Author: Beth Thompson
Billy Boy
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Oh where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?Oh where have you been, charming Billy?I have been to seek a wife. She’s the joy of my life.She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother. 2. Did ...
Coast of High Barbaree
Version 1 Lyrics (American folk song) 1. There were two ships from old England came.Blow high, blow low and so sail we.One she was the Queen of Russia and the other Prince of Wales,Cruisin’ down on the Coast of Barbaree. 2. ...
Bill Grogan’s Goat
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. There was a man. (echo each phrase)Now please take note,There was a manWho had a goat.He loved that goat.Indeed he did.Just like a kid. 2. One day that goat (echo each phrase)Felt frisk and fineAte three red ...
Bilanga Na Ngai
Lyrics – Lingala (Folk song from the Democratic Republic of Congo) Loso masongu moto okotalaOkuzue elokote eh ehNide bomoni ye ih yeNde bomoni ye okoloba solo eh ih yeOh ih ih ih ih Ih ih ihSangu sangu mawe maweSangu mawe ...
Recorder Notes GC’
Songs Donkeys and Carrots (ostinato) Jack Sprat (ostinato) My Good Old Man (countermelody) See also Recorder Songs & Resources
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Info “Big Rock Candy Mountain”, first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a song about a hobo’s idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where “hens lay soft boiled eggs” ...
Bell Doth Toll
Lyrics (Folk song) The bell doth toll, its echoes roll I know the sound full well;I love its ringing for it calls to singingWith its bim bim bim bom bell.Bim, bom, bim, bom, bell. See also Subject: bells Harmony: canons ...
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Lyrics (Jessie Brown Pounds, 1861-1921) 1. Somewhere the sun is shining,Somewhere the songbirds dwell;Hush, then, thy sad repining,God lives, and all is well. RefrainSomewhere, somewhere,Beautiful Isle of Somewhere!Land of the true, where we live anew,Beautiful Isle of Somewhere! 2. Somewhere ...
Beaver Dam Road
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. I’ve worked like a dog and what have I got? No corn in the crib, no beans in the pot.It’s hard times on the Bea-ver Dam Road, It’s hard times, poor boy. 2. Since I ...
Before Dinner
Lyrics (Folk song from the Democratic Republic of Congo) First we go to hoe our garden, Ya ya ya ya,Next we carry jugs of water, Ya ya ya ya,Then we pound the yellow corn, Ya ya ya ya,Then we stir our pots of ...