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This is where you'll find recording credits and copyright information for songs on my albums.  All songs not public domain, or written by Paul B. Svenson have been licensed for interactive streaming. Licenses are current and all fees have been paid.









Dad's Songbook Logo was designed and created by Ann Elma Svenson.


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Go GEt Your Friends


  1. Introduction
  2. Join Into the Game (Traditional children’s folk song as sung by the Limelighters)
  3. I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground (traditional American folk song - extra lyrics Paul B. Svenson)
  4. I’m Gonna Mail Myself to You (Woody Guthrie - Ludlow Music OBO Woody Guthrie Publications)
  5. Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts (Sam Hinton - Figs. D Music, Inc OBO Stormking Music)
  6. I’ve Been Workin’ On The Railroad (Traditional American folk song)
  7. Ha Ha This-Away (Lead Belly - new lyrics by Paul B Svenson)
  8. Playing Right Field (Willy Welsch - Willy Welch D/B/A/ Playing Right Music)
  9. Beans in Your Ears (Len Chandler - Figs D Music and Sanga Music Inc.)
  10. Marvelous Little Toy (Tom Paxton - BMG Ruby Songs, Reservoir Media Music)
  11. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly (Traditional American children’s folk song)
  12. I’m Being Swallowed by a Boa Constrictor (Shel Silverstein - Hollis Music Inc)
  13. Put Your Finger in the Air (Woody Guthrie - Folkways Music Pub OBO Woody Guthrie Pub Inc.)
  14. The Cat Came Back (Written in 1893 by Harry S. Miller - Public Domain)
  15. Crawdad Song (Traditional American Folk Song from the levee workers in Mississippi)
  16. Eensy Beensy Spider (Paul B. Svenson version of the tradition children tune)
  17. Little Dog Under the Wagon (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music - idea from Jess Ogden 1957)
  18. Flowers Are Red (Harry Chapin - WC Music Corp OBO Chapin Music)
  19. Place in the Choir (Bill Staines - Mineral River Music)
  20. I’m Not Small (Marsha Berman - as sung by The Babysitters)
  21. Green Grass Grew All Around (Traditional children’s folk song)
  22. It Could Be A Wonderful World (as sung by The Babysitters)
  23. Lullaby (Ship in the Harbor) (Cris Williamson)
  24. Thank You for Your Songs  (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  25. Sweet Dreams for Me Tonight (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)


  • CREDITS:
  • Singing, playing, recording and production by Paul B. Svenson

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GO GET YOUR VOICE

  1. Road to Freedom (John Stewart - Unichappell Music, Inc. OBO Atzal Music, Inc.)
  2. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning (Traditional spiritual)
  3. Done With Driver’s Driving (Song from the underground railroad era)
  4. Trampin’ Medley (Trampin - Edward H. Boatner - E C Schirmer Music Company o/b/o Galaxy Music Corp., Swing Low/Michael Row the Boat Ashore traditional spirituals)
  5. Follow the Drinking Gourd (African American folk song collected by HB Parks, tune apocryphally from “Aunty Laura” as heard by Lee Hayes)
  6. The Suffrage Flag (lyrics by William K Adkinson, tune “Bonnie Blue Flag” - 1884 -public domain)
  7. Sarah’s Circle (a song of the suffrage movement - public domain)
  8. Bread and Roses (a song from the Bread and Roses textile strike of 1912 - public domain)
  9. Joe Hill (Alfred Hayes, Earl Robinson - Universal MCA Music Publishing)
  10. Union Medley (Which Side Are You On - Florence Reese - Figs. D Music, Inc. o/b/o Stormking Music, Union Maid - Woody Guthrie - Ludlow Music, Solidarity Forever - Ralph Chaplin 1915 - public domain)
  11. Leave Segregation Alone - Little Willie John, Titus Turner, James McDougal ("Leave My Little Kitten Alone") with new lyrics by James Bevel and Bernard LaFayette, Ninety Nine in a Half Won’t Do - Shaun Lamont Mills - CD Baby Alpha)
  12. I Don’t Want Your Millions Mister - (Jim Garland - Figs. D Music, Inc. o/b/o Stormking Music)
  13. We Shall Not Be Moved Medley (traditional, If you Miss Me at the Back of the Bus - Tune is the hymn I’ll Be Singing Up There (composer unknown - public domain), new lyrics by Charles Nebiett) as sung by Pete Seeger
  14. Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? (Woodrow "Buddy" Johnson - Sophisticate Music Inc.
  15. We Shall Overcome (traditional spiritual with a lot of little contributions by many people over the years - public domain)


  • CREDITS:
  • Singing, playing, recording and production by Paul B. Svenson with the following help:
  • Singers on We Shall Overcome - Congregation of University Christian Church, San Diego

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GO GET YOUR SIGN

  1. The Times They Are A Changin’ (Bob Dylan - Special Rider Music)
  2. Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (Pete Seeger - Melody Trails, Inc.)
  3. Eve of Destruction (Steve Barri, P.F. Sloan - Universal Music Corp.)
  4. Ballad of Ira Hayes ( P. La Farge - Edward B. Marrks Music Company)
  5. Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? (T. Russell - BMG Bumblebee OBO Frontera Music)
  6. No Cross On This Flag (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  7. Not By Much, Not For Long (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  8. Leave Segregation Alone Medley (Leave Segregation Alone - Little Willie John, Titus Turner, James McDougal ("Leave My Little Kitten Alone") with new lyrics by James Bevel and Bernard LaFayette, Ninety Nine in a Half Won’t Do - Shaun Lamont Mills - CD Baby Alpha)
  9. We Shall Overcome Medley (Oh Freedom/No More Auction Block - traditional spiritual, We Shall Overcome - Zilphia Horton Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Pete Seeger - Ludlow Music)
  10. Universal Soldier - (Buffy St. Marie - Kobalt Music Pub America OBO Caleb Music Co)
  11. Draft Dodger Medley - (Feel Like I’m Fixing to Die - Joe McDonald, Draft Dodger Rag - Phil Ochs - Almo Music Corp OBO Barricade Music, Inc.)
  12. The Russians Gonna Get Me (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music
  13. Come Away Melinda/Down By The Riverside - (Fran Minkoff, Fred Hellerman - Kohaw Music, Inc. OBO Appleseed Music, traditional spiritual)
  14. Sing For Peace (By Jon Cobert and Tom Chapin - Last Music Company the and Red Wagon Music
  15. Back on Home (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)


  • CREDITS:
  • Singing, playing, recording and production by Paul B. Svenson with the following help:
  • Singers on We Shall Overcome - Congregation of University Christian Church, San Diego
  • Singers on Sing For Peace - Starfire and Lightshine singers Los Altos United Methodist Church and congregation of University Christian Church, San Diego
  • Piano on Sing For Peace - Dirk Damonte

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GO GET YOUR GUITAR - SIDE A

  • Introduction (Paul B. Svenson)

  1. Deep Blue Sea (public domain)
  2. Lavender Cowboy (Harold Hersey 1923, public domain)
  3. Frozen Logger (James Stevens, public domain)
  4. Golden Vanity (old English folk song - public domain)
  5. The Titanic (William and Versey Smith 1916 public domain)
  6. Crawdad Song (Traditional American Folk Song from the levee workers in Mississippi)
  7. Chivalrous Man Eating Shark (Chivalrous Man Eating Shark (Wallace Irwin1904 public domain)
  8. Harry Pollit - (Ed Bruce - Amadeo Brio Corporation)
  9. Irish Ballad - (Tom Lehrer, Per-Anders Boquist)
  10. This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie, Cromwell Music Inc. OBO Ludlow Music Inc)
  11. I Wish I Was A Mole in the Ground (American folk song, public domain)
  12. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (Rolf Harris, Beechwood Music Corp)
  13. So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh (Woody Guthrie, Cromwell Music Inc. OBO, Folkways Music publishers inc.
  14. With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm (R.P. Weston, Burt Lee, Harris Weston, Chappell & Co)
  15. Irene (Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax, Ludlow Music)
  16. Little Dog Under the Wagon (Paul B. Svenson - from an idea by Jess Ogden)
  17. Calypso Medley (traditional Caribbean folk tunes that everybody seems to take credit for, but none of those people actually wrote them)
  18. Blood on the Saddle (Everett Cheetham, Songs of Universal Inc.)
  19. Abalone (traditional American folk song - public domain)
  20. Planet Light (James K. Manley, Manley Music - used by permission)


  • CREDITS:
  • Singing, playing, recording and production by Paul B. Svenson

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Go Get your guitar - side b

  1. 12 String Medley (Walk Right In - Hosea Woods, Gus Cannon, Peer International Corp, Midnight Special - public domain,  Green Green - Randy Sparks / Barry McGuire - New Christy Publishing)
  2. Burl Ives Songs (Foggy Foggy Dew - old english folk tune, public domain, Eddystone Light, public domain)
  3. My Old Man (Oscar Brand - Hollis Music)
  4. Cowboy Medley (Streets of Laredo, I Ride an Old Paint, Red River Valley - all public domain, They Call The Wind Mariah - Alan J. Lerner, Frederick Loewe - Chappell & Co.)
  5. Workin’ Medley (Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill, Erie Canal - both public domain, Coal Tattoo - Billy Ed Wheeler - Words Quest LLC, Quartet Music)
  6. Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts (Sam Hinton - Figs. D Music, Inc OBO Stormking Music)
  7. Bigger Than Life (Jesse James - Woody Guthrie/Huddie Ledbetter, Folkways music Publishers OBOL Woody Guthrie, John Henry - public domain, Mr Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker - Warner-Tamerlane Pub.. OBO Mijac Music)
  8. Strathdee Medley (Jim Strathdee - Desert Flower Music - used by permission)
  9. Talkin’ Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie - Ludlow Music)
  10. Pete Medley (Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Figs. D Music, Inc. OBO Sanga Music, Michael Row the Boat Ashore - traditional spiritual, The Hammer Song - Pete Seeger/Lee Hayes - Cromwell Muisc Inc OBO Ludlow Music)
  11. King of the Road (Roger Miller - Sony/ATV Tree Publishing)
  12. Kingston Trio Songs (Tom (Dula) Dooley - Public Domain, The M.T.A - Jaqueline Steiner, Bess Lomax Hawes - Atlantic Music Corp.)
  13. Henry The Eighth - (Murray, Weston - EMI music publishing OBO EMI Glenwood Music Corp)
  14. Country Roads (John Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert Danoff - Cherry Lane Music Pub Co Inc, Cherry Lane Music Pub Co OBO Dimensional Music of 1091, WB Music Corp OBO Jesse Belle Denver)
  15. Odetta Freedom Medley (Oh Freedom, Come Go With Me, We’re On Our Way, traditional spirituals, public domain, Amen Jester J. Hairston - Schumann Music Co)


  • CREDITS:
  • Singing, playing, recording and production by Paul B. Svenson

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Celebrating 50 years of folk singing


  1. Go Tell Aunt Rhody (traditional American folk song - public domain)
  2. Dad’s Songbook (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  3. I Ain’t Got No Home (Woody Guthrie - Ludlow Music)
  4. Howjadoo (Woody Guthrie - Ludlow Music)
  5. Bells of Rhymney (Pete Seeger, Idris Davies - Ludlow Music)
  6. Step by Step (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  7. Little Road and a Stone to Roll (John Stewart, Unichappell Music Inc.)
  8. Auctioneer (Leroy VanDyke, Buddy Black - Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, Sony ATV/Milene Music)
  9. Talkin’ Dust Bowl / Do Re Me (Woody Guthrie - Ludlow Music)
  10. This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie - Cromwell Music Inc. OBO Ludlow Music Inc)
  11. Couldn’t Lay Hands on a Gun - What if No Matter (Tom Paxton - )
  12. My Peace (Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie - BMG Bumblebee OBO Woody Guthrie Publications Inc. BMG Firefly OBO Arloco Music)


  • CREDITS:
  • Singing, playing, recording and production by Paul B. Svenson with the following help:
  • Little Road and a Stone to Roll - vocal and harmonica - Jim Strathdee

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PAUL SVENSON/BRUCE BELL COUNTRY DEMO SONGS

  1. It Doesn’t Look Like Love (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  2. Silence for Breakfast (original version) (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  3. Silence for Breakfast (new version) (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  4. WIshin’ Someone Needed Me (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  5. When A Girl Starts Talkin’ Diamonds (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  6. Things That Matter Most (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  7. The Therapy I Really Need Is You (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  8. River of Tears (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  9. Midnight Two-Step (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  10. I Only Miss Her Memory (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  11. First Good Habit (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  12. Different Road (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  13. Getting Over You (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  14. So Far Gone (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  15. Get A Night Life  (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)
  16. Everybody’s Nightmare (Paul B. Svenson Dad's Songbook Music / Bruce Bell - Brusongs)



  • CREDITS:
  • Recorded by Marty Rifkin Venice, CA with studio singers, Marty played all instruments. 
  • Other tracks recorded in Nashville TN with studio players and singers.

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a song must rise

  1. A Song Must Rise  (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  2. One Spirit of Love (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  3. Color of God (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  4. Lift Me Up (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  5. I Don’t Want to be Lost (Paul B. Svenson loosely derived from a spiritual  - Dad's Songbook Music)
  6. Awaken in Me (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  7. I Will Call You Faithful (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  8. Rocking in the Arms of God’s Love (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  9. He Told Us the Light Would Shine (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  10. Get Up (Uh!) (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  11. Thank You Lord   (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  12. I Know God’s Love (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  13. Cross the Line (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  14. Through the Eyes of God (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  15. Bridge Across the River (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  16. I Feel Good!  (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  17. Get Loud! (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  18. Thank You For This Day (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)
  19. Dad’s Songbook  (Paul B. Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music)


  • CREDITS:
  • Recorded and produced by Paul B. Svenson at Dad’s Songbook Studios. 
  • All instruments and vocals by Paul B. Svenson with the help of:
  • Dirk Damonte - Piano (you can tell which ones he played!)
  • Kirsten Svenson - lead vocal on Bridge Across the River
  • Bob Morley - background vocals
  • StarFire Singers from Los Altos United Methodist Church - background vocals I Know God's Love
  • All songs by Paul B.Svenson - Dad's Songbook Music

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turn it up!


  1. Hey Now (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  2. God is Here (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  3. Into the Light (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  4. Come Renew  (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  5. Be Still (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  6. The Ones that God Loves (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  7. God is Good (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  8. Handle With Care (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  9. Unmasked (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  10. Poked by God (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  11. Your Love Defends Me (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  12. Remember (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  13. Coexist (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  14. Turn It up! (Paul B. Svenson - Dad’s Songbook Music)
  15. Roll Back the Stone (Timothy L Dunkin - ©timothy l dunkin 1982, 2011)


  • All singing, playing, arranging, production recording, mastering and general creative insanity by Paul B. Svenson with help from:
  • Dirk Damonte - piano on Poked by God
  • Wendy Svenson - tambourine and claps
  • Soukouss Ta - Djembe on Come Renew
  • Graphic design - Ann Elma Svenson

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