Author: Beth Thompson
Mon beau sapin
Lyrics – French (German folk tune, Traditional French lyrics) Mon beau sapin, roi des forêtsQue j’aime ta verdure!Quand, par l’hiver, bois et guéretsSont dépouillés de leurs attraitsMon beau sapin, roi des forêtsTu gardes ta parure. Toi que Noël planta chez ...
Rockin’ Jerusalem
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainO Mary, O Martha, O Mary ring dem bells.I hear arch angels a-rockin’ Jerusalem,I hear arch angels a-ringin’ dem bells. 1. Church gettin’ higher,Rockin’ Jerusalem!Church gettin’ higher,Ringin’ dem bells. Refrain 2. Listen to the lambs,Rockin’ Jerusalem!Listen ...
Ach bittrer Winter
Lyrics – German (Folk song from Germany) Ach bittrer Winter, wie bist du kalt!Du hast entlaubet den grünen Wald.Du hast verblüht die Blümlein auf der Heiden. Die bunten Blümlein sind worden fahl,Entflogen ist uns Frau Nachtigall!Sie ist entflogen, wird sie ...
Nature’s Goodnight
Lyrics Music by Mildred J. Hill, Lyrics by Patty S. Hill, publ. 1896) Clouds of gray are in the sky,Flocks of birds are passing by,Trees now dressed in faded brown,Send their leaves all rustling down.Little flowerets downward creep,Nod their drowsy ...
The Robins
Lyrics (Traditional chant) A robin and a robin’s sonOnce went to town to buy a bun.They couldn’t decide on plum or plain,And so they went back home again. See also Subject: birds Types: chant / nursery rhyme PDF of song ...
Everywhere Everywhere Christmas Tonight
Lyrics (Melody by Lewis H. Redner, 1831-1908, Lyrics Phillips Brooks, 1835-1893) Christmas in lands of the fir tree and pine,Christmas in lands of the palm tree and vine,Christmas where snow peaks stand solemn and white,Christmas where cornfields lie sunny and ...
A B C Die Katze lief im Schnee
Lyrics – German (German folk song) A, B, C, die Katze lief im Schnee.Und als nach Haus sie wieder kam,da hat sie weiße Stiefel an.Oh jemine, oh jemine,Die Katze lief im Schnee. A, B, C, die Katze lief zur Höh‘!Sie ...
Dawda Sanneh
Lyrics – Mandinka (Folk song from The Gambia) Dawda Sanneh koloo bwteiKoloo bwtei n’ta ben doonaaNinkynankoo binoo ba laBinoo ba la n’te mo so laAii! eee aii eeoooww! English Translation – Dawda Sanneh Dawda Sanneh beat the drum.When you beat ...
Folk Songs from The Gambia
Songs Awa Yombei Dawda Sanneh Ding ding kende e’haku See also songs from Africa national anthems world regions
Ding ding kende e’haku
Lyrics – Mandinka (Folk song from The Gambia) Ding ding kende e’ haku,Tiinee na tiinee leI te li ia tiinaa m’boyitaPiraam! Banko too. English Translation – Good child forgive me Good child forgive me,Because it is you,I will forgive you, ...