Category: folk song / traditional
The Sidewalks of New York
Lyrics (Charles B. Lawlor, 1894) Down in front of Casey’s old brown wooden stoopOn a summer’s evening we formed a merry groupBoys and girls together we would sing and waltzWhile Jay played the organ on the sidewalks of New York ...
Tom the Piper’s Son
Lyrics (Folk song) Tom, Tom the piper’s son,He learned to play when he was young,And all the tune that he could playWas “over the hills and far away.” Tom with his pipe made such a noise,That he pleased both the ...
Chand Utheche Ful Futeche
Lyrics – Transliteration (Folk song from Bangladesh) Chand utheche, la la la la,phul phuteche, la la la la,Chand utheche, phul phuteche,Kodom tolai ke?Hati nachche, ghorha nachcheSonamonir bey. English Translation – The moon has risen the flowers have blossomed The moon ...
Ghum parani mashi pishi
Lyrics – Transliteration (Folk song from Bangladesh) Ghum parani mashi pishi,Moder bari eshoKhaat nai palong naiChokh pete bosho Bata bhora paan deboGaal bhore kheyoKhokar chokhe ghum naiGhum diye jeyo. English Translation – Sleeping Aunts Sleeping auntsCome to our house.No bed, ...
Johnny Grotto
Lyrics (Folk song from Trinidad and Tobago) Call: Johnny Grotto was a fisherman’s sonResponse: Yeah yeah yeah hoCall: Johnny Grotto was a fisherman’s sonResponse: A long time ago When he set out to sea he had one thing in mindYeah yeah yeah hoHe wanted ...
Corn Grinding Song
Lyrics – Zuni (Native American folk song – Zuni) Eluhoma ya ya yallanneEluhoma ya ya yallanne yallanneAwehlwia kwai-iImuna kwagia lonan-eshto wiyaneHe ya ha ya he yaLiwamani iyuteapaAwiyane Hawilana li-itla English Translation My beautiful mountainMy beautiful mountainClouds risingSitting up in the ...
Folk Songs from Paraguay
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Se me ha perdido una niña
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Paraguay) Se me ha perdido una niña,cataplín, cataplín, cataplero,se me ha perdido una niñaen el fondo del jardín. Yo se la he encontrado,cataplín, cataplín, catapleroyo se la he encontradoen el fondo del jardín. Haga ...
Red Iron Ore
Lyrics (American folk song) Come, all you bold sailors that follow the LakesOn an iron ore vessel, your living to make;I shipped in Chicago, bid adieu to the shore,Bound away to Escanaba for red iron ore. RefrainDerry Down, Down, Down, ...
Bayou Sara
Info The burning of Bayou Sara might refer to a ship of that name, which burned at the dock on December 5, 1885. (source) Lyrics (American folk song) Up the river, I cannot stay long,And the Bayou Sara she burned ...