And no locks on the doors. -- Rogers, "Sailors Rest"
The cutty stool and cradle O. -- "The Reel of Stumpie"
And children at their mothers' knees are pulling at the weeds -- "We Are Coming, Father Abraham"
She makes a small hole in the frost on the window -- Kaldor, "Bird on a Wing"
Que je me souviens d'eux -- Gerin-LaJoie, "Un Canadien Errant"
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn -- McDill, "Catfish John"
And pass as light by him as he can by me -- "The Cuckoo"
First flower of their wilderness, star of their night -- Gilman, "Fair Harvard"
I'd walk on down that silver lane -- Tawney, "Grey Funnel Line"
In the dead of winter, if springtime never comes -- Ellis, "Hot Buttered Rum"
We scarce break our fast ere we think how we dine -- "The Housewife's Lament"
Since love is lord of heaven and earth -- "How Can I Keep from Singing"
Tie my bones to his back, turn our faces to the west -- I Ride an Old Paint
When I could have turned to watch you instead -- Malvina Reynolds, "I Wish You Were Here"
I wisht Josiah an' me was back, a-workin' hard an' all. -- Winslow, "In Sugaring Time"
Sometimes I take a great notion -- Leadbelly, "Irene, Good Night"
Schon rief der Posten, Sie blasen Zapfenstreich -- Leip, "Lili Marleen"
Tonight there'll be but three -- "Mary Hamilton"
He was born on land, but he sure enjoys the skies -- von Schmidt, "My Love Come Rolling Down
Non, je ne regrette rien. -- Vaucaire, do.
While my hands are steady, while my eyes are good -- Cody, "The Old Figurehead Carver"
I'm tired of living and scared of dying -- Hammerstein, "Old Man River"
Goodnight, and joy be with you all -- "The Parting Glass"
Your face will shine through all our tears -- Seeger, "Precious Friend"
A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys -- Yarrow & Lipton, "Puff, the Magic Dragon"
Daddy, come quick! A big kitty, que gatito grande! -- Hammond, "San Carlos"
Married girl, married girl, she rocks the cradle and cries. -- Carter, "Single Girl, Married Girl"
This morning, this evening, so soon. -- "Tell Old Bill"
While my woman hollers like my mammy did. -- "Tennessee"
There were masts and yards and broken spars -- Delf, "Threescore and Ten"
Raise your glass to the pleasures that pass -- Raskin, "Time, Gentlemen, Time"
Let the 2:19 ease my troubled mind. -- Jones, "Trouble in Mind"
I'm going there to meet my mother -- "Wayfaring Stranger"
Oh, when will we ever learn -- Seeger, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone"
And overside I heard him call my name. -- Rogers, "White Squall"