Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics – German (German folk song) Es tönen die Lieder,Der Frühling kehrt wiederEs spielet der HirteAuf seiner Schalmei.La la la la la la la la la,La la la la la la la la. Translation – The songs sound The songs ...

Lyrics (Folk song) Phoebe in her petticoat,Phoebe in her gown,Phoebe in her petticoat,Going down to gown. See also Form: ABAC Harmony: chords I, IV, V Melody: low la / E,G,A,B,D’ Meter: 4 Scale: pentatonic Tones: l,drms YouTube https://youtu.be/xldMzbT8vQkhttps://youtu.be/qg5RkXMIzQQ Song with chords ...

Info This song is from the Qianlong era (1735–1796) of the Qing dynasty. (source) Lyrics – Pinyin (Chinese folk song) Hǎo yī duǒ měi lì de mò lì huā,hǎo yī duǒ měi lì de mò lì huā,fèn fāng měi lì ...

Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainI wanna be ready,I wanna be ready.I wanna be ready to walk in Jerusalem just like John. O John o John what do you say?Walk in Jerusalem just like John.That I’ll be there at the coming ...

Info The song mentions a girl dressing as a man and signing up as a sailor on a ship, which is something that happened in the 17th and 18th centuries. (source) Lyrics – Dutch (Folk song from The Netherlands) 1. ...

Lyrics – Pinyin (Chinese folk song) Yī gēn zǐzhú zhí miáo miáosòng gěi bǎobǎo zuò guǎn xiāoxiāo er duìzhe kǒukǒu er duìzhe xiāoxiāo zhōng chuīchū xīn shí diàoxiǎo bǎobǎoyīdī yīdī xuéhuìlexiǎo bǎobǎoyīdī yīdī xuéhuìle Singable English Shining purple straight bamboo,For ...

Lyrics – Yiddish (Jewish folk song) Amol iz geven a mayse,Di mayse iz gornit freylekh,Di mayse heybt zikh onetMit a yidishn meylekh. RefrainLyulinke mayn feygele,Lyulinke mayn kind,Kh’hob ongevoyrn aza libe,Vey iz mir un vind. Der meylekh hot gehat a malkeDi ...

Lyrics – Latin (Latin folk song) In vernali temporeOrtu laetabundoDum recedunt frigora,Nuntiat hirundo:Terrae, maris, nemorisDecus adest deforisRenovato mundo,Vigor redit corporis,Cedit dolor pectorisTempore iucundo. Terra viret floribusEt nemus virore,Aves mulcent cantibusEt vocis dulcore,Aqua tempestatibusCaret, aer imbribus,Dulci plenus rore,Sol consumptis nubibusRadiis patentibusLucet ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. As I looked into your eyes,I beheld a glad surpriseThat there’s somebody waiting for me. RefrainThere is somebody waiting,There is somebody waiting,There is somebody waiting for me. 2. Now choose two, leave the others,Now choose two, ...

Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Chile) Cae, cae globito, cae globitoBello de jabónEn mi mano, en mi mano,En mi mano, en mi mano,te quiero yo. English Translation – Fall, Fall Bubble Fall, fall bubble, fall bubbleBeautiful soap [bubble]In my ...