Welcome to ESLSongs

ESLSongs.com is a collection of over 150 well-known, hand-picked, pop, rock & folk songs whose lyrics are perfect for presenting or for practising specific grammar or vocabulary in the ESL classroom with teenagers and adults. Most of the songs also come with an easy-to-use worksheet that you can download in pdf format!

The lyrics of every single song on this website contain at least 5 different examples of the grammar or vocabulary that it is designed to practise, which guarantees a pragmatic and efficient use of the song in your classroom.

To get started, click on the grammar or vocabulary you want to practise from the menu, or have a look at the site’s most popular artists & song lyrics below…

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A song for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery!

Nina Simone – I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
The 2nd of December is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery! Celebrate it while you practise the construction “wish…” in your ESL class with this song about racism and freedom. These song lyrics include 9 examples of the verb “wish”.
Topic: Racism

A song for World AIDS Day!

Alan Smith Robertson – In an Emergency Room
The 1st of December is World AIDS Day! Celebrate it in your ESL class with this beautiful, heartfelt song whose lyrics include 22 different examples of health & medicine-related vocabulary, such as: ambulance, blood, death, to die, disease, doctor, to give birth, injuries, (to take) medicine… etc.
Topic: Health & Medicine

Top 20 most popular songs for the ESL classroom