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Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes
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Malvina Reynolds - Everybody Says
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Malvina Reynolds - The Little Red Hen
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Malvina Reynolds - A Soft Answer
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Malvina Reynolds - Back Alley Surgery
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Malvina Reynolds - Osaka Train
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Malvina Reynolds - The Battle of Maxton Field
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Malvina Reynolds - The Faucets Are Dripping
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Malvina Reynolds - There's Music in the Air
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Malvina Reynolds - A Short History of Warfare
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Malvina Reynolds - A Trundle, A Bundle
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Malvina Reynolds - A White and Orange Aeroplane
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Malvina Reynolds - Alcatraz (Pelican Island)
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Malvina Reynolds - All Over Everything
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Malvina Reynolds - Alone
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Malvina Reynolds - Andorra
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Malvina Reynolds - Antique Collector
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Malvina Reynolds - Are You Walking There for Me?
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Malvina Reynolds - Artichokes
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Malvina Reynolds - Babies
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Malvina Reynolds - Back to the Dream
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Malvina Reynolds - Backyard Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - Ballad of Ella Mae
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Malvina Reynolds - Beetle Bottle Bush
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Malvina Reynolds - Billy Boy
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Malvina Reynolds - Billy Bump Bump
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Malvina Reynolds - Birthday Hallelu
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Malvina Reynolds - Bitter Rain
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Malvina Reynolds - Black Hawk Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - Black Horse
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Malvina Reynolds - Blood on the Grapes
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Malvina Reynolds - Blues Street
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Malvina Reynolds - Boraxo
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Malvina Reynolds - Born in the Town
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Malvina Reynolds - Boys Will Be Boys
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Malvina Reynolds - Bring Flowers
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Malvina Reynolds - Bury Me in My Overalls
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Malvina Reynolds - Busting at the Seams
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Malvina Reynolds - Buying the Package
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Malvina Reynolds - Call on Me
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Malvina Reynolds - Can't Wait to Go
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Malvina Reynolds - Caroline Cotton Mill Song
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Malvina Reynolds - Change It
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Malvina Reynolds - Check-Up
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Malvina Reynolds - Christ Died
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Malvina Reynolds - Clean Water
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Malvina Reynolds - Come Clean Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - Come Out
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Malvina Reynolds - Computers
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Malvina Reynolds - Count Ten
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Malvina Reynolds - D. D. T. on My Brain
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Malvina Reynolds - Daddy's in the Jail
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Malvina Reynolds - Dancing Girl
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Malvina Reynolds - Dead Hand at the Tiller
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Malvina Reynolds - Dialectic
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Malvina Reynolds - Did You Know?
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Malvina Reynolds - Do As the Doukhobors Do
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Malvina Reynolds - Do Something Wrong
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Believe the Night Time
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Bother Me
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Drop the Box
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Go Away
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't I Let You Live Here?
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Let Him In
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Push Me
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Sell Texas Short
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Shoot the Captain
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Smoke, Darling
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Malvina Reynolds - Don't Talk to Me of Love
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Malvina Reynolds - Down to Hanson's
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Malvina Reynolds - Drive on the Cart
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Malvina Reynolds - Early in the Morning
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Malvina Reynolds - Earth Child
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Malvina Reynolds - Eight Candles
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Malvina Reynolds - El Cortito
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Malvina Reynolds - Everybody Smiles at Me
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Malvina Reynolds - Everybody Talks About Mine Mill
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Malvina Reynolds - Everything Soup
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Malvina Reynolds - Fantastic Man
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Malvina Reynolds - Field Workers Song
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Malvina Reynolds - Fortunatus' Wallet
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Malvina Reynolds - Free Enterprise
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Malvina Reynolds - From Way Up Here
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Malvina Reynolds - Funny Bug Basin
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Malvina Reynolds - Galaxy
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Malvina Reynolds - God Bless the Grass
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Malvina Reynolds - Goodbye to the Band
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Malvina Reynolds - Green Shadows
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Malvina Reynolds - Griddle Cakes
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Malvina Reynolds - Ground Swell
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Malvina Reynolds - Guerrillas in Guatemala
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Malvina Reynolds - Gupery Joe and Mike
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Malvina Reynolds - Heavy on Me
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Malvina Reynolds - Hello Ladybug
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Malvina Reynolds - Henry Ford's Engine
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Malvina Reynolds - Here's To a World That's All Right
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Malvina Reynolds - Hip Hop Candytop
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Malvina Reynolds - Housewife's Grief
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Malvina Reynolds - Huelga Huelga (Do Not Cross the Line)
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Malvina Reynolds - I Believe
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Malvina Reynolds - I Don't Care About You
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Malvina Reynolds - I Don't Have Anything
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Malvina Reynolds - I Don't Mind Failing
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Malvina Reynolds - I Don't Think So
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Malvina Reynolds - I Don't Understand
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Malvina Reynolds - I Know When I've Done Wrong
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Malvina Reynolds - I Live in a City
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Malvina Reynolds - I Lived Through This Day
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Malvina Reynolds - I See You
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Malvina Reynolds - I Went A-Gathering
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Malvina Reynolds - I Wish You Were Here
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Malvina Reynolds - I'm Apathetic
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Malvina Reynolds - I'm Doing Fine
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Malvina Reynolds - I'm Sorry It's Done
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Malvina Reynolds - I'm Too Dumb
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Malvina Reynolds - I've Got a Song
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Malvina Reynolds - If Peace Time Came
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Malvina Reynolds - If Two Have Four
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Malvina Reynolds - If You Love Me
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Malvina Reynolds - If You Want a Friend
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Malvina Reynolds - If You Were Little
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Malvina Reynolds - In Bethlehem
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Malvina Reynolds - Instant Sentence, or, Talking Law and Order Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - It Isn't Nice
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Malvina Reynolds - It Turned Out to Be a Song
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Malvina Reynolds - It's Enough to Be Young
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Malvina Reynolds - It's My Turn
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Malvina Reynolds - It's Raining!
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Malvina Reynolds - It's Up to You
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Malvina Reynolds - Jail House Buddy
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Malvina Reynolds - Jailhouse Door
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Malvina Reynolds - January Sale
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Malvina Reynolds - Jeannie
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Malvina Reynolds - Jennie Fell Down
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Malvina Reynolds - Jenny Appleseed
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Malvina Reynolds - Jesus Was a Saviour, Too
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Malvina Reynolds - Johnny Built a House
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Malvina Reynolds - Just a Little Every Day
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Malvina Reynolds - Kennebunkport
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Malvina Reynolds - Kiss Her Good-bye
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Malvina Reynolds - Leave My Van Allen Belt Alone
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Malvina Reynolds - Let It Be
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Malvina Reynolds - Let Them Eat Cake
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Malvina Reynolds - Let Us Come In (Party Crasher's Carol)
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Malvina Reynolds - Let's Have a Picnic
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Malvina Reynolds - Like the Miller Grinds the Wheat
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Malvina Reynolds - Little Birds
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Malvina Reynolds - Little Bitty Mommy
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Malvina Reynolds - Little Boat
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Malvina Reynolds - Little Kids
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Malvina Reynolds - Lock the Windows
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Malvina Reynolds - Log of the Echo III
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Malvina Reynolds - Look on the Sunny Side
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Malvina Reynolds - Lost Children Street
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Malvina Reynolds - Lost in the Crowd
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Malvina Reynolds - Love Somebody
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Malvina Reynolds - Madwoman
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Malvina Reynolds - Magic Penny
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Malvina Reynolds - Magical Food
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Malvina Reynolds - Magical Song
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Malvina Reynolds - Mail Call
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Malvina Reynolds - Mailman Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - Malvina's Blues, or, It Ain't a Folk Song
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Malvina Reynolds - Mama's Gone
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Malvina Reynolds - Many Colors
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Malvina Reynolds - Mario's Duck
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Malvina Reynolds - Masquerade (Gray Power Song)
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Malvina Reynolds - May Flies Dance
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Malvina Reynolds - Meet Me at the Watergate
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Malvina Reynolds - Mommy's Girl
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Malvina Reynolds - Money Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - Moogical Love
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Malvina Reynolds - Morningtown Ride
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Malvina Reynolds - Move Over
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Malvina Reynolds - Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter
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Malvina Reynolds - My Little Guitar
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Malvina Reynolds - My Street
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Malvina Reynolds - Nancy Newman of Liberty Hall
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Malvina Reynolds - Napalm
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Malvina Reynolds - Nestlé No!
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Malvina Reynolds - Never Argue with a Bee
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Malvina Reynolds - Never Touch a Singing Bird
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Malvina Reynolds - No Closing Chord
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Malvina Reynolds - No Hole in My Head
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Malvina Reynolds - No House
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Malvina Reynolds - No Place to Run
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Malvina Reynolds - No Room
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Malvina Reynolds - Nobody
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Malvina Reynolds - Not the Shadow of a Man
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Malvina Reynolds - Nothing to Say
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Malvina Reynolds - Nowhere Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - Oh, Doctor
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Malvina Reynolds - On My Own Feet
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Malvina Reynolds - On the Coat Tails of the Lord
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Malvina Reynolds - On the Rim of the World
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Malvina Reynolds - One More Ride
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Malvina Reynolds - One of the Family
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Malvina Reynolds - One Shoe
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Malvina Reynolds - Only a War
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Malvina Reynolds - Only Room for Two
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Malvina Reynolds - Outrageous
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Malvina Reynolds - Over and Over
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Malvina Reynolds - Overtime
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Malvina Reynolds - Patchwork of Dreams
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Malvina Reynolds - Pea Soup Song of Billings, Montana
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Malvina Reynolds - Peace Isn't Treason
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Malvina Reynolds - People
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Malvina Reynolds - People Are Tired
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Malvina Reynolds - Picket Line
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Malvina Reynolds - Place to Be
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Malvina Reynolds - Playing War
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Malvina Reynolds - Poor Worms
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Malvina Reynolds - Power Plant Reggae
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Malvina Reynolds - Pretty Thing
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Malvina Reynolds - Puget Boat Song
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Malvina Reynolds - Put On Your Hat
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Malvina Reynolds - Quiet
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Malvina Reynolds - Rabbits Dance
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Malvina Reynolds - Rachel's Lullaby
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Malvina Reynolds - Rail Birds
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Malvina Reynolds - Rand Hymn
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Malvina Reynolds - Red Bird
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Malvina Reynolds - Rejoice
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Malvina Reynolds - Ring Like a Bell
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Malvina Reynolds - Road Song
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Malvina Reynolds - Rosie Jane
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Malvina Reynolds - Run, Run, the Tree Is Falling
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Malvina Reynolds - Sally Don't You Grieve
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Malvina Reynolds - Sausalito Fire
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Malvina Reynolds - Say Something Nice
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Malvina Reynolds - Says the Bee
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Malvina Reynolds - Seabeck
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Malvina Reynolds - Senate Bill One
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Malvina Reynolds - Seventy Miles
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Malvina Reynolds - Shaggy Baggy Man
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Malvina Reynolds - She Got Lost
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Malvina Reynolds - Shelter from the Rain
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Malvina Reynolds - Sick People in Chicago
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Malvina Reynolds - Sick World
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Malvina Reynolds - Signature Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - Sing Along
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Malvina Reynolds - Singin Jesus
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Malvina Reynolds - Skagit Valley Forever
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Malvina Reynolds - Sleep, Come On By
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Malvina Reynolds - So Soon
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Malvina Reynolds - Something's After You
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Malvina Reynolds - Somewhere Between
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Malvina Reynolds - Song of the Nobodies
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Malvina Reynolds - Spooky World
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Malvina Reynolds - Star Flower
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Malvina Reynolds - Stone Stone
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Malvina Reynolds - Stranded on This Planet
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Malvina Reynolds - Street Corner Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - Sweet Stuff
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Malvina Reynolds - Swivel Chair Reserves
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Malvina Reynolds - Take It Away
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Malvina Reynolds - Take Me to Sandy Hook
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Malvina Reynolds - Take Two
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Malvina Reynolds - Temptation
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Malvina Reynolds - Ten Ton Blues
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Malvina Reynolds - That's Me
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Malvina Reynolds - The Alameda Mountains
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Malvina Reynolds - The Albatross
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Malvina Reynolds - The Bairnies Are Crying
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Malvina Reynolds - The Ballad of Robban's First Ride
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Malvina Reynolds - The Birch Society
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Malvina Reynolds - The Bloody Neat
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Malvina Reynolds - The Boy Salutes
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Malvina Reynolds - The Cement Octopus
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Malvina Reynolds - The Corners of Your Mind
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Malvina Reynolds - The Day the Freeway Froze
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Malvina Reynolds - The Delinquent
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Malvina Reynolds - The Desert
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Malvina Reynolds - The Devil Is Talking
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Malvina Reynolds - The Devil's Baptizin
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Malvina Reynolds - The Dresses
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Malvina Reynolds - The Emperor's Nightingale
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Malvina Reynolds - The Falling of the Tree
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Malvina Reynolds - The Fragile Sea
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Malvina Reynolds - The Gang Dancers
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Malvina Reynolds - The Genius
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Malvina Reynolds - The Girls from the Oyster House
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Malvina Reynolds - The Good Ship O'Connor
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Malvina Reynolds - The H. U. A. C.
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Malvina Reynolds - The Highway
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Malvina Reynolds - The Hills of Hey
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Malvina Reynolds - The Judge Said
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Malvina Reynolds - The Lambeth Children O
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Malvina Reynolds - The Last Time
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Malvina Reynolds - The Lazy Dog
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Malvina Reynolds - The Little Generals
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Malvina Reynolds - The Little Mermaid
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Malvina Reynolds - The Little Mouse
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Malvina Reynolds - The Man in the Mask
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Malvina Reynolds - The Man Says Jump
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Malvina Reynolds - The Moment
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Malvina Reynolds - The Money Crop
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Malvina Reynolds - The Montreal Vandals
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Malvina Reynolds - The New Restaurant
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Malvina Reynolds - The New York Song
The Pied Piper
Malvina Reynolds
In the kitchen and down the stair,
Rocking babies in their cradles,
Tasting soup in the cooks' soup ladles,
Eating flour from ev'ry bin,
And raising the devil in Hamelin,
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
Rats, rats, everywhere,
Wherever you looked, the rats were there,
Took a nap in Papa's shoes,
Sat in the living room and read the news,
What a condition that town was in,
Little old town of Hamelin,
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
Mayor and Council scratched their heads,
Tossed and turned in their ratty beds,
Passed a big appropriation
To count the rats in the population,
Solemnly resolved that it was a sin
For rats to live in Hamelin,
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
Little man stood at the Mayor's door,
No one had ever seen him before,
Dressed in clothes of a gayer mood
Than ever are seen in Hollywood.
"If the Mayor will let me in
I'll drive the rats from Hamelin,"
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
They hugged him, kissed him, patted his head,
"What is your name?" the Mayor said.
"I'm the Pied Piper, I blow this horn,
And there never was a rat that ever was born
Could resist my merry din,
Not even the rats of Hamelin,"
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
"Oh, blow your horn both far and wide,
And save our city!" the Mayor cried,
"Whatever you ask we will gladly pay,
If you'll only drive these rats away.
A couple of grand you will surely win
If you get the rats out of Hamelin,"
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
A tweedledy-dee and a foodley-doh,
A little tune he started to blow,
It sounded like bacon, it sounded like cheese,
It sounded like kitcheny melodies,
The rats came out with a snicker and a grin
From all the houses in Hamelin,
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
They followed the music bright and gay,
Over the hills and far away,
The Hamelinians loudly cheered
As the rat procession disappeared,
And never a rat was seen again
In the little old town of Hamelin,
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
The Piper waited, hat in hand,
To collect his fee for a couple of grand,
Mayor and Council scratched their pates,
"This is way above union rates!
For a tune on the flute or the violin
We only pay scale in Hamelin,"
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
Pied Piper said, "Okay,"
Put on his hat and turned away,
Started playing a couple of tunes
Sounded like candy and toy balloons,
Like merry-go-rounds in a jolly spin,
Calling the children of Hamelin,
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
The children came out into the street,
Followed the Piper with dancing feet,
Followed the music bright and gay
Over the hills and far away,
The town got quiet like it never had been
Since the beginning of Hamelin,
Hamelin, Germany, long time ago.
In some country far away,
Some lads and lasses swing and sway,
And a gaudy Piper, old and gray,
Plays on his clarinet night and day,
While way back home their sorrowing kin
Mourn for the children of Hamelin,
Hamelin, Germany.
My grandma told me so,
A long, long time ago.