Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics (English folk song) Call – How many miles to Babylon?Response – Three score and ten.Call – Can I get there by candle-light?Response – Yes and back again.Call – Open your gates and let us through.Response – Not without a beck and boo.There’s the beck, there’s the ...

Lyrics (Folk song) I went to visit a farm one dayI saw a cow across the way.And what do you think I heard it say?Moo, moo, moo,Moo, moo, moo…sheep…Baa, baa, baa…pig…Oink, oink, oink…horse…Neigh, neigh, neigh… dog across the way… Woof, ...

Lyrics (American folk song) Wake up, Jacob, day’s a-breakin’,Fryin’ pan’s on and hoecake* bakin’. Bacon in the pan, coffee in the pot,Get up now and get it while it’s hot. *A hoecake is made of cornmeal, originally baked on the blade ...

Lyrics – Transliteration (Iranian folk song) Sad daane yaaghut, daste be dasteBaa nazm o tartib, yek jaa neshasteHar daaneyi hast, khoshrang o rakhshaanGhalbe sepidi dar sineye aanYaaghut haa ra pichide baa hamDar pusheshi narm, parvardegaaramSorkh ast o zibaa, naamash anaar ...

Lyrics – Transliteration (Iranian folk song) Tou ke mahe bolande asemooniManam setare misham dou-dou dou dou-reto meegiramAgeh setare beshi douramo begiriManam abr meesham roo-roo-roo-roo-roo-to meegiramAgeh abr beshi roomo begiriManam baroon misham ch ch ch ch cheek cheek meebaramAgeh baroon beshi ...

Lyrics (American folk song) Sweet peas and roses,Strawberries on the vine,Way over in the blooming garden,Where sweet lilies grow. Choose you a partner,And choose him to your side,Way over in the blooming garden,Where sweet lilies grow. See also Subject: flowers ...

Lyrics (African American Spiritual) Healing waters done move,Healing waters done move,What’s the matter now? Healing waters done move,Healing waters done move,Come to Jesus Healing waters done move,Healing waters done move,Soul getting happy now. Healing waters done move,Healing waters done move,Hallelujah! ...

Lyrics (African American Spiritual) Lord he thought he’d make a man,Dem bones gonna rise again,Made him out of mud and a little bit of sand,Dem bones gonna rise again. Adam was the first he made,Dem bones gonna rise again,He put ...

Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from El Salvador) Tortuga concha ven a cantar,No tengo manos, no tengo pies. Tortuga concha ven a leer,No tengo manos, no tengo pies. Tortuga concha ven a bailar,No tengo manos, no tengo pies. Tortuga concha ...