Author: Beth Thompson
Águila Aguilé
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Ecuador) Desde lejos, desde lejos oigoEl canto enamorado de un pájaroEste pájaro es mi abuelo,Es mi abuelo que canta,Que canta enamorado.Y este pájaro es mi abuela,Es mi abuela que canta,Que canta enamorada. Canta canta ...
Taki rikusu
Info This is a Carnival song from the Incan people in the mountains of Peru and Bolivia. Lyrics – Quechua (Incan folk song from Peru & Bolivia) Taki rikusun, rikusun, rikusun. (repeat) Ay jina jina ay, si wayra si wayra ...
The Cobbler
Lyrics (Folk song) Rap-a-tap-a-tap, tick-a-tock-a-too,Cobbler won’t you mend my shoe?Rap-a-tap-a-tap, tick-a-tock-a-tee,Please come back at half past three. See also Subject: cobblers Harmony: chords I, IV, V Melody: ascending pentascale Scale: major Source: We Sing and Listen, Sister Cecilia, Sister John ...
Tinker and Cobbler
Lyrics (Folk song) Now since we’ve met, let’s merry merry be,Said the tinker to the cobbler.So you say “tink” and I’ll say “ker,”And you say “cob” and I’ll say “ler.”Said the tinker to the cobbler,Said the tinker to the cobbler. ...
Neemt mij in der hand
Info This song was printed on the title page of a book which included songs about the Eighty Years’ War between the Netherlands and Spain. Lyrics – Dutch (Adriaen Valerius, c. 1572-1625) Neemt mij in der handHoort in’t kort verklaren,Wat ...
Songs about Zebras
Songs Monkey and the Zebra Zebra See also animals
The Zebra
Lyrics (Melody by Fay Wilson, Lyrics by Edith Robbins) Zig-zag Zebra came to town,Striped all over, up and down.Poor old horse said, “I don’t care,All those stripes I would not wear,Stripes I would not wear!” See also Subjects: zebras / ...
Gioachino Rossini
Quick Facts Born in Italy in 1792 to musical parents Learned to play several instruments, including the violin, harpsichord, and French horn As a teenager, he sang in theaters to earn money. At the age of 14, he enrolled in ...
Chickadees
Lyrics (Folk song) Five little chickadees, there’s no room for more,One flew away and then there were four. RefrainChickadee, chickadee, do not stay,Chickadee, chickadee, fly away. Four little chickadees sitting in a tree,One flew away and then there were three.Refrain ...
Serrar e
Lyrics – Torres Strait Creole (Folk song from the Torres Strait Islands) Serrar e, mileamile away, serrar e, to far awayI eabi ston, I ‘it e em ana wing.Em there fall down on the sal water.I run and pick mup ...