Hop-tu-naa My Mother’s Gone Away

Info

Hop-tu-naa is a Celtic festival celebrated on the Isle of Man on October 31. It marks the beginning of Samhain, a Gaelic holiday celebrating the end of harvest and beginning of winter. (source)

Lyrics

(Folk song from the Isle of Man)

Refrain
Hop-tu-Naa,
My mother’s gone away,
And she won’t be back until the morning.

Jinny the Witch flew over the house,
To fetch the stick to lather the mouse. Refrain

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  • MIDI file
  • Listen to the melody

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