Category: folk song / traditional
Who Has the Ring
Lyrics (Folk song) Can you guess who has the ringAs we pass it on the string?Pass it left, pass it right,Always keep it out of sight. Game Formation: Thread a ring through a long string and tie the ends of ...
Palomita
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Palomita vamos a mi tierra,Y seremos felices los dos,Gozaremos lo que un alma encierraY estaremos en gracia de Dios¿Por que quiero de ti separarme?Tengo otros amores, tengo otros consuelos.Palomita, vamos a mi tierraY seremos ...
Right Hand Bow
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. First gent out with a right hand bow,Right hand bow, right hand bow,Back to your partner with a left hand bow,Swing to the center, seven hands round. 2. All join hands and circle to the ...
Bring Me Little Water Sylvie
Lyrics (Folk song, sometimes attributed to Huddie Ledbetter, aka Lead Belly) Bring me little water SylvieBring me little water nowBring me little water SylvieEvery little once in a while Don’t you hear me calling Sylvie?Don’t you hear me calling now?Don’t ...
De lanterna na mão
Lyrics – Portuguese (Brazilian folk song) Eu procurei de lanterna na mãoProcurei, procurei, e achei voce para o meu coração (repeat) E agora, e agoraEu vou jogarA minha lanterna fora (repeat) English Translation – Lantern in my hand I looked ...
Canaday-I-O
Info This song is a lumberjack song from the mid-1850s when workers from Maine would go to Canada to work in winter camps. It is thought this song was adapted from an older English song called Canada-I-O. (source) Lyrics (Folk ...
L’abe igi orombo
Lyrics – Yoruba (Nigerian folk song) L’abe igi oromboN’ibe l’agbe nsere waInu wa dun, ara wa yaL’abe igi oromboOrombo, orombo, orombo, orombo. English Translation – Lime tree lime Lime tree limeIn the picture of our homeWe are happy, we are ...
Hark! Hear the Siren
Lyrics (Folk song) Hark! Hear the siren,Hark! Thrilling the sound.Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!Hurry the engine along See also Subject: fire fighting Harmony: rounds / chords I & V Scale: major Source: World of Music, Grade 8, Silver Burdett Company, 1988 PDF ...
Then Oh Then
Lyrics (American folk song, adapted by Beth Thompson) When I was a young child, young child,I remember then oh then.It was this way, that-a-way,It was this way, that-a-way,This-a-way, that-a-way then. See also Harmony: Orff arrangements Harmony: chords I & V Melody: ...
Kagome Kagome
Lyrics – Rōmaji (Japanese folk song) Kagome kagomeKago no naka no tori waItsu itsu deyaruYoake no ban niTsuru to kame ga subettaUshiro no shoumen daare English Translation – Caged bird* Caged bird, caged birdThe bird in the basket/cage,When, oh when ...