Beth Thompson
Santa Claus
Lyrics (German folk tune, Lyrics by Nathan Haskell Dale) 1. What clatters on the roofs with quick impatient hoofs?I think it must be Santa Claus!Hark! Old Santa Claus,He’s in his loaded sledge!* 2. I wonder what be brings, what heaps ...
Neige neige blanche
Lyrics – French (French folk song) 1. Neige, neige blanche,tombe sur mes manches,tombe sur mon petit nezqui est tout gelé. 2. Neige, neige blancheTombe sur ma têteEt sur mes tout grands souliersQui sont tout mouillés. 3. Neige, neige blancheViens que ...
Christmas Day
Lyrics (German folk tune, Lyrics by Richard Compton) 1. Oh Christmas is coming, oh Christmas is near,The day we love best of all days in the year;And good Santa Claus must be now on his way,With presents for children heaped ...
Melodic Contour
Songs with Lesson ideas Bluebird Castle of Dromore Charlie Over the Ocean Cluck Old Hen Elephant Song Farmyard Fishpole Song Grand Old Duke of York Noble Duke of York Halloween’s Coming Hammer Ring Here’s a String (Vindum Vindum) Kitty Cat ...
O Tannenbaum / O Christmas Tree
Lyrics – German (German folk tune, Lyrics by Ernst Anschútz, 1824) O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,Wie treu sind deine Blätter! (repeat)Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,Nein, auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,Wie treu sind deine Blätter! O Tannenbaum, ...
Christmas Eve
Lyrics (English folk tune, Lyrics by Cordelia Brooks Fenno) 1. On the ground the snowflakes glisten,This is the Eve of Christmas;Bells are chiming as we listen,This is the Eve of Christmas;The icicles hang above our heads,And this is the Eve ...
Al Hanisim
Info This Hanukkah song is about thanking God for saving the Jewish people. (source) Based on The Standard Prayer book by Simeon Singer (1915) (source) There is a more popular melody, composed in 1975, which is not in the public ...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah
Lyrics (Hebrew folk song) Hanukkah, Hanukkah, festival of lights,Candles glow in a row, seven days eight nights.Hanukkah, Hanukkah, make your dreidel spin,Round and round, round and round, everyone join in! Hanukkah, Hanukkah, what a merry time,Cakes to eat, what a treat, see the ...
There Was a Pig
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. There was a pig went out to dig,Christ-a-mas Day, Christ-a-mas Day,here was a pig went out to dig,Christ-a-mas Day in the morning. 2. There was a cow went out to plow… 3. There was a crow ...
Sevivon
Info A popular Hebrew Hanukkah song, “Sevivon” or “S’vivon” (Hebrew: סביבון sevivon) is Hebrew for “dreidel”, where dreidel (Yiddish: דרײדל dreydl) is the Yiddish word for a spinning top. (source) Lyrics – Transliteration (Hebrew folk song) RefrainSevivon, sov sov sovchanukah ...
