Lyrics
(Folk song)
Above the plain of gold and green,
A young boy’s head is plainly seen,
Refrain
A huya huya huya ya, swiftly flowing river,
A hooya hooya hooya ya, swiftly flowing river.
But no, ’tis not his lifting head,
‘Tis Ifca’s* castle spires instead. Refrain
*Ifca is an English pronunciation of the Czech letters “YWCA.” (source)
See also
- Subject: water
- Form: AB
- Harmony: canons / one chord
- Meter: 4
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: drmfs
- Source: YWCA’s Sing Along the Way, 1943
- info about the song
- Czech version: Išla Marína
YouTube
- Song with chords in 2 keys with Solfege syllables (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
