If we're going to collect whippoorwill songs, I suppose we ought to start by listing the ones that are already posted at Mudcat:


THE MOUNTAIN WHIPPOORWILL, words by Stephen Vincent Benet, done as a song by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and some others.

WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE WHIPPOORWILL TO SING

WHIP-POOR-WILL a.k.a. HARK THE WHIPPOORWILL collected in the Ozarks, 1942.

WHIPPOORWILL (SING TO ME) by John Graves of Shreveport, La.

WHIPPOORWILL SONG from Patsy Stoneman: "O list' (whippoorwill) his song (whippoorwill)..."

CRY OF THE WHIPPOORWILL by Rhonda Vincent & Terry Herd: "Now listen close and you can hear..."

THE FIRST WHIPPOORWILL by Bill Monroe: "Springtime is near, my darling...."

WHIP-POOR-WILL'S SONG by Harrison Millard: "Oh, meet me when daylight is fading" (Sorry, Melissa!)


p.s. I omitted several songs that merely mention whippoorwills but aren't principally about whippoorwills, and don't have "whippoorwill" in the title.