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Lyric Library

Here's a non-exhaustive collection of some of our favourite folk songs.
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Mollymauk

Trad.

My Johnny's Gone to Hilo

Trad.

Newcastle Big Boy

Written by Zack Schofield

No Man's Homeland

Written by Robert Boddington

Oak and Ash and Thorn

Trad.

Ocean Liner

Written by Barry Skipsey

Oh Molasses Rum

Trad.

On The Railroad

By the Longest Johns

One More Pull

Written by Ian Woods

Orphan Girl

Written by Brendan Graham

Peg and Awl

Trad.

Plenty of Fish in the Sea

Written by Sarah W

Poop on Company Time

Written by Robert Boddington

Ramblin' Rover

Written by Silly Wizard

Ranting and Roaring and Rolling No More

Written by Robert Boddington

Rattlin Bog

Trad.

Red is the Rose

Trad.

Retirement Song

by Josh Bowker

Reuben Ranzo

Trad.

Rise

Written by Toby Quast

Roll Carpathia

Jake Nelson

Rolling Down to Old Maui

Trad.

Rolling Hills of the Borders

Written by Matt McGinn

Rolling Up, Rolling Down (Sydney Town)

By Jack Forbes

Rolling through the Necrobiome

Written by Dominik Fretz and Cat Vendl

Rosie Ranzo (She Shanty)

Trad.

Row, Me Bully Boys

Trad.

Row, Me Bully Gals (She Shanty)

Trad.

Sailor's Prayer

Written by Tom Lewis

Sammy's Gone Away

Traditional

Santiana

Trad.

Savage Daughter

Written by Wyndreth Berginsdottir

Sell Your Soul for a Dollar

Written by Toby Quast

Shan't Go Back to Shanty Club

Written by Robert Boddington and Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd

Shanendoah

Trad.

Shanty Gospel

Written by Cindy Tonkin

Shanty Waltz

Written by Toby Quast

Shawneetown

Trad.

Shine On Me

Written by Robert Boddington

Shout Out to my Princes

Written by Emma Norton and Dan Kenny

Siúil a Rún

Trad.

Sloop John B

Trad Bahamian folk song from Nassau

Song of the Dawn

Trad.

Sonny's Dream

Written by Ron Hyes

Soup

Written by Toby Quast

South Australia

Trad. The classic warm-up song for Shanty Club

Still I Love Him

Trad.

Still I Love Him (DW Version)

Trad.

Suez Canal

Written by Jack Ballhausen

The Ballad of Deb Lawrie

Written by Jake Nelson

We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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