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Michael says "Here is a list of original sources of filk songs. These are songs I've heard or seen parodied at filksings, on the net, and elsewhere. I apologize if my attributions aren't complete, but not all information is easily found."
Orignally posted to the rec.music.filk Usenet group back in the mists of time (21st February 1997), Several people have already posted updates to the rec.music.filk group and these have been added to the original list. Initials of the posters of the additional updates are next to each entry they added to, and a credits list is given at the bottom of the last page of this list.
| A-Tisket A-Tasket | Ella Fitzgerald and Van Alexander |
| Abraham Martin and John | Dion |
| Achy Breaky Heart | Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Acts of Creation | Cat Faber |
| The Addams Family | Lyrics and music by Vic Mizzy (MC) |
| Adeste Fideles | F. Oakeley and J. Reading - Old traditional Latin RC church Christmas hymn. (MC) |
| All Along the Watchtower | Bob Dylan |
| All I Want for Christmas | Don Gardner |
| All of Me | <? > |
| All Shook Up | Elvis Presley |
| All Through the Night | traditional Welsh "Ar Hyd Y Nos" (MC) |
| Allentown | Billy Joel |
| Alone Again Naturally | Gilbert O'Sullivan |
| Along Came Jones | the Coasters |
| Always on My Mind | Elvis Presley |
| Amazing Grace | John Newton |
| American Made | the Oak Ridge Boys |
| American Pie | Don MacLean |
| Angry Young Man | Billy Joel |
| The Animaniacs Theme Song | Animaniacs |
| Annie's Song | John Denver |
| Arabian Nights | music Alan Menken, lyrics Howard Ashman (Aladdin) (COS) |
| Armor Hot Dogs | Armor Hot Dogs commercial |
| Army Air Corps Song | Crawford |
| Army Life | <? > |
| Ash Grove (Llwyn On) | traditional |
| An Asteroid Named Rest Stop | Written by Julia Ecklar and Leslie Fish. (MC) |
| Away in a Manger | traditional |
| Babylon is Fallen | W. E. Chute |
| Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| The Ballad of John and Yoko | Written by John Lennon. (the Beatles) (MC) |
| Bamboo | Dave van Ronk |
| The Banana Boat Song | Harry Belafonte |
| Band on the Run | Written (AFAIK) by Paul McCartney. (Wing) (MC) |
| The Band Played Waltzing Matilda | Eric Bogle |
| Banned From Argo | Leslie Fish |
| Barbara Allen | traditional |
| Barrett's Privateers | Stan Rogers |
| Battle Hymn of the Republic | Julia Ward Howe |
| The Battle of New Orleans | Johnny Horton |
| Be Our Guest | music Alan Menken, lyrics Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast) (COS) |
| Be Prepared | Tom Lehrer |
| Beauty and the Beast | music Alan Menken, lyrics Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast) (COS) |
| Bedlam Boys | traditional |
| Beep Beep | the Playmates |
| Beer Barrel Polka | Lawrence Welk |
| Better Man | Pearl Jam |
| The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song | Written by Paul Henning (op. cit.). (MC) |
| Bibbety Bobbety Boo | Cinderella |
| Bicycle Built for Two | Harry Dacre |
| Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean |
| Big Blue Frog | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| Big Italian Rose | Fred Small |
| Big Spender | Coleman and Fields |
| Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell |
| Billy Boy | traditional |
| B-I-N-G-O | traditional |
| "The 'Birds Of Prey' March" | lyrics by Rudyard Kipling, tune by Fish. (MC) |
| Black Powder and Alcohol | Leslie Fish |
| Black Unicorn | Heather Alexander |
| Black Widows in the Privy | Heather Rose Jones |
| Blow the Man Down | traditional |
| Blowing in the Wind | Bob Dylan |
| Blue Flame | Valerie Housden (VH, MC) |
| Blue Jay Way | written by George Harrison (the Beatles) (MC) |
| Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen |
| Bonny Ship the Diamond | traditional |
| Boris the Spider | the Who |
| Born Free | Roger Williams |
| Both Sides Now | Judy Collins |
| The Boxer | Simon and Garfunkel |
| A Boy and His Frog | Tom Smith |
| The Brady Bunch Theme Song | Written by Sherwood Schwartz & Frank DeVol. (MC) |
| Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do | Neil Sedaka |
| Bring It Down | Leslie Fish |
| Bring Me a Star | Cynthia McQuillin |
| Burden of the Crown | Derek Foster (aka Baldwin Of Erebor in SCA) (MC) |
Send your thanks to the Michael McAfee , the punk filker mdm@haven.org
and your updates to filksources@smof.com
(Chris "The Magician" O'Shea)