Tag: Mirth
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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”…
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The Other Day, I Met a Bear, Out in the Woods, a Way Out There x 2 (1001 of 1000)
It’s ridiculous for me even to have put this in music, but I splayed it out to 8 verses. It’s really for “singing” acapella. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Other-Day-I-Met-a-Bear.mp3 The Other Day, I Met a Bear (Repeat Lyrics × 2) 1. The other day, I met a bear, Out in the woods, A way out there. (×2) 5. Now…
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Bonnie Dundee (Song 0019 of 1000)
In the same key as the accompanying sheet music, Eb. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/bonnie-dundee.mp3 In the key of C. https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/bonnie-dundee-in-c.mp3 Bonny Dundee 1. Tae the Lords o’ convention ’twas Claverhouse spoke E’er the King’s Crown go down there are crowns to be broke So each cavilier who loves honor and me Let him follow the bonnets o’ Bonnie…
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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…
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Wedding Marches – Entrance Bridal Chorus from Wagner’s Lohengrin – Recessional Wedding March from Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream (0580 of 1000)
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Traditional Entrance) Slow Tempo Suitable for Weddings (48, Adagio) https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bridal-Chorus-from-Lohengrin-tempo-48-Adagio.mp3 Standard Operatic Tempo (78, Andante) https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bridal-Chorus-from-Lohengrin-tempo-78-Andante.mp3 Recessional Wedding March from Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Midsummer-Nights-Dream-Mendelssohn-Wedding-Recessional.mp3 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/1383
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Gigue, Water Music No. 3, Mr. Handel’s Bunny Hop (0177 of 1000)
CAUTION: Very Loud! https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Handel-Water-Music-3-Gigue.mp3 This shortlink https://1000-good-songs.org/p/1169
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Seven Joys of Mary (0381 of 1000)
https://1000-good-songs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-Seven-Joys-of-Mary.mp3 The Seven Joys of Mary 1) The first good joy that Mary had, It was the Joy of one; to see the blessed Jesus Christ, When He was first her Son. When He was first her Son, Good Lord; And happy may we be; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost To all eternity. 5)…