Author: Beth Thompson
Doctor Foster
Lyrics (Folk song) Doctor Foster went to Glo’ster (also spelled Gloucester)In a shower of rainStepped in a puddle right up to his middleAnd he never went there again. Recorder Songs D, E, F,#, A, B, D’ Motions See motion ideas ...
Simple Gifts
Lyrics (Joseph Brackett, 1848, a Shaker from Maine, U.S.) ‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free,‘Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be.And when you find yourself in the place just right,‘Twill ...
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Lyrics (American folk song) The bear went over the mountain,The bear went over the mountain,The bear went over the mountain, To see what he could see. To see what he could see,To see what he could see. The other side ...
The Fox
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Oh the fox went out for a chase one night,prayed to he moon to give him light.He had many miles to go that nightbefore he reached the town O, town O, town O,many miles to go that night before ...
Cumberland Gap
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. Me and my wife and my wife’s pap,Goin’ to Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap.Our two little kids named Holly and Hap,And an old hound dog barkin’ yap yap yap. RefrainCumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap,Everything I own is ...
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
This song has roots in oppression. “Dinah” is a caricature of the African American “Mammy.” “ ..these caricatures were used to defend and romanticize slavery, and the characters were never shown as particularly smart or able to function well outside their role as domestic servants, ...
Yellow Rose of Texas
Lyrics (American folk song) There’s a yellow rose in Texas, that I am gonna see,Nobody got to know her, nobody, only meShe cried so when I left her it like to broke my heart,And if I ever find her, we nevermore will part. ...
Home on the Range
Info This is the state song of Kansas (U.S.). Lyrics (Melody by Daniel E. Kelley, Lyrics by Brewster M. Higley, 1870s) 1. Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,Where the deer and the antelope play,Where seldom is heard ...
Goodbye Old Paint
Lyrics (Charley Willis, 1800s) My foot in the stirrup, my pony won’t stand,I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne, I’m off for Montan’. RefrainGoodbye, old Paint, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne,Goodbye, old Paint, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne, 2. I’m a ridin’ old Paint, I’m a-leadin’ old Dam,Goodbye, little ...
Old Folks at Home (Suwannee River)
This song has roots in oppression. See also Blackface minstrel songs Minstrel show Taking Racist Songs Out of Music Education Find different songs