of a man drinking water and singing all night 5 Chorus Then only say that you’ll be mine, In no other’s arms entwine, Down besides where the waters flow, Down by the banks of the Ohio Chorus I held a knife up to her breast, As into my arms she pressed, Crying “Willie, don’t you murder me. I’m unprepared for eternity.” Chorus I took her by her lily-white hand, Led her down where the waters stand, I pushed her in and let her drown, And watched her as she floated down. Chorus I started home twixt twelve and one, Cried “My God, what have I done? I killed the only woman I loved, Because she would not be my bride.” Chorus 6 As I was going round Cape Horn, Go down, you blood red roses, go down. I wished to the Lord I’d never been born Go down, you blood red roses, go down Chorus Oh, you pinks and posies Go down you blood red roses, go down Around that Cape in heavy gales And it’s all for the sake of them sperm-whales Chorus Around Cape Horn in frost and snow Around the Cape we all must go Chorus Oh yes, my lads, we’re all a-lee We’ll soon be far away from sea Chorus Just one more pull and that’ll do And we’re the boys to pull her through 7 Boozing G C D7 G C d 3 m k k j k k a 4 k k k k k k k k k j k k Now, what are the joys of a sin- gle, young man? But boo- zing, bloo-dywell D G C D G d k k j k a jz j k k k k k k k k k j boo- zing And whatishe doing- when -ev-er he can? Well boo- zing, d C D G k D a k k k jz j k k k k k k k k k bloo-dy well boo- zing You may think I'm wrong, and you may think I'm d C D G C a j k k k k k k k k k k j k k k k k k k right I'm not going to ar- gue, I know you can fight But what doyou think we'll be D G C D7 G Chorus C d k k j k k n a k k j k k jz j j k j k do-ing to- night But boo- zing, bloo-dywell boo- zing Boozing,- boo- zing, d D7 G A7 D G k k k jz j k j k k k k jz k k a k just youand I Boo- zing, boo- zing, whenweare dry Somedoit d C D7 G k k j C D7 G a k k k k k k j k k k k jz j n o- pen -ly, some on the sly Butwe all like bloo-dy well boo- zing Now what are the joys of a single young man? But boozing, bloody well boozing! And what is he doing whenever he can? Boozing, bloody well boozing! You may think I'm wrong and you may think I'm right, I'm not going to argue, I know you can fight, But what do you think we are doing tonight? Boozing, bloody well boozing! Chorus Boozing, boozing, just you and I! Boozing, boozing, when we are dry.
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