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1975 – 2014 song index


Song Title Composer/s Publication Year/s
First line of song

24 Robbers Peter Butler 1993


Not last night but the night before ...

59th St. Bridge Song [Feelin' Groovy], The Paul Simon 1977, 1985
Slow down, you move too fast, you got to make the morning last …

A Beautiful Morning Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati 2010


It's a beautiful morning…

A Canine Christmas Concerto Traditional/May Kay Beall 2009


On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

A Long Straight Line G Porter & T Curtan 2006


Jack put down his lister shears to join the welders and engineers

A New Day is Dawning James Masden 2012


The first rays of sun touch the ocean, the golden rays of sun touch the sea.

A Wallaby in My Garden Matthew Hindson 2007


There's a wallaby in my garden…

A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) Words by Tim Rice & music by Alan Menken 2006
I can show you the world.

A Wombat on a Surfboard Louise Perdana 2014


I was sitting on the beach one day when I saw a funny figure heading my way.

A.E.I.O.U. Brian Fitzgerald, additional words by Lorraine Milne 1990


I can't make my mind up- I don't know what to do.

Aba Daba Honeymoon Arthur Fields & Walter Donaldson 2000


"Aba daba ... -" said the chimpie to the monk.

ABC Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy & Deke Richards 2003
You went to school to learn girl, things you never, never knew before.

Abiyoyo Traditional Bantu 1994


Abiyoyo ... yo yo yo yo yo yo

Absolutely Everybody Mark Holden, James Ingram & Anthony Hicks 2005, 2014
Absolutely everybody, absolutely everybody. Everybody needs a little loving.

Achim Baram Traditional Korean 1997


Achim baram chan baram ae ulgo ganun jau girogi uri ...

Achy Breaky Heart Don von Tress 1995


You can tell the world you never was my girl ...

Addams Family Vic Mizzy 2007


They're creepy and they're kooky- mysterious and spooky ...

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First line of song

Addams Family, The [TV medley] Vic Mizzy 1994


They're creepy and they're kooky- mysterious and spooky ...

Advance Australia Fair Peter Dodds McCormick 1991, 2012


Australians all let us rejoice for we are young and free…

After the Night Richard Digance 1988


I'm sitting here wondering what will become of me …

Agadoo Symile, Delancray & Peram 1986


Agadoo doo doo, push pineapple, shake the tree.

Age of Reason Todd Hunter & Johanna Pigott 2002


From the day that we were born we've been heading down a track …

Ah! Poor Bird Traditional 1984


Ah, poor bird, take thy flight, far above the sorrows of this sad night.

Ai-Bolubolum Traditional 2007


Ai bolubolum, vai bolubolum

Ain't Gonna Grieve My Lord No More Traditional 1982


Oh, you can't get to heaven in a rockin' chair …

Ain't No Mountain High Enough N Ashford & V Simpson 2006


Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough

Ain't She Sweet Jack Yellen & Milton Ager 1981


Ain't she sweet? See her coming down the street!

Air Brian Simmons 1975


Have you been to the city and smelt the city smells?

Air Rock re'nre' Roll Band Unknown 1992


You don't even need to know how to play ...

Albatross Murray Lennox 2001, 2014


Soaring majestically on outspread wing- riding the thermals ...

Alexander's Ragtime Band Irving Berlin 1979, 1989


Come on and hear … Alexander's Ragtime Band …

Alfred Anonymous 1999


Have you ever been down a water spout ...

Algy Met a Bear Traditional Rhyme 2002


Algy met a bear …

Alice Traditional camp song 1993


"Alice- where are you going?"- "Upstairs to take a bath."

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First line of song

All Day Singing Traditional 1982


All day singing … supper's on the ground …

All in the Same Boat Rhonda Macken 2004


I am the captain! You all must listen to me.

All My Trials Traditional African-American 1978


If religion was a thing that money could buy …

All Night, All Day Traditional African-American 1975, 1995


All night, all day, angels watching over me my Lord.

All Things Bright and Beautiful Cecil Frances Alexander & William H Monk 1979, 1985
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small …

All Those Years Janet Swain 2003


If I could take one thing from you, in all the time I've spent with you.

Alley Oop Dallas Frazier 1991


There's a man in the funny papers we all know.

Alligator's Old Top Hat, The Evan Jones 1982


Once upon a time, such a long time ago, when the sky was green, not blue ..

Along Came Jones Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller 1995


I flopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel Two ...

Along the Bumpy Road Louise Pettinger 1995


Along the bumpy road- wheels thunder by.

Along The Road to Gundagai Jack O'Hagen 1981, 1993


There's a track winding back to an old-fashioned shack …

Amazing Grace Traditional American melody, words by John Newton 1976


Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!

Amazing World David Yazbek 1998


When I woke up on Saturday morning- I didn't want to open my eyes ...

Amen Traditional African-American 1993


Amen ... See the baby- lying in the manger ...

Amigos Para Siempre Andrew Lloyd Weber & Don Black 2004
I don't have to say a word to you.

An Easter Round Elinor Bazdar [round] 1984


Let's rejoice it's Easter time, can't you hear the church bells chime ...

An Ordinary Dog Lorraine A Milne 1981


It looked like an ordinary dog, on the day it was presented to me …

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Ancient Mother Tradtional 2009


Ancient Mother, I hear you calling.

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda Eric Bogle 1983, 1989, 2014
When I was a young man, I carried a pack, and lived the life of a rover.

And They March Phil Paviour 1999


It's said that those who will grow old ...

Andy's Gone with Cattle Music traditional, words by Henry Lawson 1975
Our Andy's gone with cattle now, our hearts are out of order.

Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional 1985


Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains …

Animal Collective, The Lorraine A Milne 1989


When you put a bunch of animals together …

Annual Thing, The Jon Madin 2000


January- February- March- April- May- June and July.

Another Fall of Rain Traditional 1978, 2010


Oh, the weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more …

Another Op'nin', Another Show Cole Porter 2006


Another op'ning, another show…

Antonio Laura E Richards & Elaine Hempton 1982


Antonio, Antonio, was tired of living alonio …

Any Dream Will Do [Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd
Webber 1976, 1981, 1994
I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain, to see for certain what I thought I knew …

Anything You Can Do Irving Berlin 2009


I'm superior, you're inferior, I'm the big attaction, you're the small

Apusski Dusky Traditional 1980, 1986


In middle ocean, sardines are swimming …

Aquarius [Hair medley] James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Galt MacDermot 1983, 1998
When the moon is in the seventh house …

Arafura Pearl Kathleen Mills 2011


On the north coast of Australia….

Arkansas Traveller, The Traditional American 1977, 1983


Oh, once upon a time in Arkansas, an old man sat in his little cabin door …

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Arnhem Land Lullaby Mununggu & Ted Egan 1976, 1987


Goodnight little children, time to go to bed …

A-Roving Traditional sea shanty 1977, 1983


In Amsterdam there lived a maid, mark well what I say …

As I Swam Down to Breakfast Michael Dennis Browne & David Lord 1996
As I swam down to breakfast I stumbled on a rock ...

Asmar Traditional Kurdish 2004


Khom Kermanshani yaarom Ghasriya.

A-Soalin' Paul Stookey, Tracy Batteaste & Elena Mezzetti 1975, 1989
Heigh ho, nobody home, meat nor drink, nor money I have none …

At the Codfish Ball Lew Pollack & Sidney Mitchell 1980, 1988
Come along and follow me, to the bottom of the sea.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes John Debello 2010


Attack of the killer tomatoes…

Atti Dai Traditional 2010


Atti Daioh Yo voye dit moin…

Auld Lang Syne Traditional 2003


Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?

Aunt Maggie's Remedy Formby & Latta 1980


Now, there's all sorts of remedies that you can buy …

Aussie Bar-B-Que Song, The Eric Bogle 1990


When the summer sun is shinin' on Australia's happy land ...

Aussie Jingle Bells Colin Buchanan 1994


Dashing through the bush in a rusty Holden ute ...

Australia Changing Jon McIntosh 1996


Australia was born on the back of the sheep ...

Australia Hooray Peter Combe 1983


Thirty-nine in the shade, take a glass, lemonade …

Australian National Anthem (in the Dharawal language) Dr Jaky Troy 2003
Nyini Australia gal budjari garibarrayini budjari buriga budjari …

Autumn Leaves Traditional, music by Peter Butler 1998


Whirling and twirling the leaves fall down.

Ay Ya Zahn Traditional Lebanese 2000


Ay ya zahn ay ya zahn ay ya zahn el a berdeen. Yah whir ya whir in ...

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First line of song

Ayelevi Traditional Ghanese 2001


Ayelevi me kulo mido papa A yele. Ah mido papa A yele.

Baby Face Harry Akst & Benny Davis 2002


Baby Face! You've got the cutest little baby face!

Baby Sardine Spike Milligan, P Wooding & J Wild 1998


A baby sardine saw her first submarine ...

Babylon Traditional 1979, 1986


By the waters, the waters of Babylon …

Back in the Saddle Again [Wild West medley] Ray Whitley & Gene Autry 1997
I'm back in the saddle again- out where a friend is a friend ...

Back of a Crocodile Traditional 2009


Oh, she sailed away on a sunny summer day…

Back to Love J Kincaid 2003


Yeah, yeah yeah yeah. Hey, yeah. It seems to me that we don't always get along.

Back to Yarrawonga Neil MacBeath 1993


I'm going back again to Yarrawonga.

Bad Hair Day Grant Ward 2009


Dear style Guru give me some advice!

Bad Weather Christos Karpathakis 2010


It’s raining outside, it's raining outside.

Baghdad Peter Combe 1988


Where's your bag, Dad, your bag? You left your bag, Dad, in Baghdad.

Bahay Kubo Traditional 2006


Bahay kubo kahit munti.

Balibo Traditional African 1993, 2006


Balibo conga may zamee ee ah oh sa sa sa conga may ...

Ball Bearing Bird, The Will Pryor 2001


Oh what a hey- what a my- what a bird it is.

Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, The Mitch Murray & Peter Callander 1986
Bonnie and Clyde were pretty lookin' people, but I can tell you people they were devil's children.

Ballin' the Jack Jim Burris & Chris Smith 1987


First you put your two knees close up tight …

Balloon Song Keith McDonald 1985


How would you like to be up on the wind with me …

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First line of song

Banana Traditional Torres Strait Islander 2003


Banana, banana. Tupa eyea, tupa rearea, patia eyea …

Bang a Boomerang Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Bjorn Ulvaeus 2010
Making somebody happy is a question of give and take.

Banuwa Traditional Liberian 1995


Banuwa ... yo ... No-neh-ni-no la ...

Barbara Ann Fred Fassert 1994


Bar-bar-bar- Bar-barbara Ann ... Take my hand Bar-bara Ann ...

Bare-legged Joe W Miller 1980


Bare-legged Joe knows the curlew's cry …

Barn Dance, The Tom T. Hall 1991


Last night while I was sleeping- something awakened me.

Barnyard Hocket Traditional English 1980


Why doesn't my goose sing as well as your goose …

Basin Street Blues Spenser Williams 2008


Won't you come along with me?

Basketball Rap, The Phillip Splitter 1997


Let's dunk- let's jam- let's ally oop.

Bat Fly Fatcat & Fishface 2013


I like eating guano from a short-tailed bat…

Batman Shimmy Peter Butler & Kathy Roberts 2009


Shimy, shimy, shimmy, shimmy…

Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe & William Steffe 1976
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord …

Be Back Soon Lionel Bart 1976


You can go but be back soon. You can go, but while you're working …

Be Kind to Your Parents Harold Rome 2008


Be kind to your parents, though they don't deserve it.

Be True Rhonda Macken & Kris Macken 2001


Sometimes I find a quiet place where all my thoughts can be free.

Bear Hunt Edna Doll & Mary Jarman Nelson 1993


Let's go on a bear hunt! I'm not scared ...

Beatles Medly John Lennon & Paul McCartney 2007


We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club ban we hope that you will enjoy the show.

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First line of song

Beautiful Carole King 2010


You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face..

Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken & Howard Ashman 2008
Tale as old as time, true as it can be.

Because They're Cute Christopher Hoyne 2011


We thing mums are really nice…

Beep Beep Donald Claps & Carl Ciccihetti 1981, 1993


While riding in my Cadillac, what to my surprise …

Bees David Minchin 1985


Bees aren't very friendly, and I'll tell you why it's so …

Behold That Star Traditional 1994


Behold that star ... up yonder! ... It is the star of Bethlehem!

Behold the Lord High Executioner WS Gilbert & A Sullivan 1975


Behold the Lord High Executioner!

Being Here Graeme Connors 2002


I have walked a long- hard road to be here …

Believe It or Not Stephen Geyer & Mike Post 1986, 2007


Look at what's happened to me; I can't believe it myself.

Best Disco in Town Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Phillip Hurtt 2005
It's the best disco in town. Number one in disco sound.

Best Years of Our Lives David Jaymes & Geoffrey Deane 2004
I get such a thrill when you look in my eyes.

Better Than Butler, Wiltshire & John 2012


All you want is, what what you can have…

Big Bad Banksia Men Rhonda Macken 2001


Run- run- run for your life! We'll capture you whether day or night.

Big Bad Bushranger Bob Brown 1994, 2012


Out in the bush where the kookaburras fly ...

Big Black Hat, The Rolf Harris 1981


I met a man the other day, and he was dressed in a very strange way …

Big Ted Robin Williamson 1975, 1979


Big Ted's dead. He was a great old pig.

Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell 1997


They paved paradise- put up a parking lot ...

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First line of song

Bigger isn't Better Cy Coleman & Michael Steward 2006


My success should open up your eyes...

Bike Malcolm Myer 2013


Push on a pedal, push on a pedal…

Bill Jinks Alex Hood 1983


There's a sailor bold on the Murray-oh, who's sailed the world around …

Billy of Tea Traditional 1992


You can talk of your whisky and talk of your beer ...

Billy Tea Traditional 2013


You can talk of your whisky and talk of your beer…

Bindii Rap, The Rhonda Macken 1999


Will I walk? Want to hide from the spiky bindii?

Birthday John Lennon & Paul McCartney 2011


You say it's your birthday, its my birthday too yeah…

Black Fella, White Fella Neil Murray & George Djilaynga 1997
Black fella- white fella- it doesn't matter what your colour ...

Black Socks Traditional 2001


Black socks- they never get dirty. The longer you wear them ...

Black Velvet Band, The Traditional 1977, 1988


In the grand old city of London, apprentice to trade I was bound …

Blah Blah Blah George & Ira Gershwin 2000


I've written you a song- a beautiful routine- I hope you like it.

Blame It on the Boogie Jackson-Rich, Krohn, Jackson-Clark, Meyer & Kampschroer 2002
My baby's always dancing and it wouldn't be a bad thing …

Blame it on the Kellys Shel Silverstein 1986


Someone stole old Banyon's pig, blame it on the Kellys.

Blame It on the Poltergeist Lorraine Milne 1991


What do you say when they say "Who did it?"

Blood! Katherine Dines 2003


Dracula threw a party to show all his friends a good fright.

Blow the Man Down Traditional sea shanty 1991


Blow the man down- bullies- blow the man down ...

Blow the Man Down Traditional, arranged by John Kane 2008


Come all ye young fellows that follow the sea.

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First line of song

Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan 1980, 1976 [words only]


How many roads must a man walk down, before they call him a man?

Blue Moon L Hart & R Rogers 2005


Blue moon, you saw me standing alone.

Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins 1991, 1999


Well it's a one for the money- two for the show ...

BMX Rider Judy Irwig 1988


Take a look, take a look at me. What do you see, tell me, what do you see?

Bo the Banjo Man Seona McDowell 1986


A figure old and dusty, once his fingers were long and thin.

Boa Constrictor Shel Silverstein 1982


I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor …

Body Jive, The Julie Henninger 1995


Come on everybody- let's step in time ...

Body Talk Gillian Eastoe 2002


Oh I can make my tummy go ... especially in the summertime …

Boneyard Rap Wes McGee 2013


This is the rhythm of the boneyard rap…

Bonjour, Mes Amis Traditional French 1999


Bonjour mes amis- bonjour.

Boo! (A Round of Spooks) Rhonda Macken 1999, 2014


Wa ... doo ... ssh ... oooo ha ha ha ha ha ...

Boppin' the Blues C Perkins & H Griffin 1987


Hot and cold shivers up and down your spine …

Boris and Felicia Rhonda Macken 2010


I am Felicia, a feline magnificent

Born in Bethlehem J Phillips & B Weissman 1991


Little baby born in Bethlehem- yes he was ...

Boss of Me John Flansburgh & John Linnell 2003


Yes, no, maybe. I don't know. Can you repeat the question?

Botany Bay Traditional 1983, 1985


Farewell to old England forever, farewell to my rum culls as well …

Bound for South Australia Traditional 1979, 1984, 2001


In South Australia I was born ... heave away, haul away ...

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Boy Stood in the Supper Room, The Traditional 2002


The boy stood in the supper room …

Boy Stood on the Burning Deck, The Traditional 2000


The boy stood on the burning deck …

Boys from the Bush Garth Porter & Lee Kernaghan 2002
Been shearin' sheep- we've been mustering stock …

Brahms Lullaby Johannes Brahms 1990


Lullaby- O lullay- sleep soft till the day ...

Brave Hearts Sean Peter 2005


Being a brave heart is sharing stories. Being a brave heart is showing how I feel.

Brave Topolini Words by J E Edwards 1985


Crowding the streets of Roma, motorcar chariots go by …

Bravo Bravissimo Traditional 2012


Bravo, bravo, bravo, bravissimo!

Breakaway Bridget Benenate, Avril Lavigne & Matthew Gerrard 2007


Grew up in a small town and when the rain would fall dow, I just stared out my window.

Breaths Diop & Barnwell 1992


Listen more often to things than to beings ...

Bridge Building Man Rick Price & Heather Field 1999


Hey oh! ... Ev'ry morning with the rising of the sun ...

Bright Eyes Mike Batt 1991


Is it a kind of dream floating out on the tide ...

Bring Night Sia Furler & Gregory Kurstin 2013


Bring night, bring the night on.

Brisbane Ladies Traditional 1986


Farewell and adieu to you Brisbane ladies …

Brother Sun Rhonda Macken 1997


Day awakens- the earth is light ...

Brothers Came to Egypt, The [Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat medley] Tim Rice & Andrew
Lloyd Webber 1994
Back in Canaan the future looked rough.

Brown Skin Baby Robert James Randall 1999


A young stockman used to ride a quiet pony round the countryside.

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Brown Slouch Hat George Wallace 2004


There is a symbol, we love and adore it.

Brumby Jack Alex Hood 1977, 1982


See the dust cloud on the plain, hear the sound like falling rain …

Brush, Brush, Brush Peter Gosling 1983


Up and down with your brush, brush, brush …

Bubble Gum Jon McIntosh 1997


Bubble gum ... I pay money to buy some.

Bugs and Beetles Franciscus Henri 1990


Bugs and beetles in my garden- oh what horror- oh what dread!

Buka Pintu Traditional Javanese 2001


Buka pintu- buka pintu Ada anjing gong-gong betaé ...

Bullocky-O Cyril Duncan 1975


I draw for Speckle's Mill, bullocky-O, bullocky-O …

Bullocky-O Traditional 1992


I draw for Speckle's Mill- bullocky-O- bullocky-O ...

Bunyip, The Morva Cogan 1977


Tap us a song with your little tapping stick …

Buon Giorno Traditional Italian [round] 1975


A cold and frosty morning, buon giorno, buon giorno …

Buon Giorno Traditional Italian [round] 1978


Buon giorno mia cara bambina.

Bush Dance, The Rhonda Macken 1996


Take your partner by the hand ...

Bush Night Doug Kennedy 1985


Smoke curls up around the old gum tree trunk …

Bush Night Song Richard Baylis & William G James 1977


Where the golden wattles rise, up to the purple skies …

Busking Bunyip Louise Pettinger 1997


If walking through the bush one day there's music in the air ...

By the Light of the Silvery Moon [Soft Shoe medley] Gus Edwards & Edward Madden 1996
By the light of the silvery moon- I want to spoon ...

C.C. Hop, The Lorraine A Milne 1989


Do the Capital City hop. We won't rest until we drop.

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Cakaros Traditional Torres Strait Islander 1999


Cakaros e run untup my hand- Kempoera tag e.

Calypso John Denver 1978


To sail on a dream, on a crystal-clear ocean …

Calypso Jan Holdstock 1996


Any time you need a calypso here is what you must do.

Calypso Canon Malcolm Glynn 1996


This is a calypso canon (the type that you sing- not fire!)

Calypso Carol M A Perry & S K Coates 1980


See him a-lying on a bed of straw …

Calypso Noel Gordon Krunnfuscz 1977


Doo dit doo … Sing we Noel, sing we joyously …

Camel Train to Yamba John Williamson 2009


Ev'ry Christmas holidays my father drove a camel train.

Cameron's Farm Dave Clark 1982


Cameron had a funny little farm, about as big as your arm …

Candy Man Traditional 1999


Candy Man ... Salty Dog ... If ya gonna be my Candy Man ...

Canoe Song Traditional 1993


My paddle's keen and bright ...

Can't Help But Wonder Tom Paxton 1987


It's a long and dusty road, it's a hot and heavy load …

Carol of the Birds John Wheeler & William G James 1985, 1987, 2012, 2014
Out on the plains, the brolgas are dancing …

Carra Barra Wirra Canna Morva Cogan 1977, 1983


There's a lake in South Australia, little lake with lovely name …

Carrion Crow Traditional 1988


Carrion crow sat upon an oak, with a ling dong dilly dong kiromee.

Cartoon Heroes Claus Noreen & Soren Rasted 2009


We are what we're supposed to be, illusions of your fantasy.

Castle On a Cloud Boublil, Kretzmer, Natel & Schonberg 1998


There is a castle on a cloud- I like to go there in my sleep.

Cat and the Mouse Carol, The Ted Hutchinson 1983


Said the cat to the mouse, in their dark little house …

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Cat Came Back, The Traditional 1981, 1998


Now, old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own …

Catalpa, The Traditional Australian 1978, 1987


A noble whale-ship and commander, called the Catalpa, they say ...

Catch a Falling Star Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss 1981, 1995
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away.

Caterpillar Jeffery Leask 1989


Caterpillar, blue and green, do you think you can't be seen?

Celebration R Bell, D Thomas, E Toon, R Mickens, J Taylor, G Brown & C Smith 2009
Celebrate good times, come on.

Chanukah Oh Chanukah Traditional 2009


Chanukah, oh chanukah, come light the menorah.

Chanukah, Chanukah Susie Davies & Phil Splitter 1998


Chanukah- Chanukah- festival of light ...

Charcoal Annie Jim Low 2011


Charcoal Annie's moving down the track…

Charlie Chaplin Went to France Traditional 2007


Charlie Chaplin Went to France

Chattanooga Choo Choo Mack Gordon & Harry Warren 1979, 1984
Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?

Che-Che-Kule Eddie Quansah 2000


Che che koolay ... che che kofee sa ... kofee sa langa ... kata chee ...

Cheese Apples Peter Merrill 2001


Cheese apples- I feel grape. Ev'rything's just peachy keen ...

Cheki, Morena! Traditional Puerto Rican 1998


Cheki morena cheki. ¡Jue! ¿Que a donde esta ese ritmo caramba ...

Chester Traditional 1994


Chester- have you heard about Harry?

Chiapanecas Traditional Mexican 1975


Down in Mexico, joyous Mexico, where the evening stars shine brightly …

Chicken Soup With Rice Carole King & Maurice Sendak 1979
In January it's so nice, while slipping on the sliding ice …

Child of Sing Andy Beck & Derryl Herring 2010


Sing me a song when I wake in the morning.

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Children Sing Diane Lucas 2009


Wind blows, water flows, streams fill, fish swim and children sing.

Children, Go Where I Send Thee Traditional African-American 1984, 1995


Children go- I will send thee- how will I send thee?

Childsong Neil Diamond 1994


Weeping sky we bring the sun to make you glad ...

Chiribim Traditional 2005


Chiribim, chiribom, chiribim bam bim bam boom.

Chish and Fips and Riko Cholls Peter Combe 1982


Chish and fips, and riko cholls, somato tauce and rausage solls …

C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E Bob Brown 1997


Now I love the watermelon- strawberries as well ...

Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Denver Darling, Milton Gabler & Vaughn Norton 2009
Headin' for the station with a pack on my back…

Choose Joy Keith McDonald & Glenn Capelli 2003


Feel the spirit flow. Feel the spirit flow. Let the whole world know.

Chopsticks Traditional, lyrics by Wendy Macklin 1996


This is the most boring tune in the world ...

Chrissimas Day Traditional Southern Appalachian Indian 2003


There was a pig went out to dig, Chrissimas Day, Chrissimas Day.

Christmas Boogie Vernon White 2001


Christmas comes but once a year and Santa Claus will soon be here.

Christmas Comes Traditional 1982


Hear the christmas story, told from long ago …

Christmas Conga Cyndi Lauper & Jan Pulsford 2013


It's time to make the Christmas punch, Let's hand the streamers from the ceiling

Christmas Day William James & John Wheeler 1975, 1990, 2104
The north wind is tossing the leaves, the red dust is over the town …

Christmas Greeting, A Traditional 1985


God bless all good friends here. A merry, merry Christmas, and a happy New Year.

Christmas Jazz, The Kenneth Cartwright 2000


While shepherds were watching their flocks in the night ...

Christmas Medley Traditional 2013


Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains…

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Christmas on the Station Joy McKean 2011


Oh there's going to dancin' and singin' at the old homestead tonight.

Christmas Wrap, The Marion Woodlands 1996


It's that time of the year when you have to shop ...

Chu-lu-lu Traditional, English lyrics by Elisabeth Mansutti 1981


Chu-lu-lu, chu-lu chu-lu-lu e la ma-nu-we …

Cielito Lindo Traditional Mexican, English lyrics by Linda Marr & Ricardo Andino 2002
Coming down from the mountain- Cielito Lindo …

Cielito Lindo [words only] Traditional Mexican 1978


I'm waiting nearby the fountain here …

Cindy Traditional 1981


I wish I was an apple, a-hanging on a tree …

Circle Game Joni Mitchell 2011


Yesterday a child came out to wonder…

Circle of Friends Roger Emerson 1997


Come join us in our circle of friends ...

Circles Harry Chapin 1982


All my life's a circle, sunrise and sundown …

Circus is Coming to Town, The Evan Jones 1990


They're pulling on the ropes- so the tent goes up.

City Beasts Frances Gorman Risser 1980


If I were in a jungle dark, I wouldn't cross a place …

Clap, Stamp, Slap, Click Jan Holdstock 1991


First you make your fingers click- then you stamp your feet ...

Clapping in Time Joan Bowen & Lyn McCarthy 1982, 1987


Can you clap in time? Clapping is fun, clapping's for ev'ryone.

Clapping Land Traditional 1989


I travelled over land and see, I met a man who said to me …

Clarissa Cornflake John Shortis 1980


Da doo da dn da da … Oh, Clarissa Cornflake …

Classics of Their Kind Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis 1988


In the State of Victoria, there's Mollonghip, Nyah West and Hhill.

Clear Blue Skies Graham Nash 2009


Clear blue skies, not too much to ask

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First line of song

Click Go the Shears Traditional Australian 1985, 2004, 2014


Out on the board, the old shearer stands, grasping his shears in his thin bony hands

Close Every Door To Me Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber 1977
Close every door to me, hide all the world from me …

Cockroach Rap Dermot Dorgan 2002


Some folk sprays me- some folk baits me …

Coconut Harry Nilsson 2011


Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime.

Coconut Woman Harry Belafonte & Irving Burgie 2001


Coconut woman is calling out and ev'ry day you can hear her shout.

Coffee Song, The Bob Hilliard & Dick Miles 1984


Way down among Brazilians coffee beans grow by the billions ...

Colonial Experience, A Traditional 1985


When I arrived in Sydney Cove, oh up and down the streets I roved.

Colour My World Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent 2009


You'll never see a dark cloud hanging round me.

Colours of the Wind Stephen Schwartz, music by Alan Menken 2006


You think you own whatever land you land on….

Come All Ye Shepherds Czech carol 1983


Come all ye shepherds and hark to our song …

Come and Go with Me Adapted from a traditional African-American spiritual 1978, 1990
Come and go with me to that land where I'm bound.

Come Let us Work Traditional [round] 1977


Come let us work, no, no, let us play …

Come the Day B Woodley 2012


I know that one day soon a song shall rise.

Coming Down the Flat Traditional, words by Charles Thatcher 1986


If a body meet a body coming down the flat …

Communications Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis 1987


Communications, linking up the nations, another product of this century.

Compost Makers' Work Song Fay White 1998


We are compost makers- we make compost well ...

Conga Enrique E. Garcia 2001


Come on- shake your body- baby- do the Conga.

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First line of song

Consider Yourself Lionel Bart 1976


Consider yourself at home. Consider yourself one of the family.

Coo-ee Round Barbara Stacey 1997


Iced vovos and lamingtons too- pavlovas with vegemite stew ...

Cookie Jar Traditional 1990


Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?

Coolangatta John Shortis 1976


O, Governor Brisbane listen to me, I've had so many years of adventure at sea …

Cormorant, The Words anon, music by Carey Blyton 1979


The common cormorant or shag lays eggs inside a paper bag …

Corner of the Sky Stephen Schwartz 2009


Ev'ry-thing has it's season, ev'ry thing has its time.

Cosher Bailey Traditional Welsh 1977


Cosher Bailey drove a train, and it was a dreadful strain …

Cottonfields Huddie Ledbetter 1983, 1992


When I was a little bitty baby, my mother would rock me in the cradle …

Couldn't Sleep Last Night Sandy Offenheim 1998


Couldn't sleep last night with the thunder and the lightning ...

Countdown Peter & Martin Wesley-Smith 1978


Ssss … Bop! … Pow! … Pip! Whack! Chomp, chomp, chomp …

Counting the Beat P Judd, M Hough & W Stevens 2004


Look at the sun rise. Look at it burn.

Country Life Jan Holdstock 2010


Oh, how pearceful living in the country

Court of King Caractacus, The Rolf Harris 1975, 1983, 2002


Now, the ladies of the harem, of the court of King Caractacus …

Cow in My Driveway David Lee Brown, Larry Olson & James Hersch 2013
School bell rings I'm racing out the door,,,

Cowboy Carol Cecil Broadhurst 1997


There'll be a new world beginnin' from t'night.

Cracker Night John Williamson & Tony Dennett 1997


Teary eyes at the window- where did Mum and Dad go?

Cricket Round John Shortis 1994


Have a bowl- have a bat- howzat- howzat ...

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First line of song

Crocodile Rock Bernie Taupin & Elton John 1993


I remember when rock was young- me and Suzie had so much fun ...

Crocodile, The Derek Bruce & David Clark 1980


In Arnhem land, if you should go, there's one thing I think you should know …

Crooked Little Man Traditional 1985


Oh no, don't let the rain come down … my roof's got a hole in it, and I might drown …

Cross of the South Traditional Australian 1987


Twas the month of December, the year fifty-four …

Crossing the Road [words only] Unknown 1977


The poor old man, he was crossing the road …

Cruella De Vil Mel Leven 2008


Cruella De Vil.

Cuckoo Traditional [round] 1988


Twas on a summer's evening, I walked the forest through …

Cuckoo, The Traditional Austrian 1977


Oh, I went to Peter's flowing spring, where the water is so good …

Curate Who Wouldn't Go to Church, Ma'am, The Traditional Mexican 1978


The curate won't go to church, ma'am, and Lisa can tell you why.

Cut the Cake Tina Liza Jones 2001


We're going to let second grade out early today ...

Cut-Lunch Blues Laughton Pattrick & Jenny Pattrick 1991


Same old marmite and lettuce- lettuce- oh boy!

Daddy Cool Frank Slay & Bob Crewe 2004


I saw a crazy chick a-runnin' down the street, I said 'Ooh pretty baby, why the great big beat?'

Daffodil Day Song James Masden 2013


Do you know where to find the daffodils growing…

Daisy, Daisy/Daisy's Answer Traditional, additional lyrics by Rhonda Macken & Kerry Murphy 2000
Daisy- Daisy- give me your answer true. I'm half crazy ...

Dance and Sing Murray Lennox 2010


If you can walk, you can dance.

Dance to Your Daddy Traditional, words by William Watson 2004


Come here, me little Jacky now a've smoked me baccy.

Dance, Dance, Dance Brian & Carl Wilson 2011


After six hours of school, I've had enough for the day

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First line of song

Dancing in the Street Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter & William Stevenson 1997
Calling out around the world- are you ready for a brand new beat ...

Dancing Nacho Chip Kayla Stevens 2010


Young Bernado was a chip put in a nacho dish

Dancing Queen (ABBA medley) Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 2002
You can dance. You can jive- having the time of your life …

Dancing the Merengue RP Western & Bert Lee 1977


What I want is a proper cup of coffee …

Dansi Na Kuimba Dave Perry & Jean Perry 2007


Sun will come. Day will bring the song of life to everything

Dare to Dream P Begaud, V Cornish & W Tester 2008


I am my own believer, in my heart…

Day by Day Stephen Schwartz 1977


Day by day … Oh, dear Lord, three things I pray …

Day is Done Peter Yarrow 1979


Tell me why you're crying my son. I know you're frightened like ev'ry one.

Day Trip to Bangor Debbie Cook 1982


Didn't we have a lovely time, the day we went to Bangor …

Daydream Believer John Stewart 2004


Oh I could hide 'neath the wings of the blue bird as she sings.

Day-O Lord Burgess, William Attaway, & Harry Belafonte 1984


Day-O, Day-O, daylight come and we wan' go home ...

De Woman Eena Kitchen [West Indian medley] Traditional West Indian 1994
Oh- de woman eena kitchen she grumble like she wan' go home.

Deadwood Stage, The Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain 1984
Oh, the Deadwood Stage is a rollin' on over the plains ...

Deck the Shed with Bits of Wattle Colin Buchanan & Greg Champion 2000
Deck the sheds with bits of wattle- fa la la la la- la la la la.

Deep in the Heart of Texas [Wild West medley] June Hershey & Don Swander 1997
The stars at night are big and bright- deep in the heart of Texas.

Dham Dham Dham Traditional Hindu 2000


Dham ... dhamarubhaje .... Hara bola nata shiva shambo bhaje ...

Did You Ever, Ever, Ever? Traditional Rhyme 2002


Did you ever- ever- ever in your leaf- life- loaf …

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First line of song

Die Gedanken sind Frei [My Thoughts are Free] Traditional 1978
My thoughts freely flower … my thoughts give me power.

Ding Dong Howdy Doug Heywood 1991


Now I pulled into Count Town Saturday night ...

Ding Dong Merrily on High Traditional 1984


Ding dong! merrily on high.The bells are gaily ringing ...

Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead Ey Harburg & Harold Arlen 2001
Once there was a wicked witch in the lovely land of Oz.

Dino Story Bonnie Nichols 2006


I was underneath the covers, Mum had just turned out the light…

Dinosaur Bash, The Rhonda Macken 1996


The dinosaur's dinner dance began at nine.

Dinosaur Song, The Malcolm Harrison 1993


Stomp- stomp- stomp the dinosaurs are hopping ...

Djapana Mandawuy Yunipingu 1994


Hup we ... Look at the sun falling from the sky ...

Do Doo Ron Ron Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector 1996
I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still.

Do It Now Wendy Fine 1987


If you want to run and jump and shout, go ahead and do it.

Do the Funky Chicken Thomas Rufus 2011


You raise the left arm up…

Do Ya Wanna Dance? Bobby Freeman 2005


Do ya do ya do ya do ya want to dance?

Do You Hear the People Sing? Kretzmer, Schonberg, Boublil & Natel 1992
Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men!

Do You Hear What I Hear? Noel Regney & Gloria Shayne 1992
Said the night wind to the little lamb ...

Do Your Ears Hang Low? Traditional 1998


Do your ears stand out- do they wobble all about?

Doctor Doctor [Appendages medley] Franciscus Henri 1996


Sunburn- wind burn- freckles brown ...

Doctor, Doctor Rowland, Brown, Brindsen, Yeates, Dalli, Johnston & Newtown 2010
Doctor, doctor something isn't right…

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First line of song

Doctor, The Tom Johnston, Charlie Midnight & Eddie Schwartz 1991
I'm a man who lives in the city ...

Does the Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour? Billy Rose, Marty Bloom & Ernest Breuer 1980
Does the chewing gum lose it's flavour on the bedpost overnight?

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour? Billy Rose, Marty Bloom & Ernest Breuer 2003
Oh me, oh my, oh you! What ever shall I do?

Dog's Life Rap James Paterson, Densie Alexander & Chris John 2011
Now it's very simpe when I say woof

Don Gato Traditional Mexican, English words by Jacqueline Froom 1978, 1983
There was once a cat of sooty black. He was called Senor Don Gato.

Don Gato Traditional Mexican 2000


Oh- Senor Don Gato was a cat. On a high red roof Don Gato sat.

Dona Nobis Pacem George Strid 1997


Dona nobis pacem- pacem.

Donkey Riding Traditional 1982


Were you ever in Quebec, stowing timber on the deck …

Donkey Small Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Norman Luboff 1980
Donkey small, donkey sweet, no matter how much food you eat …

Donna Donna Sholom Secunda 1976


On a wagon bound for market, there's a calf with a mournful eye …

Don't Bring Lulu Billy Rose, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson 1985
Your presence is requested, wrote little Johnnie White …

Don't Drop It Gavin Byrt 1994


Don't drop it- you'll cop it- so stop it- don't drop it.

Don't Fence Me In Cole Porter 2005


Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in.

Don't Let the Grass Grow Under Your Feet Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis 1989
Don't let the grass grow under your feet …

Don't Put It All in the Garbage Bin Gary Crees & Carol Crees 1996
You may think it's all so easy ...

Don't Stay Away Traditional African-American 1975


My Lord says there's room enough, room enough in the heaven for us all …

Don't Stop Christine McVie 1991


If you wake up and don't want to smile ...

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First line of song

Don't Stop Moving Stevens, Spearitt, McIntosh, Lee, Cattermole, O'Meara, Barrett, Solomon & Ellis 2004
Don't stop moving to the funky funky beat. Don't stop moving to the S Club beat.

Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin 1994


Here's a little song I wrote ...

Don't You Know Yockomo Huey Smith & John Vincent 1995
Hello baby ... Do-way-a-ka-way ... hully hully ho!

Doo Doo Canon Traditional 2004


Dum dum dum, da da da da da.

Doodlin' Song, A Carolyn Leigh & Cy Coleman 2001


Doo doo dee oop ... Obligato- pizzicato Guy Lombardo ...

Dorringo Line, The P Shaw 1987


Clickety clack down the Dorrigo track, rickety rack up to Dubbo and back …

Down by the Riverside Dazz Jordan 1979


I met my little bright-eyed doll down by the riverside …

Down by the Riverside Traditional 1983


I'm gonna lay down my heavy load down by the riverside …

Down by the Riverside [words only] Traditional 1975


Gonna lay down my sword and shield down by the riverside …

Down Down Baby Traditional playground chant 1999


Down down baby down- down the roller coaster.

Down on the Corner John C Fogerty 1980, 1985


Early in the evenin', just about supper time …

Down River The Wilcannia Mob 2009


When it's really hot we go to the river and swim

Down the River Traditional river shanty 1979


Down the river, oh, down the river, oh, down the river we go …

Down Where the Watermelon Grow Traditional Maori 1978, 1979


Down by the sea, where the watermelon grow …

Downtown Tony Hatch 1984, 2008


When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go downtown ...

Dr Knicker Bocker Traditional 1981, 1984


Doctor Knicker Bocker, Knicker Bocker number nine ...

Dr Tickle Kerry & Mary McCammon 1992


Doctor Tickle- won't you give him a hand ...

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First line of song

Dragon Traditional Indonesian, English words by Jeffrey Leask 1986


See the dragon twist and turn. What a sight to see!

Dream Ross Inglis 1987


I can fly like a bird, way up high, sounds absurd.

Dreamland Danny Hooper 2012


The great red rock is beating, heart of this great land.

Dreamtime Christmas Jeff Aschmann 1999


There's no drummer boy- no tall Christmas tree.

Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill Traditional Canadian 1976, 1997, 2012


Ev'ry mornin' at seven o'clock ...

Drover's Dream, The Traditional Australian 1975, 1986


One night when trav'ling sheep, my companions lay asleep …

Drummer and the Cook, The Traditional 1983


Oh, there was a little drummer, and he loved a one-eyed cook …

Dry Bones Traditional 1987


Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones … I hear the word of the Lord.

Dubinushka Traditional 2006


Mnogo pesen slykhal ia vrod

Dude Ranch Cowboy Traditional round 1994


Dude ranch cowboy on a frisky mare.

Dum, Dum, Diddle Traditional 1994


Dum- dum- diddle- diddle- dum- dum- diddle ...

Dumplins Traditional Caribbean 1990


Tina- you see nobody pass here?

Dungara Traditional 2008, 2014


Dungara upara marachi tina

Dust Storm Rob Inglis & Robin Wood 1998


Dust storm- gritty-blinding- irritating- teeth-grinding ...

E possibile per me Glen Capelli, music by Keith McDonald 2009


It is possible for me, possible for you.

Eagle Rock Ross Wilson 2000


Now listen ho- we're steppin' out- I'm gonna turn around ...

Earth Day Everyday Mikuak Rai 2011


As we walk through the land, there's so much to see.

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First line of song

Earth Day Rap Doug Goodkin 1996


The sky is high and the ocean deep ...

Earth is Our Mother, The Traditional Native American 1997


The Earth is our mother- we must take care of her ...

Earth, the Air, the Fire, the Water, The Traditional Native American 1998
The Earth- the Air- the Fire- the Water ...

Earthworm Anthem Fay White 2003


Tunnel and wriggle and squirm, that's the life of an earthworm.

Easter Koala, The Phil Paviour 1997


He was required to get up early- paint the easter eggs up ...

Eat Your V-e-g-e-tables Penny Davies 1997


Chomp ... carrots- spuds and broccoli- garlic- onions- leeks ...

Eating on the Plane Robyn Archer 1997


Eating on the plane I love it! The trolley comes again- I love it!

Edge of the Kimberley Colin Buchanan 1999


Take the sunset strip out of Timber Creek. Past the boab tree ...

Eep! A Computer Round Rhonda Macken 1995


Tap ... EEP! Save in my memory ...

Eighty-eight Little Black Pot Stoves John Shortis 1975


Eighty-eight little black pot stoves standing all in a row …

Einini Traditional 2013


Einini, einini codalaigi.

El Condor Pasa Traditional, words by Daniel A Roberts 1978, 2013


I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail…

El Vito Aura Kontra 1975


To the bull-fights in Sevilla, went a spanish lady …

El Vito Traditional 2009


Con el vito, vito, vito…

Electricity Elton John & Lee Hall 2010


I can’t really explain it, I haven't got the words…

Elephant Present, The William Engvick & Alexa Wilder 1980


Elephants can be lots of fun, they're big and warm and pleasant.

Empty Paddock Blues Marni Sheehan 2008


When the sheep lie down in the middle of the morn…

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First line of song

En Roulant Ma Boule Traditional 2007


Derrier chez nous y'atun etang.

Entendez-Vous Le Carillon? Traditional 1996


Entendez-vous le carillon?

Enviro-rap Anne French 1997


Clean up Australia ... we hear ... the call rings out ...

Epo I Tai Tama E Traditional 2000


Epo i tai tama e- O epo i tai tama e. Epo i tai tama epo i huru huru ...

Erie Canal Traditional American folk song 1980, 1990


I got a mule, her name is Sal, fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!

Eugowra Rocks Traditional 2012, 2014


It's all about bold Frank Gardiner with the devil in his eye…

Eureka Peter Merrill 2005


For all Eureka heroes, stand tall and raise a cheer.

Every Day is Somebody's Birthday Mark Weeks 1990


Every day is somebody's birthday.

Every Night When the Sun Goes In Traditional American 1977


Ev'ry night, when the sun goes in … I hang down my head and mournful cry …

Every Star Shall Sing a Carol Words by Sydney Carter 1977


Every star shall sing a carol! Every creature, high or low …

Everybody Loves Saturday Night Traditional Ghanaian 1976, 1984


Ev'rybody loves Saturday night ...

Everybody Needs Somebody to Love [Rock 'n Blues medley] Wexler, Berns & Burke 1999
Everybody needs somebody ... to love. Someone to love.

Everybody's Got a Little Rhythm Peter Combe 1982


Rhythm, rhythm, everybody's got a little rhythm …

Everybody's Got a Smile Lisa Ferraro 2011


Ev'ry body's got a smile for the world..

Everyone Take a Partner Gary King 2006, 2014


Ev'ryone take a partner, ev'ryone take a partner.

Everything's Alright Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber 1988


Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you.

Explorers Kris Macken & Adam Rayment 2003


Explorers from the land of yesterday never stopped to stare at the setting sun ...

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First line of song

Exterminate Peter Combe 1986


Exterminate … all blowflys. Hit 'em with the fly spray …

Fame Dean Pitchford & Michael Gore 2002


Baby- look at me and tell me what you see …

Family Tree Roberta O'dowd 2009


So many people connect to each other

Farmer and the Cowman, The [Oklahoma medley] Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II 2000
Oh- the farmer and the cowman should be friends ...

Feel Like Going Back Home Stephen Pigram 2003


I feel like going back home right now, while the mangoes are ripe.

Feel the Joy Phil Splitter & Susie Davies-Splitter 2006


Joy is all around us.

Feliz Navidad José Feliciano 2002, 2010


Feliz Navidad- Feliz Navidad …

Fernando Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 2008


Can you hear the drums Fernando?

Ferry Boat Traditional American 1990


Here she comes round the bend- toot- toot!

Ferry Me Across the Water Christina Rossetti & Lyn Williams 2005
Ferry me across the water, do, boatman, do.

Few Questions, A Brian Fitzgerald 1982


Where have the seals gone, where are the whales …

Fiddle Dee Dee Louisa Wise 1988


I wander high and I wander low, I play my fiddle wherever I go.

Fill the World with Peace Traditional Hungarian, lyrics by Rhonda Macken 2000
Take my hand and walk with me- we can walk together.

Fillimiooriay Traditional 2011


Fillimiooriorriay

Fire Down Below Traditional sea shanty 1986


Fire in the galley, fire down below.

Fireflies Adam Young 2012


You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies…

Fishfingers Tango Barbara Stacey 2003


I'm eating fishfingers, what happened to their toes?

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First line of song

Five Four Groove Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter 2002


Improvising with a jazzy sound …

Five Hundred Miles Traditional 1995


If you miss the train I'm on- you will know that I am gone ...

Flash Bang Wallop David Heneker 2000


All lined up in a wedding group- here we are for a photograph.

Flash Jack from Gundagai Traditional 1988, 2001, 2008


I've shore at Burrabogie, and I've shore at Toganmain …

Flashdance (What a Feeling) Giorgio Morder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara 2012
First When there's nothing bit a slow glowing dream…

Flea Traditional 1979


Flea. Flea fly. Flea fly flo. Vees-ta! Coom-a-la …

Flight of Swans Brian Simmons 1976


High above the clouds they fly, winging their way to their home.

Flintstones, The [TV medley] William Hanna, Joseph Barbera & Hoyt Curtin 1994
Flintstones- meet the Flintstones- they're a modern stone-age family.

Flowers are Red Harry Chapin 1981


The little boy went, first day at the school. He got some crayons, and started to draw.

Flowers Won't Grow Jim Hunter & Tom Paisley 1993


Flowers won't grow if we throw junk on the ground ...

Fly Around Traditional 1975


Fly around my pretty little miss, fly around my daisy …

Follow That Song Mark Weeks 1989, 1990


Follow that song as you hear us sing.

Follow the Drinking Gourd Traditional American 1991


Follow the drinking gourd ... for the old man is waiting ...

Follow Your Heart Mark Holden & Paul Wiltshire 2003


There's a place inside of us, inside me and you. Somewhere out there in the air …

Following the Birds Louisa Wise 1988


I'm following a butcher bird, just to hear him singing.

Following the Music Hilda Rostron & Lorraine A Milne 1983, 1988, 1990
I stamp my feet, and wriggle my toes, and clap my hands as the music goes …

Food Glorious Food Lionel Bart 1985


Food, glorious food. Hot sausage and mustard!

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First line of song

Fool on the Hill, The John Lennon & Paul McCartney 1976
Day after day, alone on a hill, the man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still.

Footloose Dean Pitchford & Kenny Loggins 2009


Been working so hard, keep punching my card

Footy on the TV Ty Soupidis 2012


Footy, footy on the TV, footy, footy on the TV

For Good Stephen Schwartz 2008


I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason.

For the Beauty of the Earth Words by F S Pierpoint 1978


For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies …

Forever Young Bob Dylan 2013


May God bless you and keep you always

Forty Performing Bananas Graeme Connors & Jack Prelutsky 2000


We're forty performing bananas- in bright yellow slippery skins.

Fouaba Traditional Guinean 2005


Fouaba samba collole collele.

Found a Peanut Traditional 2002


Found a peanut- found a peanut …

Four Rubbish Tins Franciscus Henri 1996


Down by the back door as you know are four rubbish tins ...

Four White Horses Traditional 1995


Four white horses on the river. Hey- hey- hey- up tomorrow ...

Fox, The Traditional American 1977, 1982


The fox went out on a chase one night …

Fraction Too Much Friction Tim Finn 1988


There's a fraction too much friction.

Freddie Feelgood and His Funky Little Five Piece Band Ray Stevens 1999
Well- I got a tight little unit- you know they're the most.

Free Wheeling Lorraine A Milne 1982


Ev'ry time it comes around to Saturday …

Freedom Train Ralph A Dale 1989


This old freedom train is such a long time in a-comin' …

French Cancan Polka Jimmy Kennedy & Jacques Offenbach 2001


I can-can and you can-can- so why should not we two can-can?

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First line of song

Frere Jacques Traditional French round 1987


Frere Jacques … Dormez vous?

Friday on My Mind Harry Vanda & George Young 2004


Monday morning feels so bad.

Friends Brian Fitzgerald 1982


Well, I going to the stable … gonna saddle up a horse …

Friends Marvin, Welch, Bennett & Rostill 1984


There are some things I've been meaning to say ...

Friends Buzzy Linhart & Mark Kingman 2013


And I am all alone, There is noone beside me…

Friends are all You Grant Ward 2006


Just tell me who will be there…

Friendship Rap Ann French 1995


When I came to school on that very first day ...

Friendships Julie Halligan, Bob, Karen & Lee Partington 1995


You can get along without money ...

Frim Frame Sauce Joe Ricardel & Redd Evans 2007


I don't want french fried potatoes, red ripe tomatoes

Frog Kissing CW Kalb Jr 2004


Do you remember in the fairy tale, how the wicked witch's spell changed the handsome prince to a
toad?

From a Distance Julie Gold 1992


From a distance- the world looks blue and green ...

From the Days of the Dinosaurs Jim Low 1998


Hidden away in the bushland for a hundred million years ...

From Today Ian Jefferson 2007


Is there no other path before me?

Fulera Mama Traditional Kenyan 1989


Fulera mama, fulera bechuana bech kago …

Full Moonlight Dance Karen Beth 2000


Under the full moonlight we dance- spirits dance ...

Funge Alafia Traditional Ghanese 2001


Funge alafia asche ache.

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First line of song

Funkytown Steve Greenberg 2012


Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me…

Gadigi Nyian The Kunhgganji People 2007


Gadigadi yinan, gadigadi yinan

Galleries of Pink Galahs John Williamson 2001


Galleries of pink galahs- crystal nights with diamond stars ...

Galway Piper Traditional 2009


Ev'ry person in the nation…

Garbage Disposal Unit Virginia Ewing & Elaine Hempton 1980


My aunt has a dragon, who lives in her sink …

Garbage Man, The Martin Wesley-Smith 1982


Collecting the garbage with a clank and a clink …

Garden Song David Mallett 2001


Inch by inch- row by row- I'm gonna make this garden grow.

Gary Galah Louise Pettinger 1994, 2014


Way out west where the gum trees are ...

Gas Man Cometh, The Michael Flanders & Donald Swann 1987
Twas on a Monday morning the gas man came to call.

George of the Jungle Sheldon Allman & Stan Worth 2010


George, George, George of the jungle, strong as he can be.

Georgy Girl Jim Dale, music by Tom Springfield 2007, 2014


Hey there! Georgy girl, swinging down the street so fancy free…

Get Off-a My Rock Robin McPherson 1987


Don't come close, don't come near me …

Get Up! Get Up! Rhonda Macken 1994


Early in the morning on the days I go to school ...

Ghost Busters Ray Parker Jr 1987


If there's something strange in your neighbourhood …

Ghost of Tom Traditional 1982


Have you seen the ghost of Tom, long white bones, with the flesh all gone …

Ghoulie Song, The Julie Henninger 1995


Is there a skeleton in the closet?

Giggle and Grin Song, The Virginia Ferguson & Betty Carson 1983
You're not feeling bright? Can't sleep at night?

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First line of song

Gilliganre's Island [TV medley] Sherwood Schwartz & George Wyle 1994
Sit right back and you'll hear a tale- a tale of a fateful trip.

Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer A Hoffman & Dick Manning 2010


There's a tiny house…

Gimme Dat Ding A Hammond & M Hazelwood 2000


Well that's right- that's right- I'm sad and blue ...

Ging Gang Gooli Traditional 1987


Ging gang gooli gooli gooli gooli watcha ging gang goo …

Give Love on Christmas Day Mizell, Gordy, Yarian, Richards & Perren 2010
People making lists, buying special gifts….

Glee Reigns in Galilee Traditional Israeli 1975


Glee reigns in Galillee, the Galil rejoices …

Gnu, A Michael Flanders & Donald Swan 2000


A year last Thursday- I was strolling in the zoo ...

Go Gymnastics (Bendy Girl) John Kane, Genevieve Kane & Mark Walmsley 2013
I'm a bendy girl, I'm a bendy girl…

Go Tell it on the Mountain Traditional 1976, 1999


Go tell it on a mountain, over the hills and everywhere …

Go West J Morali, H Belolo & V Willis 1996


Together we will go our way- together we will leave someday ...

Goat, The Traditional 1980


My highland goat was doing fine, he ate three shirts off my back line.

Goats Eat Flowers John Manifold & Peter Butler 1996


Goats eat flowers- goats eat fruits ...

Gobbolino, The Witch's Cat GC Westcott 1978


One fine night, in a witches cavern, two little kittens rolled onto the floor …

God Save the Queen Traditional 2012


God save our gracious Queen…

Golden Vanity, The Traditional 1978


There was a lofty ship, and she sailed upon the sea …

Gone the Rainbow Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, Milton Okun & Mary Travers 1983, 1986
Shule, shule, shule-a-roo, shule-a-rak-shak, shule-a-ba-ba-coo …

Good Morning Arthur Freed & Nacio Brown 2004


Good mornin', good mornin'. We've talked the whole night through.

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First line of song

Good Morning Happiness Grant Lee Phillips 2012


Gonna wake up with a smile…

Good Morning Starshine Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni 1976, 1984, 1998
Good morning starshine, the earth says hello ...

Good Planets Are Hard to Find Steve Forbert 2012


Good planets are hard to find…

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) B Pritchard, M Pritchard & F Wright 2009
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.

Good Things The Casio Brothers 2010


I only ear food things, I want to be kind to the planet…

Good-bye Harry Graham & Robert Stolz 1977


Goodbye! It's time I sought a foreign clime …

Gospel Train, The Traditional African-American 1976, 1978


The Gospel train's a-comin', I hear it just at hand …

Got To Travel On Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar & Tom Six 1976
Done laid around, and stayed around, this old town too long …

Grandmare's Chicken Soup [Wild West medley] John Riggio 1997


When I'm playin' outside and the cold starts to get me ...

Grandma's Feather Bed Jim Connor 1982


When I was just a little bitty boy, just up off a floor …

Grandma's Grammar Rap Janet Holmes a Court 2009


Back in the day when Grandma was at schoo

Grandparents Song Shana Lyn Smith 2011


Well I've got a mum, I've got a dad…

Granny Gurble's Herbal Tea Ann North & Martin Wesley-Smith 1983
I was feeling crook, I called for the quack …

Grasshopper: Loose in Queensland Slim Dusty 1982, 1986


There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland …

Great Australian Bush Is Like a Great Big Zoo, The Evan Jones 1989
There's a mob of galahs in me apricot tree …

Great Race, The Elisabeth Mansutti & Phil Cunneen 1983


Down on the vacant block, we've got a racetrack …

Greek Shepherd Song [Provatakya] Traditional Greek 1979, 1984


Hear the sheep with dusty backs, din din din, din din din ...

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Green Door, The Marvin Moore & Bob Davie 1985


Midnight. One more night without sleepin' …

Green Eggs & Ham (Seuss Medley) Flaherty, Ahrens, Theo Seuss Geisel P/K/A Dr.Seuss 2005
I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam-I-Am.

Green Glass Sue Nicholls 1998


Fancy leaving bottles a-hanging on the wall ...

Green Grow the Rushes-O! Traditional English 1976, 1985


I'll sing you one - O! Green grow the rushes - O!

Green Song Rita Abrams 1983


I woke up this morning and thought I must be dreaming …

Greensleeves Traditional 1986


Alas my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourt'ously …

Grizzly Bear Laurie Orchard & Mark Weeks 1989


If you ever, ever, ever, meet a grizzly bear …

Guantanamera Jose Marti, Hester Angulo & Pete Seeger 1983


Guantanamera guajira guantanamera … Yo soy un hombre sincero …

Guitar Man, The Audrey Snyder 1991


He sits and strums his guitar ...

Gurringindenarme Traditional Aboriginal 2003


Gurringindenarme jujumoberono

Gypsy Rover, The Traditional Irish 1976, 1984, 2002


The gypsy rover came over the hill, bound though the valley so shady.

Hahvah Nahgeelah Traditional Jewish 1976


Hahvah nahgeelah … vuhnismuh 'kh-hah …

Haida Traditional Chassidic 2001


Haida- haida haididi daida haida haida haida ...

Hakuna Matata Words by Tim Rice & music by Alan Menken 2006
Hakuna matata. What a wonderful phrase!

Hallelu Traditional 1996


Hallelu ... hallelujah- praise ye the Lord ...

Hallowe'en D Matthews & Elaine Hempton 1982, 1992


This is the night, this dark, eerie, night, the only night of the year …

Hammer Man Traditional American 1991


Take this hammer- whew! Carry it to the Captain- whew! ...

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Hand Down My Silver Trumpet Traditional African-American 1982


Well, I've never been to heav'n, but I've been told …

Hand in Hand D Rodgers & P Walker 2008


We're in a day when we must look beyond ourselves and see into the hearts of others

Hangin' Five Ben Acton & Fred Kirkham 1997


Well- it's early in the morning and it's time to make a start ...

Hani Kuni Traditional Native American 1999


Hähni kuni häh hoo häh ni Häh way wäh bika näh säni häh Häh hoo ...

Hanky Tank, The Traditional 1995


Down by the banks of the Hanky Tank ...

Happiness Franz Schubert 1977


Spring is here at last; dreary winter's past.

Happiness Clark Gesner 2006


Happiness is two kinds of ice-cream…

Happiness is When You Sing Dick Averre 1991


I don't like to sing a sad song- I don't like to sing a silly song ...

Happy Christmas [War Is Over] John Lennon & Yoko Ono 1989
So this is Christmas, and what have you done?

Happy Days are Here Again Milton Ager & Jack Yellen 2003
Happy days are here again. The skies above are clear again.

Happy New Year Traditional 2010


Tria karavakia me hrisa pania.

Happy Song, A Catherine Buxton 1990


This morning as I walked to school- I sang a happy song.

Happy Wanderer, The Moeller 1975


I love to go a wandering, along the mountain track …

Hard Rock Café Carole King 1990


Downtown anywhere U.S.A. you can find yourself ...

Harvest Song Traditional Chinese 1992


Sa zhong- sa zhong- wo men dà jia sa zhong- yo o ho o hei ...

Hashivenu Traditional 2011


Hashiveni, hashivene…

Hát Chèo Thunyèn Traditional Vietnamese 2005, 2014


Chong chai là chai vo luoi

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First line of song

Hats Bob Brown 2008


You read it in the papers…

Haul Away Joe Traditional 1982


Oh, way, haul away, we'll haul away the bowline.

Haul on the Bowline Traditional sea shanty 1980


Haul on the bowline, the good ship's a-rolling …

Hava Nagila Traditional 1988


Hava nagila, hava nagila, hava nagila vanismehah.

Have Gun While You're Still Alive Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter 2010
Have fun while you're still alive

Have You Got a Phobia? Lorraine A Milne 1987


Have you got a phobia like me? Have you got a phobia? Let's see!

Have Yourself a Merry Christmas Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane 2001
When the steeple bells sound their "A"- they don't play it in tune.

Heading for the Country Life Lorraine A Milne 1987


Packed my suitcase, packed my bags … tied on all the tags.

Heal the World Michael Jackson 1994


There's a place in your heart and I know that it is love ...

Heart of the Country McCartney, Paul & Linda 1989


I look high, I look low, I look ev'ry where I go.

Hearts in Harmony Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter 1999


With the world's unrest around us- in our cities and streets ...

Heigh-Ho Larry Morey & Frank Churchill 1996


We dig ... in our mines the whole day through.

Held Up to the Moon Archie Roach 2008


In fifty-six when the floods came down…

Hello Friend Mark Weeks 1989


Hello friend, how d'you do? My name's Mark, who are you?

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah Allan Sherman & Lou Busch 1980, 2005
Hello Muddah, hello Faddah, here I am at Camp Granada.

Hello to You Lyn Thomas 1987


Hello to you, and what is your name? … Now, tell me what your name is.

Hello World P Renier, J Soulier & B Perez 2004


Hello world, this is me.

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First line of song

Hens' Duet, The Fred Beckman, Richard Strauss & Luigi Arditi 2003
My ambition is to audition with the great Metropolitan troupe.

Here Comes the Sun George Harrison 1987, 1998


Here comes the sun- doo doo doo doo. Here comes the sun ...

Here We Go Zoodio Traditional 1983


Here we go Zoodio … all night long.

Here's Got the Whole World Traditional African-American 1999


He's got the whole world in his hands ...

Here's to Song Allister MacGillivray 2005


The candle flickers towards its last, our time together's ended.

Heroes of the School Leo Grayson 1985


Tuck shop ladies, the heroes of the school …

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Traditional gospel 1978
He's got the whole world in his hands …

Hey Baby Cobb and Chanel 2005


Hey, hey baby. Ooo ah. I want to know if you'll be my girl.

Hey Jude John Lennon & Paul McCartney 2002


Hey Jude- don't make it bad …

Hey Yo Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter 2013


I said Hey Yo, ( I said a Hey Yo.)

Hey! Little Hen Ralph Butler & Noel Gay 1981


I had a lot of chicken, a large chicken run …

Hey, Ho! Anybody Home? Traditional English [round] 1976, 1983


Hey, ho! Anybody home? Meat and drink and money have I none …

High Hopes Sammy Cahn & James Van Heusen 1983, 1992
Next time you're found with your chin on the ground …

Hill an' Gully Rider Traditional Jamaican 1982, 1988


Took my horse an' come down … but my horse done stumble down …

Hine e Hine Princess Te Rangi Pai 2006


E tangi ana koe…

Hiney Ma Tov Traditional 1983


Let's all join hands, and go round in a ring, round in a ring together.

Hippopotamus Song, The Michael Flanders & Donald Swann 1980


A bold hippopotamus was standing one day …

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First line of song

Hippy Hippy Shake Chan Romero 1995


For goodness sake- I got the hippy hippy shake ...

Hit the Road jack Percy Mayfield 1986


Hit the road Jack, and don't you come back no more, no more …

Ho Ho Watanay Traditional Native American (Iroquois Nation) 2003


Ho ho watanay. Ho ho watanay.

Hoedown Throwdown Adam Anders & Nikki Hassman 2011


Boom boom clap diclap di clap

Hole in the Road, A Paul Reade & Peter Charlton 1993


They're digging a hole in the road! ...

Holi Hla Hla Traditional South African 2001


Holi hla hla Mandela- freedom is in your hands.

Holiday Camp Nonsense A D Strutton 1980


Chibba nabba hibba nabba hing nai ay.

Holiday in the Sun Harry & Angelee Theodoros 1987


Holidays in the sun, you and me having so much fun.

Holiday Time [English Style] Tony Rees 1978


Oh, the sea is blue, and the children run in and out …

Home Among the Gum Trees Wally Johnson & Bob Brown 1985
I've been around the world a couple of times, or maybe more …

Home and the Heartland Bill Whelan 1998


High in the sky through the clouds and rain ...

Home-Grown 'How Do You Do?', A Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis 1988
When you travel around the world, from the Caribbean to Corfu …

Homegrown Tomatoes Guy Clark 2004


Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better, than bacon and lettuce and homegrown tomatoes.

Home-Made Band Hap Palmer 1981


Here's a little story 'bout a home-made band …

Horror Movie Greg Macainish 2010


Watch a horro movie right there on my TV…

Horse Head [West Indian medley] Traditional West Indian 1994


Horse head come and gawn ... De Jackindegreen come an' go wey ...

Horsebells Words traditional, music by Greg Abbott 1987


I love to lie and listen to the horsebell's merry sound …

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First line of song

Horsey, Horsey Box, Cox, Butler & Roberts 1986


Horsey, horsey, on your way, we've been together for many a day …

Hosanna [Jesus Christ Superstar medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber 1993
Hosanna Heysanna sanna sanna ho- sanna Heysanna ...

Hound Dog Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller 2002


You ain't nothing but a hound dog …

House at Poo Corner Ken Loggins 1979


Christopher Robin and I walked along …

How Lucky You Are (Seuss Medley) Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens 2005
When the news is bad, when you've sour and blue.

How Many People Paul McCartney 1991


How many people stand in a line?

How Much is that Doggie in the Window? Don Merrill 2007


How much is that doggie in the window?

Human Drum Kit Ana Sanderson 1999


Are you ready? Click click. 'Cause you're in for a treat.

Humelela Traditional Zairean 2004


Humelelalela. Humelelalela.

Huron Carol, The Traditional 1993


'Twas in the moon of wintertime when all the birds had fled ...

Hurrah for the Bush Roy Abbott 1986


Well, I'm bound for Botany Bay, me boys, to see where it began …

Hush, Hear the Angels Sing Patsy Ford Simms 2000


A long time ago in a manger bed- a tiny baby laid down his sweet head.

Hymn to Freedom Harriette Hamilton & Oscar Peterson 2003


When ev'ry heart joins ev'ry heart and together yearns for liberty …

I am a Paleontologist Daniel Weinkauf 2013


I love digging in the dirt

I am a Spider [da da dum] John Shortis 1975


Is there anyone at home, said the spider to the stone …

I am Australian Bruce Woodley & Dobe Newton 1989


I came from the dreamtime, from the dusty red soil plains …

I Am Children of the World Genni Kane & John Kane 1996, 2014
I am boy- I am girl- I am children of the world.

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First line of song

I am Not Your Broom John Flansburgh & John Linnell 2005


Now broom, you must now sweep for me, the dust it fills my room.

I Am the Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra Mark Weeks 1990


I am the conductor of the symphony orchestra.

I am the Vid [In the Video Game] Mark Weeks 1988


I am the vid in the video game … and I take all the blame …

I Believe Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter 2000


There are times when we question the meaning of our lives.

I Can Make a Little Window Leigh Wigglesworth & Mark Weeks 1989
I can make a little window, empty window for a while.

I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash 2005


I can see clearly now, the rain has gone. I can see all obstacles in my way.

I Can't Spell Hippopotamus Fred Coots 1980


I can spell hat, H.A.T, I can spell cat, C.A.T. ...

I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside J Glover-Kind, additional verses by E Mansutti 1983, 1996, 2002
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside …

I Don't Really Need 'em Lorraine A Milne 1981


Nuts and bolts, a ball of string, a box that's full of stones …

I Got a Name Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox 1978, 1990


Like the pine trees, lining the winding road …

I Got a Robe Traditional African-American 1979, 1995


I got a robe, you got a robe, all God's chillun got a robe.

I Got Plenty o' Nothin' George & Ira Gershwin & Dubose Heywood 1987
I've got plenty o' nothin', and nothin's plenty for me.

I Got Rhythm George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin 2002


Days can be sunny- with never a sigh …

I Got the Music in Me Bias Boshell 2003


Ain't got no trouble in my life, no foolish dream to make me cry.

I Got the Sun in the Morning Irving Berlin 2013


Got no diamond, got no pearl.

I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown 1998


I feel good- I knew that I would now.

I Have a Dream Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 2011


I have a dream, a song to sing…

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First line of song

I Know a Song that Will Get on Your Nerves Traditional 2010


I know a song that will get on your nerves.

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Alan Mills & Rose Bonne 1999
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly. I don't know why ...

I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) Chris Yacich & Lorraine Milne 1991
Standing by the fruit stall on the corner ...

I Like the Flowers Traditional 2001


I like the flowers- I love the daffodils- I like the mountains ...

I Love a Rainy Night Eddie Rabbitt, David Malloy & Even Stevens 2013
Well I love a rainy night, I love a rainy night…

I Love My Shirt Donovan Leitch 1975


Do you have a shirt that you really love …

I Love Pumpkin David Billings, Rob Fairbairn, Mark Leehy & Kevin O'Mara 2002
I like potatoes and rutabagoes …

I Love That Dog Connie Kaldor 1999


I love that dog- the way he runs up to me when I call.

I Luvva B double-O K Colin Buchanan 1998


I luvva B-double-O-K. O-K? I R-E-A-D every day.

I Need a Boat Michael Hurd 1994


I need a boat- man- that'll carry me away.

I See a Rainbow Brian Simmons 1976


I see a rainbow, a rainbow … a rainbow in the sky.

I Still Call Australia Home Peter Allen 1982


I've been to cities that never close down …

I Still Enjoy the View Graeme Connors 2001


I wake up at the same time ev'ry morning.

I Swallowed a Bee Bob Brown 2006


Now I'm just a songer, my name you won't know.

I Wanna Stay in Bed Ty Soupidis 2004


You know it's so hard, waking in the morning.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas John Rox 1978, 2011


I want a hippopotamus for Christmas …

I Went to the Pictures Tomorrow Traditional Rhyme 2000


I went to the pictures tomorrow ...

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I Whistle a Happy Tune Oscar Hammerstein & Richard Rogers 1979


Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect …

I Wonder Why? Brian Simmons 1975


I wonder wonder why, oh why I wonder wonder why …

I Wonder Why? Jackie & Ted Egan 1978


I wonder wonder why the stars are in the sky?

I Won't Grow Up Carolyn Leigh & Mark Charlap 2010


I won't grow up (I won't grow up,)

Ice-Cream Man Jonathan Richman 1997


Ice-cream man upon my street- I love your truck outside.

I'd Do Anything Lionel Bart 2002


I'd do anything for you- dear- anything …

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing Backer, Davis, Cook & Greenaway 1978
I'd like to build the world a home, and furnish it with love …

If I Had a Hammer Lee Hays & Pete Seeger 1975, 1978, 1994
If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning …

If I had no Less John Shortis 1975


If I had no legs, what would I dance on?

If I Had Words Music adapted from Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, lyrics by Johnathan Hodge 1997
If I had words to make a day for you ...

If I Only Had a Brain Yip Harburg & Harold Arlen 1981, 1992
Said a scarecrow, swingin' on a pole, to a blackbird, sittin' on a fence …

If I Were a Rich Man Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock 1980


If I were a rich man, daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh, deedle, daidle, dum.

If You Should Meet An Elephant Nel Magness 1989


If you should meet an elephant upon a summer's day …

Igor the Flying Fox Louise Pettinger 2001


He comes out at night when the moon is high ...

Il Eh Tu Eh Traditional Torres Strait Islands 2000, 2008


Il eh tu eh tu el e my Il eh tu eh tu el e my Pear ama ama ama Pear ...

Ilie Mou Traditional 1996


Ilie mou .. evya ... Poukanis to noftari na yemiziapo hrisafi ...

I'll Be There for You Skloff, Willis, Solem, Wilde, Kauffman & Crane 1999
So no-one told you life was gonna be this way.

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I'll Stand By You Chrissie Hynde, Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg 2010
Oh, why you look so sad?

I'm a Believer Neil Diamond 2002


I thought love was only true in fairy tales …

I'm a Caterpillar of Society Martin Wesley-Smith & Peter Wesley-Smith 2005


I'm a caterpillar of society, not a social butterfly.

I'm a Green Pea John Shortis 1979, 2004


The celery's in the salad, the mint is in the punch, but I'm in the freezer til Sunday's lunch.

I'm a Green Pea John Shortis 2014


I've been refrigerated many times before.

I'm a Lad From Krakow Traditional 1983


I'm a lad from Krakow, I'm quite a dandy …

I'm a Little Boat Wendy Fine & Judy Irwig 1989


I'm a little boat, and I'm sailing away …

I'm a Song (Sing Me) Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield 2011
I've got music, I will share…

I'm Henery the Eighth, I am Murray & Weston 1981


You don't know who you're looking at, now have a look at me!

I'm Late Sammy Fain & Bob Hillard 2011


Good morning Mister Chatterbox…

I'm Not Scared Lucille Wood 1986


There's something moaning in the old oak tree.

I'm Not Talking to You Rhonda Macken 1995


I'm talking to you and I'm not talking to you.

I'm on My Way Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner 1988


Where'm I goin? I don't know. Where am I headin'? I ain't certain …

I'm on My Way Charlie Reid & Craig Reid 2003


I'm on my way from misery to happiness today.

Imagine John Lennon 1994


Imagine there's no heaven- it's easy if you try ...

Imene Takake Traditional 2009


O atu te aro'a…

In a Dark, Dark Wood Traditional Rhyme 2000


In a dark- dark wood- there's a dark- dark house …

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First line of song

In and Out Song, The Garrison Keillor 1999


Well- I want to go out! Open that door if you love me.

In Flanders Fields J Jacobsen & R Emerson 2011


In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row

In Our Small Way B Verdi & C Yarian 2012


Maybe you and I can't escape

In the Bath Michael Flanders & Donald Swann 1981


Oh, I find much simple pleasure, when I've had a tiring day …

In the Navy Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Victor Willis 2005
Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure, learn science, technology?

Inanay Part of an Aboriginal songline 1998


Inanay gupu wana Inanay gupu wana Ay ay ay oola Oola Oola ...

Inch Worm, The Frank Loesser 1976


Two and two are four, four and four are eight, eight and eight are sixteen …

Indian Pacific Joy McKean 2009


From coast to coast by night and day…

Insomnia Brian Fitzgerald 1992


When I can't sleep at night .... I count sheep till ...

Inverno Traditional Italian 1993


In inverno ... fa- molto freddo ... e nevica- ... E piove ...

Ipharadisi Traditional 2013


Ipharadisi ikhaya labafile.

Isa Lei Traditional Fijian 1996


Isa Isa vulaqi lasa dina Nomu laro- au na rarawa Rina ...

Island in the Sun Harry Belafonte & Lord Burgess 1979, 1985
This is my island in the sun, where my people have toiled since time begun …

Isle of Samarai Traditional Papua New Guinean 1980


Roaming days are over, I'm going home …

Istanbul Not Constantinople Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon 2004


Istanbul was Constantinople. Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople.

It Ain't Gonna Rain No More Traditional 1999


Oh- it ain't gonna rain no more- no more.

It Could be a Wonderful World Lou Singer & Hy Zaret 2011


If we could consider each other…

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First line of song

It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got that Swing) Ellington & Mills 2006
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got swing…

It Takes Two Carolyn Martin 1994


Well it takes two to talk together- two to walk together ...

It's a Long Way to Tipperary/Pack Up Your Troubles Judge, Williams, Asaf & Powell 1984
It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to go ...

It's a Miracle Lorraine A Milne 1988


The fact that a bird can hang on a breeze is a miracle …

It's a Most Unusual Day Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh 1981
It's a most unusual day, feel like throwing my worries away …

It's a Small World Richard M & Robert B Sherman 1977, 1984


It's a world of laughter, a world of tears ...

It's a Sunburnt Country Genni Kane & John Kane 1996


Out on the Western Plains it's a land that never rains.

It's Breakfast Time Kevin Mahoney 2007


Get out of bed and scratch my head.

It's Christmas Barbara Stacey 2005


Christmas has come, it's that time of the year.

It's Great To Be Smelly Peter Denahy 2005


When we were younger, we went on a date.

It's My Car Traditional 2013


I've got a car that's made of tin…

It's Not Deliberate Lorraine A Milne 1986


I don't delib'rately get dirty, I don't delib'rately make a mess.

It's Our Planet Ann French & Rhonda Macken 1995


Cycle- recycle- send it round and round.

It's Raining at School Today Colin Buchanan 1996


It's raining at school today- we can't go outside to play ...

It's Ruff Being a Dog Phyllis Wolfe 1998


They say dogs have it easy- they say dogs have it good ...

It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Billy Joel 1987


What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing?

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Paul J. Vance & Lee Pockriss 1997
She was afraid to come out of the locker ...

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First line of song

I've Been Everywhere Geoff Mack (McElhinney) 2000, 2014


I was carryin' my bluey on the dusty Oodnadatta road ...

I've Been to Harlem Traditional 1983, 1994


I've been to Harlem, I've been to Dover, I've travelled this wide world all over …

Ja Posejah Lubenice Traditional Yugoslav 1987


Ja posejah lubenice, pokraj rode studenice …

Jabbin Jabbin Letherbridge & Loam 1996


Jabbin Jabbin Kiroo ka gla- Kurra Kurra Kiroo Ka ...

Jack-Ass Song, The Irving Burgie & William Attaway 1988


Jack-ass will jump and bray, let 'im bray, let 'im bray …

Jack's Tooth Mark Weeks 1989


Jack had a tooth which was loose, loose, loose.

Jacob's Ladder Traditional 1977


We are climbing Jacob's ladder … soldiers of the Cross …

J'ai Plus Faim Henri Des 2004


J'ai plus faim. J'ai plus faim.

Jake the Peg Rolf Harris & Frank Roosen 1979


I'm Jake the Peg, deedle-eedle-eedle um …

Jam Jar Jane Saunders, Genni Kane & John Kane 1996
I can see her in the kitchen- flour on her face ...

Jamaica Farewell Lord Burgess 1978, 1984


Down the way where the nights are gay, and the sun shines daily on the mountain top ...

Japanese National Anthem Traditional 2012


Kimigayoo wa Chiyo niii yachiyo ni…

Java Jive Milton Drake & Ben Oakland 2003


I love coffee, I love tea. I love the java jive and it loves me.

Jaws Alison McKay 1994


There was a story doo doo doo ...

Jazz Gloria Natalie Sleeth 1998


Gloria in excelsis Deo- Gloria alleluia. Gloria in excelsis Deo ...

Jelly Michelle Smith & Lorraine A Milne 1983


I love jelly, wobbly, delicious, jelly.

Jelly Bean Jive, The Peter Merrill 2001


Down at the mumbo rhumba we do the jelly jive.

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First line of song

Jesus Christ Superstar [Jesus Christ Superstar medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber 1993
Jesus Christ ... Who are you? What have you sacrificed?

Jig Jog Traditional 1989


I want someone to buy me a pony, jig jog jig jog jig-a-jog gee.

Jiggles Susie Davies 1997


Dum du dum ... take two steps in- take two steps out ...

Jim Jones at Botany Bay Traditional 1988, 2003, 2014


Oh, listen for a moment, lads, and hear me tell my tale …

Jingle, Jingle, Jingle F Loesser & J J Lilley 1975


I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle …

Jog Along Till Shearing Traditional Australian 1975


Oh the truth it's in my song so clear, without a word of gammon …

John Barleycorn Traditional English 1979


There came three men from out the west, their victory to try …

John Brownre's Body Traditional 1990


John Brown's body lies a-mould'ring in the grave ...

John Flynn E Egan 2012


I guess it was the death Jimmy Darcy that prompted the decision to provide…

John Kanaka Traditional American Folk Song 2005


I heard, I heard the old man say, John Kanaka, naka toolaay!

Johnny Built a House Malvina Reynolds 1986


Johnny built a house that was just so high …

Jonah-man Jazz Michael Hurd 1978


When Jonah sank into the sea, he closed his eyes and prayed …

Joy To The World Isaac Watts & GF Handel 1976


Joy to the world! The Lord has come; let Earth receive her King.

Juani Traditional 2008


Juani, juani, juani, juani.

Juicy, Juicy, Green Grass Peter Combe 1988


Juicy, juicy green grass … where have you gone …

Junkanoo Jan Holdstock 1991, 2001


We've got a bell- we've got a drum- Junkanoo has begun.

Just Imagine Rhonda Macken 1999


Books can take us anywhere- just imagine.

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First line of song

Just One Person Hal Hackady & Larry Grossman 2008


If just one person believes in you.

Kaeru No Uta Traditional Japanese 1999, 2014


Kaeruno uta ga Kikoete kuruyo Gwa! Gwa! Gwa! Gwa! Gero gero ...

Kagome Traditional Japanese 1995


Kagome ... Kagonona Kano toriwa Itsu ...de yaru Yoakeno ...

Kaiapi Kaiapi Traditional Torres Strait Islander 2004


Iriro Iririro. Comaki comaki.

Kalinka Traditional Russian 1979


Kalinka … my dear, your name in the whisper of pines I can hear.

Kalinka Traditional Russian 1997


Underneath the pine tree- green and shady pine tree ...

Karadeniz Turkusu Traditional Turkish 2005


Daglar gibi dalgalari

Kazoo Koncerto, The M Donnelly & G Strid 2002


One day when I was feeling bored- looking for something to do …

Keep a Dream in Your Pocket Bruce Woodley 1995


Keep a dream in your pocket and a song in your heart ...

Keep it Clean Nuala & Radloof O'Hanlon 2010


Let's clean up our nation for future generations.

Keep on the Sunny Side A P Carter 2003


There's a dark and a troubled side of life.

Keep Your Cool Don Spencer & Allan Caswell 1995


If you get mad- you can't think straight ...

Keeper, The Traditional English 1975, 1978


The keeper did a-shooting/a-hunting go, and under his cloak he carried a bow …

Kelly's Turning, The Larry King 1977


We're meetin' by the riggin', for the word has passed around …

Ki-Kiri-Kiki Traditional, English words by Elisabeth Mansutti 1982


Old farmer George was standing in the market …

Kitchen Whizz Christoph Antony & Emilia Maubach 1995


I don't want to do the dishes any more!

Kite Flying High Traditional 1994


Kite flying high in the blue of the sky.

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First line of song

Kojo No Tsuki Bansui Doi & Rentaro Taki 1978, 1984


Haru koro no hana noen meguru sakazuki …

Kookaburra Traditional Australian 1986


Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bush is he …

Kookaburra Laughed, The Wakefield 1988


Down to the lake came the old black horse, down to the lake for a drink …

Kum Ba Yah Traditional West Indian 1977, 1989


Kum ba yah, my Lord .. Someone's crying Lord …

Kumbaraza Traditional 2013


Ati kumbraza ye..

Kutsu Ga Naru Jill C Gallina 2012


O te te tsunai de

Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta Traditional Finnish 2003


Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta, miero päivän nousendoa.

La Bamba Traditional 1989, 2012


Para bailar la Bamba … se necesita un poca de gracia.

La Bamba Traditional Italian 1995


C'è la luna piena ... glianimali ballano la bamba. Muu muu la ...

La Bolivianita Traditional 2007


De Bolivia vengo bajando.

La Cucaracha Traditional, English words by Elisabeth Mansutti 1981


Oh, the tiny cucaracha is a funny little insect …

La Isla Bonita [Calypso medley] Madonna Ciccone, Pat Leona & Bruce Gaitsch 1993
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro ...

La Mia Casa (My House) Traditional Italian, lyrics by Elio Guarnuccio 1990
La mia cas' é piccolina- la la la.

Lachlan Tigers Traditional 2007


At his gate each shearer stood as the whistle loudly blew…

Lahaina Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina 1991


I was sitting at a table in an open cafe ...

Land of the Silver Birch Traditional Canadian 1993


Land of the silver birch- home of the beaver ...

Lantern Festival Song Traditional 1983


Autumn moon is here at last, festival of lanterns bright.

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First line of song

Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream Ed McCurdy 1977


Last night I had the strangest dream I ever had before …

Laughing Gnome, The David Bowie 1984


I was walking down the high street when I heard footsteps behind me ...

Lay Down Your Arms Doron Levinson, Lisa Cohen & Brian Harry Lewis 2000
Dear God- please hear us- listen to our prayer ...

Lazy Bones Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael 2002


You a good for nothin' lazy bones …

Lazybones Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael 1983


Lazybones, sleepin' in the sun, how you 'spec' to get your day's work done?

Lean Forwards, Lean Backwards Traditional 2013


Lean forwards, lean backwards to the left, to the right.

Lean on Me Bill Withers 1994


Sometimes in our lives we all have pain ...

Leather Wing Bat Peter Yarrow & Paul Stookey 2000


"Hi-" said the little leather wing bat ...

Leave Them a Flower Wally Whyton 1986


I speak on behalf of the next generation …

Lesson Break Rap Ann French 2000


When your mind needs a break- and your body too ...

Lest We Forget Michael J Reynolds & Rhonda Macken 2004, 2014


Although you're getting on in years and memories seem to disappear.

Let 'em Laugh Peter Alsop 1988


Let 'em laugh … Let 'em call me a clown … that won't stop me from getting up when I fall down!

Let it Go Michael Leuning & Suzann Frisk 2012


Let it go, let it out.

Let Me Fly Traditional spiritual 1989


Way down yonder, in the middle of the field …

Let the Music Brian Simmons 1977


Just let the music move you. That's all you have to do.

Let the River Run Carly Simon 1992


Let the river run- let all the dreamers wake the nation ...

Let the Sunshine In [Hair medley] Galt MacDermot 1998


Let the sun shine- let the sunshine in- the sunshine in.

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First line of song

Let Us Sing Together Adapted from Czech folk tune [round] 1978
Let us sing together … one and all a joyous song …

Let's Celebrate: An Easter Song Rhonda Macken 1994


At Easter time we think of long ago in old Jerusalem ...

Let's Get Loud Gloria Estefan & Kike Santander 2010


Let's get loud, let's get loud.

Let's Have Music Andre Oosterbaan 1980, 1981, 1983


Music! Let's have music. Music we'll sing …

Let's Have Music Tim Hood 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Let's have music, let's sing a song ...

Let's Live as One Ben Mackenzie 2006


We are the children of this world.

Let's Sing All Together Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter 1999
Let's sing all together- let's sing right now- let's sing with beauty ...

Let's Twist Again Kal Mann & Dave Appell 1993


Come on! Ev'rybody- clap your hands.

Life is Fun M Murphy, K Visocchi, D Taliangis & N Strother 2005


Life is fun and dreams will come, songs will be sung yeah.

Life is Wonderful Jason Mraz 2011


It takes a crane to build a crane,

Light a Candle Marta Keen 2005


Light a candle, hold a sign of hope in your hand. Light a cangle let it shine across the land.

Light Candles in the Darkness Rhonda Macken 1997


The world's a place for us to live in peace ...

Like an Eagle Carl Strommen 2013


Now is the time to follow the wind, to walk alone

Li'l Liza Jane Traditional 1987


I know a gal that you don't know, L'il Liza Jane …

Lily the Pink Traditional 1982


We'll drink a drink, a drink, to Lily the pink, the pink, the pink …

Limbo Rock Jon Sheldon & William Strange 2001


Ev'ry limbo boy and girl all around the limbo world ...

Lime Juice Tub Australian ballad 1977, 1996, 2013


When shearing comes, lay down your drums …

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Limerick Song, The Traditional 1980


Aye … in China, they never grow chilly …

Linstead Market Jamaican calypso 1978


Carry me ackee go a Linstead Market, not a quatty worth sell ...

Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Solomon Linda & Paul Campbell 1984, 1986
Wim-o-weh ... In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.

Little Boxes Malvina Reynolds 1978


Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky …

Little Child John Shortis 1975


Little child, sleep soundly while Christmas bells may ring.

Little David Traditional African-American 1983


Little David, play on your harp, hallelu', halleu' …

Little Deuce Coupe Brian Wilson & Roger Christian 2009


Little Deuce Coupe, you don't klnow what I've got.

Little Donkey Eric Boswell 1979, 1988


Little donkey … on the dusty road, got to keep on plodding onwards …

Little Jack Horner Traditional 2002


Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie …

Little People Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil & Jean-Marc Natel 2003
They laugh at me, these fellows, just because I am small.

Little String Bag Vicki Larnach 1993


A little string bag is what you need.

Little White Horse Wendu Morrison 2011


I got out of my bed…

Live Baby Live [Appendages medley] Gary Crees & Carol Crees 1996
Live baby- live! ... You need your body to live.

Living Planet Christos Karpathakis 2009


I am the living planet third orbit from the sun

Living Years Mike Rutherford & B A Robertson 2000


Ev'ry generation blames the one before ...

Loco-Motion, The Gerry Goffin & Carole King 1984, 1987, 2005
Ev'rybody's doin' a brand new dance now ...

Lollies Class 2/3HF (1997) Bronte Public School 1999


I happened to be walking down the street- ooh- ooh- bubble gum.

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First line of song

Lollipop Julius Dixon & Beverly Ross 2004


Lollipop lollipop, oh lolly, lolly, lolly.

Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) Traditional 2007


Oh Danny Boy, the pipes the pipes are calling.

Long Tall Texan Henry Strzelecki 2002


Well I'm a long tall Texan- I wear a ten gallon hat …

Look After the Trees Lorraine A Milne 1992


There are so many things we take for granted ...

Look for the Silver Lining Kern & De Sylva 2007


Please don't be offended if I preach to you awhile

Look, There is the Steamboat Traditional 1980


Look, there is the steamer from faraway lands …

Loony Limericks Traditional 2013


Aye, aye aye aye, the language of lim'ricks is loony.

Loose Tooth Blues David & Jan Raff 1993


Hey- Mum look here at this tooth ...

Lord of the Dance Music traditional, words adapted by Sydney Carter 1976, 1985
I danced in the morning when the world was begun …

Lord, Lord, I've Got Some Singing to Do Robert Schertz 1979


The Lord made all the world in just six days …

Lord's My Shepherd, The Music by Jessie Seymour Irvine 1982


The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want …

Lotus Flower Song Traditional 2009


Hi raita hi raita Nanno hanaga

Louise Traditional 1995, 2005


Way down in deepest Africa by the shade of the bongo tree, lived an elephant, her name it was
Louise.

Love is Alive at Christmas Rhonda Macken 1994


One little baby- living in the hay ...

Love is all R Glove & E Hardin 2006


Ev'ry body's ot to love together.

Love is all Around Us Reg Presley 1996


I feel it in my fingers- I feel it in my toes ...

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First line of song

Love of the Common People John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins 2010
Living on free food tickets….

Luau, The Traditional 1982


Comes the luau, beautiful morning, making ready in the early morning …

Lucerne to Weggis Traditional Swiss 1980


From Lucerne to Weggis blue, holdiridia holdiria …

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds John Lennon & Paul McCartney 1985
Picture yourself in a boat on a river …

Lukere's Desk Colin Buchanan 1997


Very few have climbed great mountains ...

Lulu Jane Frazee 1995


Little Lulu- Lulu- dress'd in blue-lu- blue-lu- doing the hula ...

Lychee Evan Jones 1982


Lychee, China white sea, my three kites fly free …

Lydia the Tattooed Lady Ey Harburg & Harold Arlen 2001


La la la ... Lydia! Oh- Lydia! Say- have you met Lydia?

Ma Bela Bimba Traditional Italian 1978


Ma come bali bela bimba, bela bimba, bela bimba …

Macnamara's Band John J Stanford & Shamus O'Connor 1975


My name is Macnamara, I'm the leader of the band …

Magalina Haggalina Traditional 2000


Maggalina Haggalina Ookataka Wakataka Okomokopoko ...

Maggon, The Bad Tempered Dragon Peter Canwell 1979, 1984


Once there was a dragon, a bad-tempered dragon ...

Magic Night H Belolo, J Morali & V Willis 2006


When I'm with my friends, there's magic in the air…

Mairire's Wedding Traditional Gaelic 2002


Step we gaily- on we go- heel for heel and toe for toe …

Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats Milton Drake, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingstone 1988
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey …

Make 'em Laugh Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown 2011
Make 'em Laugh, make 'em laugh…

Make Hay While the Sun Shines Peter Cupples 1990


Keep you heart for adventure- and your inquisitive mind ...

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First line of song

Make the Puppet Dance Lorraine A Milne 1982


Make the puppet dance, jingle, jangle ..

Make Your Own Kind of Music Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil 2009
Nobody can tell you there's only one song worth singing

Malaaisha Traditional 2010


Iza nezembe Malaisha…

Malenre'kiy Yodzhek Traditional Russian 2002


Malen'kiy yodzhek- chetvero nozhek na spine listok nesyot Pesenku poyot- oy! …

Mama Don't 'Low No Music Cow Cow Davenport 1979, 1989, 1999
Mama don't 'low no music playin' in here.

Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm Jerome Jerome, Richard Byron & Walter Kent 2001
Since she was a kid of three- Connie practised diligently.

Mamma Mia (ABBA medley) Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 2002
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when …

Mamunya Caithlin Maeve 2012


Mamunya for the children.

Man of La Mancha, I Don Quixote Joe Darion & Mitch Leigh 1986
Hear me now, O thou bleak and unbearable world …

Manana Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour 1984


The faucet is dripping and the fence she's falling down ...

Mandrake Tex Morton 1992


I've told you of Aristocrat and good old Rocky Ned ...

Mango Walk West Indian calypso 1980


My brother did a-tell me that you go mango walk …

Mangoes Traditional 1983


Mangoes … mango vert, mango teen … Ah wan' a penny to buy …

Maori Fishing Song Traditional 2005


Taku Rongo maie

Maori Stick Game Traditional 1995, 2014


E papa waiari takune mahi takune mahi e tukuroi mata. E au ...

Maps Goldie Capers-Smith, Elisabeth Mansutti & Elaine Hampton 1981


A map is a picture of where you are going …

Maraca Joe Don Cowan 1983


Down in the land of Mexico, there lives a boy called Maraca Joe …

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First line of song

Marbles in my Pocket Lynda Pender & Craig Schlencker 1981


Marbles in my pocket, winter time's begun …

Marching Song Chris John, Jim Patterson & Denise Alexander 2012
When I'm feeling happy , I just like to march…

Marco Polo, The Hugh Jones 1986


The Marco Polo's a very fine ship, the fastest on the sea …

Marianina Traditional Italian 1982


O'er the ocean flies a merry fay, soft her wings are, as a cloud of day …

Martin the Cobbler Traditional, new words by Elisabeth Mansutti 1981


Martin the cobbler sits by the window, watch how his work is nimble and neat.

Marvellous Toy, The Tom Paxton 1977, 1986


When I was just a wee little lad, full of health and joy …

Mary Ann Traditional calypso 1979


All day, all night, Miss Mary Ann …

Mary Had a Baby, Yes Lord Traditional African-American 1981


Mary had a baby, yes, Lord! Mary had a baby, yes, my Lord!

Mary Had a Little Blues Charles A. Collins 2001


Mary had a little lamb- its fleece was black as soot.

Mary Poppins R Sherman & R Sherman 2012


Chim, chiminey, chim, chiminey…

Maryborough Miner Traditional 2014


Come all you sons of liberty and listen to my song.

Mary's Boy Child Jester Hairston 1976, 1979, 1977 [words only]
Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible say …

Mary's Child Geoffrey Ainger 1983


Born in the night, Mary's child, a long way from home …

Mashed Potato Katherine Dines 2007


This is the way my gradma makes mashed potatoes, mahed potatoes

Masters in this Hall Words by William Morris 1979


Masters in this hall, hear ye news today …

Mathemagical Maths Rhonda Macken 2001


They said it was fun- divide by two- subtract one ...

Maths Rap Phil Paviour 1998


You got the square- I got the cube- I got the triangle- I got the blues ...

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First line of song

Matilda Traditional 1985


Matilda … she take me money and run Venezuela …

May it be Enya & Roma Ryan 2006


May it be an evening star shines down upon you.

Me and My Shadow [Soft Shoe medley] Billy Rose, Al Jolson & Dave Dreyer 1996
Me and my shadow- strolling down the avenue ...

Meadowlands, The Traditional Czech 1979


Out to the meadowlands we go, walking in the sunlight …

Mean Old Hyena Jack Prelutsky & Graeme Connors 1998


The hyena was lazy and lanky- he was sneaky and slinky and lean ...

Mee Ha Bai Loo Loo Ba Shembel Traditional Turkish 2000


Mee ha bai loo loo bashembel …

Men of Harlech William Duthie 1975


Men of Harlech, in the hollow, do ye hear like rushing billow …

Mermaid, The English 1975


One Friday morn, when we set sail, and our ship not far from land …

Merry Christmas John Wheeler & William G James 1977, 1982, 1988
Sun gleams bright, hearts are light …

Merry Piper, The Doris R Fisher & R William 1978


I am a merry piper, I travel far and wide …

Messing About on the River Tony Hatch 1983


When the weather is fine, then you know it's a sign …

Metamorphosis Peter Christie 1991


My budgie has changed to an orang-outang ...

Mexican Woodpecker, The Ralph Martucci 1980


A mexican woodpecker, high in a tree …

Mezare Israel Traditional 1994


Mezare Israel Yek abtsenu ... Ushemaro Kero edro ... shem ...

Mi Caballo Blanco Traditional 2012


Es mi caballo blanco,

Michael Finnigin Traditional 1981


There was an old man called Michael Finnigin …

Michael Finnigin/This Old Man Traditional/Traditional 1982


There was an old man called Michael Finnigin, he grew whiskers on his chinigin …

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First line of song

Midnight Raider Lorraine Milne & Ross Inglis 1992


I wanna tell you a story 'bout a cat ...

Mighty Muldoon Alex Hood 1981


Make way for mighty Muldoon, there's not a record he won't break soon.

Milkshake Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Victor Willis 2005


Do the shake, (do the shake), do the shake, (do the shake). Do the milkshake, the milkshake. Do the
shake.

Minstrel, The Franz Schubert 1978


When first the buds are blowing, thro' fields and forest going …

Miss Sue from Alabama Traditional American 1993


Miss Sue ... from Alabama. Hey- you- scooby doo ...

Mister Banjo Traditional American 1976


Look at the dandy, see Mister Banjo …

Mixing Colours Lorraine A Milne 1982


Mixing colours, finding out what will happen …

Modern Major General [The Pirates of Penzance medley] W.S. Gilbert & A.S. Sullivan 2001
I am the very model of a modern Major General.

Molly Malone Traditional 1978, 1975


In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty …

Monday Morning Blues Seona McDowell 1985


Woke up this morning, I've got the blues …

Money Blues Malvina Reynolds 1986


Some folks have lots of money, some haven't got a bean …

Money to Burn David Heneker 2001


If I had money to burn a hole in my pocket ... I'd go like a rocket ...

Money, Money, Money Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 1996


I work all night- I work all day- to pay the bills I have to pay.

Monkey Bars Phil Paviour 1997


There's monkey bars at the park.

Monster Mash Bobby Pickett & Lenny Capizzi 2000


I was working in the lab late one night ...

Moon Festival Song Traditional Vietnamese 2000


Tet trung thu xách den di chòi Em xách den di cap nòi lang Tung …

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First line of song

Moon River Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini 1977


Moon River, wider than a mile, I'm crossing you in style some day.

Moon Shadow Cat Stevens 1981, 1988


I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow, moon shadow, moon shadow.

Moon, The R L Stevenson & Mark Weeks 1989


The moon has a face like the clock in the hall …

Mooving Phil Paviour 1998


In the back paddock of Mister Von Klink's farm ...

Moreton Bay Traditional 1982


One Sunday morning, as I went walking by Brisbane waters …

Morning Has Broken Words by Eleanor Farjeon 1976, 1985


Morning has broken, like the first morning.

Moscow Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger & Christian Dornaus 2006


Moscow, queen of the Russian Land

Moses Supposes Traditional Rhyme 2002


Moses supposes his toeses are roses …

Mosquito Aces Louise Pettinger 1997


In the summer heat- when cicadas sing- I can hear a sound ...

Mosquitoes Wendy Ireland 2007


Did I tell you I hate mosquitoes?

Mother Nature's Son John Lennon & Paul McCartney 2010


Born a poor young country boy…

Mother's Lament Traditional 1985


A muvver was washing her baby one night …

Motown Medly Stevenson, Gaye & Hunter; Ashford, Simpson, Holland, Holland & Dozier 2009
Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat?

Move to the Music Lorraine A Milne 1981, 1992


Y' gotta move to the music, y' gotta groove to the music …

Move Your Feet Jesper Mortensen 2006


Ev'ry body move your feet and feel united

Moving On Gary Moore 1992


I'm gonna leave this place tomorrow ...

Mozzie Swat Shane Heatlie, Andrew Johns & Felix Riley 2008
It's thirty-two degrees and eating in the shade.

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Mr And Mrs Kazoo John Shortis & Brian Simmons 1981


Mister Kazoo heard Missus Kazoo playing on the radio-o …

Mr Banjo Traditional 1982


Look at the dandy, see Mister Banjo …

Mr Bojangles Jerry Jeff Walker 1986


I knew a man Bojangles, and he danced for you, in worn-out shoes.

Mr Mystery Kirstin Berg & Brooke Hunter 1985


Just me and you, together that's two. Just you and me, so how come there's three?

Mr Spaceman J McGuin 1985


Woke up this morning with light in my eyes …

Mr Tambourine Man Bob Dylan 1979, 1992


Hey! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me …

Mr Willie Wagtail Neil McClelland 2007


He's dressed in black, he dressed in white.

Mr Wobblesgoose's Bicycle Kenneth Anderson 1980


Old Mister Wobblegoose, nearly ninety-two …

Mrs Murphy's Chowder George L Giefer 1979


Won't you bring back … Mrs Murphy's chowder?

Muddy Water Roger Miller 1991


Look out for me- oh muddy water- your mysteries are deep ...

Mull of Kintyre Paul McCartney & Denny Laine 1979


Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea …

Mumbo Jumbo Peter & Robyn Mapleson 1998


Abracadabra- hocus pocus- mumbo jumbo zing!

Mummy Song, The Colin Buchanan 1995


You ought to see what they did to my mummy ...

Music is My Life R Porter & J Wagner-Porter 2009


Music, sweet, sweet, music.

Music of the Day Peter Combe 1981


Look at the sky on a blue, cloudless day …

Music of the World A-Turnin', The Levitt & Thomas 1992


I hear the music of the world a-turnin' ...

Music of this Land, The Lorraine A Milne 1990


As you trace the ragged coastline ...

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Music Speaks Louder Than Words Harold Payne, Edgar Pease & Michael Scarpiello 2011
Music speaks louder than words

Mustang Sally Bonny Rice 2003


Mustang Sally. Guess you'd better slow that Mustang down.

My Best to You Isham Jones & Gene Walladen 2004


Here's to you. May your dreams come true.

My Bike Elisabeth Mansutti & Craig Schlencker 1981, 1982


It was a beaut bike, my bike. I'd painted it bright green …

My Boat Traditional Hawaiian, adapted by Ermine & Elsa Cross 1977


My boat is sailing, sailing, sailing … over the water …

My Body Peter Alsop 1987


My body's nobodys' body but mine. You run your own body, let me run mine.

My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes Edward Pola, John Golden & Ted Koehler 1980, 1993
Since makin' whoopee became all the rage …

My Choice Helen Green & Lorraine Milne 1991


They want to know the answer- they're always asking me ...

My Dad Drives a Big Mack Truck Mark Weeks 1990


My Dad drives a big Mack truck- through the outback's dust ...

My Dad Snores John Williamson 2008, 2014


My dad snores, does yours?

My Dad the Worker Rhonda Macken 1995


My Dad the worker goes to work each day.

My Dog Joe Wendy Fine 1987


I have a naughty dog, and his name is Joe …

My Dog Rupert Janet Thomas & Lyn Stott 2002


My dog Rupert's cool and slick …

My Family's Cat Rhonda Macken 1993, 2011


My family's cat is old and grey- miaow- miaow.

My Farm Traditional Argentinean 1977


Come let us see my farm, for it is beautiful …

My Fatherre's Hands (Lucky to be an Australian) Broderick Smith & Tony Slavich 1991
My father's hands- they work in steel ...

My Fatherre's House Traditional American 1993


Won't you come with me to my father's house ...

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My Favourite Things Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rogers 1991


Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ...

My Friend Howard Greenfield & Neil Sedaka 2002


When I'm unhappy and feeling lonely …

My Friend Jayne Travers-Drapes 2005


You can laugh but you can't cry. Share my thoughts – only try.

My Galre's/Guy's a Corker Traditional 1997


My gal's a corker- she's a bushwalker.

My Grandfather's Clock Henry C Work 1980


My grandfather's clock was too big for the shelf …

My Hat it has Three Corners Traditional 2006


My hat it has three corners, three corners has my hat.

My Island Home Neil Murray 1997, 2014


Six years I've been in the city and ev'ry night I dream of the sea.

My Literary Friend Henry Lawson & Brian Fitzgerald 1989


Once I wrote a little poem that I thought was very fine …

My Little Boat Louise Pettinger 2010


We set off from the shore-line with the help of a friendly breeze.

My Mother Works at the Bakery Traditional 1996


My mother works at the bakery- yum- yum- yum- yum.

My Name Is Traditional Rhyme 2000


My name is: Addi- addi- chickeri- chickeri …

My Name Is Joe Traditional 1996


Hi- my name is Joe- I've a wife and three kids ...

My Nose is Blue Alexander Soames & Allan Miller 1979


My nose is blue, my teeth are green …

My Oath to Australia John Williamson 1995


Hoist up the kangaroo- red ochre- Uluru- golden wattle ...

My Old Banjo Traditional 2005


I love to play my old banjo and rest it on my knee. But now the strings are broken down and it's no
good to me.

My Place Col Finley 2006


My place is a little house, surrounded by a country town

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My Ship Sailed from China Traditional 1990


My ship sailed from China with a cargo of tea ...

Nane Nane Traditional Torres Strait Islander 2002


Nane- nane- pungai pungai pa.

Narcissus, The Traditional 1996


Fair narcissus sui-sin-fa- lovely blossom sui-sin-fa.

Nasty Little Lice Julian Duband 1993


You always try and keep your hair so very shiny clean ...

Native Born Archie Roach 2002


Albert Namatjira painted not so much the things he saw …

Nature Wayne Mason 2014


Through falling leaves I pick my way slowy…

Nature's Lament Debra Byrne 2005


Do you really care? Have you heard the cries?

Ndinani Na Traditional South African 2002


Wamemez' Un gomaa. Ndiya gula Ndinani Na? …

Nero Burnt Rome D D A Kloessing [round] 1980


Nero burnt Rome … burnt ev'ry home …

Never Bath in an Irish Stew Spike Milligan & John Shortis 1975
Never bath in an Irish stew, it's a most illogical thing to do ..

Never Ending Story Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey 1989, 2002
Turn around, look what you see in her face; the mirror of your dreams.

Never Never Letty Katts 1982


What better seat than a saddle, what better roof than the sky …

Never Smile at a Crocodile J Lawrence & F Churchill 1976, 1984


Never smile at a crocodile, no you can't get friendly with a crocodile ...

Never Song, The Edward Lipton 1980


I'ver heard a collie bark, I've heard a police dog bark …

Never Too Old Rhonda Macken 1996


She sits by the fireside- reading the paper ...

Never, No Never, No Never Peter Combe 1983


Three girls could never, no never, no never squash into an old paint tin …

New Found Land Woody Guthrie 1978


Well, I just got up to my new found land …

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New Playgym Peter Combe 1982, 1986


It was Friday afternoon, and the clock said half past three …

New Shoes Jim Duguid, Matty Benbrook & Paolo Nutini 2011
Woke up cold one Tuesday…

Nga Tae o Nga Putiputi Mary Chetty 2002


Puiputi whero. Putiputi kahurangi.

Ngulkul Ginjil [The Firewood Song] Joe Geia 1988


Ngulkul ginjil ...

Nicky Knacky Knocky Noo Traditional 1989


Hands on my head, what is that here?

Night Before Christmas Carly Simon 1999


Children carry through the streets a brightly painted star.

Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Richard M & Robert B Sherman 1989
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train …

Nina Nana Traditional 1996


Nina nana- Cocola della mama. Nina nana- Cocola del ...

Nine Hundred Miles Traditional 1992


Walkin' down this railroad track ...

Nine to Five Dolly Parton 2002


Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen …

No Bad News Charlie Smalls 1987


When I wake up in the afternoon, which pleases me to do …

No Goon No Pah Traditional Aboriginal 1999


No goon no pah no pah ga la gi an gamma way terri mo ...

No Mirrors in My Nannare's House Ysaye Maria Barnwell 2000


There were no mirrors in my Nanna's house ...

Nobody Nose Kaye Umansky 2007


Nobody nose where my nose has gone…

Nobody's Business [Calypso medley] Traditional Jamaican folk song 1993


Solomon grandpa's gone to Equador ...

Noel, Noel Jan Holdstock 1997


Noel- Noel ... Jesus was born on Christmas day ...

Non Nobis Domine Patrick Doyle & Lawrence Ashmore 2000


Non nobis domine domine ... sed nomine- sed domine Tu o da gloria.

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Not Alone Jane Plumridge 2011


This is a vast land of many colours…

Not-so-boring Minuet Phyllis Aleta Wolfe 1999


We are supposed to sing this song. We hope it doesn't last too long!

Nursery Rhyme Rap, The Mark Weeks 1988


Everybody clap, everybody clap, everybody clap to the nursery rhyme rap.

Nutting for Christmas S Stepper & R Bennett 2010


I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas…

O Canada Calixa Lavalee, Robert Stanley Weir & Adolphe-Basile Routhier 2012
O Canada!

O Caterina Traditional Italian 1979


Oh, has anybody seen our Caterina? They tell me she's coming.

O Come All Ye Faithful Traditional Christmas Carol 1991


O come all ye faithful- joyful and triumphant ...

O Little One Peter Combe 1985


O, little one, O little one, all wrapped in swaddling clothes …

O Little Town of Bethlehem Traditional Christmas Carol 1996


O little town of Bethlehem- how still we see thee lie ...

O No John English 1975


On yonder hill there stands a creature, who she is I do not know …

O Sinner Man/What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor? Traditional/Traditional sea shanty 1983
O sinner man, where will you run to … all on that day?

O Tannenbaum Traditional, new words by Elisabeth Mansutti 1981


O, Tannenbaum … your branches green delight us …

O Waly Waly (There is a Ship) Traditional English 1998


The water is wide. I cannot get over- and neither have I wings to fly.

Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da John Lennon & Paul McCartney 1975, 1987


Desmond has a barrow in the market place …

Ob-Nail Boots Wot Farver Wore, The Words traditional, music by Lorraine A Milne 1979, 1986
Me farver's feet filled up half a street, so 'is boots was in proportion …

Octopus's Garden Richard Starkey 1981, 1988


I'd like to be under the sea, in an octopus's garden, in the shade …

Odd Job Song, The Ann North & Martin Wesley-Smith 1981
We're sweeping the path for Missus McGrath …

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Oh Mama Hurry Mark Weeks 1989


Oh, Mama, hurry … get the bottle for the baby.

Oh Susanna Traditional 1987


I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee …

Oh Ye Cannae Shove Your Granny Traditional 2010


Oh ye cannae shove your Granny...

Oh, Better Far to Live and Die Giblert and Sullivan 2006
Oh, better far to live and die under the brave black flag I fly

Oh, How He Lied! Traditional 1995


She sat by the window and played her guitar ...

Oh, Mary Don't You Weep Traditional African-American 1977


If I could I surely would, stand on the rock where Moses stood.

Oh, My Aunt Came Back Traditional, words by Rhona Macken 2011


Oh my aunt came back…

Oh, Rock My Soul Traditional 1984


Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham ...

Oh, the Thinks You Can Think (Seuss Medley) Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens 2005
Oh, the Thinks you can think! Oh, the Thinks you can think if you're willing to try.

Oh, 'twas in the Broad Atlantic English 1975


Oh, t'was the broad Atlantic, 'mid the equinoctial gales …

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning [Oklahoma medley] Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II 2000
Oh- what a beautiful morning- oh- what a beautiful day ...

Okina Taiko Junichi Kobayashi & Yoshinao Nakada 1993


Ookina Taiko don don Ki sano taiko ton ton ton Ookina taiko ...

Okki-tokki-unga Traditional 1979


Okki-tokki-unga … hey, Missa Day, Missa Doh, Missa Day …

Oklahoma [Oklahoma medley] Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II 2000


Oklahoma where the wind comes rushing down the plains.

Old Bark Hut, The Traditional 1980, 1991


Oh, my name is Bob the Swagman, and I'll have you understand …

Old Billabong Jim Low 2010


Who's going down to the old billabong?

Old Bullock Dray, The Traditional Australian 1976


Oh, the shearing is all over, the wool is coming down …

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Old Cottonblossom, The, No. 1 R Sparkes 1977


If I could be anything I want to be, anything under the sun …

Old MacDonald Traditional 1990,1997


Old MacDonald had a farm- ee-i-ee-i-oh.

Old MacDonald's Car Marl Leehy and Kevin O'Mara 2010


Old MacDonald had a car e-i-e-i-o.

Old Man Emu John Williamson 1987, 2003, 2009


Let me tell you of an interview with old man emu.

Old Man Platypus A.B. ('Banjo') Paterson & Lorraine Milne 1992
Far from the trouble and toil of town ...

Old Music Master Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael 1981


One night, long ago, by the light of the moon …

Old Piano Man, The Robert W. Thygerson 2001


Up in Chicago- is where the folks go- just to hear that old piano man.

Old Texas Traditional American 1977, 1984, 1988


I'm going to leave old Texas now ...

Old Time Rock 'n' Roll Tom Jones III & George Jackson 1988
Just take those old records off the shelf, I sit and listen to 'em by myself.

Old Uncle Luke Traditional Rhyme 2000


Old Uncle Luke thinks he's cute…

Oleanna Traditional 1978


Oh to be in Oleanna. That's where I'd like to be …

On a Bicycle Harry Dacre 1997


Ging gang gooli gooli gooli on a bicycle- ging gang gooli ...

On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at Traditional English 1976, 1983


Where hast thou been since I saw thee? On Ilkla Moor baht'at …

On Mules We Find Traditional, lyrics by Ogden Nash 1996


On mules we find two legs behind and two we find before.

On My Way Phil Collins 2007


Tell ev'ry body I'm on my way.

On the Good Ship Lollipop Clare & Whiting 2007


I've thrown away my toys.

On the Sunny Side of the Street Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh 1998
Grab your coat and get your hat- leave your worries on the doorstep ...

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On Top of Spaghetti Tom Glazer 2007


On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese.

On with the Show Jay Althouse 2012


We're ready to sing, we're up on the stage…

On Your Marks Rhonda Macken 2000, 2013


Read all about it! ... Green and yellow is the best ...

Once an Austrian Went Yodelling Marie Winn & Allen Miller 1981, 1984
Once an Austrian went yodelling, on a mountain so high ...

Once in Royal Davidre's City Traditional Christmas Carol 1995


Once in Royal David's City- stood a lowly cattle shed.

One Bottle of Pop Traditional 1979


One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop … Don’t throw your junk in my backyard …

One Brick at a Time Cy Coleman & Michael Stewart 1999


The Lord gave each and ev'ryone- the spunk to do what can't be done ...

One Day Sue Stevens 2000


One day the sun will rise on a bright new morning ...

One Drop Round Fay White 2003


One drop of water makes a splash, flicks away a few grains of earth.

One Hundred Children Tom Hall 1981


One hundred children, brave boys and girls …

One Hundred Years from Now Lisa Silver & Patty Way 2013
I was fishing with my Grandpa on the shady river-side…

One Little Candle Audrey Snyder 2002


One little candle burning bright …

One Misty Moisty Morning Traditional English 1978


One misty morning, when cloudy was the weather …

One More Day Traditional sea shanty 1992


Only one more day- me Johnny- one more day.

One More River Traditional 1985


Old Noah he did build the ark. There's one more river to cross …

One Thing Wrong With Rainbows, The John Shortis 1976


I have watched a thousand rainbows lean across the sky …

One Voice Barry Manilow 2002


Just one voice singing in the darkness …

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One, Two, Three Jeffery Leask 1988


One, two, three, one, two, three, can you count one, two, three?

One, Two, Three, Four, Five Traditional 1990


One- two- three four five- once I caught a fish alive.

One-Eyed Jack Words anon., music by Elaine Hempton 1979


One-eyed Jack, the pirate chief, was a terrible, fearsome ocean thief.

One-Eyed Jack Traditional 1994


One-eyed Jack the pirate chief ...

One-Man Band Elisabeth Mansutti & Phil Cunneen 1983


See who's coming down the street, with his drum on his back and bells on his feet.

Ooby Dooby Wade Moore & Dick Penner 1994


Hey baby- come over there- when we do the Ooby Dooby ...

Oom-Pah-Pah Lionel Bart 1977


Oom-pah-pah … that's how it goes …ev'ry one knows …

Oompa-Loompa Song Bricusse & Newley 2004


Oompa-loompa, doompa-dee do. I've got a perfect puzzle for you

Oomphalada Julie Wallace, Cindy Smith & John Vallins 1983


One day, while walking down the street, I chanced to meet a hippo …

Open Up Our World Phil & Jodi Tweed 2011


We open up our world and make room for many friends.

O'Rafferty's Motor Car Tommie Connor 1993


Now Danny O'Rafferty's motor car is the greatest I declare ...

Our House Chris Foreman & Chas Smyth 2000


Father wears his Sunday best- Mother's tired- she needs a rest ...

Our Lips are Sealed Jane Wedlin & Terence Hill 2007
Can you hear them?

Our Solar System Phil Barton & Ben O'Hara 2003


It's our solar system, our solar system.

Out the Back Don Spencer & Alan Caswell 2000


There's a lot more of Australia out the back.

Over in the Meadow Traditional 1989


Over in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun …

Overlander, The Traditional 1985


There's a trade you all know well, and it's bringing cattle over …

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Overlander, The [Bush Dance medley] Traditional Australian 2001


There's a trade we all know well- it's bringing cattle over.

Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (Happy Medley) George Henry Powell 2003
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile.

Pack Up Your Troubles/It's a Long Way to Tipperary George Asaf (Powell) & Felix Powell; Jack Judge &
Harry Williams 1984
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile.

Paddy McGinty's Goat Bery Lee & R.P. Weston 1994


Paddy McGinty- an Irish man of note ...

Paddy the Fireman Davy Brown 1988


Paddy was a fireman who lived in our street …

Paddy Works on the Railroad Traditional American railroad song 1979, 1987
In eighteen hundred and forty-one, I put my cord'roy breeches on …

Page of Traditional Rhymes Traditional 2000


Page of Traditional Rhymes

Paint the Ocean Ian Jefferson 2004


When I was told 'Paint a picture of the ocean!', I considered it an easy task indeed.

Pandur, Pandur Traditional Hungarian 1993


Pandur- pandur andanduri ...

Parcel in the Post Peter Combe 1984


I had a friend in Melbourne ...

Party Christine Anu & David Bridie 1998


Stepping out in my deadly red shoes ...

Pavlova Rolf Harris 1991


G'day! Listen! I met this bloke ...

Pay Me My Money Down Traditional 1983


I thought I heard the captain say "pay me my money down …

Peace by Piece Darryl Chute & Susanne Freeman 2000


Ev'rybody's got to stick together under the one sky.

Peace Round Jean Ritchie 1997


What a goodly thing- if the children of the world ...

Peanut Butter Sandy T Offenheim 1978


It's good for your Dad, and it's good for your mother.

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Peanut Butter, Yes, Please Lorraine A Milne 1985


Peanut butter, yes ma'am! Peanut butter, not jam.

Peanut Vendor Cuban melody, words & music of English version by Xavier Gugat 1979
Peanuts! Peanuts! In Cuba each merry maid wakes up with this serenade …

Pearly Shells Webley Edwards & Leon Pober 1980


Pearly shells, from the ocean, shining in the sun, covering the shore …

Pebble and the Man [Happiness Runs] Donovan Leitch 1978


Little pebble upon the sand, now you're lying here in my hand …

Penny Lane John Lennon & Paul McCartney 1978


Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs …

People Get Ready Curtis Mayfield 2001


People get ready- there's a train a-comin'.

Peppermint Twist Joey Dee & Henry Glover 1991


Got a new dance and it goes like this ...

Permission to Shine Bridget Benenate 2002


Hey- what would you say if I can't play the hero tonight? …

Perrie Merrie Dixie Dominie Traditional 1987


I had four brothers over the sea. Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie …

Peta Peta Traditional 1985


Peta Peta seniwa dideh deh …

Peter Pan Michael Maurice Harvey 2009


Peter Pan, the boy lives in ev'ry man.

Petit Papa Noel Henri Martinet & Raymond Ovanessian 2009


Petit Papa Noel quand tu descendras du ciel

Phil the Fluter's Ball Traditional 1983


Have you heard of Phil the Fluter, of the town of Ballymuck!

Phone Calls Daddy Peter Combe 1987


Sits by the phone, making lots of phonecalls … Daddy.

Pick a Bale o' Cotton Traditional American, words by John Lomax 1976, 1981 1986
Gonna jump down, turn around, pick a bale o' cotton …

Piffle Poffle, The Catherine Lodge & Lorraine A Milne 1980


If you ever see a creature with thirty-seven toes …

Pizza Deborah Mulcair 2003


We are going off to buy a pizza. Well, are you now?

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Plastic Song, The Words by D Henderson 1977


Day and night, the big machine, turns out a never ending stream …

Platypus Song Morva Cogan 1980


O riddle, riddle, riddle me, a platypus I be!

Po Atarau Traditional 2007


Po Atarau…

Poison Blood Sally Dastey, Cindy Louise Bennett & Amy Saunders 2003
If you build it, don't tear it. If you build it, don't tear it down.

Pokare Kare Ana Maori love song 1975, 1983, 1988, 2014
Pokare kare ana nga waio Rotorua …

Policemanre's Lot, A [The Pirates of Penzance medley] W.S. Gilbert & A.S. Sullivan 2001
When a felon's not engaged in his employment ...

Pollution Tom Lehrer 1998


If you visit American city- you will find it very pretty ...

Polly-Wolly-Doodle Traditional 1988, 2000


Oh, I went down south for to see my Sal, sing polly wolly doodle all the day.

Pony Man, The Gordon Lightfoot 1975, 1985


When it's midnight on the meadow, and the cats are in the shed …

Pony Song S Coleman & A Thorn 1989


See the pony trotting, trotting, down the country road.

Poor Freda Brian Simmons 1975


Freda's got a funny nose, looks quite like a yellow rose …

Poor Ned [Ballad of Ned Kelly] Trevor Lucas 1988


Poor Ned, you're better off dead. At least you'll get some peace of mind.

Popeye [Cartoon medley] Sammy Lerner 1995


I'm Popeye the sailor man ... I'm strong to the 'finich' ...

Porcupine Pie Neil Diamond 1977


Porcupine pie … vanilla soup, a double scoop, please …

Porog At E Liu Thaiday 2006


Porog ata e, porog ata e..

Possibility Christopher Hoyne 2013


In the distance there is light and you start to wonder…

Possum Julie Blanchard 2008


My house is so sold my house is cool, ev'rything stays in place as a rule.

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Potato Cheryl Wheeler 2012


Potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato

Pots and Pans Phil Parton & Scott Aplin 2006


When I get to the kitchem, I can't control my hands.

Prehistoric Animal Brigade, The M L Reeve 1979, 1984


Listen to the chorus of the brontosaurus ...

Pretty Little Baby Traditional 1996


What you gonna call your pretty little baby? ...

Pretty Little Ditty Harley Mead 2013


Boom chick boom chicka boom boom…

Proper Cup o' Coffee Traditional Puerto Rican 1977


Maracas are playing, dancers are swaying …

Proper Sort of Gardener, A Maggie Holland & Jon Moore 2000


Once upon a time I found a garden- picked the brightest things ...

Proud Mary John C Fogerty 1977, 1983, 1995


Left a good job in the city …

Proud to be Australian Sally Hogan 2003


I've got eyes like my mother, and big feet like my brother.

Psarapoula Traditional Greek 1998


Ksekina mia psaropoula Apto yialo- Ksekina mia psaropoula Aptin ...

Psaropoula Traditional Greek 1981


See, the bright boat sails away now, out from the shore …

Puddles Bob Brown & Harvey Welsh 2006


I call my puppy Puddles…

Purple People Eater, The Sheb Wooley 1981, 1993, 2003


Well, I saw the thing a-comin' out of the sky.

Pushbike Song Idris & Evan Jones 1985, 1975


Riding along on a pushbike, honey, when I noticed you …

Pusi Nofo Traditional Samoan Song 2005


Pusi nofo, nofo lugaole fala.

Put a Little Bit of Love in Your Heart Rhonda Macken 1998


Put a little bit of love in your heart- today's a great place to start.

Put a Little Love in Your Heart Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers & Jackie de Shannon 2004
Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand.

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Put on a Happy Face Lee Adams & Charles Strouse 1981, 2006
Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face …

Put Your Hand in the Hand Gene MacLellan 1980


Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water …

Put Your Little Foot Right Out Traditional Dutch/Afrikaans 1990


Put your little foot right out.

R.O.C.K. Haley & Kiefer 1992


R.O.C.K. Rock! Take an "R" from the eight ...

Railroad Train, The Charles Harvey 1990


Clickety-clack- a-lunk- a-lunk!

Rain Peter Combe 1987, 2010


And the rain keeps tumbling down. Listen, it's a wonderful sound.

Rain Traditional Aboriginal, words by John Shortis 1981, 1986


Rain clouds have come and have blocked out the sun …

Rain It Raineth All Around, The Traditional Rhyme 2002


Rain It Raineth All Around- The

Rain Song, The John Perry & Douglas Coombes 1981


On Monday morning he got up. It's raining, it's raining again!

Rainbow Connection, The Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher 1993


Why are there so many songs about rainbows ...

Rainbow Snake Robin McPherson 1984


In the outback of Australia lives the rainbow snake ...

Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head Hal David & Burt Bacharach 1983, 1976 [words only]
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head …

Rainforest Rap Sam Valentine 2007, 2014


Yo yo let me talk t'ya 'bout a special place…

Raining on the Rock John Williamson 2007, 2014


Pastel red to burgundy and spinifex to gold.

Rak Niwilli Pilawuk White & Peter Lawson 2006


Alice Rigney rode a pointer shak from Torrens River

Ram of Derby Traditional Australian 1980, 1988


As I went to Derby upon a market day, I met the finest sheep [me boys] there/that ever was ever fed
on hay.

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Rap It Up Julie Blanchard & Rhonda Macken 1993


You need to go to school to exercise your brain ...

Rattlin' Bog Traditional 1986


Hi, ho, the rattlin' bog, down in the valley - O.

Rattling Dog Traditional, arranged by Mike Jackson 2009


Rare bog, a rattling bog…

Raunchy Little Rockin' Tune, A Lorraine A Milne 1981


I heard a band playin' down in the park …

Rawhide Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin 2003


Rollin', rollin' rollin'. Rollin', rollin', rollin'. Rollin', rollin' rollin', Rawhide!

Razzle Dazzle John Kander & Fred Ebb 2005


Give 'em the old razzle dazzle, razzle dazzle 'em.

Reach Cathy Dennis & Andrew Todd 2003


When the world leaves you feeling blue, you can count on me.

Reach Diane Warren & Gloria Estefan 2004


Some dreams live on in time for ever.

Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) Nicholas Ashford & Valerie Simpson 2008
Reach out and touch, somebody's hand.

Reach Out For Peace Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis 1988
Reach out for peace all over the world …

Real Wild Child John Greenan & Johnny O'Keefe 2011


Well I'm just out of school like I'm real, real cool.

Redback on the Toilet Seat Ralph Ernest Newtown 2007


There was a redback on the toilet seat when I was there last night.

Reindeer Boogie Stephen Lawrence 2007


Oh, I thought I heard a jingle and a tiny hoof.

Reindeer Rap Sally Albrecht 1998


We fly through the air like we know that we should ...

Reluctant Dragon, The Penner, Hee & Wolcott 1976


I'm the reluctant dragon. What ho! Quite so!

Remember the Feeling of Christmas Matthew Perry 1997


Remember the feeling of Christmas time ...

Respect Phil & Jodi Tweed & Peter & Elizabeth Oliver 2010
You've gotta respect all your brothers and sisters…

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Rheumatism Boogie Louis Tod Innis & Moon Mulligan 2008


Well my Unlce Ebenezer and old Aunt Jane heard the rheumatism boogie…

Rhythm in Syncopation D D A Kloessing 1979


Rhythm in syncopation, that is the true foundation …

Rhythm of Life, The Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman 1977, 1998


Daddy started out in San Francisco, tootin' on his trumpet, loud and mean ...

Riddle, The Traditional German 1977


A little man is standing within the wood …

Ride the Wind Harry Bryan 2003


Ride the wind. That's what the old man said to me.

Riding Round on Golf Balls Bob Brown 2005, 2014


I'm not a fluffy Persian cat, a prize dog or race horse. I'm just a common garden ant who lives on a big
golf course.

Right Said Fred Miles Rudge & Ted Dicks 1979, 1984
Right, said Fred, both of us together. One each end and steady as we go.

Right Way Round, The Lorraine A Milne 1986


All the people who live in the northern hemisphere …

Ring, Ring the Banjo Stephen Foster 1978


The time is never dreary, if the darky never groans …

Rip Rip Woodchip John Williamson 1991


What am I gonna do- what about the future?

Risseldy Rosseldy Traditional 2013


I married my spouse in the month of June.

River Boy F Carter 1981


He was born and raised on the river, it's the only life that he knows …

River Country William A. McIntosh 2005


From the stones of New Years Ridge, down the gullies where the winds blow. To the river, down to the
river.

River of Dreams Billy Joel 1996


In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep ...

River Town Troy Casar-Daley 2011


There's a little place that come's to mind…

Rivers of Babylon Farian, Reyam, Dowe & McNaughton 1984


By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yeah we wept when we remembered Zion ...

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Road Runner [Cartoon medley] M. Franklyn 1995


If you're on a highway and Road Runner goes beep! beep! ...

Robin Hood John E West & Hettie M Hawkins 1978


Now, Robin Hood was an outlaw bold …

Rock and Roll Christmas George Thorogood 2012


Let's have a rock and roll Christmas just like we used to know…

Rock Around the Clock Max C Freedman & Jimmy De Knight 1980, 1993, 2007
One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock …

Rock Island Line Paul Campbell & Joel Newman 1983


On the Rock Island line, it is a mighty good road …

Rock Me (ABBA medley) Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 2002
Rock me- give me that kick now …

Rock My Soul Traditional African-American 1977, 1990


Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham ...

Rock 'n Roll Music Chuck Berry 1990


Just let me hear some of that rock 'n roll music.

Rocket Science Christos Karpathakis 2008


From the dawning of humanity…

Rockin' Christmas Joseph Beal & Jim Boothe 2008


Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock,

Rockin' Robin Jimmy Thomas 1977, 1982, 1979 [words only], 2003
Twidderlee didderlee dee. He rocks in the tree-tops all day long …

Rockre'n A Round Rhonda Macken 1998


I am mostly happy but I can be sad. I'm mostly good but I can be bad.

Roger Ramjet [Cartoon medley] Charles Koren & Paul Shively 1995
Roger Ramjet and his eagle fighting for our freedom ...

Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry 1992


I'm gonna write a little letter- gonna mail it to my local D.J.

Roller Coaster Gary Crees & Carol Crees 1996


The roller coaster's the one to ride ...

Roller Coaster Ride Rhonda Macken 1993


Roller coaster ride ... come and join the fun ...

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day Paul Godfrey, Ross Godfrey & Sky Edwards 2003
You and me we're meant to be walking free in harmony.

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Room For Us All Rhonda Macken 1994


There's room for us all- whether large or small.

Rosina Goes to Market Traditional Italian 1980


On a Monday, bright and early, Rosina hurries along …

Round and Round Traditional 1996


Round and round the earth is turning- turning always round ...

Round and Round and Round Rhonda Macken 1993


Round and round ... collect it all and send it round and round ...

Round of Good-Byes, A Frederick Silver 2000


Good-bye- farewell- the time has come for parting.

Roundabout Town John Shortis 1976


When you're climbing in your tree, can you see Roundabout Town?

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Traditional 2010


Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.

Rufus Rastas [Appendages medley] Barb Stacey & Judy Bedard 1996
Optic retina Iris Brown- what'cha gonna do ...

Running Bear J.P. Richardson 1993


On the bank of the river stood Running Bear ...

Rusty it's Goodbye Carey & Kirkpatrick 2009


By a lonely railroad station a dog sits patiently.

Ryebuck Shearer, The Traditional 1990, 2008


I come from the South and my name it's Field ...

Sabunana Kusasa Jerry Brodey 1987, 2000


Sabunana Kusasa. Sabu ... nana ... Oo ... Sasa.

Sadako from Hiroshima Robin Mann 1990


She saw the thunderbolt in the sky- like a million suns ...

Sail Gently, Sail (The Israeli Boat Song) Traditional, words by Lionel Morton 1983, 1993
Rocky gently sailboat, in the midday sunshine …

Sailing Gavin Sutherland 1980


I am sailing, I am sailing, home again, 'cross the sea …

Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea., A Traditional 1989


A sailor went to sea, sea, sea, to see what he could see, see, see …

Sakaraka [The "Bomb"] Rena Kartheou & Stelios Tsiolas 1988


Pa pa pa … pi pi pi … Granke brunke triki traka …

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Sakura Traditional 2010


Sakura, sakura, Ya yo I no sorawa

Saltwater Julian Lennon, Leslie Spiro & Mark Spiro 1993


We are a rock revolving around a golden sun ...

San Sereni Traditional New Mexico 1997


San Sereni de la buena- buena vida- hacen asi- asilos ...

Sand Elisabeth Mansutti & Jerry Wesley 1979


Fine sand, dry sand! No matter how you try sand …

Sansa Kromo Traditional 2011


Sansa kroma Ne nay woo awcheche

Santa Bring Me a Dinosaur Bob Brown 2007


When Christmas comes I don't want a bike…

Santa Song Genni Kane & John Kane 1996


There's a funny little guy I keep seeing around ...

Santa's Moving to the South Pole Colin Buchanan & Greg Champion 2004
It was in the middle of last July when Santa jumped out of bed.

Sao Roma Traditional Romany 2001


Sao Roma baje. Ama rodive ... Er dele zi. Sa o Roma Daje ...

Save the Bones for Henry Jones Danny Barker, Vernon Lee & Henry Jones 1991
Tonight we'll have a party- we'll eat some food that's rare.

Say Gooday You Aussie Kids Ted Egan 1980


An old man came back from the Dreamtime …

Scarborough Fair Traditional English 1975, 1978


Are you going to Scarborough Fair, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme …

School Days [School Days medley] Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards 1995
School days ... dear old golden rule days ...

School Days Rap Rob Quantrelle 1994


Well I get up in the morning- and I have a stretch ...

Schooldays Leslie Bricusse 1977


Schooldays, so they tell us, are the most sublime of our lives …

Scoo Be Doo Susie Davies 1995


Doo doo doo do de doo ... scoo be doo ... bap du wap ...

Scooby Dooby Doo Jon Madin 2005


Scooby dooby doo. Na na na na.

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Scotland the Brave Traditional 1975, 1985


Hark when the night is falling, hear, hear the pipes are calling …

Scottish Soldier, The Traditional Scottish 1978


There was a soldier, a scottish soldier …

Seasons of Love Jonathon Larson 2004


Five hundred, twenty five thousand six hundred minutes.

Secrets Mark Weeks 1990


I have got a secret- and I promised not to tell.

See Ya Later Alligator Robert Guidry 1989


Well, I saw m' baby walkin' with another man today.

See You Later Alligator Robert Guidry 2006


Well I saw my baby walkin' with another today.

Seekers Medley A World of our Own/Springfield; Georgy Girl/Springfield & Dale; One Day/Simon 2011
Close the door, light the light…

Seize the Day A Menken & J Feldman 2010


Open the gates and seize the day

Senzenina Traditional South African 1993


Senzenina ...

Sesere eey Traditional 2013


Sesere eeye sesere eeye narin ar in a roparte…

Seventy-Six Trombones Meredith Willson 1978


Seventy-six trombones led the big parade …

Shake a Tail Feather [Rock 'n Blues medley] Otha Hayes, Andre Williams & Verlie Rice 1999
Twist it- shake it ... Baby. Here we go loop-de-loop- shake it up Baby ...

Shake It Up Ross Inglis 1991


I love to dance the rhumba and the twist ...

Shake the Papaya Down Traditional West Indian 2001


Mama says no play- this is a work day. Up with the bright sun ...

Shake, Rattle and Roll [Rock 'n Roll medley] Charles Calhoun 1993
Well get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans ...

Shalom Chaverim Traditional Israeli [round] 1983


Farewell good friends … farewell … 'til we meet again … farewell.

Shalom Dundai Traditional 1996


Here is a song from Jericho- it's a melody you ought to know ...

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Shalom, Chaverim Traditional Israeli [round] 1976


Shalom, chaverim! … Lehitraot, shalom!

Sharing Our Future Jane Patterson, Kylie Peppiatt & Jo-Anne Bowerman 1990
It would make the world a better place- if we all hold hands ...

She'll be Coming Round the Mountain Traditional 1985


She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes …

Shelter Eric Bogle 1998, 2014


I'm drowning in the sunshine as it pours down from the sky ...

Shenandoah Traditional American 2000


Oh- Shenandoah- I long to see you. Away- you rolling river.

Shine Gerrard, Matthew & Stochansky 2008


Get up, get out, get up, lift your head..

Shining River Eric Bogle 2000


Outside my door when I was young- there flowed a shining river.

Shiny, Happy People William Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills & Michael Stipe 2000
Shiny- happy people holding hands. Shiny- happy people laughing.

Ship That Never Returned, The Traditional English 1979


On a summer's day, while the waves were rippling …

Shoes Squeak Japanese. English words by Akiyama, Kazuo. Music by Horota, Ryutaro 1979
Hand in hand, strolling along, out in the field, as we sing our song.

Shoo Fly + Get that Fly Traditional 2006


Shoo fly (swat) don't bother me!

Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy Sammy Gallop & Guy Wood 1992
If you wanna do right by your appetite ...

Shoop Shoop Song, The Rudy Clark 1996


Does he love me- I want to know ...

Shores of Botany Bay Traditional Australian 1987


I'm on me way down to the quay, where the big ship now doth lay …

Short'nin' Bread Traditional African-American 1979


Three little babies, lyin' in bed. Two were sick, and the other 'most dead.

Shout! Roland Isley, Rudolph Isley & O'Kelly Isley 1998


You know you want to make me shout!

Show Me the Way to Go Home Irving & Ivor King 1995


Show me the way to go home ...

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Shower the People witn Love James Taylor 2008


You can play the game and you can act out the part.

Shusti-Fidli Music traditional, words by Fjeril Hess & Lilian Jackson 1979
Children, guess what I have here.

Shut the Gate Ann North & Martin Wesley-Smith 1981


Now, listen 'ere cobbers, remember what I say …

Si Si Si Traditional 2013
Si si si si, Do la da

Side by Side Harry Woods 1986, 2003


Oh! We ain't got a barrel of money, maybe we're ragged and funny …

Sikbala Ian Ross Williams 2001


Main baba bin go la hospil Ibin jidan jeya long time- bobala ...

Silly By the Sea Angela Moore & Penny Biggins 2008


Silly by the sea, have a cup of tea

Silly Contest, The Louisa Myers 1986


The kangaroo was a proud fellow. Said he to the numbat, don't you know …

Simon Says Elliot Chiprut 1983, 1988


I'd like to play a game that is so much fun, and it's not very hard to do …

Simple Gifts Traditional Appalachian 1999


Tis the gift to be simple- 'tis the gift to be free.

Simple Melody Irving Berlin 2008


Won't you play a simple melody like my mother sang to me?

Sing (and Tell the Blues So Long) Kasha & Wilson Wyche 1992
Well I can't do nothin' with the blues I got but sing- sing- sing.

Sing a Little Song Jari Houston & Stephen Lawrence 2002


Sun won't shine- it's dreary …

Sing a Rainbow Arthur Hamilton 1979, 1984


Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue ...

Sing a Song M White and A McKay 2011


When you feel down and out…

Sing Gloria! John Wheeler & William G James 1976


The trees are whisp'ring a secret from twilight to dawn …

Sing Out With Joy! Sally Albrecht 1999


Sing out with joy! ... Alleluia- amen.

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Sing Theme Lorraine A Milne 1991, 1992


Sing Ninety-One! Tune in- switch on ...

Sing Theme Rhonda Macken 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Go with the music when you feel your body moving ...

Sing Your Own Song Miten 2011


Sing your own song, beat your own drum

Sing! Joe Raposo 1978, 1983


Sing! Sing a song! Sing out loud! Sing out strong!

Sing! (It's Christmas Day) Phil Paviour 1998


The angels sing "It's Christmas day".

Sing, C'est la Vie Sonny Bono, Charles Greene & Brian Stone 1981
When things go wrong, just sing this song …

Sing, Sing Together Traditional 1976


Sing, sing together, merrily, merrily sing …

Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima 1985


Sing, sing, sing, sing. Ev'rybody start to sing …

Singalong '93 Theme Rhonda Macken 1993


Sing '93 Theme

Singalong Theme Lorraine A Milne 1992


Any time's the right time to sing a song ...

Singalong Theme Rhonda Macken 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.


Stamp your feet- clap your hands ...

Singalong Theme: Come On and Sing! Colin Buchanan 1998


If you're ready to tap your feet- come on and sing.

Singing in the Rain Freed & Brown 1985


I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain …

Singing in the Shower Dan Johnson 1979, 2004, 2014


I'm singing in the shower, turn the water power up so I get a lot of steam.

Sippin' Cider Through a Straw Unknown 1979


The prettiest girl … I ever saw … was sippin' cider through a straw …

Sir Frederick Pottinger Kenneth & Patricia Cooke 1979


Sir Frederick Pottinger came out in a sailing ship to Sydney town …

Sister Moon Rhonda Macken 1997


Day awakens- the earth is light ...

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Sit a While Rhonda Macken 1996


Sit a while- relax a while. Watch a show on TV.

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding & Steve Cropper 1997
Sitting in the morning sun ...

Six Months in a Leaky Boat Tim Finn 1999


When I was a young boy- I wanted to sail round the world.

Six Ribbons Jon English 1980, 1994


If I were a minstrel, I'd sing you six love songs.

Six White Boomers Rolf Harris & John Brown 2005


Early on one Christmas day a joey kangaroo was far from home and lost in a great big zoo.

Skating Emil Waldteufel 1977


Winter is here, best time of year …

Skeleton Julie Blanchard 1993


Inside of me is a skeleton. I wish I could look in.

Skimbleshanks: the Railway Cat T.S. Eliot & Andrew Lloyd Webber 1990
Skimbleshanks- the railway cat- the cat of the railway train!

Sky Machine A D Strutton 1980


Ki ki oo oo … Choo choo … chi chi chi …

Skye Boat Song Traditional Scottish 1978, 1985, 2004


Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing.

Sleigh Bells Traditional Russian, adapted by May Sarson 1978


Marry bells go ting-a-lingle, toes and fingers freeze and tingle …

Slice of Heaven Dave Dobbyn 2003


Da da da baboom da da da boom ... Hey I got a lot of faith in ya.

Slitheree-Dee, The Shel Silverstein 1975


Oh, the Slitheree-Dee has crawled out of the sea …

Sloop 'John B', The Traditional Bahamian 1976, 1984


Oh, we come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me …

Smile Teresa Jennings 1997


Sometimes you feel that life is a race.

Snail's Pace Bob Brown 2004


I'm one of the oldest species that the world has ever known.

Snakes in the Ceiling Peter Merrill 1996


I've lived around Australia in ev'ry kind of home ...

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Sneezing Fisherman, The Traditional 1989


A fisherman went out one day, to catch some schnapper in the bay.

Sneezing Is An Art D D A Kloessing 1979


Sneezing is an art, ha-choo! I ha-choo much better than you …

Snoopy Versus the Red Baron Dick Holler & Phil Gernhard 1994
After the turn of the century- in the clear blue skies ...

Snowgum Louise Pettinger (Perdana) 1995, 2009


A white veil spreads around me- as far as I can see.

Snowy River Roll! Bill Lovelock 1993


Give me a man who's a man among men ...

So Good Ali Thomson, A Carlsson and Jorgen Elofsson 2008


We know how to dare, we know how to dream.

Solar Vicki Larnach 1999


Solar ... Use the energy from the sun. We won't need the oil ...

Solar Systme Rap Rhonda Macken 2008


Give us an M for Mecury, small but bold.

Soldiers' Chorus Guiseppe Verdi 2012


Marching along, we hear the trumpets sounding, calling one and all the battle and glory.

Solid Rock Shane Howard [Goanna Band] 1987


Out here nothing changes, not in a hurry anyway.

Someone Got Lost in a Storm Traditional African-American 1977


Somebody got lost in a storm …

Somewhere Over the Rainbow Ey Harburg & Harold Arlen 2001


When all the world is a hopeless jumble ...

Somewhere Therere's a Forest Susan Stevens 1995


Somewhere there's a forest where you can stand and dream ...

Song for the Mira Allister MacGillivray 2001


Out on the Mira on warm afternoons ...

Song of Australia CJ Charleton & Carl Linger 1982


There is a land where summer skies are gleaming with a thousand dyes …

Song of Gold Alex Hood 2004


Come all you jolly fossickers and shaftsinkers so bold.

Song of Joy Adapted from Beethoven's Choral Symphony 1976, 1989


Sing of joy around the world. Let all men hear and understand.

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Song of Peace Lloyd Stene & Jean Sibelius 2004


This is my song, oh God of all the nations.

Song of Peace Mary Donnelly 1997


If I could have one wish come true ...

Song of the King [Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber1994
I was wandering along the banks of the river ...

Song of the Tree, The Gerry Atkinson 1988


When I was born a baby cried ten thousand miles away.

Song of the Volga Boatmen Marion Mannering 1982


Yo-oh heave ho! Yo-oh heave ho! Pull together, yo-oh heave ho!

Song of the World's Last Whale, The Pete Seeger 1989


I heard the song of the world's last whale …

Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond 1976


This is not a sad song; a sad song to sing when you're alone …

Sorry Song Kerry Fletcher 2007


If we can now say that we're sorry to the people from this land.

Sound Song, The Edward Lipton 1981


The flowers come up in the spring, spring, spring …

Sounding Off Brian Fitzgerald 1982, 1986


Old Joe Stone, he lives alone, call him up on the telephone …

Sounds of Silence Paul Simon 1990


Hello darkness- my old friend.

Sounds of Then (This is Australia) Mark Callaghan 1998, 2014


I think I hear the sounds of then- and people talking- scenes recalled ...

South African National Anthem Enoch Sontnaga & C J Langehoven 2012


Nkosi sikeleli Afrika…

Southern Cross, The Mark Weeks 1989


Blue are the heavens, red is the sand …

Spaghetti Bolognaise Peter Combe 1983


Unlike a yo-yo craze, unlike a marble phase, I love it ev'ry day …

Spanish Flea Marcel Stellman & Julius Wechter 1985


The biggest circus came to town. 'Twas headed by the biggest clown …

Spare Pair Soozah Clark 2001


What can the octopus do with eight legs? Two legs to hold a chair ...

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Speaking Hands, Hearing Eyes Judy Small 2005


Jeffrey is just six years old, the biggest smile you ever saw, and there's so much I know he wants to say.

Spider in the Bath, The Michael Flanders & Donald Swann 1986
I have fought a grizzly bear, tracked a cobra to it's lair …

Splish Splash Bobby Darin & Jean Murray 2005


Splish splash, I was taking a bath, 'long about a Saturday night.

Spread a Little Happiness Vivian Ellis, Clifford Grey & Gretres Newman 1996
Even when the darkest clouds are in the sky ...

Spring Morning Traditional Chinese 2002


Now it is spring and birds all sing …

Spring Song Christos Karpathakis 2012


The earth around the sun turns…

Springtime of Our Dreams Peter Combe 1982


You can see her in the blossom, and the blue of the sky …

Stand By Me Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller 2002


When the night has come and the land is dark …

Standing in the Rain Sydney Carter 1975


No use knocking at the window, there is nothing we can do, Sir …

Star Trekkin' Graham Lister, John O'Connor & Rory Kehoe 2002
Star trekkin' across the universe …

Station Wagon, The Traditional 1990


Rolling along in the station wagon- on our way to Darwin.

Steppy Peppy Spider, The Rita Abrams 1982


The steppy, peppy spider was spinning along …

Stewball Robert Yellin, Ralph Rinzler & John Herald 1977


Stewball was a good horse, he wore a high head …

Sticks and Stones Sean Peter 2006


Ev'ry body gets sad sometimes.

Stodola Pumpa Traditional Czech, English words by Harry H Wilson 1976, 1984
Stodola … walking along with my dear maiden gay …

Stonere's Throw Away, A Brian Fitzgerald 1992


It's just a stone's throw away from where you're standing ...

Story Teller, The Brian Simmons 1975


His eyes were blue and his hair was grey …

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Straighten Up and Fly Right Irving Mills & Nat King Cole 2004
A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air.

Streets of Forbes, The Australian ballad 1976


Come all you Lachlan men, and a sorrowful tale I'll tell …

Streets of London, The Ralph McTell 1977, 1981


Have seen the old man in the closed-down market ...

Stromming Boats, The Traditional Scandinavian 1982


The boats are homeward coming, across the brimming fjord …

Suba Su Brian Fitzgerald & Ross Inglis 1985


Suba suba ya … to the south of the island, near the blue lagoon …

Summer Heat Shuffle Traditional, lyrics by Rhonda Macken 1999


It's a red hot scorcher and we're not near the sea.

Summer Holiday Brian Bennett & Brunce Welch 1986, 2010


We're all going on a summer holiday, no more working for a week or two …

Summer is a Coming In Traditional 2005


Summer is a comin' in, loudly sing cuckoo.

Summer Song Burke, Le Poidevin, Willis, Johnston & Kane 2004


Sun is bright, hey hey. The air is hot, OK.

Sun Arise Rolf Harris & Harry Butler 1987


Sun arise, she bring in the morning …

Sun Magic Donovan Leitch 1983


The sun is a very magic fellow, he shines down on me each day-ay-ay …

Sun Smart Song, The Gail Godber & the students of Spring Gully Primary School 1995
If you want to be cool at our school ...

Sun Woman, Moon Man John Shortis 1976


Sun woman, you light the day. Sun woman, you show the way.

Sun-A-Rise Rolf Harris & Harry Butler 2007


Sun a-rise, she bring in the morning

Sunning James S Tippett & Lorraine A Milne 1986


Old dog lay in the summer sun, much too lazy to rise and run.

Sunny-time Summer Lorraine Milne & Ross Inglis 1990


Feel it heatin' up- clouds are startin' to clear.

Sunshine Feelfine Peter Merrill 1998


Sunshine feel fine- feels fine to be so happy ...

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Sunshine Medly Walking in the Sunshine/Miller; Walking on Sunshine/Rew; Good Day Sunshine/Lennon
& McCartney 2010
Good day sunshine, Good day sunshine..

Super Chook Chris John, Jim Patterson & Denise Alexander 2012
Super chook, be like a chicken, super chook, don't try and stop me.

Super Gran Phil Coulter & Billy Connolly 1990


Stand back Superman- Iceman- Spiderman- Batman ...

Supercalifragilisticesxpialidocious Richard & Robert Sherman 2008


Supercalifragilisticesxpialidocious, supercalifragilisticesxpialidocious!

Surfin' Safari B Wilson & M Love 2005


Let's go surfin' now, everybody's learning how. Come on a safari with me.

Surfin' USA Chuck Berry & Brian Wilson 2008


If ev'ry body had an ocean across the USA…

Swamp Song Mark Weeks 1990


Down in the swamp- the frogs are hopping ...

Swanee Gershwin & Caesar 2007


I've beenaway from you a long tim, I never thought I'd miss you so.

Sway Pablo Beltran Ruiz & Norman Gimbel 2008


When marimba rhythm starts to play, dance with me, make me sway.

Sweet Gingerbread Man Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Michel Legrand 1980, 1989
Feel like I'm made out o' gingerbread …

Sweet Music Traditional 2002


Oh music- sweet music- your praises we sing …

Sweet Potato Traditional American 1980


Soon as we all cook sweet potato …

Swimming Song Loudon Wainwright III 1997, 2013


This summer I went swimming ...

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional African-American 1995, 1998


Swing low- sweet chariot- coming for to carry me home!

Swinging on a Star J Burke & J Van Heusen 2008


Would you like to swing on a star?

Synco-copation Susie Davies 1997


Moving and grooving- twisting and turning ...

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Syncopata Maniac Brian Fitzgerald 1988


I hate to syncopate. Right on time, my beat is never late.

Syncopated Clock Michael Parish & Le Roy Anderson 1982


There was a man like you and me, as simple as a man could ever be …

Syncopated Cyril Gary King & Audrey Klein 1993


Syncopated Cyril walking down the street ...

Syncopated Dreamin' Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis 1990


Ev'ry Monday morning I gotta rise- can't sleep in ...

Taba Naba Traditional Torres Strait Islander 1997, 2014


Taba naba- naba norem. Tugei pe naisir mi dinghy em ...

Taba Naba Norem Traditional 1983


Taba naba naba norem togey peni se em …

Tadpole Blues Peter Combe 2010


Yesterday I had a body and a tail, body and a tail

Tafta Hindi Traditional Arabic 1976, 1994


Tafta Hindi … come and buy, oh ladies fair, shining satin, lovely laces …

Take Me Home, Country Roads Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert & John Denver 1977, 1984
Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River ...

Take Me Out to the Ball Game [School Days medley] Jack Norworth & Albert Von Tilzer 1995
Take me out to the ball game- take me out with the crowd.

Talk of the Town Shane Howard 1999


Sun goes down on a cloudless sky. The tide is in the water's high.

Talk to the Animals Leslie Bricusse 1977


If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it …

Talking Sarah McNeil & Peter Hutchings 1992


Talk to me- I want to hear your voice ...

Talking to Your Dog Isn't Silly Tony Rees 1978


I talk to my dog, and she listens …

Tapping Your Feet Karl Dietrich 2009


If there ain't no happy news, here's the thing for you to do.

Tarantara [The Pirates of Penzance medley] W S Gilbert & A S Sullivan 2001


When the foeman bares his steel- Tarantara tarantara.

Tarara de Sevilla Traditional Spanish 1994


La Tarara- si- la Tarara no- La Tarara nina que lahe visto yo.

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Tarnikini Ian R Williams 2008


Hide 'n' seek and hide 'n' seek…

Teacher Took My Tennis Ball, The Libby Hathorn & Stephen Lalor 1998
The teacher took my tennis ball- she took it for the day.

Teddy Bear's Picnic j Bratton & J Kennedy 2007


If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise.

Tee Ball Mark Weeks 1990


Monday Tuesday Wednesday- that's when some folk like to play.

Tell Me ... Lorraine A Milne 1990


If you planted some people in the garden ...

Ten Green Bottles Traditional 1998


Ten green bottles hanging on the wall ...

Ten Thousand Miles Away Traditional Australian 1978, 1989, 1994


Sing ho for a brave and a gallant ship …

Tena Koutou Traditional Maori 2003


Tena koutou, e hoa ma. Kuataemai nei ...

Tenho Uma Boneca Traditional Mozambiquen 1998


Tenhouma boneca Assim- assim! Velo de Inhambane- P'ra mim ...

Tennessee Wig-Walk, The N Gimbel & L Coleman 1989


I'm a bow-legged chicken, I'm a knock-kneed hen …

Tennis Match, The Rhonda Macken 1997


"Thirty all-" the umpire calls.

Tepok Amai-amai Traditional Malaysian 1998


Tepok amai amai belalang kupu kupu. Tepok ramai ramai Emak ...

Thalasa Traditional 2008


Thalasa, thalasa tous….

Thank You Schneider, English version by van der Haas & van Reyvald et al 1977
Thank you for giving me the morning …

Thank You For the Music Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 1980
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing …

Thank You For the Music Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 2001
I'm nothing special- in fact I'm a bit of a bore.

Thargomindah Road Maurie Lawson 1981, 1986


Crickety crack, a' crickety crack, the wagon it complains …

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That's Mathematics Thomas Lehrer 2012


Counting sheep when you're trying to sleep…

That's My Team David Faulkner 2013


And another thing, I'm discovering lately.

That's What Friends Are For Carol Bayer Sager & Burt Bacharach 1995, 2007
And I never thought I'd feel this way ...

The 3 Rs: Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle B Dorough 2009


Three it's a magic number, yes it is.

The Aardvark Elizabeth Gilpatrick 2010


The burrowing African Aardvark is an eater of termites and ants

The Ballad of Kelly's Gang Traditional 2007


Oh! Paddy dear and did you hear the news that's going round?

The Bear Song (The other day I met a bear) Traditional 2007
The other day I met a bear.

The Bell Doth Toll Tradtional 2013


The bell doth toll, it's echoes roll

The Best Gift of All Sally Albreacht & Jay Althouse 2006
The best gift doesn't come wrapped in paper.

The Bloodmobile J Flansburgh & J Linnell 2011


The Bloodmobile, the Bloodmobile

The Book You Pick Up Jennifer Samlid 2006


I'm the book you pick up, when you need to know.

The Call Regina Spektor 2011


It started out as a feeling which then grew into a hope..

The Climb Jessica Alexander & Jon Mabe 2011


I can almost see it, that dream I'm dreaming

The Crawdad Song Traditional 2010


You get a line and I'll get a pole

The Crocodile Opera Jon Madin 2011


At the crocodile opera there's a beautiful tiger

The Cuckoo Clock Duet Andy Beck 2013


High on a hill in Austria…

The Cup of Life (La Copa de la Vita) Robi Rosa & Desmond Child 2007
The cup of life, this is the one

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First line of song

The Drop of Water Peter Denahy 2005


I'm a drop of water and I have vertigo. I'm sitting in a raincloud and I'm about to go.

The Expanding Universe Mark Walmsley & Carol Jenkins 2011


Given gravity's a form of stretchy glue…

The Flame John Foreman 2004


The fire within me will reach out to the goal.

The Flower that Shattered the Stone Joe Henry & John Jarvis 2007
The earth is our mother, just turning around.

The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring William Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan 2013
The flowers that bloom in the spring…

The Green and the Gold Susie Davies Splitter & Phil Splitter 2008
We are Australians, we're proud and we're free.

The Green Grass Grew All Around Traditional 2012


There was a patch (there was a patch)

The Happy Wanderer Friedrich W Moller, English words by Antonia Ridge 2006
I love to go a wandering, along the mountain track.

The Hippopotamus Song Michael Flanders & Donald Swann 2004


A bold hippopotamus was standing one day, on the banks of the cool Shalimar.

The Journey Patrice Villines & Tim Hayden, arranged by Jay Althouse 2008
No-one ever climbed a mountatin or ever learned to fly…

The Last Anzac Michael Travers 2005


Every year we remember, in April and November. The boats on the water carrying the brave.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight G Weiss, H Peretti & S Linda 2007

The Man from Snowy River A B Paterson and D Kirpatick 2010


There was movement at the station for the word had passed around…

The Man in the Picture Garry Paul Koehler 2011


The man in the picture didn't fly through the air…

The Middle James Adkins, Richard Burch, Thomas Linton & Zachary Lind 2012
Hey, don't write yourself off….

The Mummy Song Colin Buchanan 2014


You ought to see what they did to my mummy…

The New and the Old Rhonda Macken 2005


There was a beautiful tree in our garden, almost as tall as the sky.

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The Old Bark Hut Traditional Australian 2004, 2014


Oh my name is Bob, the Swagman and I'll have you understand.

The Overlander Traditional 2009


There's a trade you all know well

The Piano John Kane & Mark Walmsley 2009


I love,I love, I love, I love, I love to play the piano…

The Quartermaster's Store Traditional, arrangement by Lorraine Milne 1992, 2004


There was bread, bread, harder than your head, in the store, in the store.

The Sharing Song Gill Gill & Adam Topple 2010


It's always more fun to share with ev'ryone.

The Sow Took the Measles Traditional 2007


When I was young, I bought me a plough

The Three Drovers John Wheeler & William James 2014


Across the plains one Christmas night…

The Three Pigs Rap Mar Harman, 2012


This is the story about three pigs

The Unbirthday Song A Hoffman, J Livingston & M David 2006


Statistics prove, prove that you have one birhtday ev'ry year.

The Wassail Song Traditional 2013


Here we come a wassailing among the leaves so green

The Woolly, Woolly Sheep Melissa Perrin 2006


There was a woolly sheep, walking down the road.

The Wrong End Traditional, arranged by Mike Jackson 2009


Rabbits have bright shiny noses.

Thelma Brown Peter Combe 1981


Thelma Brown lived in a zoo, there were cows in her kitchen, and roosters on view …

Thelonius the Moggy Chris Matters 1998


Tsh tsh t tsh tsh t tsh t tsh Miaow miaow! Thelonius the moggy ...

There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens J Whitney & A Kramer 1989
There ain't nobody here but us chickens, there ain't nobody here at all.

There is Water Traditional Greek 1980


The water falls in the winter rain …

There Was a Young Man from Perth Peter Butler 2008


There was a young man from Perth who was born on the day of his birth.

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First line of song

There Was an Old Witch Traditional 1980


There was an old witch, believe if you can …

Therere's a Bunk in the Humpy Henry Lawson & Roy Abbott 1990
The bush was too lonely and life was too slow ...

There's a Gumtree Andy Armstrong 1991, 2009


There's a gum tree growing on a hill ...

There's a Hole in my Bucket Traditional 1987


There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza … a hole.

There's a Kid Peter Combe 1986


There's a kid who's lyin' in bed, stuck at home with a cold in the head.

There's an Elephant in my Bedroom R Murphy & T Hiller 1976


There's an elephant in my bedroom, and I keep him under my bed.

There's No Business Like Show Business Irving Berlin 2006


The costumes, the scen'ry, the make-up, the props..

Think Big! Mike Cornick 2002


You gotta think big- if you can think at all …

Third Planet from the Sun, The Elaine Hempton 1990


Let's look after it- handle with care ...

Thirteen's My Lucky Number David Minchin 1985


I am not the superstitious kind. Ghosts and things are just inside your mind …

This is It! Mack David & Jerry Livingston 2003


Overture, curtain lights. This is it, the night of nights.

This Little Light of Mine Traditional 1997


This little light of mine- I'm going to let it shine ...

This Old Man/Michael Finnigin Traditional/Traditional 1982


This old man, he played one, he played nick-nack on my drum ...

This Ole House Stuart Hamblen 1984


This ole house once knew his children, this ole house once knew his wife ...

This Train Traditional, adapted by Anne Mendoza 1978


This train is bound for glory, this train …

This Train Traditional, words adapted by Elisabeth Mansutti 1981


This train is bound for Sydney, this train …

This Train Traditional 1984


This train don't carry no stealers, this train ...

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First line of song

Thoity Poiple Boids Traditional 1999


Thoity poiple boids- sittin' on the coib- a choipin' and a boipin' ...

Thongs Rob Fairburn & Mark Leehy 1988


Thongs! Thongs! Lift up your voices in song.

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Ron Goodwin 1979


Those magnificent men, in their flying machines …

Thousand Hairy Savages, A Spike Milligan & John Shortis 1975


A thousand hairy savages sitting down to lunch …

Three Drovers, The John Wheeler & William G. James 1976, 1984, 1993
Across the plains on Christmas night, three drovers riding blythe and gay ...

Three Holy Kings Traditional Puerto Rican, English version by Aura Kontra 1987
Los tres Santos Reyes los tres y los tres.

Three Little Fishies Saxie Dowell 2005


Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool, swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too.

Three Ravens Traditional 1993


There were three ravens- sat on a tree- down-a-down- hey!

Threw It Out the Window Traditional 2000


Little Jack Horner sat in a corner- eating his Christmas pie.

Thumbelina Frank Loesser 1979


Though you're no bigger than my thumb …

Tiddalik The Cat Team 1982


Tiddalik, the big green frog, spends all day sitting on a log.

Tie a Yellow Ribbon [words only] Irwin Levine & Russell Brown 1975
I'm coming home, I've done my time …

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport Rolf Harris 1984, 1991, 2004


There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying.

Till We Meet Again Phil Arnold 2001


It seems like only yesterday that you and I first went to school.

Time to Sing-a Noel Mary Val Marsh 2001


See the bright star in the sky- time to sing-a Noel.

Times are a-Changin' Bob Dylan 1987


Come gather 'round people, wherever you roam …

Tina, Singu Traditional African 1976, 1979


Tina singu le lu vu tae o watsha watsha watsha …

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Tinikling Traditional, Rhonda Macken 2009


Ev'ry-one join in the Tinikling

To Market, to Market Traditional 1996


To market- to market went my brother Jim ...

Today I Feel Older Jan Holdstock 2007


Today I feel older that I ever felt in my life.

Toembai Traditional Israeli round 1975


Toembai, toembai, toembai …

Together, One for All Alex Hood 1979


Now, when things are getting tough, and you think you've had enough ..

Tom Dooley Traditional American 2000


Hang down your head- Tom Dooley- hang down your head and cry ...

Tommy the Termite Collected by Alex Hood & Bryon Clark 1975, 1982
Way up north, where there is no snow …

Tomorrow Martin Charnin & Charles Strouse 2005


The sun'll come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun.

Tom's Nonsense Tony Strutton 1982


I've a friend called Tom, with a mole on his shoulder …

Tony Chesnut R Jordan 2005


Tony Chestnut, knows I love him.

Top of the World John Betts & Richard Carpenter 1977


Such a feeling's coming over me …

Toreador Song R J Malone & Georges Bizet 1975


Toreador, be ever on your guard!

Touch the Morning Take the time to touch the morning, You wish you had some day 2012
Take the time to touch the morning, You'll wish you had some day..

Touch the World Brian Simmons 1975


I am going to feel the world around me …

Toway Traditional 2007


Toway toway amara sinya moway amara

Traditional Rhymes Traditional 2002


The rain it raineth all around …

Transylvanian Two-Step Joyce Eilers Backak 1999


In haunted houses ev'rywhere- apparitions fill the air.

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Travelling Down the Castlereagh Music traditional, words by A B "Banjo" Paterson 1977, 2006
I'm travelling down the Castlereagh, and I'm a station hand …

Tree in the Wood, The Traditional English 1976


All in a wood there grew a tree, the finest tree you ever did see.

Trek, Tek, Tek Traditional 1986


Kalau tidak kerana bintang, trek tek tek …

Tren Gelir Hos Gelir Traditional 2006


Tren gerlir hos gelir…

Trepanging Andrew de Teliga & Bill O'Toole 2004


From our home in Macasa, we man the prahas and point the rubber.

Tri Neveste Traditional Macedonian 2004


Tri neveste tikve brale bre. Huh!

Tribal Voice Mandawuy Yunupingu & Yothu Yindi 2000


There's a wakening of a rainbow dawn- and the sun will rise on high ...

Trot, Trot, Trot Traditional 1989


Trot, trot, trot. Trot, my pony, trot!

True Blue Gill Autry & Raney 1987


I was born out in the mountains, out where the snakes grow legs …

True Colours Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly 2004


You with the sad eyes, don't be discouraged, oh I realise.

Trunda Ti Eh Traditional Ghanese 2003


Trunda tieh tieh Tieh. Trunda trrah Tieh.

Try a Little Kindness Bobby Austin & Curt Sapaugh 1977


If you see your brother standing by the road, with a heavy load …

Tshotsholoza Traditional South Africa 1999, 2014


Tshotsholoza. He ya kwe zon ta ba stime la si phu me zim ba!

Tumbalalyka Traditional Russian, words by Ruth Rubon 1985


Maiden, maiden, tell me true, what can grow without the dew?

Turn on the Sun Mitch Murray & Peter Callander 1975, 1982
Turn on the sun … light up the world, come ev'ryone.

Turn the Beat Around Peter Jackson Jr & Gerald Jackson 2008
Turn the beat around.

Turn, Turn, Turn Words adapted from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, music by Pete Seeger 1976, 1991
To ev'rything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, turn, turn …

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First line of song

Tutira Mai Traditional 2011


Tutira mai nga iwii

Tutor who Tooted the Flute, A Traditional Rhyme 2000


A tutor who tooted the flute …

Twas in the Moon of Winter-time Traditional Native American carol 1978


T'was in the moon of winter-time, when all the birds had fled …

Twelve Days of Christmas Traditional, words by Authur Chick 1986


On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me …

Twelve Days of Christmas [Emu up a Gum Tree] Traditional, words by June Williams 1986
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me …

Twelve Days of Summer Traditional, lyrics by 1996 Class 5/6R Girraween Public School 1999
On the first day of Christmas- my true love sent to me ...

Twist and Shout Bert Russell & Phil Medley 1999


Well shake it up baby now ... twist and shout ...

Two Little Boys Theodore More & Edward Madden 2013


Two little boys had two little toys…

Two Little Donkeys Vic Marantz 1976


There was a little donkey named Aw-ee-aw … trot, trot trotty wot home.

Two Men Traditional Aboriginal, translation by Alice Moyle 1981, 2004, 2014
Gayung manda martji.

Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Issacher Miron & Yahiel Haggiz 1978, 1986
Tzena … can't you hear the music playing, in the city square …

Uh, Oh! Lorraine A Milne 1979


Uh, oh, out in the sun. Uh, oh, goin' to have fun.

Uk Alele Traditional 1994


Uk Alele a pere tike tomba a masse ... Uk Aloah ...

Uncle Jessie Traditional Georgie Sea Islander 1997


Now- here comes Uncle Jessie- coming through the field ...

Uncle Joe Traditional 1975


Did you ever go to meeting Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe …

Under African Skies Paul Simon 1989


Joseph's face was black as night., the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes.

Under Southern Skies Damien Halloran & Maria Millward 2002, 2014
There's a peace in our hearts and a hope in our hands …

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Under the Boardwalk Artie Resnick & Kenny Young 1998


Oh when the sun beats down and melts the tar upon the roof ...

Under the Sea H Ashman & A Menken 2012


The seaweed is always greener in somebody' else's lake….

Underneath the Mango Tree Ian Ross Williams 1990


Underneath the mango tree were we ...

Underwear Song, The Traditional 1999


I have lost my underwear- but I don't care. I'll go bare. Bye- bye long-johns!

Unicorn, The Shel Silverstein 1984


A long time ago when the earth was green, there were more kinds of animals than you've ever seen
...

Universere's Daughter Fay White 2002


In the silent world of space- like a jewel of priceless worth …

Unto Us a Boy is Born Traditional German carol 1975, 1978


Unto us a child is born, King of all creation …

Up a Lazy River Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin 2010


Up a lazy river by an old mill stream

Upidee Traditional 1986


The shades of night were falling fast, tra la la, tra la la …

Urabaw Boey Thomas Matthew & Edna Matthew 2005


Urabaw boey thel. Manu badanu.

Urapunga Frog, The Bryan Clark 1976


When the wet hits the north, and the rivers are in flood …

Ushkadara Traditional 1996


If you like blue sky and sunshine- never go to Ushkadara ...

Valley to Pray Pilla & Guthrie Couston 1976


Come on, let's go down - down in the valley to pray.

Van Dieman's Land Traditional, additional words by Alex Hood 1982


You rambling boys of Liverpool, I'll have you to be aware …

V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E-S Colin Buchanan 2009


V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E-S

V-e-g-e-t-a-b-l-e-s Colin Buchanan 2014


V-e-g-e-t-a-b-l-e-s

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Very Last Day Paul Stookey & Peter Yarrow 1988


Ev'rybody gonna pray, on the very last day …

Video Peter Combe 1985


One day my Dad said we're gonna hire a video, video, video, video.

Village Dance Traditional Hungarian 1999


The lanterns gleam- the yellow flames leap and play.

Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don McLean 2000, 2007


Starry- starry night- paint your palette blue and grey.

Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy, The West Indian Spiritual 1995
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy ...

Vogue Madonna Ciccone & Shep Pettibone 2002


Look around- ev'rywhere you turn is heartache …

Volcano [Calypso medley] Jimmy Buffet, Keith Sykes & Harry Dailey 1993
I don't know ... where I'm a gonna go when the volcano blows ...

Wade in the Water Traditional African-American 1994


Wade in the water ... children ... God's a goin' to trouble ...

Wait for the Light to Shine Fred Rose 1992


When your road is rocky an' you're carryin' the load ...

Wait 'till the Sun Shines Nelly Harry Von Tilzer 1978
Wait 'til the sun shines, Nellie, when the clouds go drifting by …

Waiting Elaine Hempton 1991


I spend half my life waiting- waiting's the hardest thing I do.

Waiye Ganadie Toby 2001


Waiye- e eya e- Waiye- e eya eya o. Urabau ba a naka gimalo e ...

Waka Nini Yana Lou Bennett 2012


Waka nini yana?

Wake Up! James Masden 2012


The sun has come up, Wake up!

Walk a Country Mile Joy McKean 2005


Well I've walked a mile or two in my lifetime.

Walk a Mile in My Shoes Joe South 2010


If I could be you and you could be me for just one hour…

Walk Right In Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods 1982, 1995


Walk right in, sit right down, Daddy let your mind roll on ...

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First line of song

Walk the Dinosaur David Weiss, Don Fagenson & Randell Jacobs 1998
Boom boom acka lacka lacka boom.

Walkies on the Wild Side Keith MacDonald & Paul Stanton 2007
Walkie! Ruff ruff, ruff ruff, ruff, ruff ruff ruff

Walkin' in the Sunshine Roger Miller & Fred Bock 1980


Walkin' in the sunshine, sing a little sunshine song.

Walking in the Air Howard Blake 2003


We're walking in the air. We're floating in the moonlit sky.

Walking to the Left Gary King 2006


Walking to the left we go, not too fasr and not too slow.

Waltzing Matilda Traditional [Qld version], words by A B "Banjo" Paterson 1978, 1987, 2004
Oh, there once was a swagman camped in a billabong …

Waltzing Matilda Traditional, words by A B "Banjo" Paterson 1978, 1988, 2014


Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong …

Wataj Quillasnin Traditional Bolivian Quechua 1999, 2010


Juchuy pokay jatun pokoyka pankar waray quillay. Juchuy pokoyka ...

Watch Out for Witches Virginia Ferguson & Betty Carson 1983
The day is calm; you feel the breeze gently sway the bending trees.

Water Come a Me Eye Traditional Jamaican 1978


Every time I think of Liza, water come a me eye …

Water Cycle Round Fay White 1998


Water's always moving round and round.

Water is Wide, The Traditional English 1976


The water is wide, I cannot get o'er, and neither have I wings to fly.

Wawirri Ted Egan & Tess Nabaljari 1980


The children out at Yuendumu love to hunt the kangaroo.

We Absolutely have to have music Jacqueline McNair 2008


We absolutely have to have music.

We Are Ysaye Maria Barnwell 2002


For each child that's born- a morning star rises …

We Are Family Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers 2002


We are family. I got all my sisters with me …

We Are Going [Wo Ya Ya] Tonton, Osei, Richardson, Auras, Bedeau, Armarfio, Bailey 1977
We are going; heaven knows where we are going …

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We are One Mary Donnelly 2003


Ev'ryone is in this world together, living day by day as best we can.

We Are the Champions Freddie Mercury 1997


I've paid my dues time after time- I've done my sentence ...

We Are the People John Cougar Mellencamp 1992


If you're feelin' shut down- may my thoughts be with you ...

We Are the World Michael Jackson & Lionel Ritchie 2001


There comes a time when we need a certain call ...

We B Cool Cheryl Webb, Jay Stewart & John Collingwood-Smith 2003


We be cool. We gotta be cool. We be cool, we be smart …

We Don't Care Kane, Walmsley & Visocchi 2006, 2014


We don't care what you look like.

We Gather Here Together (Harmonia Mundi) Tradtional music, words by Scott Diebler 2006
We gather here together with joyful heart and mind.

We Go Together Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey 2005


We go together like ramalama lama ka dingada dingadong.

We Got the Beat Charlotte Caffery 2013


See the people walking down the street…

We Gotta All Get Together Freddy Weller 1999


This world ain't got no room for narrow-minded people.

We Need a Little Christmas J Herman 2006


Haul out the holly…

We Shall Not Be Moved Traditional 1992


Well I'm on my way to heaven- we shall not be moved ...

We Shall Overcome Traditional 1976, 1975 [words only]


We shall overcome … some day. Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe …

We Three Kings of Orient Are Traditional Christmas Carol 1992


We three kings of Orient are- bearing gifts we traverse afar ...

We Will Always Be Friends Lorraine A Milne 1990


Well I'm sittin'- thinkin' of the times we spent together ...

We Will Rock You Brian Harold May 2006


Buddy you're a boy, make a big noise, playing in the street…

Wear a Hat Vicki Larnach 1993


Wear a hat! A swatty batty hatty- wear a hat.

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Weather With You Tim & Neil Finn 2007


Walking around the room singing stormy weather at fifty-seven Mount Pleasant Street.

Welcome the Day Andrew Swain 1999


The light is breaking and the day is dawning.

Welcome to All People Ruby Hunter 2000


Welcome where grass is green- as green as it can be.

Welly Boot Song (If it Wasnae for Your Wellies) George McEwan 2009
Now gumboots, they are wonderful

Welly Boot Song, The George McEwan 1991


Now gumboots- they are wonderful- gumboots they are swell ...

We're All in this Together Gerard Matthew & Robbie Nevil 2009
Together, together, together ev'ry-one.

We're Coming to Greet You Traditional Puerto Rican 1978


We're coming to greet you, this holiday gay …

We're going to be Friends Jack White 2008


Fall is here, hear the yell.

Whale, The Fred Dyer & Terry Fielding 1994


Di di ... We sailed from port one morning ...

What a Mouth! R P Weston 2003


Jimmy Bean was a funny looking fella.

What a Wonderful World George David Weiss & Bob Thiele 2002
I see trees of green- red roses too …

What Dreams are Made of D Pitchford & M Wilder 2008


Hey now, hey now

What Have They Done to My Song, Ma? Melanie Safka 1979, 1985
Look what they've done to my song, Ma …

What Have They Done to the Rain? Malvina Reynolds 1977, 1984
Just a little rain falling all around. The grass lifts it's head to the heavenly sound.

What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor? Traditional sea shanty 1979
What shall we do with the drunken sailor … early in the morning?

What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?/O Sinner Man Traditional sea shanty/Traditional 1983
What shall we do with the drunken sailor … early in the morning …

What the World Needs Now Hal David & Burt Bacharach 1976
What the world needs now is love, sweet love …

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What You Gonna Call Yo' Pretty Little Baby? Traditional African-American 1978
What you gonna call your pretty little baby … born in Bethlehem?

Whatever Will Be Will Be Jay Livingstone & Ray Evans 1987


When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother what would I be …

What's in the Bag? Ty Soupdis 2006


Check your bags' the teacher said 'on the way inside'

What's the View Through Your Eyes? Lauren Russell & Melinda Bryant 2003
If I like reading novels and you to watch TV. If I prefer to stay indoors and you to climb a tree …

What's Your Favourite Sport? Bob Brown 2011


Ev'ry where around the world people are playing sport

Wheels Keep Turning Graham Beebee 1989


Some machines are fun to watch, and make a funny sound.

When Father Papered the Parlour Weston, Barnes & Lee 1992
Our parlour wanted papering- and Pa said it was waste ...

When Handel Wrote the Fireworks Suite Peter Butler 2009


When Handel wrote the Fireworks Suite, he conjured up a fiery trear

When I First Came to This Land Traditional 1984


When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man ...

When I Get My Name in Lights Peter Allen 2006


I'll dance and I'll sing, I'll do anything.

When I Grow Up Brian Simmons 1976


When I grow up I shall go to sea, I'll go to sea, go to sea.

When I Have a Shower Ellen Evans & Lorraine A Milne 1980


When I have a shower, I get very wet …

When I Needed a Neighbour Sydney Carter 1978, 1988


When I needed a neighbour, were you there, were you there?

When I Was a Lad W S Gilbert & A Sullivan 1998


When I was a lad I served a term as office boy to an attorney's firm ...

When I'm Sixty Four John Lennon & Paul McCartney 1985
When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now …

When I'm Thirteen Peter Combe 1982


When I'm thirteen, I'm gonna start a band …

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Patrick Gilmore 1976


When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah!

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When Santa Got Stuck up the Chimney Jimmy Grafton 1993


When Santa got stuck up the chimney ...

When the Rain Comes Down in July Slim Dusty 2007, 2014
Let me wander north to the home-stead.

When the Rain Falls Down Penny Davies & Roger Ilott 1997
When the rain falls down the rivers flow- the saplings grow ...

When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along Harry Woods 1980, 1991
I heard a robin this morning- I'm feeling happy today.

When the Saints Go Marching In Traditional 1979, 1975 [words only], 1991, 1998
Oh, when the saints go marching in … Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number …

When the Team's Are Comin' Home Mary Gilmore & Elaine Hempton 1989
And it's whistle, whistle, whistle, you can hear the old man come …

When We Were Kids John Williamson & Norma O'Hara Murphy 1994
I love the smell of river gums- the perfume of the rain ...

When You are Sailing South John Shortis 1976


When you are sailing south, beware of the dragon's mouth.

When You're Smiling Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin & Larry Shay 1981, 1984, 2003
When you're smiling ... the whole world smiles with you ...

Where Did You Get that Hat? Traditional 2011


Where did you get that hat?

Where Do I Go? James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Galt MacDermot 1977
Where do I go? Follow the river …Follow the gulls …

Where Go the Boats R.L. Stevenson & Mark Weeks 1990


Dark brown is the river- golden is the sand.

Where Have all the Flowers Gone? Pete Seeger 1982


Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing …

Where I come from L Kernaghan, G Porter, and C Buchanan 2008


Have you look out on a skyline and dream of open plains?

Where the Bee Sucks Traditional 1985


Where the bee sucks, there suck I. In a cowslip's bell I lie.

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea James Masden 2014


Summer is high as the bright blue sky, sand is under my feet.

Whip Jamboree Traditional 1983


And now, my lads, be of good cheer, for the Irish land will soon draw near …

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First line of song

Whiskey on a Sunday Glyn Hughes 1981


Come day, go day, wish in my heart it was Sunday …

Whispers in the Trees James Madsen 2004


Softly spoken are the whispers in the trees.

Whistle as You Go Sara Storer & Grant Richardson 2003


Down at the woolshed the news is spreading fast.

Whistle While You Work Larry Morey & Frank Churchill 1995, 2006
Just whistle while you work ...

Whistling Gipsy, The Leo McGuire 1980


The gypsy rover came over the hill, bound though the valley so shady.

Who Can Sail Without Wind? Traditional Swedish 1999


Who can sail without wind? Who can row without paddle?

Who Did? Traditional African-American 1979


Who did … swallow Jo Jo Jo Jo?

Who Do You Think You Are Kidding? Jimmy Perry & Derek Taverner 1984
Who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler, if you think we're on the run ...

Who Put the Bomp? Barry Mann & Gerry Goffin 2001
I'd like to thank the guy who wrote the song ...

Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder? George L. Giefer 2001
Mistress Murphy gave a party- just about a week ago.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Cole Porter 2000


Who wants to be a millionaire?

Who Will Buy? Lionel Bart 1975, 1979


Who will buy this wonderful morning?

Whole World in OurHands Traditional 2008


We've got the whole world, in our hands…

Why Does it Have to be Me? Leon Rosselson 1987


Why does it have to be me? Why can't they just let me be?

Why Does the Sun Shine? Hy Zaret & Lou Singer 2004
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas.

Why Shouldn't My Goose? Traditional 2006


Why shouldn't my goose lay as well as your goose?

Why Walk When You Can Fly? Mary Chapin Carpenter 2001
In this world there's a whole lot of trouble baby ...

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Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index
Song Title Composer/s Publication Year/s
First line of song

Why We Sing Gregory Gilpin 2009


A sound of hope, a sound of peace

Wild Colonial Boy, The Traditional Australian 1976, 1983, 1985, 1978 [words only]
There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Doolan was his name …

Wild Mountain Thyme Traditional Scots 2002


Oh the summertime is coming and the trees are sweetly blooming …

Wild Mountains John Douglas 2008


Beauty is within grasp,

Wilderness Matthew Perry 2000


Wilderness is a wonderful thing- let's conserve it- help preserve it.

Wildlife Warriors John Williamson 2008


It's time to think of why we're proud to be apart of a land so ancient.

Willie Wagtail Hop, The Elisabeth Mansutti & Phil Cunneen 1984
I saw a willie wagtail in the backyard yesterday ...

Windmills of Your Mind Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Michel Legrand 1977
Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel ..

Windy R Friedman 1976, 1991


Who's creeping out from under the stairway, calling a name that's lighter than air?

Windy Nights R L Stevenson & William S Hayne 1984


Whenever the moon and the stars are set, whenever the wind is high ...

Winter Window Fay White 2005


Winter window, through the glass I see. White frost on the grass, cold around me.

Wise Old Owl, A Traditional French round 1977, 1985


A wise old owl sat in an oak. There more he heard, the less he spoke …

Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye Harry Parr-Davies & Phil Park 2002
Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye …

With a Little Help From My Friends John Lennon & Paul McCartney 1986
What would you do if I sang out of tune, would you stand up and walk out on me?

With a Swag All on My Shoulder Traditional 1996


When first I left old Ireland's shore ...

With Cat-Like Tread Gilbert & Sullivan 1989


With cat like tread, upon our prey we steal …

With My Swag all on My Shoulder Traditional 1979, 1982, 1988


When first I left old Ireland's shore …

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Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index
Song Title Composer/s Publication Year/s
First line of song

With Our Own Two Hands Fay White 2004


Well we came from the farms of Europe and we cleared the trees from the land.

With You Irving Berlin 1995


I could find the road to happiness with you close to me here.

Wombat on a Surfboard, A Louise Pettinger 1996


I was sitting on the beach one sunny day ...

Wonderful Day Like Today, A Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley 2002
On a wonderful day like today- I defy any cloud to appear in the sky …

Working Joyfully Traditional Chinese, lyrics by Mark Weeks 1990


Sun is rising in the east- flowers start to grow ...

World of Our Own, A Tom Springfield 1983


Close the door, light the light, we're staying home tonight.

World, The Brian Fitzgerald 1986


If all the disco lights, from all around the world …

Worm Song, The William Clauson & Basil Swift 1975


The earth it was damp with the dew of the dawn …

Would We Tell You a Lie? Peter Combe 1984


Lower than low are our prices. Cleaner than clean are our shelves ...

Wouldn't It Be Loverly Lerner & Loewe 1991


All I want is a room somewhere- far away from the cold night air.

Wraggle Taggle Gipsys, O!, The Traditional English 1977


Three gypsies stood at the castle gate …

Wreck, The Jan Holdstock 2001


Underneath the sea- far away from land- that's where I will be ...

Y' Don't Need to Worry 'bout a Thing Brian Fitzgerald 1985


Y' don't need to worry about a thing …

Ya Aziz Ayni Sayyid Darwish 2006


A ya aziz ayni wana

Yaylalar Traditional Turkish 2001


Ay aksamdan isiktir. Komsu kizini zapteyle. Yaylalar- Yaylalar ...

Yellow Bird Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Norman Luboff 1985
Yellow bird, up high in banana tree …

Yellow Submarine John Lennon & Paul McCartney 1984


In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed the sea ...

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Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index
Song Title Composer/s Publication Year/s
First line of song

Yerakina Traditional Greek 2004


Kinise I Yerakina Yia nero

Yes Sir, That's My Baby Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn 2013
Who's that coming down the street?

Yi Mung Shan Traditonal 2008, 2014


Renjia nage jou shuoer ai…

Yil-lull [The Singing Spirit Song] Joe Geia 1988


Yi-lul-laire …

YMCA Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Victor Willis 2004


Young man! There's no need to feel down.

Yo, Mamana, Yo Traditional Mozambiquen 1998


Yo mamana yo- … Unga fumba uni siya … Uni siyela vusiwana.

Yonder Come Day Traditional Georgie Sea Islander 1997


Yonder come day- daylight is breaking.

You + Me= US Toby Finlayson & Matthew Priestly 2013


Close your eyes and think back to when the river ran clear

You are my Sunshine Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell 1987, 2013
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine …

You Can Make the Words Rhyme Too Lorraine A Milne 1992
Take a word like "complaining"- make it rhyme with "raining"...

You Can Trust Me Jodue Tweed 2010


If I say I'll be there that means I will.

You Can't Roller-Skate in a Buffalo Herd Roger Miller 1976, 1982, 2005
You can't roller-skate …but you can be happy if you've a mind to.

You Can't Stop the Music Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Beauris Whitehead & Phil Hunt 1999
You can't stop the music. Nobody can stop the music.

You Got it Now Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis 1987


Come on and feel it … 'cos when you feel it and steal it down to your feet …

You Need a Flower Traditional, words by Elisabeth Mansutti 1981


To make a table, you need some logs of wood …

You Raise Me Up Rolf Lovland & Brendan Graham 2009


When I am down and oh, my soul's so weary.

You'll be in My Heart Phil Collins 2007


Come, stop your crying, it will be alright.

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Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index
Song Title Composer/s Publication Year/s
First line of song

Young and Positive Casel Nitanju Bolade 2006


Young and positive, with my whole life to live

You're Always Welcome at our House Shel Silverstein 1975


Well a man came to our house, our house, our house …

You're My Friend Brian Simmons 1975


Well, I don't care about the colour of your hair …

You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile Martin Charnin & Charles Strouse 2001
Hey- hobo man- hey- Dapper Dan- you both got your style.

You're the Voice A Qunta, K Reid, M Ryder & C Thompson 2001


We have a chance to turn the pages over.

You've Got a Friend Carole King 1992, 2012


When you're down and troubled- and you need a helping hand ...

You've Got a Friend in Me Randy Newman 2007


You've got a friend in me.

You've Gotta Move Traditional 1986


You've gotta move when the Spirit says move …

Yum Balalyka Traditional Jewish 1978


Maiden, maiden, tell me true, what can grow without rain or dew?

Zebra John Wiltshire-Butler 2007, 2014


I could be loud man, I could be silent.

Zimme Zumm Traditional Hungarian 2003


Virágéknál ég a világ sutik mára

Zip-a-dee Doo-dah Ray Gilbert & Allie Wrubel 1995


Zip-a-dee doo-dah- zip-a-dee-ay ...

Zoo Keeper Lorraine A Milne & Lois Kenski 1981


What does the zoo keeper do at the zoo?

Zum Gali Gali Traditional Israeli 1979


Zum gali gali … He-cha-lutz le-ma-an a-vo-dah …

Zum Gali Gali Traditional Palestinian 1993


Zum gali gali gali ... Pioneers must work ev'ry day from dawn ...

Zumba Zumba Traditional Spanish, English lyrics by Margaret Marks 1992


Zumba- zumba! Strike the cymbal- zumba! Strike the gong ...

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