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| 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics | |
| No. | Song |
| 1 | The Aba Daba Honeymoon |
| 2 | Abide with Me |
| 3 | Ach, du Lieber Augustin |
| 4 | After the Ball |
| 5 | After You've Gone |
| 6 | Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life |
| 7 | Ah! Vous Dirai-je, Maman |
| 8 | Alexander's Ragtime Band |
| 9 | Alice Blue Gown |
| 10 | All God's Children Got Shoes |
| 11 | All Night, All Day |
| 12 | All Through the Night |
| 13 | Alouette |
| 14 | The Alphabet Song |
| 15 | Amazing Grace |
| 16 | America (My Country! 'Tis of Thee) |
| 17 | America the Beautiful |
| 18 | Anchors Aweigh |
| 19 | Angels, from the Realm of Glory |
| 20 | Angels We Have Heard on High |
| 21 | Annabel Lee |
| 22 | Annie Laurie |
| 23 | The Ash Grove |
| 24 | As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo |
| 25 | Asleep in the Deep |
| 26 | At a Georgia Campmeeting (A Song in Black) |
| 27 | Au Clair de la Luna |
| 28 | Auld Lang Syne |
| 29 | Auprès de Ma Blonde |
| 30 | Aula Lea |
| 31 | Ave Maria |
| 32 | Away in a Manger |
| 33 | Baa! Baa! Black Sheep |
| 34 | Ballin' the Jack |
| 35 | La Bamba |
| 36 | The Band Played On |
| 37 | Barbara Allen |
| 38 | The Battle Cry of Freedom |
| 39 | Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| 40 | Beautiful Dreamer |
| 41 | Beautiful Isle of Somewhere |
| 42 | Beautiful Ohio |
| 43 | Because |
| 44 | Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms |
| 45 | The Belle of Av'noo "A" |
| 46 | The Bells of St. Mary's |
| 47 | Be My Little Baby Bumblebee |
| 48 | The Big Rock Candy Mountain |
| 49 | Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? |
| 50 | Billy Boy |
| 51 | A Bird in a Gilded Cage |
| 52 | Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair |
| 53 | Blow the Man Down |
| 54 | The Blue Bells of Scotland |
| 55 | The Boar's Head Carol |
| 56 | Bobby Shaftoe |
| 57 | The Bowery |
| 58 | Brahms' Lullaby ("Wiegenlied") |
| 59 | Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heav'nly Light |
| 60 | Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella! |
| 61 | Bringing in the Sheaves |
| 62 | Brother, Come and Dance with Me |
| 63 | Buffalo Gals |
| 64 | By the Beautiful Sea |
| 65 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
| 66 | The Caissons Go Rolling Along |
| 67 | The Campbells Are Comin' |
| 68 | Camptown Races |
| 69 | Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines |
| 70 | Carolina in the Morning |
| 71 | Carol of the Bells |
| 72 | Carry Me Backto Old Virginny |
| 73 | Casey Jones |
| 74 | The Cavalry Song |
| 75 | Charlie Is My Darling |
| 76 | The Cherry Tree Carol |
| 77 | A Child This Day Is Born |
| 78 | China Boy |
| 79 | Chinatown, My Chinatown |
| 80 | The Chisholm Trail |
| 81 | Cielito Lindo |
| 82 | Clementine |
| 83 | Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (The Red, White and Blue) |
| 84 | Come Back to Erin |
| 85 | Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine (Up She Goes!) |
| 86 | Come,Thou Almighty King |
| 87 | Comin' Thro' the Rye |
| 88 | The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla) |
| 89 | La Cucaracha |
| 90 | Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine |
| 91 | Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow! |
| 92 | Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) |
| 93 | Danny Boy |
| 94 | Dardanella |
| 95 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball |
| 96 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady |
| 97 | Deck the Hall |
| 98 | Deep River |
| 99 | Dixie (Dixie's Land) |
| 100 | Dona Nobis Pacem |
| 101 | Down Among the Sheltering Palms |
| 102 | Down by the Old Mill Stream |
| 103 | Down by the Riverside |
| 104 | Down in Alabam' (Ain't I Glad I Got Out de Wilderness) |
| 105 | Down in My Heart |
| 106 | Down in the Valley |
| 107 | Down Where the Wurzburger Flows |
| 108 | Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill! |
| 109 | Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes |
| 110 | Dry Bones |
| 111 | East Side, West Side (The Sidewalks of New York) |
| 112 | Eency Weency Spider |
| 113 | The Erie Canal |
| 114 | Every Day Is Ladies' Day with Me |
| 115 | Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia |
| 116 | Ezekiel Saw the Wheel |
| 117 | Far Above Cayuga's Waters |
| 118 | The Farmer in the Dell |
| 119 | The First Nowell |
| 120 | The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring |
| 121 | Flow Gently, Sweet Afton |
| 122 | The Foggy, Foggy Dew |
| 123 | For He's a Jolly Good Fellow |
| 124 | For Me and My Gal |
| 125 | Forty-five Minutes from Broadway |
| 126 | Forty-nine Bottles |
| 127 | Frankie and Johnny |
| 128 | Frère Jacques |
| 129 | Froggie Went a-Courtin' |
| 130 | Funiculì, Funiculà |
| 131 | Get on Board, Little Children |
| 132 | Gimme That Old-Time Religion |
| 133 | The Girl I Left Behind Me |
| 134 | Git Along Home, Cindy |
| 135 | Give My Regards to Broadway |
| 136 | The Glow-Worm ("Glühwürmchen") |
| 137 | God of Our Fathers |
| 138 | Go Down, Moses (Let My People (Go) (Down in Egypt Land) |
| 139 | God Rest Ye Merry, Genglemen |
| 140 | God Save the King (Queen) |
| 141 | Goober Peas |
| 142 | Good-Bye! |
| 143 | Goodbye, Broadway! Hello, France! |
| 144 | Good Bye, My Lady Love |
| 145 | Goodbye, Old Paint |
| 146 | Good King Wenceslas |
| 147 | Goodnight, Ladies |
| 148 | Go Tell Aunt Rhody |
| 149 | Go, Tell It on the Mountain |
| 150 | Go 'Way f'om Mah Window |
| 151 | Grandfather's Clock |
| 152 | Greensleeves |
| 153 | Gypsy Love Song (Slumber On, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart) |
| 154 | Hail Columbia |
| 155 | Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here! |
| 156 | Hallelujah Chorus |
| 157 | Hand Me Down My Walking Cane |
| 158 | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |
| 159 | The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls |
| 160 | Harrigan |
| 161 | Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? |
| 162 | Havah Nagilah |
| 163 | Hello Central, Give Me Heaven |
| 164 | Hello! Ma Baby |
| 165 | He's Got the Whole World in His Hand |
| 166 | Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha) |
| 167 | Hindustan |
| 168 | Hinky dinky Parlay-Voo (Mademoiselle from Amentières) |
| 169 | The Holly and the Ivy |
| 170 | Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! |
| 171 | Home on the Range |
| 172 | Home! Sweet Home! |
| 173 | A Hot Time in the Old Town |
| 174 | How' Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?) |
| 175 | Hush, Little Baby |
| 176 | I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares fro Me) |
| 177 | I Am the Captain of the Pinafore |
| 178 | I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General |
| 179 | Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider |
| 180 | I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier |
| 181 | I'd Leave Ma Happy Home for You |
| 182 | I Don't Care |
| 183 | I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard |
| 184 | If I Had My Way |
| 185 | If You'll be M-I-N-E Mine |
| 186 | If You're Happy (And You Know It) |
| 187 | I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle) |
| 188 | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day |
| 189 | I Hear You Calling Me |
| 190 | I'll Fly Away |
| 191 | I'll Say She Does |
| 192 | I'll See You in C-U-B-A |
| 193 | I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen |
| 194 | I Love You So (Merry Widow Waltz) |
| 195 | I Love You Truly |
| 196 | I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark |
| 197 | I'll Always Chasing Rainbows |
| 198 | I'm Called Little Buttercup |
| 199 | I'm Falling in Love with Some One |
| 200 | I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles |
| 201 | I Might Be Your "Once-in-a-While" |
| 202 | Indiana |
| 203 | In My Merry Oldsmobile |
| 204 | In the Bleak Midwinter |
| 205 | In the Gloaming |
| 206 | In the Good Old Summertime |
| 207 | In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree |
| 208 | In the Sweet Bye and Bye |
| 209 | I Ride An Old Paint |
| 210 | I Saw Three Ships |
| 211 | Italian Street Song (Zing, Zing) |
| 212 | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear |
| 213 | It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary |
| 214 | I've Been Working on the Railroad |
| 215 | I've Got a Little List |
| 216 | I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now |
| 217 | I've Got Rings on My Fingers (Mubo Jumbo Jijjiboo J. O'Shea) |
| 218 | I've Got Sixpence |
| 219 | I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad) |
| 220 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now |
| 221 | Jacob's Ladder |
| 222 | Ja Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing!) |
| 223 | J'ai du Bon Tabac |
| 224 | The Japanese Sandman |
| 225 | Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair |
| 226 | Jesus Loves Me |
| 227 | Jim Crak Corn (The Blue Tail Fly) |
| 228 | Jingle Bells (One Horse Open Sleigh) |
| 229 | John Brown |
| 230 | John Henry |
| 231 | John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt |
| 232 | Johnny Get Your Gun |
| 233 | John Peel |
| 234 | Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho |
| 235 | Joy to the World |
| 236 | Judgment Day Is Rolling 'Round |
| 237 | Kalinka |
| 238 | The Kerry Dance |
| 239 | Kingdom Coming |
| 240 | K-K-K-Katy |
| 241 | Kookaburra |
| 242 | Kumbayah |
| 243 | Lavender's Blue |
| 244 | Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I'm in Love with You) |
| 245 | Let the Rest of the World Go By |
| 246 | Listen to the Mocking Bird |
| 247 | Little Annie Rooney |
| 248 | A Little Bit of Heaven (Shure They Call It Ireland) |
| 249 | The Little Brown Jug |
| 250 | Little 'Liza Jane |
| 251 | Loch Lomond |
| 252 | Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming |
| 253 | London Bridge |
| 254 | Londonderry Air |
| 255 | Lonesome Valley |
| 256 | Long, Long Ago |
| 257 | Looby Loo |
| 258 | Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses |
| 259 | Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight) |
| 260 | Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me) |
| 261 | Macnamara's Band |
| 262 | Macushla |
| 263 | Madelon (I'll Be True to the Whole Regiment) |
| 264 | Malbrouk s'en Va-t-en Guerre |
| 265 | (The Man on) The Flying Trapeze |
| 266 | The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo |
| 267 | Marching Through Georgia |
| 268 | Margie |
| 269 | The Marines' Hymn |
| 270 | La Marseillaise |
| 271 | Mary Had a Baby |
| 272 | Mary Had a Little Lamb |
| 273 | Maryland! My Maryland! |
| 274 | Mary's a Grand Old Name |
| 275 | Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground |
| 276 | Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis |
| 277 | Meet Me To-night in Dreamland |
| 278 | Memories |
| 279 | Michael Finnegan |
| 280 | Michael, Row the Boat Ashore |
| 281 | A Mighty Fortress Is Our God |
| 282 | Mighty Lak' a Rose |
| 283 | The Minstrel Boy |
| 284 | M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I |
| 285 | Missouri Waltz |
| 286 | Molly Malone (Cockles 'n' Mussels) |
| 287 | Molly, Put the Kettle On! |
| 288 | Moonlight Bay |
| 289 | M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me) |
| 290 | Mother Machree |
| 291 | Mother, Pin a Rose on Me |
| 292 | The Mulberry Bush |
| 293 | My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean |
| 294 | My Buddy |
| 295 | My Gal Sal (They Called Her Frivolous Sal) |
| 296 | My Heart's in the Highlands |
| 297 | My Hero |
| 298 | (My Luve Is Like) A Red, Red Rose |
| 299 | My Melancholy Baby |
| 300 | My Old Kentucky Home |
| 301 | My Wild Irish Rose |
| 302 | Nearer, My God, to Thee |
| 303 | Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems to Care) |
| 304 | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen |
| 305 | "O" (Oh!) |
| 306 | O Canada! |
| 307 | O Christmas Tree |
| 308 | O Come All Ye Faithful |
| 309 | O Come, O Com, Emmanuel |
| 310 | O God, Our Help in Ages Past |
| 311 | Oh, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie |
| 312 | Oh by Jingo! Oh by Gee! (You're the Only Girl for Me) |
| 313 | Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? |
| 314 | Oh, Dem Golden Slippers |
| 315 | Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning |
| 316 | Oh, How Lovely Is the Evening |
| 317 | O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) |
| 318 | Oh, Johnny Oh! |
| 319 | Oh, Promise Me! |
| 320 | Oh, Susanna |
| 321 | Oh, What a Pal Was Mary |
| 322 | Oh, Where, Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone? |
| 323 | Oh, Won't You Sit Down? |
| 324 | Oh, You Beautiful Doll |
| 325 | Old Black Joe |
| 326 | The Old Chisholm Trail |
| 327 | Old Dan Tucker |
| 328 | Old Folks at Home |
| 329 | The Old Grey Mare (The Whiffle Tree) |
| 330 | Old Hundred |
| 331 | Old Joe Clarke |
| 332 | Old King Cole |
| 333 | Old MacDonald Had a Farm |
| 334 | The Old Oaken Bucket |
| 335 | The Old Rugged Cross |
| 336 | O Little Town of Bethlehem |
| 337 | On a Sunday Afternoon |
| 338 | Once in Royal David's City |
| 339 | One More River |
| 340 | O No, John! |
| 341 | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away |
| 342 | On the Road to Mandalay |
| 343 | On Top of Old Smoky |
| 344 | Onward, Christian Soldiers |
| 345 | Oranges and Lemons |
| 346 | O Sole Mio! |
| 347 | Over There |
| 348 | Over the River and Through the Woods |
| 349 | Pick Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile |
| 350 | Paddle Your Own Canoe |
| 351 | Peg o' My Heart |
| 352 | Polly-Wolly-Doodle |
| 353 | Pop Goes the Weasel |
| 354 | Pretty Baby |
| 355 | A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody |
| 356 | Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet |
| 357 | Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girls Like You) |
| 358 | Rally 'Round the Flag |
| 359 | The Red River Valley |
| 360 | Red Wing (An Indian Intermezzo) |
| 361 | Reuben and Rashel |
| 362 | Rise and Shine |
| 363 | Roamin' in the Gloamin' |
| 364 | Rock-a-Bye, Baby |
| 365 | Rock-a-Bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody) |
| 366 | Rock-a My Soul |
| 367 | Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep |
| 368 | Rock of Ages |
| 369 | Roll, Jordan, Roll |
| 370 | Romany Life (Song à la Czardas) |
| 371 | The Rosary |
| 372 | The Rose of Tralee |
| 373 | Rose of Washington Square |
| 374 | Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) |
| 375 | Round Her Neck She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
| 376 | Row, Row, Row |
| 377 | Row, Row, row Your Boat |
| 378 | Fule, Britannia |
| 379 | The St. Louis Blues |
| 380 | Saint Patrick's Day |
| 381 | Sally in Our Alley |
| 382 | Santa Lucia |
| 383 | Scarborough Fair |
| 384 | Schnizelbank |
| 385 | School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids) |
| 386 | Shall We Gather at the River? |
| 387 | Shalom Chaverim |
| 388 | The Sheik of Araby |
| 389 | She Is More to Be Pitied Than Cencured |
| 390 | She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain |
| 391 | Shenandoah |
| 392 | Shew! Fly, Don't Bother Me |
| 393 | Shine On, Harvest Moon |
| 394 | Silent Night |
| 395 | Silver Threads among the Gold |
| 396 | Sing a Song of Sixpence |
| 397 | Skip to My Lou |
| 398 | Smiles |
| 399 | Smilin' Through |
| 400 | So Long, Mary |
| 401 | Somebody Stole My Gal |
| 402 | Some of These Days |
| 403 | Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child |
| 404 | Sourwood Mountain |
| 405 | Standin' in the Need of Prayer |
| 406 | The Star Spangled Banner |
| 407 | The Streets of New York |
| 408 | Sucking Cider Through a Straw |
| 409 | Sunbonnet Sue (Whan I Was a Kid So High) |
| 410 | Sur lePont d'Avignon |
| 411 | Sussex Carol |
| 412 | Swanee |
| 413 | Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart) |
| 414 | Sweet and Low |
| 415 | Sweet Betsy from Pike |
| 416 | The Sweetest Story Ever Told (Tell Me, Do You Love Me) |
| 417 | Sweet Genevieve |
| 418 | The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi |
| 419 | Sweethearts |
| 420 | Sweet Rosie O' Grady |
| 421 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
| 422 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game |
| 423 | Taps |
| 424 | Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay! |
| 425 | Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes |
| 426 | Ten Little Indians |
| 427 | Tenting on the Old Camp-Ground |
| 428 | There Is a Tavern in the Town |
| 429 | There's a Little Wheel a-Turning |
| 430 | There's a Long, Long Trail |
| 431 | They Didn't Believe Me |
| 432 | This Old Hammer |
| 433 | This Old Man |
| 434 | This Train |
| 435 | Three Blind Mice |
| 436 | Throw Him Down, McCloskey |
| 437 | Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger!) |
| 438 | Till the Clouds Roll By |
| 439 | Till We Meet Again |
| 440 | Tis the Last Rose of Summer |
| 441 | Tit-Willow |
| 442 | Tom Dooley |
| 443 | Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) |
| 444 | Tourelay, Tourelay |
| 445 | Toyland |
| 446 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine |
| 447 | Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! |
| 448 | Turkey in the Straw (Zip Coon) |
| 449 | The Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 450 | Twinkle, Twinke, Little Star |
| 451 | Under the Bamboo Tree |
| 452 | Up on the Housetop |
| 453 | Vilia |
| 454 | Vive la Compagnie (Viva l'Amour) |
| 455 | Wabash Cannon Ball |
| 456 | Waiting for the Robert E. Lee |
| 457 | Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie |
| 458 | Wal, I Swan (Ebenezer Frye) |
| 459 | Waltz Me Around Again, Willie ('Round, 'Round, 'Round) |
| 460 | A Wandering Minstrel I |
| 461 | Way Down Yonder in New Orleans |
| 462 | The Wayfaring Stranger |
| 463 | We Are Coming, Father Abra'am |
| 464 | The Wearing of the Green |
| 465 | We Gather Together (Prayer of Thanksgiving) |
| 466 | Were You There? |
| 467 | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
| 468 | We Wish You a Merry Chistmas |
| 469 | What Can We Do with a Drunken Sailor |
| 470 | What Child Is This? |
| 471 | When Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
| 472 | When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home |
| 473 | When I Was a Lad |
| 474 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again |
| 475 | When My Baby Smiles at Me |
| 476 | When the Saints Go Marching In |
| 477 | When You and I Were Young, Maggie |
| 478 | When You Were Sweet Sixteen |
| 479 | When You Were a Tulip (And I Wore a Big Red Rose) |
| 480 | Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid? |
| 481 | When the River Shannon Flows |
| 482 | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night |
| 483 | While Strolling in the Park One Day (The Fountain in the Park) |
| 484 | Whispering |
| 485 | White Coral Bells |
| 486 | Whoopee, Ti Yi Yo (Git Along, Little Dogies) |
| 487 | Who Throw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder? |
| 488 | Woodman, Spare That Tree |
| 489 | The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise |
| 490 | The Yama-Yama Man |
| 491 | Yankee Doodle |
| 492 | Yankee Doodle Boy |
| 493 | The Yellow Rose of Texas |
| 494 | Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay! |
| 495 | You'd Be Surprised |
| 496 | You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) |
| 497 | You're a Grand Old Flag |
| 498 | You're in the Army Now |
| 499 | Your Eyes Have Told Me So |
| 500 | You Said It! |
| 501 | You Tell Me Your Dream (I'll Tell You Mine) |
| 502 | Zum Gali Gali |