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MAIN SONG LISTINGS

2000 Milesby: The PretendersAlbum/Date: Learning to Crawl--1983Themes: Christmas: separationStyle: rock (slow)Level: low intermediate

500 Milesby: Peter, Paul and MaryAlbum/Date: Peter, Paul and Mary--1963Structures: conditional 1

future simpleThemes: lonelinessStyle: folk (slow)Level: high beginner

Abraham, Martin and Johnby: DionAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1968Themes: assassinationStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

After the Goldrush (1)by: PreludeAlbum/Date: [single]--1974Structures: past continuous

present participlesThemes: fantasy

dreamingStyle: folk a cappella (slow)Level: low intermediate

After the Goldrush (2)by: Neil Young Album/Date: After the Goldrush--1970

Ain't No Cure for Love by: Jennifer Warnes [Leonard Cohen]Album/Date: Famous Blue Raincoat--1989Structures: present perfect

contractionsThemes: love

healthFunctions: slangStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

Airplaneby: Indigo GirlsAlbum/Date: Rites of Passage--1992Structures: mixed tenses, especially modals: should

haveprepositions

Themes: air travelfoibles

Style: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Alice's Song Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: past continuousStyle: folk (slow)Level: high beginner

All I Have to Do Is Dreamby: Everly BrothersAlbum/Date: Hits--1958Structures: modals: can, have to, couldThemes: loneliness, love

dreamingFunctions: vowel/consonant discriminationStyle: pop ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teethby: Spike JonesAlbum/Date: Dr. Demento Greatest Novelty

Records V.6--1985Themes: Christmas: humourStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

All My Lovingby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: [?]--1963Structures: future simple

temporal clauses in futureThemes: loveFunctions: contracted willStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

All Through the 80'sby: Manfred MannAlbum/Date: [?]--1985Structures: future simpleThemes: future of society

lifestylesFunctions: consonant discriminationStyle: pop (medium)Level: advanced

Along the Road Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: prepositionsStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

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Always on My Mindby: Willie NelsonAlbum/Date: Always on My Mind--1982Structures: modals: past

could/shouldThemes: regretFunctions: consonant discriminationStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

America by: Kim MitchellAlbum/Date: Earth Day Album (1993)--1992Themes: social values: greed, materialism

environmentStyle: rock (medium)Level: advanced

American Tuneby: Simon and GarfunkelAlbum/Date: Concert in the Park 1--1980Structures: passive voice

verbs irregularThemes: weariness

social valuesFunctions: metaphorStyle: folk (medium)Level: high intermediate

And I Love Herby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles--1962-1966--1964Structures: pronouns: possessiveThemes: loveStyle: ballad (medium)Level: low intermediate

And I Love You Soby: Don McLean \Album/Date: American Pie--1971Structures: present perfect

idiomsThemes: love

choiceStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

And You Don't Rememberby: Mariah CareyAlbum/Date: Emotions--1991Structures: adverbsThemes: love lostStyle: pop ??Level: high intermediate

Are You Lonesome Tonight?by: Elvis PresleyAlbum/Date: Elvis's Golden Records--1960Structures: question formsThemes: loveStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

As Time Goes Byby: Jimmy DuranteAlbum/Date: Sleepless in Seattle (Sound Track)--

1993Structures: present habitualThemes: love and war

war: WW2Style: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

At Seventeenby: Janis IanAlbum/Date: Between the Lines--1975Structures: noun clauses

adjective clausesThemes: adolescence

lonelinessFunctions: figurative languageStyle: ballad (medium)Level: advanced

Baby, I'm Yoursby: Barbara LewisAlbum/Date: Atlantic 2283--1965Structures: until; temporal conjunctions in futureThemes: love: eternalStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Beautiful by: Gordon LightfootAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1992Structures: mixed tensesThemes: loveStyle: ballad ??Level: high intermediate

Because I Love You (Postman Song)by: Stevie BAlbum/Date: LMR 2724--1990Structures: future: will

infinitive of purposeThemes: love

idiomStyle: pop ??Level: low intermediate

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Better Daysby: Melissa ManchesterAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1989Structures: present perfect

as thoughThemes: hopeFunctions: consonant discriminationStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Big Yellow Taxi by: Joni MitchellAlbum/Date: Earth Day Album (1993)--1970Themes: environmentStyle: pop (fast)Level: high intermediate

Bird on a Wire by: Jennifer Warnes [Leonard Cohen]Album/Date: Famous Blue Raincoat--1989Structures: present perfect/past

prepositionsThemes: paradoxFunctions: promisingStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Blowin' in the Windby: Bob Dylan (and others)Album/Date: Greatest Hits--1965Structures: question form

mustThemes: oppressionFunctions: queryStyle: folk (slow)Level: low intermediate

Both Sides Now by: Judy Collins [Joni Mitchell]Album/Date: Colors of the Day--1968Structures: mixed tensesThemes: growing up

viewpointFunctions: metaphorStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Brahms' Lullaby by: Anne MurrayAlbum/Date: Hippo in My Tub--1985Structures: modalsThemes: love: childrenStyle: folk (slow)Level: low beginner

Brave and Crazyby: Melissa EtheridgeAlbum/Date: Brave and Crazy--1990Structures: conditional 2

would/couldThemes: love 'n hurt

wishes/hopesStyle: rock (fast)Level: high intermediate

Bridge Over Troubled Watersby: Paul SimonAlbum/Date: Concert in the Park 2--1991Themes: friendshipFunctions: metaphor and simileStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Bud the Spud by: Stompin' Tom ConnorsAlbum/Date: Bud the Spud--1980Themes: geography: CanadaFunctions: slang/ colloquial grammarStyle: country (medium)Level: high intermediate

But Now I'm Home Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: present perfect vs past/presentStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

Bye Bye Loveby: Everly BrothersAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1957Structures: "-ness" = noun formThemes: love: lostFunctions: idiomsStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Call Me Irresponsibleby: Frank SinatraAlbum/Date: Sings the Songs of Van Heusen

and Cahn--1991Structures: negative prefixes: ir, un, in, etc.Themes: loveStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Can't Buy Me Loveby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles--1962-1966--1964Structures: conditional 1Themes: values

moneyFunctions: promisingStyle: rock (fast)Level: high beginner

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Canada Is! by: Roger WhittakerAlbum/Date: The Best of--1977Themes: CanadaStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Canadian History 101 by: Glee ClubAlbum/Date: Glee Club (independent)--1990Structures: verbs irregular

participlesThemes: history/society

CanadaFunctions: satireStyle: folk (medium)Level: advanced

Cat Came Back, The by: Fred PennerAlbum/Date: NFB Film--[??]Structures: pastThemes: humourFunctions: narrativeStyle: pop (fast)Level: high intermediate

Cat's in the Cradle (1)by: Harry ChapinAlbum/Date: Greatest Stories--1974Structures: mixed tensesThemes: passage of time

parentingFunctions: narrativeStyle: folk (medium)Level: high intermediate

Cat's in the Cradle (2) Úby: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984

Christmas Carolby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Evening Wasted with Tom

Lehrer--1960Themes: Christmas: parody of carolsFunctions: satireStyle: pop (medium)Level: advanced

Christmas Song, Theby: Ella Fitzgerald [and many others]Album/Date: Swinging Christmas--1982Structures: vocabularyThemes: Christmas

customsStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

Christmas Wishes by: Anne MurrayAlbum/Date: Christmas Wishes--1982Structures: conditional 2Themes: Christmas

world harmonyFunctions: word discriminationStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

Circus Clown, The Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: past simple: regularThemes: pantomimeFunctions: discrimination: past tense "t"/"d"/"ed"Style: folk (slow)Level: high beginner

City Boy Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: get used to/be used to

be used to/get used toStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

Clementine (2)by: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Evening Wasted with Tom

Lehrer--1960Themes: parody: Cole Porter, operatic, jazz,

Gilbert and SullivanFunctions: parodyStyle: mixedLevel: advanced

Clementine Ú (1)by: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: past irregular

prepositionsThemes: folk music

humourStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

Come a Little Bit Closerby: Jay and the AmericansAlbum/Date: This Magic Moment--1984Structures: past irregularThemes: love: competitionFunctions: narrativeStyle: ballad (latin) (medium)Level: high intermediate

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Coming Around Againby: Carly SimonAlbum/Date: Coming around Again--1986Structures: presentThemes: love: in a rut

household choresFunctions: final "s"Style: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Country Dreaming Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: conditional 1Style: country rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Crabs Walk Sidewaysby: The Smothers BrothersAlbum/Date: Sibling Revelry--1988Themes: love; humourStyle: folk ballad (medium)Level: advanced

Cruel War, The Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: future simple

too soThemes: war/love

folk songsFunctions: pleadingStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

Cryingby: Roy Orbison (and k. d. lang)Album/Date: King of Hearts--1992Structures: mixed tenses: past, present, future

noun clausesThemes: love lossStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

Dancing in the Streetby: Mamas and Papas \Album/Date: Greatest Hits (1985)--1967Structures: future continuousThemes: dancing; celebration

geography: citiesStyle: rock (fast)Level: low intermediate

Devoted to Youby: Everly BrothersAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1958Structures: future: willThemes: loveFunctions: reductionsStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high beginner

Did You Use to Be Like Me? Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: used to/did you use to?Style: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Do They Know It's Christmas? by: Band AidAlbum/Date: Columbia 04749--1985Structures: present: questionsThemes: Christmas: povertyStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

Do You Calypso? Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: question form: do, does, didStyle: pseudo-calypso (medium)Level: high beginner

Don't Give Upby: Peter GabrielAlbum/Date: So--1988Structures: present perfect/past

past irregularThemes: despair

change and lossStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

Don't Worry, Be Happyby: Bobby McFerrinAlbum/Date: Simple Pleasures--1988Structures: commandsThemes: happiness

worryFunctions: slang/dialectStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Dream a Little Dreamby: Mamas and PapasAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1985)--1968Themes: dreamingFunctions: vowel/consonant discriminationStyle: ballad (medium)Level: low intermediate

Dry Bones Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: passive voice

contraction: 'sThemes: body parts

folk songsStyle: folk (medium)Level: low beginner

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Dust in the Windby: KansasAlbum/Date: The Best of--1984Structures: present simpleThemes: life: ephemerality

poetryFunctions: metaphorStyle: rock ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

Early Morning Rain by: Gordon LightfootAlbum/Date: The Best of--1980Structures: present/past/future

I'd bestThemes: love lossStyle: folk ballad (slow)Level: high beginner

El Condor Pasaby: Simon And GarfunkelAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1986)--1970Structures: conditional 2

would ratherThemes: choices: metaphorical

oppositesFunctions: stating preferenceStyle: folk (slow)Level: high intermediate

El Pasoby: Marty RobbinsAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1982)--1959Structures: past regular and irregularThemes: western gun-fighting

love: sacrificeFunctions: narrativeStyle: ballad (slow)Level: advanced

Elementsby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Evening Wasted with Tom

Lehrer--1960Themes: chemistry: elements in the periodic tableStyle: show (fast)Level: advanced

Eleanor Rigbyby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Revolver--1966Structures: mixed tensesThemes: lonelinessStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Ella May by: Rose Vaughan TrioAlbum/Date: Fire in the Snow--1993Structures: present habitualThemes: work: waiting tables

restaurantsStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Emilyby: Simon and GarfunkelAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1986)--1968Structures: participlesThemes: love: infatuation

reminiscenceFunctions: vowel/consonant discrimination:

"L"/"R"Style: ballad (slow)Level: advanced

Escape (Piña Colada Song)by: Rupert HolmesAlbum/Date: Partners in Crime--1980Structures: conditional 1

past/past perfectThemes: Want Ad PersonalsFunctions: narrative/twistStyle: pop (medium)Level: advanced

ESL Blues Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Themes: idiomatic languageStyle: blues (medium)Level: low intermediate

Eternal Flameby: The BanglesAlbum/Date: Columbia 06257--1989Structures: present: interrogative

imperativeThemes: loveStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Every Breath You Take by: The PoliceAlbum/Date: Every Breath You Take: The

Singles--1986Structures: adjective clauses

future continuousThemes: love: obsessionStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

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Everything I Do, I Do It for You by: Bryan AdamsAlbum/Date: Waking Up the Neighbours--1991Structures: pronouns: indefiniteThemes: loveFunctions: "in" for "ing"Style: rock ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

Eyes Like Twinsby: Wilson PhillipsAlbum/Date: Wilson Phillips--1990Structures: past tense/regular and irregularThemes: loveFunctions: past tense: "D"/"T"/"ID" soundsStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

Famous Blue Raincoat by: Jennifer Warnes [Leonard Cohen]Album/Date: Famous Blue Raincoat--1989Structures: contractions

mixed tensesThemes: love

reminiscenceFunctions: letter writing formatStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

Fast Carby: Tracy ChapmanAlbum/Date: Tracy Chapman--1990Themes: escape: family

desperationFunctions: idiomatic speechStyle: folk ballad (medium)Level: advanced

Feverby: Peggy LeeAlbum/Date: Fever and Other Hits--1984Themes: love: infatuation

love: famous loversFunctions: register: slang, archaic languageStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

Fire and Rainby: James TaylorAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1976)--1970Structures: present perfect/past

"thought I'd ..."Themes: love lostFunctions: sound discriminationStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Fixing a Holeby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Sgt. Pepper's--1967Structures: present continuous/ present

verbs: static vs activeThemes: life prioritiesStyle: rock (slow)Level: low intermediate

Foggy Dew Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: present/pastThemes: courtship

humourStyle: folk (medium)Level: high beginner

Fool on the Hillby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles 1967-1970--1967Structures: present simpleThemes: wisdom

peaceFunctions: final "S"Style: ballad (slow)Level: high beginner

Four Strong Winds by: Ian and SylviaAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1987Structures: future simple; conditional 2

wish: would; conditional 2Themes: life: bad times

lonelinessFunctions: making suggestionsStyle: folk ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

From a Distanceby: Bette MidlerAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1993)--1990Structures: presentThemes: harmonyStyle: pop ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

From Me to Youby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: --1963Structures: conditional 1

have gotThemes: loveFunctions: promisingStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

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Galileoby: Indigo GirlsAlbum/Date: Rites of Passage--1992Structures: mixed modals/tensesThemes: reincarnationStyle: rock (medium)Level: advanced

Get Thereby: Oleta AdamsAlbum/Date: Circle of One--1990

Reason to Believe--1993Themes: travelStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Get Togetherby: Indigo Girls \Album/Date: Strange Fire--1989Structures: oppositesThemes: brotherhoodStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Getting Betterby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Sgt. Pepper's--1967Structures: used to; present pastThemes: change: growing upStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Getting It Together Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: modals (present): may, might, mustThemes: life: daily livingFunctions: possibility vs obligationStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Girlby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles--1962-1966--1965Structures: past/present/future

question formThemes: loveStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

Glitter Hair Cream Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: comparatives and superlativesThemes: commercialsStyle: pop jingle (medium)Level: high beginner

Going To Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: going toStyle: folk (slow)Level: low beginner

Gone Are the Days by: Connie KaldorAlbum/Date: One of These Days--1984Structures: subject/verb reversals

adjective clauses: "that"Themes: lossStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Good Song, A by: ValdyAlbum/Date: Valdy Classics--1985Structures: neither reversals

negativesThemes: opposites

comparisonsStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Goodbye Rainbow Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: adverbs: frequency and mannerStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

Green Christmasby: Stan FrebergAlbum/Date: Dr. Demento Greatest Novelty

Records V.6--1985Themes: Christmas: satire

commercialismStyle: show (medium)Level: advanced

Groovy Kind of Loveby: Phil Collins \Album/Date: Atlantic 89017--1988Themes: loveFunctions: rhymesStyle: pop (slow)Level: high beginner

Guess You Had to Be Thereby: Janis IanAlbum/Date: Breaking Silence--1993Structures: past continuousThemes: 1960's generation

Kennedy assassinationFunctions: ellipsisStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

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Happy Christmas (War is Over)by: John LennonAlbum/Date: --?Themes: Christmas: poverty

Christmas: peaceStyle: rock (slow)Level: most

Harper Valley PTAby: Jeannie C. RileyAlbum/Date: Harper Valley--1968Themes: hypocrisy

conformityFunctions: narrativeStyle: country (medium)Level: high intermediate

Harpo's Bluesby: Phoebe SnowAlbum/Date: The Best of (1981)--1973Structures: wish

conditional 2Themes: wishing regret

abuseFunctions: poetic allusionStyle: blues (medium)Level: high intermediate

Harsh and Unforgiving by: Connie KaldorAlbum/Date: Wood River--1993Structures: mixed tensesThemes: farming life

prairiesStyle: folk ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by: Connie Kaldor [and many others]Album/Date: Christmas Album--1988Structures: vocabulary

conditional reversals: shouldThemes: Christmas

customsStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

He'd Still Be Here Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: conditional 3Style: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

He's So Fineby: The ChiffonsAlbum/Date: Laurie 3152--1963Structures: wish (were)

conditional 2Themes: courtship: valuesStyle: rock (slow)Level: high intermediate

Heart Like a Wheel by: Linda Ronstadt [Anna McGarrigle]Album/Date: Heart Like a Wheel--1974Structures: "like" prepositionThemes: love 'n hurt

metaphorFunctions: simileStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

Heart with Your Name on Itby: Gloria EstefanAlbum/Date: Into the Night--1991Structures: verbs: static vs dynamicThemes: love promisedStyle: pop ??Level: high beginner

Helloby: Lionel RichieAlbum/Date: Dancing on the Ceiling--1984

Reason to Believe--1993Structures: present perfect/present

clauses: nouns, adjectiveThemes: love unrequitedStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

Hello! Goodbye!by: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles--1967-1970--1967Structures: oppositesThemes: greetingsFunctions: oppositesStyle: pop (slow)Level: low beginner

Here Comes the Rain Againby: EurythmicsAlbum/Date: Touch--1983Structures: reversals

participlesThemes: love lostFunctions: word recognitionStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

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Horace's Tale Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: present simple/habitual; 3rd person

singular (+ and -)Themes: riddlesStyle: folk (medium)Level: high beginner

Houses are Built, The Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: passive: present/past simpleStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

Hunting Songby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Tom Lehrer Revisited--1960Themes: hunting; satire

satire; lawsFunctions: satireStyle: folk (medium)Level: advanced

Huron Carol by: Jubilee Singers [and others]Album/Date: Christmas Album--1970Structures: vocabularyThemes: Christmas

native cultureFunctions: gift givingStyle: folk (medium)Level: high intermediate

Hush Little Baby by: Anne MurrayAlbum/Date: Hippo in My Tub--1985Structures: conditional 1Themes: childrenStyle: folk (slow)Level: low beginner

Hymn for Pincher Creek by: Connie KaldorAlbum/Date: Wood River--1993Themes: home; where the heart is

modern life vs rural lifeFunctions: hymns: archaic languageStyle: folk ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

I Can See Clearly Now by: Holly Cole TrioAlbum/Date: Don't Smoke in Bed--1993Structures: going toThemes: hope/peace of mindStyle: pop jazz (slow)Level: low intermediate

I Can't Make You Love Meby: Bonnie RaittAlbum/Date: Luck of the Draw--1991Structures: future simple

make someone do ...Themes: loveStyle: rock ballad (slow)Level: high beginner

I Heard It Through the Grapevineby: Marvin GayeAlbum/Date: Tamla 54176--1968Structures: negative inversionsThemes: love lostStyle: R & B (medium)Level: low intermediate

I Hold Your Hand in Mineby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Tom Lehrer Revisited--1960Themes: humour; blackStyle: folk (slow)Level: advanced

I Love You, Baby, But ... Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: too vs so; too ... to/for; adjective +

enough ... toso + adjective/adverb + that

Style: pop duet (medium)Level: low intermediate

I Never Will Marryby: Linda RonstadtAlbum/Date: Simple Dreams--1977Structures: future simple

present perfectThemes: women/menFunctions: promisesStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high beginner

I Should Have Known Betterby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles--1962-1966--1964Structures: should haveThemes: loveStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking Forby: U2Album/Date: Joshua Tree--1987Structures: present perfect/still

participlesThemes: searchingFunctions: past tense: "D"/"T"/"ID" soundsStyle: rock ??Level: low intermediate

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I Used to Sing a Song ... Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: used to; did you use to ?Style: folk (slow)Level: low intermediate

I Want to Be a Dog by: Charlotte DiamondAlbum/Date: 10 Carrot Diamond--1988Structures: want toThemes: pets simplicityStyle: folk (medium)Level: low beginner

I Willby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: White Album--1968Structures: present/past/future

time clausesThemes: loveStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

I Wish I Were Single Again Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: wish + wereThemes: women/men

humourStyle: folk ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

I'd Rather Be by: ValdyAlbum/Date: Valdy Classics--1985Structures: would ratherThemes: women/menFunctions: preference

consonant/vowel discriminationStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

I'll Always Remember Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: mixed tenses: past/present/future:

simple and continuousprepositions

Themes: dates; times; seasonsStyle: pop duet (medium)Level: low intermediate

I'll Be Home for Christmasby: Ella FitzgeraldAlbum/Date: Swinging Christmas--1982Structures: vocabularyThemes: ChristmasFunctions: promisesStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Songby: Jim CroceAlbum/Date: Photographs & Memories--1974Structures: have to: future

contractionsThemes: love: expressionFunctions: reductionsStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high beginner

I'll Know Úby: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984Structures: temporal clauses in futureThemes: personal expectationsStyle: show tune (medium)Level: high intermediate

I'll Watch over You by: Mae MooreAlbum/Date: Oceanview Motel--1990Structures: future; time clauses

mixed tensesThemes: friendshipStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself... Úby: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984Structures: future: will, going toThemes: letter formStyle: jazz (medium)Level: low intermediate

I'm Happy in Love Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: present continuousStyle: folk (medium)Level: low beginner

I'm Leaving on a Jet Planeby: John DenverAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1973Structures: present continuous = future

pronouns vs contractionsadjective clauses

Themes: commitmentStyle: ballad (medium)Level: low intermediate

I'm Sitting All Alone Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: Present perfect continuousStyle: folk (slow)Level: high beginner

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I'm Too Sexyby: Right Said FredAlbum/Date: --1992Structures: too + adjectiveThemes: satireFunctions: rhymesStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

I'm Walkin'by: Fats DominoAlbum/Date: Hits--1957Structures: present continuousThemes: love lostStyle: rock (fast)Level: high beginner

I've Been Working on the R. R. Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: present perfect continuousThemes: folk songsFunctions: slangStyle: folk (medium)Level: high beginner

Ifby: BreadAlbum/Date: The Best of Bread--1971Structures: conditionals 1 2

could wouldThemes: love

metaphorsFunctions: consonant discrimination

allusionStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

If a Tree Falls by: Bruce CockburnAlbum/Date: Earth Day Album (1993)--1988Themes: environment: rain forest

rage/bitternessStyle: rock [spoken] (fast)Level: advanced

If I Fellby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles--1962-1966--1964Structures: conditional 2Themes: love: trepidationStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

If I Had a Hammerby: Peter, Paul and MaryAlbum/Date: Peter, Paul and Mary--1963Structures: conditional 2Themes: oppression

protestStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

If I Had a $1,000,000 by: Bare Naked LadiesAlbum/Date: Gordon--1992Structures: conditional 2Themes: wishing

humourStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

If I Needed Someoneby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles--1962-1966--1965Structures: conditionals 2 3

conditional reversalsThemes: loveStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

If I Were a Carpenterby: Tim HardingAlbum/Date: Reason to Believe [Hits]--1987Structures: conditional 2 (were)

pronoun changes (compare Baez, IfYou Were A Carpenter)

Themes: women/menFunctions: suppositionStyle: folk (slow)Level: high intermediate

If I Were a Rich Manby: Cast of Fiddler on the RoofAlbum/Date: Fiddler on the Roof--1964Structures: conditional 2 (were)

modalsThemes: wealth vs poverty

values/aspirationsStyle: show (medium)Level: advanced

If I Were You Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: conditional 3 (were)Functions: giving adviceStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

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If You Could Read My Mind by: Gordon LightfootAlbum/Date: Sundown--1974Structures: conditional 2 variations

would/shouldThemes: love loss

metaphorFunctions: metaphorStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

If You Go to Rome Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: conditional 1Style: folk (medium)Level: high beginner

If You Were a Carpenterby: Joan BaezAlbum/Date: Hits--1970Structures: conditional 2 (were)Themes: women/men

pronoun changes (compare Harding, IfI Were A Carpenter)

Functions: suppositionStyle: folk (slow)Level: high intermediate

Imagineby: John LennonAlbum/Date: Imagine--1971Structures: too tags

noun clausesThemes: peace

world harmonyFunctions: hopingStyle: pop (slow)Level: low beginner

In My Lifeby: Bette Midler (\ Beatles)Album/Date: Greatest Hits--1993Structures: present perfect/present

thoughThemes: nostalgiaFunctions: "ED" endingsStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

In the Air Tonightby: Phil CollinsAlbum/Date: Face Value--1981Structures: conditional 2

present perfect continuousThemes: anger

fearFunctions: accusationStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

ING Songby: The RochesAlbum/Date: A Dove--1992Structures: present participlesThemes: humourFunctions: "ING" discriminationStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Instant Powdered Coffee Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: must/mustn't = obligationThemes: life: daily living

working: officesFunctions: obligationStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Irish Ballad, Theby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Tom Lehrer Revisited--1960Structures: mixed tensesThemes: humour, black: murder

satireFunctions: satire; toneStyle: folk (medium)Level: advanced

Is That All There Is?by: Peggy LeeAlbum/Date: Fever and Other Hits--1984Structures: past irregular

mixed tensesThemes: life: values

existentialismFunctions: narrativeStyle: pop [spoken] (slow)Level: advanced

It Might as Well Be Springby: Julie AndrewsAlbum/Date: My Fair Lady--1964Structures: might as well

wishThemes: infatuationFunctions: similesStyle: show ??Level: advanced

It Should Have Been Meby: Carly SimonAlbum/Date: The Best of--1975Structures: present/past modals

mixed verbsThemes: love lostFunctions: regrettingStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

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It's About Time Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: subjunctive: it's time ... + pastStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

It's All over Now Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: present perfectThemes: environmentStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

It's All over Now Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: present perfect continuous

present perfect vs past/presentStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

It's All Over Nowby: The Rolling StonesAlbum/Date: London 9687--1964Structures: used to/pastThemes: love lost

past changeStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

It's My Partyby: Leslie GoreAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1963Structures: conditionals mixed: 1, 2, 3Themes: adolescenceStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

It's Not Too Lateby: T-Bone BurnetAlbum/Date: --1989Structures: too + adjectiveStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

It's Only Half Past Three Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: present perfect (+ just)Themes: timeStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

It's Too Lateby: Carole KingAlbum/Date: Tapestry--1971Structures: mixed tenses: used to, past, present

perfect, present, futureThemes: romance endingStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Jerks by: Connie KaldorAlbum/Date: One of these Days--1985Themes: men/women: macho behaviourFunctions: satireStyle: pop (medium)Level: advanced

Just the Way You Areby: Billy JoelAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1977Structures: clauses subordinateThemes: loveFunctions: elisionStyle: ballad (medium)Level: low intermediate

Ketchup Song by: Stompin'Tom ConnorsAlbum/Date: Bud the Spud--1980Themes: humour: food puns

geography: OntarioStyle: country (fast)Level: advanced

King of Pain by: The PoliceAlbum/Date: Every Breath You Take: The

Singles--1986Structures: participles phrases: past/presentThemes: love 'n hurtStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

L-Y [from Electric Company]by: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Tom Lehrer Revisited--1972Structures: adverb construction: "-ly"Style: pop (fast)Level: low intermediate

Lady in Redby: Chris DeBurghAlbum/Date: Into the Light--1987

Reason to Believe--1993Structures: present perfect + never

verbs of perceptionFunctions: love: infatuationStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

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Lady Madonnaby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles 1967-1970--1968Structures: manage toThemes: parenthood

days of the weekStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

Last Thing I Needed, Theby: Willie NelsonAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1981Structures: past irregularThemes: bad luck

love lostStyle: country ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

Leader of the Bandby: Dan FogelbergAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1982Structures: mixed tensesThemes: father/sonFunctions: metaphorStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Leader of the Packby: The ShangrilasAlbum/Date: Original Rock, GT 5-6251--1964Themes: adolescence; rebellion

death and young loveFunctions: narrativeStyle: rock [spoken] (medium)Level: low intermediate

Lean on Meby: Bill WithersAlbum/Date: Still Bill--1972Structures: future, will

if + commandThemes: friendshipStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Les Poissonsby: film castAlbum/Date: The Little Mermaid (Sound Track)--

1990Structures: exclamationsThemes: food/cookingFunctions: exclaimingStyle: show ??Level: high intermediate

Let it Snowby: Ella FitzgeraldAlbum/Date: Swinging Christmas--1982Structures: mixed tensesThemes: Christmas

winterFunctions: vowel/consonant discriminationStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Let It Beby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Past Masters 2 (EMI)--1970Structures: present/futureThemes: peace of mind

hopeStyle: rock (slow)Level: high beginner

Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (1)by: The TokensAlbum/Date: RCA 7954--1961Structures: prepositions, adjectives

present tenseFunctions: lullabyStyle: folk a cappella (slow)Level: low beginner

Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (2) by: The Nylons \Album/Date: Nylons--1983

Little Boxes (1)by: Pete SeegerAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1980Structures: present simpleThemes: conformityStyle: folk (fast)Level: high beginner

Little Boxes (2) Úby: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984

Little Drummer Boyby: Nana Mouskouri [also many others]Album/Date: Christmas Album [?]Structures: past simpleThemes: Christmas

vocabularyStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

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Longerby: Dan FogelbergAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1980Structures: comparatives

future: willThemes: loveStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Look What You've Doneby: BreadAlbum/Date: The Best of Bread--1973Structures: present perfect/pastThemes: loveStyle: ballad (slow then medium)Level: low intermediate

Looking Forward to the Day Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: phrasal verbsStyle: folk (slow)Level: low intermediate

Love Is a Wonderful Thingby: Michael BoltonAlbum/Date: Columbia 73719--1991Structures: noun clauses

present: verb agreementThemes: loveFunctions: final "s"Style: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Love Potion Number 9by: The CloversAlbum/Date: Atlantic 1094--1959Structures: reported speech

past irregularThemes: superstition

humourStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

Love Song Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: can; can't

present continuous = futureFunctions: abilityStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

Lukaby: Suzanne VegaAlbum/Date: Solitude Standing--1987Structures: present simple

noun clausesThemes: child abuse

anxietyFunctions: pleadingStyle: ballad (medium)Level: low intermediate

Making Love out of Nothing at Allby: Air SupplyAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1983Structures: clauses: "how to", noun, adjectiveThemes: love and deceitStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Making Plans Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: going to

present continuous = futureThemes: air travelFunctions: planning; intentionStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Making Whoopeeby: Dr. John and Rickie Lee JonesAlbum/Date: Sleepless in Seattle (Sound Track)--

1993Themes: men and women; humour

love and consequencesFunctions: slang; colloquialismStyle: R & B (slow)Level: advanced

Margaritavilleby: Jimmy BuffetAlbum/Date: Changes in Latitudes--1977Structures: gerundsThemes: alcoholismStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Martha My Dearby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: White Album--1968Structures: present perfect

prepositionsThemes: loveStyle: ballad (medium)Level: low intermediate

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Marvellous Toy, The Úby: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984Structures: past: regular, irregularThemes: gift-givingStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

Matchmaker, Matchmakerby: Cast of Fiddler on the RoofAlbum/Date: Fiddler on the Roof--1964Structures: present

noun/verb word playThemes: courtship

personalities/traitsFunctions: punsStyle: show (medium)Level: advanced

Maybe the Next Time by: Sue MedleyAlbum/Date: Reasons to Believe--1993 (1990)Structures: phrasal verbs

future: willThemes: telephone anxietyFunction: predictionStyle: pop ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Memory (Cats)by: Barbra StreisandAlbum/Date: Broadway Album--1985Structures: modalsThemes: reminiscence

lonelinessStyle: ballad (slow)Level: advanced

Mercy by: Sarah McLachlanAlbum/Date: Solace--1991Structures: participlesThemes: separation

lossFunctions: breaking offStyle: folk (medium)Level: high intermediate

Mister Monday Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: present simpleStyle: pop (medium)Level: low beginner

Modal Melody Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: modals: presentStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

Monster Mashby: Bobby"Boris" PicketAlbum/Date: Fun Rock (1990)--1962Structures: vocabulary (seasonal)

past tenses/presentThemes: HalloweenFunctions: horror filmsStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

Moonshadowby: Cat StevensAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1975)--1971Structures: present continuousThemes: body partsStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

More Than Words by: ExtremeAlbum/Date: Reasons to Believe--1993 (1990)Structures: conditional 2: modal variations;

questionsif only ...

Style: folk-rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

Morning Round Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: present simpleStyle: folk (medium)Level: low beginner

My Funny Valentineby: Elvis Costello \Album/Date: Taking Liberties--1980Themes: Valentine's DayStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

My Love (1)by: Petula ClarkAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1966Structures: comparatives/superlativesThemes: loveStyle: pop (fast)Level: low intermediate

My Love Ú (2)by: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984

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Mystery Man Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: present simple: 3rd person singular

present wh-questions Style: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

NACL by: Anna/Kate McGarrigleAlbum/Date: Dancing--1981Structures: participlesThemes: chemistry

vocabularyFunctions: punningStyle: pop (medium)Level: advanced

Natural Womanby: Carole KingAlbum/Date: Tapestry--1971Structures: causative makeThemes: love: infatuationStyle: R & B (slow)Level: low intermediate

New Mathby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: That Was the Year That Was--

1965Themes: mathematics

humour: educationStyle: folk [spoken] (fast)Level: advanced

Nick of Timeby: Bonnie RaittAlbum/Date: Nick of Time--1990Structures: past/present

idiomsThemes: aging

loveFunctions: elisionStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

Night Before Christmasby: Arthur GodfreyAlbum/Date: Christmas Favourites[?]--1972Structures: vocabularyThemes: ChristmasFunctions: narrativeStyle: pop [spoken] (slow)Level: advanced

Night Has a Thousand Eyesby: Bobby VeeAlbum/Date: Hits of the 60's vol. 2--1962Structures: noun clauses (if, that)Themes: mistrust in loveFunctions: threateningStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Northwest Passage by: Stan RogersAlbum/Date: Northwest Passage--1981Structures: prepositions/conjunctions

adverbsThemes: history; connection to the past

exploration; CanadaStyle: folk a cappella (slow)Level: high intermediate

Norwegian Woodby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Rubber Soul--1965Structures: reported speech

past irregularThemes: courtingStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Not Enough Ways Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: too much/many

so much/many/littlenot enoughtoo ... to do (something)

Style: folk (medium)Level: high beginner

Nothing Has Changed Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: pronouns: indefinite; negative

negative wordsStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Now's the Time Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: present: question form with auxiliaries

short answersStyle: folk spiritual (medium)Level: high beginner

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Nowhere Manby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles 1962-1966--1966Structures: negative wordsThemes: existentialism

outsidersStyle: rock (slow)Level: low intermediate

Nuttin' for Christmasby: Stan FrebergAlbum/Date: Dr. Demento Greatest Novelty

Records V.6--1985Themes: Christmas: satireFunctions: narrativeStyle: pop (medium)Level: advanced

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Daby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: White Album--1968Structures: present simpleThemes: life cyclesStyle: pop (fast)Level: low intermediate

Oedipus Rexby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Evening Wasted with Tom

Lehrer--1960Themes: psychology: complexes; satire

parody: motherhoodFunctions: satireStyle: folk (medium)Level: advanced

Oh, Pretty Womanby: Roy OrbisonAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1989)--1964Structures: commands; presentThemes: love: courtingStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning Úby: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984Structures: present: simple, continuous

there is ...Themes: happiness; joy

life: bad times, good timesStyle: show tune (medium)Level: low intermediate

On Sunday Afternoons Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: verbs + gerunds: like, hate, loveThemes: seasons; monthsFunctions: liking; dislikingStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

One Day Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: past simpleStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

One Fine Dayby: The ChiffonsAlbum/Date: Hits of the 60's Vol. 2--1963Structures: future simple

going toThemes: courtship: valuesStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

One Moment in Timeby: Whitney HoustonAlbum/Date: Bodyguard--1992Themes: aspirations

hopeStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

One of Those Days Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: past perfect vs pastThemes: bad luckStyle: pop (medium-fast)Level: high intermediate

One Tin Soldier by: The Original CasteAlbum/Date: T-A 186--1970Structures: pastThemes: peace

warFunctions: narrativeStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Paperback Writerby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Past Masters 2 (EMI)--1966Structures: present modals: must, can, couldFunctions: letter formStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

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Past Progressive Jealousy Cha, Cha, Cha Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: past continuousStyle: cha cha (medium)Level: high beginner

Penny Laneby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles 1967-1970--1967Themes: city life; banalityFunctions: description: visualizingStyle: ballad (medium)Level: advanced

Peopleby: Barbra StreisandAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1986Themes: love of humanityFunctions: sound discriminationStyle: pop (slow)Level: high beginner

Poetry Manby: Phoebe SnowAlbum/Date: The Best of (1981)--1973Structures: causative makeThemes: love: forbiddenStyle: blues ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Pollutionby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: That Was the Year That Was--

1965Themes: pollution

ecologyStyle: folk (fast)Level: advanced

Present Continuous Baby Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: present continuousStyle: pop (medium)Level: low beginner

Put a Little Love in Your Heart (1)by: Jackie De ShannonAlbum/Date: Imperial 66385--1969

Flower Power--1990Structures: commands, future: willThemes: love and peace

world harmonyStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Put a Little Love in Your Heart (2)by: Annie Lennox and Al Green \Album/Date: Scrooged--1988

Questions Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: question formationStyle: folk (slow)Level: high beginner

Rainby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Past Masters 2 (EMI)--1966Structures: conditional 1Themes: weather: state of mindStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

Raindropsby: Dee ClarkAlbum/Date: Vee Jay 383--1961Structures: must be (deductive)Themes: love lostStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Headby: B.J. ThomasAlbum/Date: Raindrops ...--1969Structures: contractions: negative

pluralsThemes: weather

loveFunctions: reductionsStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Rainy Day People by: Gordon LightfootAlbum/Date: Sundown--1974Structures: clauses: noun, adjective

mixed tensesThemes: life's ups and downsStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Revolutionby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Past Masters 2 (EMI)--1968Structures: indirect speech: presentThemes: revolution: change

dissidenceStyle: rock (slow)Level: low intermediate

Rhythm of the Rainby: The CascadesAlbum/Date: Hits of the 60's vol. 2--1963Structures: little does

wish (would)Themes: love unrequitedStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

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Robinson, Barton and Stone Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: could = suggestion

mixed tenses: past/present/futureThemes: life: daily living

working: officesmissed opportunity

Style: pop ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Rock Around the Clockby: Bill HaleyAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1955Themes: telling time

timeStyle: rock (fast)Level: high beginner

Rocky Racoonby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: White--1968Structures: story line

past irregularThemes: western

machismoFunctions: narrativeStyle: ballad (medium)Level: advanced

Rose, Theby: Bette MidlerAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1993)--1980Structures: noun/adjective clausesThemes: love conquers all

symbolismFunctions: metaphorStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

Samantha's Picture Book Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: past: regular/irregular (difficult)

adjectives/adverbsThemes: imaginationStyle: folk ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Santa Claus Is Coming to Townby: Ella FitzgeraldAlbum/Date: Swinging Christmas--1982Structures: had better

contractionsThemes: ChristmasFunctions: discrimination of final consonantsStyle: pop (fast)Level: low intermediate

Sarah's Song by: Stephen FearingAlbum/Date: Blue Line--1991Themes: unwed mothers

illegitimacyStyle: folk (medium)Level: high intermediate

Save the Last Dance for Meby: The DriftersAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1960Structures: present modalsThemes: courtship; customsStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Save The Best for Last by: Vanessa WilliamsAlbum/Date: Reasons to Believe--1993 (1991)Structures: past vs past perfectStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

Seagull Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Goodbye Rainbow--1974Structures: relative pronounsStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

Secret, The by: Meryn CadellAlbum/Date: Angel Food for Thought--1991Themes: loneliness

emotionsStyle: folk a cappella (slow)Level: high beginner

She's Leaving Homeby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Sgt. Pepper's--1967Structures: participle phrasesThemes: generation gap

escapeFunctions: narrativeStyle: ballad (medium)Level: advanced

Silent E (from Electric Company cartoon)by: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Tom Lehrer Revisited--1972Structures: spelling: silent "E"Functions: long vs short vowel soundsStyle: pop (medium then fast)Level: high beginner

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Silent Nightby: Mahalia Jackson (also many others)Album/Date: Christmas Album--1989Structures: vocabularyThemes: Christmas

customsStyle: gospel (slow)Level: low intermediate

Silver Bellsby: Bing CrosbyAlbum/Date: Merry Christmas--1970Structures: vocabularyThemes: Christmas

customsStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Singby: The CarpentersAlbum/Date: The Singles/ AM cd-3601--1971Structures: present simpleThemes: singingStyle: pop (medium)Level: low beginner

Small by: Rose Vaughan TrioAlbum/Date: Fire in the Snow--1993Structures: as ifThemes: self esteem, lack of

metaphor; simileFunctions: poetryStyle: ballad (slow)Level: advanced

So Far Awayby: Carole KingAlbum/Date: Tapestry--1971Structures: conditional 2

wish + pastThemes: love at a distanceFunctions: wishingStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

So Long Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: present perfectThemes: saying goodbyeFunctions: leave-takingStyle: folk (medium)Level: high beginner

So Sad (to Watch Love Go Bad)by: Everly BrothersAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1960Structures: used to/presentThemes: past changeFunctions: regrettingStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

Some Kind of Wonderfulby: The DriftersAlbum/Date: More Dirty Dancing (1988)--1961Structures: adjectives

have toStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Somethingby: George Harrison (The Beatles)Album/Date: The Beatles 1967-1970--1969Structures: present simple

adjective clausesThemes: loveStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high beginner

Sometimes When We Touch by: Dan HillAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1977Structures: until

subordinate clausesThemes: love n' painStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Sound of Silence (1)by: Simon and GarfunkelAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1986)--1968Structures: past regular, irregularThemes: alienation and disaffection

urban squalorStyle: folk (medium)Level: advanced

Sound of Silence (2)by: Paul SimonAlbum/Date: Concert in the Park 2--1991Note: compare versions

Stairway to Heavenby: Rolf Harris \Album/Date: Vercd 73/864-987-2--1993Themes: parody of style

pseudo-mysticismFunctions: humourStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

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Stone and Sand by: Rose Vaughan TrioAlbum/Date: Fire in the Snow--1993Themes: peace: inner peace

self-awarenessFunctions: poetryStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

Strangest Dream, The (1)by: Joan BaezAlbum/Date: Any Day Now--1972Structures: past perfect; pastThemes: peaceStyle: folk (slow)Level: low intermediate

Strangest Dream, The Ú (2)by: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976

Stuart and Lillian by: TamarackAlbum/Date: Fields of Rock and Snow--1991Structures: conditional 2Themes: winning the lottery

valuesStyle: folk ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Sunshine on My Shouldersby: John DenverAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1973Structures: conditional 2

word-orderThemes: happinessFunctions: suppositionStyle: pop (slow)Level: high intermediate

Superman's Song by: Crash Test DummiesAlbum/Date: The Ghosts that Haunt Me--1991Structures: past: simple, continuous, habitualThemes: super heroesFunctions: narrativeStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Suzanne by: Leonard Cohen [also Judy Collins]Album/Date: Best of--1975Themes: poetryFunctions: metaphorStyle: ballad (medium)Level: advanced

Swing Low Sweet Chariot Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: present perfect

adverbs: frequencyThemes: death: afterlife

spiritualsFunctions: prayerStyle: folk (slow)Level: low intermediate

Swingin' Single by: Spirit of the WestAlbum/Date: Save This House--1989Structures: mixed tenses

past modalsThemes: women/men separation

lonelinessFunctions: vowel/consonant discriminationStyle: pop (medium)Level: advanced

Tears in Heavenby: Eric ClaptonAlbum/Date: Unplugged--1992Structures: conditional 2Themes: afterlife

heavenStyle: rock ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Tell Me, Tell Me, Please Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: embedded clauses

hidden questionsStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Tennessee Waltz (1) by: Anne Murray \Album/Date: Greatest Hits--1987Structures: past continuous simple

while/whenThemes: love lostStyle: country (slow)Level: high beginner

Tennessee Waltz Ú (2)by: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984

That's What Friends Are Forby: Dionne Warwick and FriendsAlbum/Date: Arista 9422--1985Themes: AIDS

friendshipStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

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The Ballad of Sheriff McGregor Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: passive: pastThemes: westernsStyle: western ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

There's Got to Be a Wayby: Mariah CareyAlbum/Date: Mariah Carey--1990Structures: have/has got toThemes: poverty

racismFunctions: elisionStyle: pop (fast)Level: high intermediate

They Made Me Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: causative make/force

let/allowStyle: pop ballad (medium)Level: low intermediate

They Tell Me It's a Song Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: reported speechStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

Things You Like Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: verbs + gerundsFunctions: liking and dislikingStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

Thirty-Three to Paradise Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: reported speech (past)Style: pop ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

This Land is Your Land Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: past continuous simpleThemes: patriotismFunctions: descriptionStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

This Must Be Loveby: Phil CollinsAlbum/Date: Face Value--1981Structures: must (deduction)

tense sequenceThemes: loveFunctions: deductionStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

Those Were the Daysby: Mary HopkinAlbum/Date: Apple 1801--1968Structures: past: simple, habitual

used to/would = past habitualThemes: nostalgiaFunctions: regrettingStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Ticket to Ride (1)by: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles 1962-1966--1965Structures: pronoun changes between versions

(Carpenters)have got

Themes: love: unrequitedFunctions: meaning puzzleStyle: rock (medium)Level: high beginner

Ticket to Ride (2)by: The CarpentersAlbum/Date: The Singles/ AM cd-3601--1970Style: pop (slow)

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Úby: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984Structures: conditional 1Themes: life: second chances

coming homeStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Time in a Bottleby: Jim CroceAlbum/Date: Photographs & Memories--1974Structures: conditional 2Themes: loveFunctions: metaphorStyle:Level: low intermediate

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Tom's Dinerby: Suzanne VegaAlbum/Date: Solitude Standing--1987Structures: present continuous simple

prepositionssentence structure

Themes: lonelinessdaily life

Functions: descriptionStyle: ballad a cappella (medium)Level: low intermediate

Tomorrow Will Be Wonderful Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: future simpleStyle: rock (mediumLevel: high beginner

Too Many Walls by: Cathy DennisAlbum/Date: Reasons to Believe--1993 (1990)Structures: passive: present/present perfectStyle: pop dance (medium)Level: low intermediate

Too Much Loveby: BreadAlbum/Date: The Best of Bread--1973Structures: too much/manyThemes: love lostStyle: ballad (medium)Level: high beginner

Town Without Pityby: Gene PitneyAlbum/Date: Hits of the 60's Vol. 2--1961Structures: conditional 1Themes: adolescent rebellion

adolescent loveFunctions: complaintStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Travelling in My Mind Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: verbs + prepositions + gerunds;

phrasal verbsmixed tenses and structures

Themes: day-dreamingFunctions: wishing; imaginingStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Tropical Island Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: conditional 2

wish + pastFunctions: wishing; imaginingStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Try Beginning Your Life Again Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: commands + gerunds ("stop smoking")

imperative formgerunds

Style: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Turn! Turn! Turn! Ú (1)by: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: infinitivesThemes: oppositesFunctions: "D"/"T" discriminationStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

Turn! Turn! Turn! (2)by: Pete SeegerAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1967

TV Blues Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: Hard to Learn That ESL--1975Structures: past simple/habitualStyle: blues (slow)Level: high beginner

Twelve Days of Christmasby: Allan ShermanAlbum/Date: Dr. Demento Greatest Novelty

Records V.6--1985Structures: participles; presentThemes: Christmas: parody

satireFunctions: listingStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Unchained Melodyby: Righteous BrothersAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits (1969)--1965

Reason to Believe--1993Structures: pronouns: personal/possessiveThemes: loveStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

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Under the Boardwalk (1)by: The DriftersAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1964Structures: prepositions

future continuousThemes: summer courtingFunctions: descriptionStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

Under the Boardwalk (2)by: Bette Midler \Album/Date: Beaches--1989

Under the Boardwalk Ú (3)by: Polly Merdinger/Joel RosenfieldAlbum/Date: Even If You Can't Carry a Tune--

1984

Unhappy Housewife Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: past simple: regular; questionsThemes: men/women: unhappiness

houseworkFunctions: discrimination: past "t"/"d"/"ed"Style: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

Up on the Roofby: James Taylor [Carol King]Album/Date: Greatest Hits (1976)--1974Structures: prepositions

adjectivesThemes: escape; city-life

rat raceFunctions: suggestionStyle: folk (medium)Level: low intermediate

Viennaby: Billy JoelAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1980Structures: noun clausesThemes: rat race

idiomsFunctions: ellipsisStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Vincentby: Don McLeanAlbum/Date: American Pie--1971Structures: mixed structures

vocabularyThemes: art poetry

American cultureStyle: ballad (medium)Level: advanced

Wake Up Little Suzyby: Everly BrothersAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1957Structures: going to

direct vs reported speechThemes: adolescence

idiomsStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

Warnings Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: conditional 3Themes: environment; conservationFunctions: rationalizing the pastStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

Wasn't That a Party? by: Irish RoversAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1981Structures: past modals: could/should/might haveThemes: drinking/humourFunctions: regrettingStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

Wayfaring Stranger Úby: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976Structures: present continuous = futureThemes: deathFunctions: prayerStyle: folk (slow)Level: low intermediate

We Can Work It Outby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Past Masters 2 (EMI)--1965Structures: "it" = abstract referenceThemes: men/women: point of view

arguingFunctions: persuasionStyle: rock (medium)Level: high intermediate

We've Only Just Begunby: The CarpentersAlbum/Date: The Singles/ AM cd-3601--1970Structures: present perfect

gerundsThemes: marriage

weddingsStyle: pop (slow)Level: high beginner

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What a Wonderful Worldby: Louis ArmstrongAlbum/Date: Hits--1967Structures: adjectives: opposites, colours

verbs of perceptionprepositions

Themes: optimismFunctions: blessingsStyle: pop (slow)Level: high beginner

What a Wonderful World!by: Art Garfunkel \Album/Date: Watermark--1978Structures: conditional 2

what a ...!Themes: school subjectsFunctions: exclaimingStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

What Are You Doing New Year's?by: Ella FitzgeraldAlbum/Date: Swinging Christmas--1982Structures: present continuous = future

mixed tensesThemes: New Year's DayFunctions: elisionStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

What Have They Done to the World Úby: Brian Abbs and Nola YorkAlbum/Date: Skyhigh--1976Structures: present perfectThemes: environmentStyle: rock (medium)Level: low intermediate

What the World Needs Nowby: Jackie De ShannonAlbum/Date: Imperial 66110--1965

Flower Power--1990Structures: too vs enoughThemes: harmonyStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

When a Man Loves a Womanby: Michael Bolton \Album/Date: [?]--1991Structures: conditionals

idiomsThemes: love: gone wrongFunctions: fragmentsStyle: R & B (slow)Level: low intermediate

When Are You Going to Marry Me? Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: future: going to; will; wh-questionsThemes: marriage; weddings

men/women: humourStyle: folk duet (medium)Level: high beginner

When I Fall in Love by: Celine Dion and Clive GriffinAlbum/Date: Sleepless in Seattle (Sound Track)--

1993Structures: future

time conjunctions in futureThemes: love; constancyStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

When I Phoned Úby: Roy Kingsbury and Patrick O'SheaAlbum/Date: Sunday Afternoons--1974Structures: reported speech (all forms)Style: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

When I'm Sixty-Fourby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Sgt. Pepper's--1967Structures: future: simple, continuousThemes: agingFunctions: want ad personalsStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

When You Are Old and Greyby: Tom LehrerAlbum/Date: Tom Lehrer Revisited--1960Structures: future (advanced)

-ility suffixesThemes: satire: love songs

love: constancy; satireFunctions: satire; ironyStyle: folk (medium)Level: advanced

When You Wake Úby: Ken Wilson and the Solid British Hat BandAlbum/Date: Mister Monday--1971Structures: future continuousStyle: pop (medium)Level: high beginner

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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?by: Peter, Paul and Mary \Album/Date: Peter, Paul and Mary--1963Structures: present perfectThemes: war

protestFunctions: questioningStyle: folk (slow)Level: low intermediate

Which Country Is the Best? Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: comparative/superlative adjectivesStyle: folk duet (medium)Level: low beginner

White Christmas (1)by: Michael Bolton [and many others]Album/Date: Timeless--1992Structures: may = wish

present continuous simpleThemes: ChristmasStyle: pop (slow)Level: most

White Christmas (2)by: Ella FitzgeraldAlbum/Date: Swinging Christmas--1982

Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?by: Rex HarrisonAlbum/Date: My Fair Lady (Sound Track)--1964Structures: conditional 2 questionsThemes: men/women; personalities

stereotypesFunctions: complaintStyle: show (fast)Level: advanced

Will You Love Me Tomorrow?by: Carole KingAlbum/Date: Tapestry--1971Structures: question formThemes: love: trepidationStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

Wind Beneath My Wingsby: Bette MidlerAlbum/Date: Beaches--1989Structures: past modals: must have, might haveThemes: gratitude; respectFunctions: praiseStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

Winter Wonderland (1)by: Eurythmics [also many others]Album/Date: Very Special Christmas 1--1987Structures: present continuous simpleThemes: Christmas; winterNote: contains more lyrics than others versionsStyle: pop (medium)Level: most

Winter Wonderland (2) by: Anne MurrayAlbum/Date: Christmas Wishes--1987

With a Little Help from My Friendsby: Joe Cocker (\ Beatles)Album/Date: Greatest Hits--1976Structures: conditional 2

phrasal verbsThemes: friendshipStyle: rock (slow)Level: high intermediate

With or Without Youby: U2Album/Date: Joshua Tree--1987Themes: loveFunctions: linking consonant clustersStyle: rock (medium)Level: most

Wonderful Tonight by: Eric ClaptonAlbum/Date: Reasons to Believe--1993 (1977)Structures: direct speech

present simple (to relate past events)Style: pop ballad (medium)Level: high intermediate

Would You Like to Swing on a Star?by: Maria Muldaur \Album/Date: On the Sunny Side--1990Structures: would ratherThemes: educationStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

Yellow Submarineby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: Yellow Submarine--1966Structures: past irregular

prepositionsFunctions: whimsyStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

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Yesterdayby: The BeatlesAlbum/Date: The Beatles 1962-1966--1965Structures: mixed tenses

mixed modalsThemes: past change

regretFunctions: regrettingStyle: ballad (slow)Level: low intermediate

Yesterday and Today Úby: Laurie Wellman and Don R. H. ByrdAlbum/Date: ESL Express--1976Structures: past simple irregular

present simple questions: why ...?Style: pop duet (medium)Level: low intermediate

Yesterday Once Moreby: The CarpentersAlbum/Date: The Singles/ AM cd-3601--1973Structures: would=habitual past

tense changes: past to presentThemes: nostalgiaFunctions: love songsStyle: ballad (slow)Level: high intermediate

You Are So Beautifulby: Joe CockerAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1976Structures: simple present; to beThemes: loveStyle: rock ballad (slow)Level: low beginner

You Don't Bring Me Flowers Any Moreby: Barbra Streisand and Neil DiamondAlbum/Date: Columbia 10840--1978Structures: used to/past

past/presentThemes: drifting apart

romance endingStyle: pop (slow)Level: low intermediate

You Needed Me by: Anne MurrayAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1980Structures: past regular/irregularThemes: self-affirmation

love: gratitudeFunctions: past description

"ED," "D," "T" pronunciationStyle: pop ballad (slow)Level: high beginner

You're the Twoby: The RochesAlbum/Date: A Dove--1992Themes: riddlesFunctions: elisionStyle: pop (medium)Level: high intermediate

You've Got a Friend (1)by: Carole KingAlbum/Date: Tapestry--1971Structures: conditional 1

temporal conjunctionsThemes: friendshipStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate

You've Got a Friend (2)by: James TaylorAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits--1976

You've Got a Friend Ú (3)by: Millie GrenoughAlbum/Date: Sing It--1976

Your Songby: Elton JohnAlbum/Date: Greatest Hits V.1--1970Structures: clauses

contractionsThemes: song-writing

loveStyle: pop (medium)Level: low intermediate