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The number under "SB" refers to the Go Player's Song Book, published in 1996 by Roding Music. This book is out of print and will not be reprinted, but most of the songs which it contains appear on this list. The American Go Association Song Book is a text-only anthology of many American and a few European go songs, and is part of the Bob High Memorial Library.

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The komi song (below) won first prize in the 2009 Bob High Memorial Competition at the US Go Congress in Fairfax, Virginia.

Title	Text	Music	pdf	SS	MIDI	SB
1-1 point song	Jan Rüten-Budde	German trad.	pdf	SS	MIDI	--
Dumplin' Shape	Ken Koester	US trad.	pdf	SS	1
Egyptian go song	Jaap Blom	US trad.	pdf	SS	26
Ein Kyu wollte Shodan werden	Jan Rüten-Budde	German trad.	pdf	SS	11
Finnish team song	Vesa Laatikainen, Olli Luonela, Matti Siivola	Finnish trad.	pdf	SS	24
Il n'y a pas de joueur heureux	Denis Feldman	French trad.	pdf	SS	25
Invasions Raise Awkward Questions	Francis Roads	US trad.	pdf	SS	--
Isle of Man Go Congress song 1997	Francis Roads	English trad.	pdf	SS	--
It ain't necessarily ko	Neil Symes	Neil Symes	pdf	SS	6
I wanna go home tonight	Francis Roads	Francis Roads	pdf	SS	--
Jan's Congress Song	Jan Rüten-Budde	German trad.	pdf	SS	6
Kossua Lissää	Vesa Laatikainen, Olli Luonela, Matti Siivola	Finnish trad.	pdf	SS	23
Marlborough town	Francis Roads	English trad.	pdf	SS	8
Niken tobi	Thomas Naumann	French trad.	pdf	SS	3
O my name it is Mark Hall	David Sutton	US trad.	pdf	SS	7
Once I was five dan	Francis Roads	US trad.	pdf	SS	*
Portuguese go song	Francis Roads	Manx trad.	pdf	SS	--
Some play like Tony Goddard	Brian Castledine, Paul Prescott & others	English trad.	pdf	SS	4
Sylvia's go song	Sylvia Kalisch	German trad.	pdf	SS	22
The British invasion of the USA	Francis Roads	US trad.	pdf	SS	18
The damsel and the go player	Francis Roads	English trad.	pdf	SS	--
The English 1-kyu's go ban	Andrew Grant	English trad.	pdf	SS	2
The komi song	Francis Roads	US trad.	pdf	SS	--
The lightning player's lament	David Sutton	English trad.	pdf	SS	27
The promotion song	Brian Castledine, Paul Prescott, T Mark Hall & others	British Music Hall song	pdf	SS	x10
The referee's song	Francis Roads	English trad.	pdf	SS	--
The rokudan song	Francis Roads	German trad.	pdf	SS	12
The strong Dutch 1-kyu	Andrew Grant, Matthew Macfadyen, Francis Roads	English trad.	pdf	SS	13
The tournament director's lament	Andrew Grant	English trad.	pdf	SS	28
The weak kneed dans	Francis Roads	Jacques Offenbach	pdf	SS	5
Tick goes the clock	Francis Roads	Australian trad.	pdf	SS	19
To be a shodan	John Allen	English trad.	pdf	SS	14
Weiße Gruppen	Sebastian Goette, Christoph Vielhauer	German trad.	pdf	SS	20
When a shodan rips you off	Paul King	Arthur Sullivan	pdf	SS	29
When I was a 20-kyu	Matthew Macfadyen	English trad.	pdf	SS	15
Yet another T Mark Hall song	Andrew Grant, Francis Roads	Welsh trad.	pdf	SS	30
2000 European Go Congress song	Francis Roads	Franz Schubert	pdf	SS	--
2006 European Go Congress song	Francis Roads	Italian trad.	pdf	SS	--
2008 European Go Congress song	Francis Roads	Swedish trad.	pdf	SS	--
2010 European Go Congress song	Francis Roads	Finnish trad.	pdf	SS	--
2012 European Go Congress song	Francis Roads	German trad.	pdf	SS	--
2013 European Go Congress song	Francis Roads	Polish trad.	pdf	SS	--
2015 European Go Congress song	Francis Roads	Czech trad.	pdf	SS	--
2018 European Go Congress song	Francis Roads	Italian anon.	pdf	SS	--

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