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 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/1731

  • There Was a Crooked Man (0161 of 1000)

    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 Earl of Leven, c 1580 – 1661. Soldier, Diplomat. The “crooked man”…

  • 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,…