Category: folk song / traditional
Gạo Trắng Trăng Thanh
Lyrics – Vietnamese (Vietnamese folk song) Trong đêm trăng, tiếng chày khua,Ta hát vang trong đêm trường mênh mangAi đang say, chày buông rơi,Nghe tiếng vơi tiếng đầyNghe tiếng vơi tiếng đầy Ai đang đi, trên đường đê,Tai lắng nghe ...
Snake Baked a Hoecake
Lyrics (American folk song) Snake baked a hoecake* and set a frog to watch it,And the frog got a-nodding and a lizard came and stole it.Fetch back my hoecake, you long-tailed Nanny, you,Fetch back my hoecake, you long-tailed Nanny you. ...
La danse de Mardi Gras
Info Mardi Gras is celebrated in Louisiana (United States), especially in New Orleans every year on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the day Lent begins. This song, also known as La [Vieille] Chanson de Mardi Gras, is possibly ...
Haru ga kita
Lyrics – Rōmaji (Melody by Sadaichi Okano, Lyrics by Toshiyuki Takano, 1910) Haru ga kita, haru ga kita, doko ni kitaYama ni kita, sato ni kita, no ni mo kita Hana ga saku, hana ga saku, doko ni sakuYama ni ...
Sandie Toy
Lyrics (Scottish folk song) Sandie Toy, Sandie Toy, Sandie Tiddlem, Tiddlem Toy.There was a man, a man indeed,Sowed his garden full of seed. When the seed began to grow like a garden full of snow.When the snow began to melt ...
Hotaru Koi
Lyrics – Rōmaji (Japanese folk song) Ho ho hotaru koiatchi-no mizu-wa nigai-zokotchi-no mizu-wa amai-zoho ho hotaru koi English Translation – Come Firefly Ho ho hotaru koiatchi-no mizu-wa nigai-zokotchi-no mizu-wa amai-zoho ho hotaru koi Japanese – ほたるこい ほ ほ ほたる こいあっちの ...
Dabbling in the Dew
Lyrics (English folk song) “Oh where are you going to my pretty little dearWith your red rosy cheeks and your coal black hair?”“I’m going a-milking, kind sir,” she answered me,“And it’s dabbling in the dew makes the milk maids fair.” ...
De allacito
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Argentina) De allacito de allacito,ya viene el carnavalito Todos bajan en pareja,Yo voy bajando solito. English Translation – From There From there from thereThe carnival is coming Everyone goes down as a coupleI go ...
Chíu Chíu Chíu
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Uruguay) Canta canta pajaritoCanta canta tu canción,Mira que la vida es tristeY tu cantar me alegra el corazón. Chíu chíu chíu chíuChíu chíu chíu chóCanta canta pajaritoQue tu cantar me alegra el corazón. Con ...
El vito
Info El vito is a 16th century traditional folk song and dance of Andalusia, Spain. (source) Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Spain) RefrainCon el vito vito vitocon el vito vito va. (repeat) 1.Yo no quiero que me mirenque me ...