Author: Beth Thompson

Lyrics (Canadian folk song) 1. Were you ever in Quebec,Showing timber on a deck?There’s a king with a golden crown,Riding on a donkey. RefrainHey, ho away we go, donkey riding, donkey riding,Hey, ho away we go, Riding on a donkey. ...

Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Cuatro milpas tan sólo han quedado,Del ranchito que era mío, ¡ay!De aquella casita tan blanca y bonita,Lo triste que esta.Si me prestas tus ojos, morena,Los llevo en el alma,Que miren allá.Los despojos de aquella ...

Lyrics (Welsh folk song) Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee,All through the night.Guardian angels God will lend thee,All through the night.Sort the drowsy hours are creepingHill and vale in slumber sleeping,I my lonely vigil keeping,All through the night. See ...

Lyrics (American folk song) 1. A cowboy’s life is a weary, dreary life.Some say it’s free from care,Rounding up the cattle from morning till nightIn the middle of the prairie so bare. 2. The wolves and owls with their terrifying ...

Lyrics (American folk song) There was a good old man lived out west,Dan Doo, Dan Doo,There was a good old man lived out west,Tom Klingklass McKlingle.He had an old wife that was none of your best,And it’s harum, barum, compario,Hicky-u-ka-tack klemingo,Tom Klingklass ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. He was just a lonely cowboy,With a heart so brave and true.And he learned to love a maidenWith eyes of Heaven’s own blue. 2. They learned to love each otherAs they named their wedding dayWhen a quarrel came ...

Info This shanty probably originated as a Scottish fisherman’s song. It was also popular with Gloucester fishermen in the American Northeast. Lyrics (Sea shanty) 1. Come, all ye young sailormen, listen to me,I’ll sing you a song of the fish ...

Info Dunvegan Castle is a castle off the West coast of Scotland. (source) Lyrics (Scottish folk song from the Hebrides) 1. Sleep, my little child, hero tenderling,Dream, my little child, hero fawnlike one,High on mountain brows, be thy stagtryst,Speed thy yew ...