Author: Beth Thompson
Folk Songs from Martinique
Songs Apré bèf la sé ou Tant sirop est doux Tòti pa ni dan See also Islands in the Caribbean National anthems World regions
Apré bèf la sé ou
Info Since this birthday song jokes that “you come second after the cow!”, it is usually sung to people you are close to. (source) Lyrics – Martinique Creole (Melody by Patty & Mildred J. Hill, 1893, Lyrics: Traditional Martinique Creole) ...
The Pearl
Lyrics (Spanish American folk tune, Lyrics by Frederick A. Winthrop) ‘Neath the deep blue waters of the oceanLay a pearl within a cavern’s night,Until a diver brav’d the sea’s commotion,And found a gem reflecting heaven’s light. As a strain of ...
The Apple Tree House
Lyrics (Folk tune from Germany, Lyrics by Richard Compton) 1. The apple tree is covered with blossoms of pink,With the branches all around it bent down to the grass tops;Underneath it we have made us our apple tree house. 2. ...
Barefoot Days
Lyrics (Melody by James A. Brennan, Lyrics by Al Wilson) Barefoot days, when we were just a kidBarefoot days, oh boy, the things we didWe’d go down to the shady brook,With a bent pin for a hookWe’d fish all day, ...
Atzo goizean
Lyrics – Basque (Basque folk song) Atzo goizean goiz yagi nintzanBirigarroa goizago (repeat)Birigarroan txinta soinuanLo eiten dogu gozaro (repeat) Eperrak kantatzen dauGoizean bostetan (repeat)Ez egon, neskatilakMutilen pentzutan (repeat) English Translation – Yesterday Morning I woke up early yesterday morningThe thrush ...
Sunny Spain
Lyrics (Folk tune from Spain, Lyrics by Katherine Davis, adapted by Beth Thompson & Erin Nowicki) 1. La la la, Hear the voices ‘neath the windows singing,La la la, Hear the sound of sweet guitars a-ringing.Sunny Spain, fair thou art ...
Chiri biri bom
Yiddish (Yiddish folk song) Az ikh vel zogn, lekho doydi, Zolt ir zogn, chiri biri bim Az ikh vel zogn, likras kale, Zolt ir zogn, chiri biri bom Lekho doydi, chiri biri bim Likras kale, chiri biri bom Lekho doydi, ...
At Summer Morn
Lyrics (Folk song) I. At summer morn the merry lark heralds in the day. II. At eventide sad nightingale* breathes her plaintive lay. III. Warbling sweetly all her grief away. *Original version said “Philomel.” See also Subject: birds / emotions ...
Planets and Stars
Lyrics (Folk tune from England, Lyrics by Nathan Haskell Dole & Beth Thompson) 1. Planets and stars both shine at night,Planets, they are not stars.Planets shine a constant lightIn the skies afar. 2. See stars faintly twinkle farAnd they stay ...