The 1,000 Good Songs, Parallel to John Senior's 1,000 Good Books

Category: English

  • O Salutaris Hostia (0058 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/O-Salutaris-Hostia.mp3 O Salutaris Hostia O Salutaris Hostia, Quae coeli pandis ostium; Bella premunt hostilia, Da robur, fer auxilium. O saving Victim, op’ning wide The gate of heav’n to us below, Our foes press on from every side; Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow. Uni, trinoque Domino Sit sempiterna gloria, Qui vitam, sine termino, Nobis donet…

  • Crusader’s Hymn – Schonster Herr Jesu (0046 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/O-God-Of-Loveliness.mp3 Crusader’s Hymn Schonster Herr Jesu 1. O God of loveliness, O Lord of Heaven above, How worthy to possess, my heart’s devoted love. So sweet Thy countenance, so gracious to behold That one, one only glance, To me were bliss untold. 2. Thou art blest Three in One, Yet undivided still, Thou art the…

  • Thine is the Glory (0390 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Hail-Conquering-Hero–ThineBetheGloryEb.mp3 Thine is the Glory (Hail, Conquering Hero) Thine is the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son; endless is the vict’ry Thou o’er death hast won. Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded grave-clothes where Thy body lay. Thine be the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son; endless is the vict’ry Thou o’er death hast…

  • The Banks of Allan Water (0022 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/banks-of-allan-water.mp3 The Banks of Allan Water 1. By the banks of Allan Water When the sweet springtime did fall Was the miller’s lovely daughter Fairest of them all For his bride, a soldier sought her And a winning tongue had he On the banks of Allan Water, none so gay as she 3. On the…

  • There Was a Crooked Man (0161 of 1000)

    Contrasts with John Graham of Claverhouse, First Viscount of Dundee, Bonnie Dundee https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/there-was-a-crooked-man.mp3 There was a crooked man, who walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a crooked little house. Alexander Leslie, 1st…

  • Robin Adair (0015 of 1000)

    In the key of the sheet music, Bb. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Robin-Adair.mp3 Transposed into the key of F. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Robin-Adair-F.mp3 Robin Adair 1. What’s this dull town to me? Robin’s not near: What was’t I wish’d to see? What wish’d to hear? Where’s all the joy and mirth, Made this town a heaven on earth? Oh! they’re all fled…

  • As I was Going to St. Ives (0153 of 1000)

    A Rhyming Riddle Set to Music A Riddle that Invites a Solution https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/As-I-Was-Going-to-St-Ives.mp3 As I was going to St Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks; Each sack had seven cats; Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives: How many were going to St Ives? Solution…

  • Sweet and Low (0318 of 1000)

    Key of C https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sweet-and-Low.mp3 Key of Bb https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sweet-and-Low-Bb.mp3 Sweet and Low Alfred, Lord Tennyson Sir Joseph Barnby 1. Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea. Over the rolling waters go; Come from the dying moon, and blow; Blow him again to…

  • Adeste Fideles – O Come, All Ye Faithful (0049 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Adeste-Fidelis.mp3 Adeste Fideles 1. Adeste Fideles laeti triumphantes, Venite, venite in Bethlehem. Natum videte, Regem Angelorum. Refrain Refrain Venite adoremus, venite adoremus, venite adoremus Dominum! 2. Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, gestant puellae viscera. Deum verum, genitum non factum. Refrain 4. Ergo qui natus, die hodierna, Jesu, tibi sit gloria. Patris aeterni Verbum caro…

  • Anima Christi – Soul of My Saviour (0068 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Anima-Christi–Pope-John-XXI–Jehan-Tabourot.mp3 Anima Christi (Soul of Christ, Sanctify Me) 1) Anima Christi, sanctifica me. Soul of Christ, sanctify me. 2) Corpus Christi, salva me. Body of Christ, save me. 3) Sanguis Christi, inebria me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. 4) Aqua lateris Christi, lava me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. 5) Passio Christi,…

  • Here We Come a Wassailing (0369 of 1000)

    Here We Come a Wassailing 1 Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green, Here we come a-wandering, So fair to be seen. Refrain Refrain: Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail, too, And God bless you, and send you A happy new year, And God send you a happy…

  • The Christ-Child Lay on Mary’s Lap (0370 of 1000)

    In G https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Chesterton-Christmas-Carol—Praetorius-Ach-Gott-Von-Himmelreiche.mp3 In C https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Chesterton-Christmas-Carol—Praetorius-Ach-Gott-Von-Himmelreiche-C.mp3 The Christ-Child Lay on Mary’s Lap Gilbert Keith Chesterton Michael Praetorius The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all aright.) The Christ-child lay on Mary’s breast His hair was like a star. (O stern and…

  • Good Christian Men, Rejoice – In Dulci Jubilo (0674 of 1000)

    Mystic Nativity, Sandro Botticelli, c. 1500–1501 https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Good-Christian-Men-Rejoice–In-Dulci-Jubilo.mp3 Good Christian Men, Rejoice 1. Good Christian men, rejoice with heart and soul and voice; give ye heed to what we say: News! News! Jesus Christ was born today. Ox and ass before him bow, and he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! Christ is born…

  • The First Noel (0363 of 1000)

    Key of D https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-First-Noel.mp3 Key of Bb https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-First-Noel-Bb.mp3   1 The first Noel the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay, in fields where they lay keeping their sheep, on a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Refrain: Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, born is the King of Israel.…

  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas (0379 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/We-Wish-You-A-Merry-Christmas.mp3 1) We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! Good tidings we bring to you and your kin, We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 3) We won’t go until we’ve got some, We won’t…

  • O Christmas Tree (0368 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/O-Christmas-Tree.mp3 O Christmas Tree 1) O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How green thy branches ever! O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How green thy branches ever! Thou still art green when summer wanes And wintry winds sweep o’er the plains. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How green thy branches ever! 4) O Christmas…

  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (0361 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/God-Rest-Ye-Merry-Gentlemen.mp3 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 1. God rest you merry, gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember, Christ, our Saviour Was born on Christmas day To save us all from Satan’s power When we were gone astray O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy 3. From God…

  • Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty (0048 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Holy-Holy-Holy-Lord-God-Almighty.mp3 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/582

  • Lead, Kindly Light (0035 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/LeadKindlyLightPianoOnly3.mp3 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/567

  • Coventry Carol – Lully Lulla Thou Little Tiny Child (0372 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Lully-Lulla.mp3 Thus saith the Lord: A voice was heard on high of lamentation, of mourning, and weeping, of Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted for them, because they are not. – Jeremiah 31:15 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/444

  • Lilliburlero (0138 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Lilliburlero.mp3 There was an old woman, whisked up in a basket, Seventeen times as high as the moon. And where she was going, I couldn’t but ask it, for in her hand she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, O whither, o whither, o whither so high? To sweep the…

  • Juanita (0012 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Juanita.mp3 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/291

  • Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (0027 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Holy-God-We-Praise-Thy-Name.mp3 Holy God We Praise Thy Name 1. Holy God, we praise thy name! Lord of all, we bow before thee! All on Earth thy sceptre claim, All in Heav’n above adore thee; Infinite thy vast domain, Everlasting is thy reign. 2. Hark! the loud celestial hymn Angel choirs above are raising! Cherubim and seraphim,…

  • In the Gloaming (0009 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/In-the-Gloaming.mp3 This shorlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/117

  • Sweet Genevieve (Song 0008 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SweetGenevieve.mp3 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/111

  • Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes (Song 0003 of 1000)

    https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DrinkToMeOnlyWithThineEyes.mp3 Drink to Me Only With Thine EyesBen Jonson (1573-1637) Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss within the cup, And I’ll not ask for wine; The thirst, that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove’s nectar…

  • There’s No Place Like Home (Song 0001 of 1000)

    From “Clari, the Maid of Milan” (1821). Music by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1785 – 1855). Libretto by J.H. Payne (1791 – 1852) https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Home-Sweet-Home.mp3 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/42