善書歌謠是指存在於善書中的宗教性或勸善性民歌。因其真有宗教上的神聖性，故創作之後很少改動，直可視為口頭性原創作品。本文選介善書歌謠十餘篇，藉以拋磚引玉，盼為民間文學研究開創新猷。

　　The religious or virtue-urging songs recorded in Shanshus are called here "Folk songs in Shanshu ". Because of their sacreness in popular belief. Once created they are seldom modified verbally or literally. Therefore, we have good reasons to believe that these folk songs have maintained much of their original oral forms. In this study, the author selects and criticizes twelve folk songs in Shanshus with the hope of contributing to open new perspectives in Chinese folk literature study.