U.S. Folk Songs


Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow Traditional American .pdf format
Allentown Jail Irving Gordon .pdf format
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight Red River Dave McEnery .pdf format
Aunt Rhody (a.k.a. - "Go Tell Aunt Rhody") Traditional American .pdf format
The Ballad Of Casey Jones (a.k.a. "Casey Jones" (traditional versions)) T. Lawrence Seibert, Wallace Saunders & Eddie Newton .pdf format
Banks Of The Ohio Traditional American .pdf format
Beautiful Dreamer Stephen Foster .pdf format
Big Rock Candy Mountain (original version) Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock .pdf format
Big Rock Candy Mountain (Bowdlerized version) Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock & unknown lyricist .pdf format
Billy Boy Traditional American .pdf format
Billy In The Lowground Traditional .pdf format
Birds And Ships Woody Guthrie (attributed) .pdf format
The Blackest Crow (a.k.a. "My Dearest Dear" or "I Love You Well") Traditional American .pdf format
The Blue-Tail Fly (a.k.a. "Jimmy Crack Corn") Traditional American .pdf format
Blues Chase Up A Rabbit (a.k.a. "Blues Jumped A Rabbit", "Rabbit Blues", Jackrabbit Blues", "Cool Colorado" & "Rabbit-Foot Blues")) Traditional American .pdf format
The Boll Weevil (version 1) Traditional American .pdf format
The Boll Weevil (version 2) Traditional American .pdf format
The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn Traditional American .pdf format
Bread And Gravy Traditional American .pdf format
Bringing Mary Home John Duffy .pdf format
Buckeye Jim Traditional American .pdf format
Buffalo Gals (traditional version) Traditional American .pdf format
Buffalo Gals (Woody Guthrie version - a.k.a. "I Danced All Night With A Bottle In My Hand&") Traditional American .pdf format
Bury Me Beneath The Willows Traditional American(?) .pdf format
Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie (a.k.a. "A Cowboy's Lament") Oscar J. Fox .pdf format
Camptown Races Stephen Foster .pdf format
Catfish John Bob McDill & Allen Reynolds .pdf format
Cindy (a.k.a. "Get Along Home, Cindy") Traditional American .pdf format
Clementine (original version) Barker Bradford .pdf format
Clementine (more well-known version) Barker Bradford / Traditional Verses Author Unknown .pdf format
Columbus Stockade Eva Sagent & Jimmy Davis .pdf format
Cool Colorado (see - Blues Chase Up A Rabbit; a.k.a. "Blues Jumped A Rabbit", "Rabbit Blues", Jackrabbit Blues", & "Rabbit-Foot Blues")) Traditional American .pdf format
Copper Kettle Albert Frank Beddoe .pdf format
Cotton-Eyed Joe Traditional American .pdf format
Cruel Youth Traditional American .pdf format
The Cuckoo Traditional American .pdf format
Dancing Bear Traditional American .pdf format
Dark Hollow Traditional American .pdf format
Darling Corey Traditional American .pdf format
Dixie Traditional American .pdf format
Down In The Valley (original jail version) Traditional American .pdf format
Down In The Valley (later children's version) Traditional American .pdf format
Drill Ye Terriers Thomas F. Casey .pdf format
Engine 143 Traditional American .pdf format
Erie Canal Traditional American .pdf format
Follow The Drinking Gourd Traditional American .pdf format
The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band Bill Monroe .pdf format
Git Along Little Dogies (a.k.a. "The Night-Herding Song") Traditional American .pdf format
Good Old Mountain Dew - see Mountain Dew Traditional American .pdf format
Goodbye, Old Paint Traditional American .pdf format
Goober Peas Traditional American .pdf format
Greenback Dollar (Hoyt Axton / Ken Ramsey version) Traditional American .pdf format
Greenback Dollar (Clarence Ashley version) Traditional American .pdf format
Handsome Molly Traditional American .pdf format
Hard Times Come Again No More Stephen Foster .pdf format
Home On The Range (original 1876 version) Dr. Brewster Higley (1876) .pdf format
Home On The Range (1904 version) William and Mary Goodwin (1904) .pdf format
Home On The Range (1910 well-known version) John A. Lomax (1910) .pdf format
Home, Sweet Home Traditional American .pdf format
Hot Corn, Cold Corn Not Known .pdf format
How Mountain Girls Can Love Ruby Rakes .pdf format
I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) H. Payne .pdf format
I Danced All Night With A Bottle In My Hand see - Buffalo Gals Traditional American .pdf format
I Never Will Marry Traditional American .pdf format
I Ride An Old Paint Traditional American .pdf format
I'll Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - see Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Traditional American .pdf format
I've Been Working On The Railroad Traditional American .pdf format
I've Got No Use For Women Traditional American .pdf format
Jackrabbit Blues (see - Blues Chase Up A Rabbit; a.k.a. "Blues Jumped A Rabbit", "Rabbit Blues", "Cool Colorado", & "Rabbit-Foot Blues")) Traditional American .pdf format
Jennie Jenkins Traditional American .pdf format
Jesse James Traditional American .pdf format
John Henry Traditional American .pdf format
Jump Down, Turn Around Traditional American .pdf format
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Joel Newman & Paul Campbell .pdf format
Likes Likker Better Than Me Traditional American .pdf format
Little Brown Jug Traditional American .pdf format
Little Liza Jane Traditional American .pdf format
Little Maggie Traditional American .pdf format
Little Sadie Traditional American .pdf format
Little Sod Shanty Traditional American .pdf format
Lolly Too Dum Traditional American .pdf format
Lonesome Valley Traditional American .pdf format
Lord Of The Dance NOT Traditional! See Link. .pdf format
Morningtown Ride Traditional American .pdf format
Mountain Dew (a.k.a. "Good Old Mountain Dew", "The Real Old Mountain Dew") Traditional American .pdf format
My Old Kentucky Home Stephen Foster .pdf format
New River Train Traditional American .pdf format
The Night-Herding Song see - Git Along Little Dogies Traditional American .pdf format
Nine Hundred Miles Woody Guthrie .pdf format
Nine-Pound Hammer Traditional American .pdf format
North To Alaska Mike Phillips .pdf format
O Death (Ralph Stanley version) Traditional American .pdf format
O Death (Camper van Beethoven version) Traditional American .pdf format
Oats, Peas, Beans & Barley Grow Traditional .pdf format
Oh, Susanna Stephen Foster .pdf format
Old Blue Martha Lou Gaches & W. S. Stevenson .pdf format
The Old Chisholm Trail Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock .pdf format
Old Joe Clark Traditional American .pdf format
Old Shep Red Foley .pdf format
Old Slewfoot Edwin Manney, Howard Hausey & James Webb .pdf format
On Top Of Old Smokey Traditional American .pdf format
Once I Had A Sweetheart Traditional American .pdf format
Polly Wolly Doodle Traditional American .pdf format
Pony Boy Traditional American .pdf format
Poor Boy Traditional American .pdf format
Poor Wayfaring Stranger Traditional American .pdf format
Rabbit Blues or Rabbit-Foot Blues (see - Blues Chase Up A Rabbit; a.k.a. "Blues Jumped A Rabbit", "Jackrabbit Blues" or "Cool Colorado")) Traditional American .pdf format
Railroad Bill (Etta Baker version) Traditional American .pdf format
Railroad Bill (Bob Dylan version) Traditional American .pdf format
The Real Old Mountain Dew See - Mountain Dew Traditional American .pdf format
Red River Valley Traditional American .pdf format
The Riddle Song Traditional .pdf format
Rocky Top Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (1967) .pdf format
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms (a.k.a. "I'll Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms") Traditional American .pdf format
Roll On, Buddy Traditional American .pdf format
Rose Of Alabama Traditional American .pdf format
Rye Whiskey (a.k.a. "Jack Of Diamonds" & "I'm A Rambler, I'm A Gambler") Traditional American .pdf format
San Antonio Rose Bob Wills .pdf format
Shady Grove Traditional American .pdf format
She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain Traditional American .pdf format
Simple Gifts Traditional American .pdf format
Sixteen Tons Believed to be George S. Davis .pdf format
Soldier's Joy Traditional American .pdf format
The Strawberry Roan Traditional American .pdf format
The Streets Of Laredo Traditional American .pdf format
Sweet Betsy From Pike Traditional American .pdf format
Take This Hammer Traditional American .pdf format
Tom Dooley Traditional American .pdf format
Turkey In The Straw John Renfro Davis .pdf format
Uncle Pen Bill Monroe .pdf format
Union Train Traditional American .pdf format
Wabash Cannonball Traditional American .pdf format
Waist Deep In The Big Muddy Richard Shindell .pdf format
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key Woody Guthrie / Billy Bragg & Wilco .pdf format
Wednesday Night Waltz Traditional American .pdf format
When I First Came To This Land Traditional American .pdf format
Wildwood Flower A. P. Carter .pdf format
Willow Garden (a.k.a. "Down In The Willow Garden") Rose Connely .pdf format
Wreck Of The Old 97 Charles Noell & Henry Whitter .pdf format
Y'all Come Arleigh Duff .pdf format
The Yellow Rose Of Texas J. K. (1836) .pdf format




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