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MICHAEL ROWED THE BOAT ASHORE
(Chorus) Michael rowed the boat ashore, hallelujah! Michael rowed the boat ashore, hallelujah! Jordan ‘s river is chilly and cold, hallelujah! But it warms the human soul, hallelujah! This old world is a mighty big place, hallelujah It got Satan all over its face, hallelujah.
THE ANT SONG
The ants are marching one by one hurrah hurrah The ants are marching one by one hurrah hurrah The ants are marching one by one The little one stopped to suck its thumb
Oh Susanna
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I’m going to Louisiana, my true love for to see. It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don’t you cry.
Chorus
Oh! Susanna, Oh don’t you cry for me,
For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
I had a dream the other night, when everything was still;
I thought I saw Susanna dear, a coming down the hill.
A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye,
Says I, I’m coming from the south, Susanna, don’t you cry.
I soon will be in New Orleans, and then I’ll look around,
And when I find Susanna, I’ll fall upon the ground.
But if I do not find her, then I will surely die,
And when I’m dead and buried, Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry.
Shenandoah
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you, Far away you rolling river, Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you, Away, we’re bound away across the wide Missouri.
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Red River Valley
From this valley they say you are going, We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile, For they say you are taking the sunshine Which has brightened our pathways a while.
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Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight
Late last night when we were all in bed, Mrs. O’Leary left her lantern in the shed. Well, the cow kicked it over, and this is what they said: “There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight!”
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Home on the Range
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day.
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Down in the Valley
Down in the valley, the valley so low, Hang your head over, hear the winds blow. Hear the winds blow, dear, hear the winds blow. Hang your head over, hear the winds blow.
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Dixie
I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old times there are not forgotten; Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland. In Dixieland where I was born in, Early on one frosty morning’; Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland.
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