Songs in Compound Meter
- A B C Tumble Down D
- A Dillar a Dollar
- A la lata al latero
- A l’entrada del temps clar
- A Life on the Ocean Wave
- A Sailing Song
- A Song for Sailors and Soldiers
- A-Working on the Railroad
- Aakasamlo
- Aap so rahe hain
- Abiyoyo
- Alegrem-se os Céus e a Terra
- Alla fiera di Mastr’Andrè
- Alphabet Poem
- Andy Pandy
- Animal Fair
- Animals Went in Two By Two
- Ants Go Marching
- As I Was Walking Down Wexford Street
- As I Sat on a Sunny Bank
- As I Walked Out One Holiday
- Atadwe
- Away Idaho
- Babe of Bethlehem
- Baby’s Night
- Backwoodsman
- Báidín Fheilimí
- Barnacle Bill
- Barquito de papel
- Bear Away, Yankee, Bear Away, Boy
- Bear Went Over the Mountain
- Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
- Bed Time
- Bee-Ba-Babity
- Black Socks
- Blow the Wind Southerly
- Blue Mountain Lake
- Bonhomme! Bonhomme!
- Bonnie Blue Flag
- Brown-Eyed Mary
- Cajemé
- Can nənə
- Canaday-I-O
- Captain Jinks
- Castle of Dromore
- Cat’s Got the Measles
- Charlie Over the Ocean
- Charlie Over the Water
- Charlie’s Neat
- Chickamy Chickamy Craney Crow
- Christ Child Lullaby
- Christmas Time
- Coast of High Barbaree
- Cold the Wind is Blowing
- Colcannon (The Skillet Pot)
- Columbus Sailed with Three Ships
- Come Little Leaves
- Cowboy, The
- Crocodile Song (Canada)
- Cucú cucú cantaba la rana
- Daar was laatst een meisje loos
- Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies
- Days of Summer Glory
- De bezem
- De Herdertjes Lagen Bij Nachte
- Derby Ram
- Donkey Donkey Old and Gray
- Dormite niñito (El Salvador)
- Dormite niñito (Honduras)
- Down in a Coal Mine
- Down in the Grain Fields
- Down in Yon Forest
- Down the River / Down the Ohio
- E Papa Waiari
- Ee-Lee-Ay-Lee-Oh
- El chiriguare
- El meu capell
- El sapo chiminique
- Elephant (chant)
- Elsie Marley
- En passant par la Lorraine
- En roulant
- Fair Nottamon Town
- Fairy Ship
- Farmer in the Dell
- Father Grumble
- Fflat Huw Puw
- Fiddle-De-Dee
- First Be Sure You’re Doing Right
- For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
- Frog Pond
- Funiculi Funicula
- Gabriel’s Message (9/8)
- Gallop
- Geography Song
- Georgie Porgie
- Gesú Bambino
- Girls and Boys Come Out to Play
- Git Along Little Dogies
- Going Over the Sea
- Going to Kentucky
- Golden Boat Song
- Golden Slumbers
- Goober Peas
- Good Night (Christmas)
- Good Night (Going Home)
- Good Night Kind Friends
- Grafted Into the Army
- Grand Old Duke of York
- Grasshopper
- Grasshoppers Three
- Greensleeves
- Greetings
- Hai cocuță
- Hail, Hail! The Gang’s All Here!
- Hal an Tow
- Halloween
- Haul on the Bowlin’
- Haymaking Song
- Here We Go Looby Loo
- Here’s To
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- Hickety Pickety Bumblebee
- Hickety Pickety My Black Hen
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Highland Fairy Lullaby
- Hippity Hop
- Homespun Dress
- Hop Marjanneke
- Hop-tu-Naa
- Hop-tu-naa My Mother’s Gone Away
- Hop-tu-naa Song
- How Do You Do?
- How Many Miles to Bethlehem
- Hullabaloo Belay
- Humpty Dumpty
- Hush-a-Ba Birdie
- Hvor såre lidet vil der til
- I Had a Little Sailboat
- I Had a Rooster
- I Love Little Kitty
- I Love the Mountains
- I Saw a Ship a Sailing
- I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In
- I Took a Walk to Town One Day
- I Went to Visit a Farm One Day
- I’s the B’y
- Ich geh mit meiner Laterne
- If All the World Were Paper
- Ik zou zo graag een koeike kopen
- Il était une bergère
- In the Hairy Scary Castle
- Irish Washerwoman
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Jack and Jill
- Jack Be Nimble
- Jack Frost
- Jack-o’-Lantern Pumpkin Head
- Jacky Stand Still
- Jing-Ga-Ring
- Jongens heb je ‘t al vernomen
- June
- Katie Bairdie
- Kitty Alone
- Klinua miedo ɖo vɔ
- Koon yeghir palas
- La la la
- La mar
- La pájara pinta
- La primavera
- La rama
- La rana
- La raspa
- Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua
- Lady Lady
- Lazy Cat
- Leprechaun
- Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me
- List to the Bells
- Little Bo-Peep
- Little Boy Blue
- Little Drops of Water
- Little Jack Horner
- Little Lamb
- Little Miss Muffet
- Little Tom Tinker
- Lots of Fish in Bonavist’ Harbour
- Lullaby (Rossetti)
- Makun
- Masters in this Hall
- Maying Song
- Merrily Merrily
- Mill-Wheel
- Miller of Dee
- Miss Jenny Jones
- Miss Maggie
- Miwoe nenyo
- Moj Maro Moj Marine
- Monter sur un éléphant
- Moses Supposes His Toes-es are Roses
- Mulberry Bush
- My Big Bass Drum
- My Little Dog
- Naranja dulce
- Nature’s Goodnight
- New Year’s Day
- Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
- Ninety-Nine Bottles of Pop
- Ninna Nanna
- Ninni la tibkix iżjed
- No Robbers Out Today
- Noble Duke of York
- North Wind Doth Blow
- North Wind, The
- Nuts in May
- O Ġesù ħelwa tarbija
- O Holy Night
- Oats Peas Beans
- Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be
- Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
- Old Gray Cat
- Old Jeremiah
- Old Mother Hubbard
- Old Oaken Bucket
- Old Old Shack
- Oliver Twist
- On a Summer Day
- One Finger One Thumb
- One More River
- One Ship Drives East
- Over the River and Through the Woods
- One Two Three O’Leary
- Out of the Window
- Paa Tuhod Balikat Ulo
- Paddy Works on the Railway
- Pat-a-Cake
- Patsy Ory Ory Aye
- Pe trouz war an douar
- Per spelmann
- Pescador da barca bela
- Pigs
- Plains of Illinois
- Pop! Goes the Weasel
- Push the Business On
- Qué linda manita
- Rainbow
- Raining Again Today
- Raisins and Almonds
- Raisins and Almonds
- Ranz des vaches (Kuhreihen)
- Red Iron Ore
- Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross
- Rig-a-Jig-Jig
- Ring Around the Rosie
- Rio Grande
- Risseldy Rosseldy
- Robin-a-Thrush
- Rosy My Posy
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- Rowing
- Ruach
- Rub-a-Dub-Dub
- Sailor Sailor on the Sea
- Saint Valentine’s Day
- Sally on the Seesaw
- Sampung Mga Daliri
- Sang til juletreet
- Santy Maloney
- Sapateia
- Se me ha perdido una niña
- Seal Woman’s Sea Joy
- See The Morning Fair And Bright
- See the Pony Galloping
- Seesaw Margery Daw
- Seesaw Sacradown
- Seven Joys of Mary
- Sh-Ta-Ra-Dah-Dey (Irish Lullaby)
- Shanty Boys
- Shepherds, Rejoice
- Shogher Jan
- Silent Night
- Silently Falling Snow
- Silver and Gold Have I None
- Sing a Song at Twilight
- Sing Ivy
- Sing Together
- Singin’ Johnny
- Sir Eglamore
- Skye Boat Song
- Śmigus
- Snow, The
- Snowflakes
- Son tre notti che non dormo
- Song of the Eagle
- Sorida
- Speak Distinctly
- Spring Has Come
- Squirrel
- St. Valentine’s Day
- Starving to Death on a Government Claim
- Stirring My Brew
- Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
- Sweet and Low
- Swinging Along
- Tankō Bushi
- Te aroha
- Texas Rangers
- Thanksgiving Day – version 2
- The Robin
- There Came to My Window
- There Came to My Window
- There Was a Pig
- This is the Way
- This is the Way You Build a Bridge
- Thread Follows the Needle
- Three Blind Mice
- Three Crows
- Three Little Kittens
- Three Little Pigs
- Threw it Out the Window
- Tick-Tock
- Tip Toe Song
- Tis Eastertime at Last
- To Babyland
- To Market
- Toutouig
- Toyland
- Trade Song
- Tu scendi dalle stelle
- Tussen Keulen en Parijs
- Uno de enero
- Ushag veg ruy
- Valentine
- Vamos Todos a Belén
- Vive la Compagnie
- Wassail Bough
- Wassail Song
- Way Out in Idaho
- We’ll All Go A-Singing
- Weather Song
- Wee Falorie Man
- Wee Melodie Man
- What Child is This?
- When Father Papered the Parlour
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- White Wings
- Who Will Come With Me (Jolly Rover)
- Wind it Blew Up the Railroad Track
- Witch Witch
- Wolf in the Hen House
- Ya viene la Vieja
- Yeo Heave Ho
- Zabelinha tecedeira
- Zebra Dun
Worksheet / Assessment
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2 thoughts on “Songs in 6/8 Meter”
Do any of your 6/8 songs have only dotted quarter notes and three beamed eighth notes? Would it be possible to separate them to show the elements of each song? It’s difficult when looking for a song with specific parameters.
Thanks,
Stephanie
Hi Stephanie! You would have to go through the list to search for what you are looking for. Yes, it would be possible to separate them and show the different elements. 🙂 – Beth