Author: Beth Thompson
Pengwi Bai Anoga
Info This song should be taught only after careful attention is paid to understanding the culture behind it. Patty Timbimboo-Madsen, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation History and Culture Specialist. (See the lesson plan she helped to create.) This ...
Songs about Clothes
Songs Aiken Drum Alice Blue Gown Bill Grogan’s Goat Black Socks Boci Tarka Diddle Diddle Dumpling Dr. Knickerbocker El rancho grande Grün grün grün sind alle meine Kleider Hanging out the Linen Clothes Hannes loopt op klompen Homespun Dress I’ll ...
Enjovu
Lyrics (Folk song from Uganda) Enjovu, enjovu, enjovuEnjovu, enjovu, enjovuYakula bulungi negejjanaye akakira ka’ayokekajiswaaza. English Translation Elephant, elephant elephant,Elephant, elephant elephant,He grew up well and got fatbut the tail of itkekajiswaza. See also Country: Uganda Subject: elephant Harmony: I, IV, V ...
Night and Day
Lyrics (Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Lyrics by M. Louise Baum) Flowing flowingGlowing glowingMoonlight beams on quiet streamsTo cheer them through the night. Longer longer,Stronger stronger,Sunny rays on summer daysFill all the world with light. See also Subjects: Beethoven / ...
Aunt Hagar’s Children Blues
Info This has become a jazz standard. (source) Lyrics (Music by W. C. Handy, 1920, Lyrics by J. Tim Brymn) Hear Aunt Hagar’s children harmonizing,Hear that sweet melody,It’s like choir from on high broke loose,If the devil brought it, the ...
We’re Coming Arkansas
Lyrics (American folk song) RefrainWe’re coming ArkansasWe’re coming ArkansasOur four-horse team will soon be seenOn the road to Arkansas 1. They say there is a streamWhere crystal waters flow,That’ll cure a man sick or wellIf he will only go!Refrain 2. ...
Sok születésnapokat
Info This is Hungary’s traditional birthday song. Lyrics (Folk song from Hungary) Sok születésnapokat vígan megélhess,Napjaidat számlálni ne légyen terhes,Az ég harmatja szívedet újítsa,Áldások árja házad elborítsa. Te néked minden öröm holtig adassék,S amellett semmi bánat ne barátkozzék,Légyen életednek virága ...
Madárka madárka
Info This song was collected by Zoltán Kodály in 1923. Lyrics – Hungarian (Folk song from Hungary) Madárka, madárka,csácsogó madárka,vidd el a levelem, vidd el a levelem,szép magyar hazámba. Ha kérdi, ki küldte,mondjad, hogy az küldte,kinek bánatában, szíve fájdalmábanmeghasad a ...
It Snows
Lyrics (Melody by W. Mattfield, Lyrics by Hannah Gould) It snows, it snows from out the sky,The feathered flakes, how fast they fly,Like little birds that don’t know why,They’re on the chase from place to place,While neither can the other ...
Si manu la’ititi
Lyrics – Samoan (Melody by P. P. Bliss, Traditional Samoan lyrics) Si manu la’ititi Sa i luga e la’auSa i luga e la’auSa i luga e la’auSi manu la’ititiSa i luga e la’auO lo’o pese ia te a’u English Translation ...