Hounslow & Twickenham Woodcraft Folk

The Elfin songs have been digitised from a cassette tape that was handed down in our District and consequently the quality is not great. They appear to have been recorded quite some time ago. The Pioneer songs were provided by Julie from Reading Pioneers, who kindly sent a CD in response to my request when I first posted the Elfin songs on our website. They are the same format as the Elfin songs.  The songs are usually just the first verse, and sometimes the 'summary' verse. They are all in mp3 format.

If you can add to or correct any of the song titles or you can shed any light on their origin, we'd be pleased to know. Please either submit your comments via our discussion page or email.

 

The Elfin tape

 

A poor old man	A'roving	Aramsasa
Are you Mr Reilly	Aunt Rhodie	Black and white
Blue lake and rocky shore	Bobby Shaftoe	Campfire carol
Campfire's burning	Cockles and mussels	Coulter's candy
Cumbiya	Dorcas	Envoi
Faria	Father Abraham	Five fingers has the hand
Fox and the goose	Going to the zoo	Green grow the rushes
Here's to the feet	I know an old lady who swallowed a fly	I went to the animals' fair
I whistle a happy tune	I'd like to teach the world to sing	If you're happy
In a cottage	Jamaica farewell	John Brown's baby
Link your hands together	Little boxes	Long time ago
Mango walk	Marianina	May there always be sunshine
Michael Finnigan	Mighty song of peace	Milk bottle tops and paper bags
Morningtown ride	My Bonnie	My aunt she died
My hat it has five corners	My uncle he sells old clo's	New day
Oats and beans	One finger one thumb	One man went to camp
Paper of pins	Puff the magic dragon	Red river valley
Ring-a-ding-ding	Row row row your boat	Runaway train
Shalom	Sing a rainbow	Sing a song of people
Skip to my Lou	Tailor and the louse	Tell my ma
The Elfin creed song	The birch tree	The cuckoo song
The cuckoo	The family of man	The lazy camper
The mocking bird	The music man	The old woman from Wexford
Three little piggies	Three wood pigeons	Turn on the sun
Vagrant song	When I first came to this land	When father papered the parlour
Who are these folk	Wicky wacky woo	Worm song
Youth song

 

The Pioneer CD

 

All on that day	All through the night	A roving
The ash grove	Are you Mr Riley?	Axes
Back of the bus	Bandiera Rossa	The banks are made of marble
Blowing in the wind	Bog down in the valley	Brothers of sun and freedom
The campfire carol	Campfire's burning	Cockles and mussels
Cosher Bailey's engine	Cuckoo	Come Rhonda
Dark is the dungeon	The Derby ram	Dirty old town
Donna Donna	Doves of the world	Down by the river
Down by the riverside	Drill ye tarriers drill	Duff I duff I dee
Early one morning	The echo of ?	The envoi
The family of man	Farewell and alas goodnight	Farrier
Freedom	Freedom song	Green company
Green grow the rushes oh	The Greenland fisheries	Hello hello
The hammer song	Hans Spillman	The H bomb's thunder
Hebridean tramping song	Here's to the feet	Hi Roger Rum
Holler high	Ilkley Moor	Jerusalem
Joe Hill	Johnny lad	The keeper
The lazy camper	Linden Lee	Link your hands together
Manchester hiker's song	Marianina	Mighty song of peace
My bonnie	My uncle he sells old clo's	A new day
The nightingale	The oak and the ash	One man's hand
On her verandah	Peace bog soldiers	Peace on earth
Plea for peace	Riding down from Bangor	Road to the isle
Salute to life	Song of the Trail ?	Stewball
The strangest dream	Streets of London	The sun is a-shining
There is a factory in the town	Three pirates	Tomorrow is a highway
Under the ground	Up I dee	Youth Song (Translated from the German. Thanks to John from Harrow WF for the information)
The vow we have made	Waltzing Matilda	We shall not be moved
We shall overcome	Where have all the flowers gone?	Whirlwinds of danger
Who are these folk?	William Brown	The winter has blown over
Vagrant Song (Tune: Clementine; Words by Leslie Paul. Thanks to John from Harrow WF for the information)