Thank you to all the Mudcatters that helped me collect all the old lyrics to make a songbook for my Granddad - I really appreciate you help! Grandad used to sing to all of us when we were children, and I owe almost every song I know (not that I can sing!) to him. These were a strange mix of traditional and folk songs, music-hall songs, popular tunes and soldier's songs, many of which we shouldn't have been singing at such a tender age! I fogot much of the words over time, and sadly so did Grandad, and one day I had the idea of researching them for him. With your help, the DT, and s few other sites, I managed to dig up the words to all the songs below, making a book of almost 200 pages. I live in London (UK), over 100 miles from my family in Norfolk, and was working in Sweden on Grandad's birthday, but I sent it to him in the post. Apparently he was quite overcome, and rather amazed at the amount of words we never knew (I certainly was) and he's been singing to all and sundry ever since!

Just in case anyone's interested, I was able to find all these songs that he taught to us :

AIN'T IT GREAT TO BE CRAZY? 1
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH) 2
ALOUETTE 3
AMAZING GRACE 4
ANNE BOLEYN 5
ANY OLD IRON 6
THE BALLAD OF JED CLAMPETT 7
BANKS O' LOCH LOMOND 8
BARBARA ALLEN (1) 9
BARBARA ALLEN (2) 11
BARBARA ELLEN (3) 13
BARBARA ALLEN (4) 15
BARBARA ALLEN (5) 17
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC 18
THE BATTLE OF JERICHO 19
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS 20
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN (1) 22
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN (2) 24
THE BLAYDON RACES 25
BLESS 'EM ALL 27
BOILED BEEF AND CARROTS 28
BOMBED LAST NIGHT 29
BOTANY BAY 30
A BOY NAMED SUE 31
BRING BACK MY JOHNNY TO ME 33
BRITISH GRENADIERS 34
BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON 35
CAMP GRANADA 36
CAMPTOWN RACES 37
CLEMENTINE (1) 38
CLEMENTINE (2) 39
COMING 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (1) 40
COMING 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (2) 40
COMIN THRO' THE RYE 41
COUNTRY ROADS 42
DADDY WOULDN'T BUY ME A BOW-WOW 43
DAHN THE PLUG'OLE 44
DAISY, DAISY (DAISY BELL, OR A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO) 45
DANCE TO YOUR DADDY (1) 46
DANCE TO YOUR DADDY (2) 47
O DANNY BOY 48
DIXIE LAND 49
DON'T DILLY DALLY (MY OLD MAN) 50
DON'T GO DOWN IN THE MINE, DAD 52
DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES 53
THE DRUNKEN SAILOR 54
EARLY ONE MORNING (1) 55
EARLY ONE MORNING (2) 56
ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDENS 57
ERNIE 58
THE FOX 60
FROGGY WENT A-COURTIN' 62
THE GAS-MAN COMETH 64
GOOD-BYE-EE 65
GREEN GROW THE RUSHES-O 66
LADY GREENSLEEVES (1) 67
LADY GREENSLEEVES (2) 69
HALLELUJAH! I'M A BUM 70
HANGING ON THE OLD BARBED WIRE 71
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN 72
HERE WE GO 'ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH 73
HOLE IN THE GROUND 74
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS SONG 75
HITLER HAS ONLY GOT ONE BALL 76
I DON'T WANT TO JOIN THE ARMY (1) 77
I DON'T WANT TO JOIN THE ARMY (2) 77
IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD 78
I'M HENERY THE EIGHTH I AM 79
I'M LEANING ON A LAMPPOST 80
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE 81
IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN 83
IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY 85
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD 86
I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS 87
I WENT TO THE PICTURES TOMORROW 87
JERUSALEM 88
JOHN PEEL 89
JIM CRACK CORN (1) 90
JIMMY CRACK CORN (BLUE-TAIL FLY) 91
JOHN BROWN'S BODY 92
JUMP DOWN, TURN AROUND, PICK A BALE OF COTTON 93
K-K-K-KATY 94
KISS ME GOOD-NIGHT, SERGEANT-MAJOR 95
KNEES UP MOTHER BROWN 96
THE LAMBTON WORM 97
LAVENDER'S BLUE 99
LAZYBONES 101
LILLI MARLENE 102
LILY THE PINK (1) 103
LILY THE PINK (2) 104
LONDONDERRY AIR 105
MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIERES 106
THE MERMAID (1) 108
THE MERMAID (2) 109
THE MERMAID (3) 110
THE MERMAID (4) 111
THE MERMAID (5) 112
THE MERMAID (6) 113
MICHAEL FINNEGAN 114
MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT 114
MOLLY MALONE (COCKLES AND MUSSELS) 115
MONDAY'S CHILD IS FAIR OF FACE 116
MORNING HAS BROKEN 117
MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN 118
MY BOOMERANG WON'T COME BACK 119
MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN 121
NELLIE DEAN 123
NELLIE THE ELEPHANT 124
NEVER MIND 125
A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE 126
NUTS IN MAY 128
OH I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE 129
OH IT'S A LOVELY WAR! 130
OH SUSANNA 131
ON ILKLA MOOR BAHT HAT 132
ONE FINE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 133
ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO 134
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY 135
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES 136
PADDY MCGINTY'S GOAT 137
THE PARACHUTIST SONG 140
PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON 141
PUTTING ON THE STYLE 142
PUT YOUR SHOES ON LUCY 143
THE QUARTERMASTER'S STORES 144
RIGHT SAID FRED 145
ROLL OUT THE BARREL
(BEER BARREL POLKA, OR ROSAMUNDE) 147
THE RUNAWAY TRAIN 148
RUN RABBIT 150
SCARBOROUGH FAIR (1) 151
SCARBOROUGH FAIR (2) 152
SHE SAT ON A HILLSIDE 153
SHE WAS POOR BUT SHE WAS HONEST 154
SHORT'NIN' BREAD 155
SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME (1) 156
SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME (2) 156
SIDE BY SIDE 157
THE SIEGFRIED LINE 158
SKIP TO MY LOU 159
THE SKYE BOAT SONG 160
SPANISH LADIES (FAREWELL AND ADIEU) 161
THE SUN HAS GOT HIS HAT ON 162
SWEET VIOLETS (1) 163
SWEET VIOLETS (2) 164
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT 165
THERE'S A HOLE IN MY BUCKET 166
THERE IS A TAVERN IN THE TOWN 167
THREE OLD LADIES 168
TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN 169
TOM PIERCE (WIDDICOMBE FAIR) 170
THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE 171
TWO LITTLE BOYS 172
TWO LOVELY BLACK EYES 173
UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES 173
WABASH CANNONBALL 174
WALTZING MATILDA 175
WHITER THAN THE WHITEWASH 176
WHEN FATHER PAPERED THE PARLOUR 176
WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME AGAIN 178
WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN 179
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN 180
WHEN THIS BLOODY WAR IS OVER (2) 181
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT 182
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE 182
WHISKEY IN THE JAR 183
WILD COLONIAL BOY 184
THE WILD ROVER 185
WILL YOU STOP YOUR TICKLING JOCK 186
A WINDMILL IN OLD AMSTERDAM 187
THE WRAGGLE-TAGGLE GYPSIES 188
YANKEE DOODLE 190
YES! WE HAVE NO BANANAS 192
YOU'LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN 193

UNKNOWN FRAGMENTS 196
There were RC's, C of E's
My Mother Said
More Work For The Undertaker

I'd be more than happy to post anything from this lot that anyone wants!

The last 3 titles aren't complete, but here's what I was able to find :


There were RC's

There were RC's, C of E's
The medics and the Infantry
The Sargeant, the Brigadier
And Mademoiselle from Armentiers
Inky, pinky, parlez-vous

There were Burmese, Singhalese
Chinese and Japanese,
Norfolk's and the Grenadiers
And the Lancashire Fusiliers
Inky, pinky, parlez-vous


My Mother Said

My mother said, I never should
play with the gypsies in the wood;
If I did, she would say,
'Naughty girl to run away.'

My mother said, I never should
Play with the gypsies in the wood.
And if I did, she would say:
"Naughty little girl to disobey."


More Work For The Undertaker

Sambo had an auntie, an auntie very rich,
One day she said to Sambo, "I'l give you two-and-six."
Sambo feeling thirsty, went inside a shop;
Six Lemonades, Two Ginger Beers and Sambo went off, Pop!

Cho: More work for the undertaker,
Another little job for the tombstone maker,
There in the local cemet'ry,
On a tombstone you will see;
"Sambo, V.C." (or "Sambo, the brave and free")

Sambo had an auntie, an auntie very poor,
One day she said to Sambo, "Go and clean the floor."
Sambo feeling tired, tried to go to bed,
Tried to climb the bannister and fell down on his head! (Crash! Bang!)

Maybe part of –

Now listen to the tale I'm going to tell you.
You'll laugh until you feel you want some breath,
For people often think it very funny
When you tell them of a vi-hi-o-lent death!

More work for the Undertaker,
Another little job for the Tombstone Maker,
At the local cem-e-tary they've
Been very, very busy on a brand new grave:
He won't be cold this winter!

History : Music Hall song sung by the late T.E. Dunville, circa 1890.


Thank you all so much for your help, in enabling me to give Grandad a Happy Birthday!

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