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Lyric Library

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

Written by Ron Hyes

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Soup

Written by Toby Quast

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South Australia

Trad. The classic warm-up song for Shanty Club

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Still I Love Him

Trad.

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Still I Love Him (DW Version)

Trad.

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Suez Canal

Written by Jack Ballhausen

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That Poor Old Ship The Kirki

Lyrics by Jake Nelson, tune by Sarah W and Zack Schofield

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The Auld Triangle

Traditional

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The Ballad of Deb Lawrie

Written by Jake Nelson

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The Ballad of The James Craig

Verses by Bill Edmunds, Music and Chorus by Emma Korell

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The Ballad of William Oxley

Written by Henry Beissel

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The Bay of Suvla

Song by The Dreadnoughts

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The Cable Shanty

Written by Dan Schneider

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The Crime

Written by Dan Werndly

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The Essex

Written by Robert Boddington

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The Good Ship Pasha Bulker

Written by Sarah W and Zack Schofield

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The Iron in Her Heart

Written by Mythborne

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The Last Shanty

Tom Lewis

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The Last Sydney Pirate

Jake Nelson

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The Lonesome Sea

Written by Brodie Buttons

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The Maiden and the Selkie

Written by Heather Dale

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The Manchester Rambler

Written by Ewan MacColl

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The Mary Ellen Carter

Written by Stan Rogers

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The Old Hotel McCain

Written by Henry Biessel

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The Queen of Argyll

Written by Silly Wizard

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The Reluctant Shanty

Written by Robert Boddington and Jack Ballhausen

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The Scimitar

Written by Cindy Tonkin

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The Ship Sails Itself

Written by Callum Gough

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The Spirit of Mother Jones

Written by Andy Irvine, revisions by Sarah W

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The Wave-Soaked Maiden

Written by Ginny Di

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The Whale

Written by Fred Dyer and Terry Fielding

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The Wheel of Fortune

Trad.

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The Wheel of Fortune (ZS Version)

New Lyrics by Zack Schofield, Original by John Tams

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The Wild Rover

Trad.

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The Wreck of the Dandenong

Trad.

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There but for the Grace of God go I

Written by Emma Norton

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There is No Ship

Written by Rose Betts

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Tilbury Town (She Shanty)

Trad.

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Toby's Holdin' On

Written by Josh Magee

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Troy Story

Written by Zack Schofield

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Twiddles

Written by Janie Meneely

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Way Home

Written by Kip Elder

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Whisky Jenny (She Shanty)

Trad.

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Whisky Johnny

Trad.

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Whistling in the Laundry

Written by Cindy Tonkin

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White Collar Holler

Written by Nigel Russell, recorded by Stan Rogers

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Whup Jamboree

Trad.

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Wild Mountain Thyme

Trad.

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Wild Rover Again

Written by Roaring Jack

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Willy Wonka-wonka

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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