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The intersection of folk and music hall, the songs and social history

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Marriage

Songs about the joys and sorrows of domesticity – some about infidelity
Angelina Brown
Arry, Arry, Arry
Barney Brallaghan’s courtship
Billy Johnson’s Ball
Blighted Gardener, The; Cabbages and Turniptops
Brigham Young
Calico Printer’s Clerk (The)
Cod liver oil
Fellow who played the trombone, The
Get a little table
I’m afraid to come home in the dark
It’s a great big shame
Its funny when you feel that way
My old Dutch
Mother says I mustn’t
There’s bound to be a row
That Gorgonzola Cheese
Wedding of Biddy McGrane (The)
Wake up, Johnny
Wheel your perambulator, John

Last Updated on February 20, 2021 by John Baxter | Published: February 20, 2021

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If you are looking for songs to sing, I’ve listed songs under some themes – below.

Songs are listed alphabetically by name – click on the appropriate letter to access a list. If you can’t find a song you’re expecting, try searching for alternative spellings, or a phrase from the chorus.

If you know the Roud Number search for RN[number], so a search for Roud Number 6093 would be typed in as “RN6093” –  which should find Paddle your own Canoe.

 

Song themes:

  • Advice
  • Americas, Songs of the
  • Beer and its effects
  • Christmas songs
  • Cockney and Coster Songs
  • Countryside songs
  • Emigration songs
  • English songs, Empire songs
  • Fathers
  • Folk or Music Hall?
  • The Great War
  • Ireland and the Irish
  • Lancashire songs
  • Look at me!
  • Love’s Joys
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  • Marriage
  • Music Hall Hits
  • One thing after another
  • Scottish Music Hall songs
  • Sea and sailor songs
  • Social comment
  • Suggestive songs
  • Surreal Songs
  • Transport
  • Tyneside Music Hall songs
  • Women have the upper hand
  • Yorkshire songs

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  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • The songs
    • A-Z of all songs
    • Song themes
    • Songs categorised by relationship to folk song
      • Classic Music Hall songs
      • Folksongs which come from the Halls
      • Folksongs sung in the Halls
      • Other songs
  • Songwriters
  • Sources etc.
  • Comments and suggestions
  • Videos of talks
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