Traditional American Folk Song Lyrics - Statistics

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Lyrics % Correct
Yankee {Doodle} went to town A-riding on a pony, He stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni.
98%
Amazing {grace}! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found-- Was blind, but now I see.
92%
Home, home on the {range}, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day.
84%
Skip, skip, skip to my {Lou}, Skip, skip, skip to my {Lou}, Skip, skip, skip to my {Lou}, Skip to my {Lou}, my darlin'.
83%
Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling, {Clementine}! Thou art lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, {Clementine}.
79%
My {Bonnie} lies over the ocean, My {Bonnie} lies over the sea. My {Bonnie} lies over the ocean; Oh, bring back my {Bonnie} to me.
75%
On top of Old {Smoky}, all covered with snow, I lost my true lover, for courtin' too slow.
72%
Oh! {Susanna}, do not cry for me; I come from Alabama, with my banjo on my knee.
71%
{Jimmy} crack corn and I don't care, {Jimmy} crack corn and I don't care, {Jimmy} crack corn and I don't care, My master's gone away.
68%
Someone's in the kitchen with {Dinah}, Someone's in the kitchen I know, Someone's in the kitchen with {Dinah} Strummin' on the old banjo!
57%
When {Johnny} comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah!
56%
I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old times they are not forgotten; Look away! Look away! Look away! {Dixie} Land.
53%
Way down, upon the {Swanee} River, Far, far away. That's where my heart is turning ever, That's where the old folks stay.
43%
Old John {Brown}'s body lies moldering in the grave, While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save; But tho' he lost his life while struggling for the slave, His soul is marching on.
40%
Aura {Lea}, Aura {Lea}, Maid with golden hair; Sunshine came along with thee, And swallows in the air.
36%
"Won't you come home, Bill {Bailey}, won't you come home?" She moans the whole day long; "I'll do the cooking, darling, I'll pay the rent; I know I've done you wrong."
36%
Oh {Shenandoah}, I long to hear you, Away, you rolling river. Oh {Shenandoah}, I long to hear you, Away, I'm bound away, Across the wide Missouri.
26%
In Scarlet Town, where I was born, There was a fair maid dwellin'; Made every youth cry "Well-a-day"; Her name was Barbara {Allen}.
19%
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