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BILLY BOY
Oh, where have you been Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh where have you been Charming Billy?

I have been to seek a wife
She's the joy of my life
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

Did she ask you come in Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you to come in Charming Billy?

Yes, she asked me to come in
There's a dimple in her chin
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

Can she make a cherry pie Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she make a cherry pie Charming Billy?
She can make a cherry pie
She's the apple of my eye
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

How old is she Billy Boy, Billy boy?
How old is she Charming Billy?
Three times six and four times seven T
wenty eight and eleven
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.
 
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

No man is an island
No man stands alone
Each mans joy is joy to me
Each man's grief is my own.

We need one another
So I will defend
Each man as my brother
Each man as my friend.

I saw the people gather
I heard the music start
The song that they were singing
Is ringing in my heart.

No man is an island
Way out in the blue
We all look to the one above
For our strrength to renew.

When I love my brother
Then I know that I
Plant the seed of friendship
That will never die.

 
WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME AGAIN
When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then, hurrah! hurrah!
The men will cheer, the boys will shout
The ladies , they will dance about
And we'll all be there When Johnny comes marching home.

The old church bells will peal with joy, hurrah! hurrah!
To welcome home that daring boy, hurrah! hurrah!
The village lads and lassies, they
Will scatter roses by the way
And we'll all be happy there
When Johnny comes marching home.

Get ready for the jubilee, hurrah! hurrah!
We'll give the hero three times three, hurrah! hurrah!
The laurel wreath is ready now
To place upon his loyal brow
And we'll all be there
When Johnny comes marching home
 
PLAYMATE
Oh, little playmate
Come out and play with me
And bring your dollies three
Climb up my apple tree.

Shout down my barrel
Slide down my cellar door
And we''ll be jolly friends
Forever more, more, more, more, more.

Oh,little playmate I cannot play with you
My dolly has the flu Boo hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo.
Ain't got no barrel Ain't got no cellar door
But let's be jolly friends
Forever more, more, more, more, more.
 
REUBEN AND RACHEL
Reuben, Reuben I've been thnking
What a fine world this would be
If the men were all transported
Far beyond the northern sea.

Oh my goodness gracious Rachel
What a strange world this would be
If the men were all transported
Far beyond the northern sea.
 
VIVE L'AMOUR
Let every good fellow now join in our song
Vive la compagnie.
Success to each other and pass it along
Vive la compagnie.

Chorus:

Vive la, vive la Viva l'amour Viva la, viva la Viva l'amour Vive l'amour, vive l'amour
Viva la compagnie.

A friend on your left and a friend on your right
Vive la compagnie.
In love and good fellowship, let us unite
Vive la compagnie.

Repeat chorus.

Now wider and wider our circle expands
Vive l'a compagnie

We'll sing to our comrades, in far away lands
Vive la compagnie.

Repeat chorus.

With friends all around us, we'll sing out our song
Vive la compagnie
We'll banish our troubles, it won't take us long
Vive la compagnie.

Repeat chorus

Should time or occasion compel us to part
Vive la compagnie
These days shall forever, enliven our heart
Vive la compagnie.

Repeat chorus
 
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
Sleep my child and peace attend thee
All through the night.
Guardian angels God will send thee
All Through the night.
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones watch am keeping
All through the night.

Angels watching e'er around thee
All through the night
Midnight slumber close surround thee
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones watch am keeping
All through the night.
 
GREEN GROW THE RUSHES OH
I'll sing you one ho Green grow the rushes oh.
What is your one ho?
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be it so.

I'll sing you two ho Green grow the rushes oh.
What is your two ho?
Two, two lilly white boys covered all in green oh
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be it so.

I'll sing you three ho Green gow the rushes oh
What is your three ho?
Three, three your rival I'll sing you
two, two lilly white boys covered all in green oh
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be it so.

-Four for the gospel makers

-Five for the simples at your door

-Six for the six white walkers

-Seven for the seven clouds in the sky

-Eight for the eight paraders

-Nine for the nine shite shiners

-Ten for the ten commandments

-Eleven tor the eleven that went to heaven

-Twelve for the twelve apostles

Eleven for the eleven that went to heaven
Ten for the ten commandments
Nine for the nine white shiners
Eight for the eight paraders
Seven for the seven clouds in the sky
Six for the six white walkers
Five for the simples at your door
Four for the gospel makers
Three, three your rival
Two, two lilly white boys covered all in green oh
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be it so.

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