Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics – German (German folk song) Es war eine Mutterdie hatte vier Kinder:den Frühling, den Sommer,den Herbst und den Winter. Der Frühling bringt Blumen,der Sommer den Klee,der Herbst, der bringt Traubender Winter den Schnee. Und wie sie sich schwingenim Jahresreihn,so ...

Lyrics (Scottish folk song) I’m the wee Melodie Man,The rumpty tumpty toddy man,I always do the best I canTo follow the wee Melodie Man. Game Formation: Students sit in a circle with the Melodie Man in the middle. All students ...

Info Pulcinella (Italian), Punchinello (English), Polichinelle (French) – traditional Italian theater silly character from the 17th century, also a puppet. (source) (source) Lyrics – French (French folk song) RefrainPan! Pan! Qu’est_ce qu’est là?C’est Polichinelle mam’selle,Pan! Pan! Qu’est_ce qu’est là?C’est Polichinelle ...

Lyrics (Czech folk song, Hanakian dialect) Come along, ye lads and lassies, harvest time’s begun,Let’s away where ripening plums hang purple in the sun.Oh, how sour they taste! Let us homeward haste.Oh, alas! the plums they have not ripened,We must ...

Lyrics (Folk song) My hand on my head,What have I here?This is my top-notcher,My Mama dearTop-notcher, top-notcher,Diggy, diggy dooThat’s what I learned in my school.Boom! Boom! My hand on my brow,What have I here?This is my sweat boxer,My Mama dearSweat ...

Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Doña Blanca está cubiertacon pilares de oro y plata.Romperemos un pilarpara ver a Doña Blanca. ¿Quién es ese jicotilloque anda en pos de Doña Blanca?Yo soy ese jicotillo que andaen pos de Doña Blanca. ...

Info Tanabata, “Star Festival” occurs every year on July 7. Lyrics – Rōmaji (Japanese folk song) Sasa no ha sara-saraNokiba ni yureruOhoshi-sama kira-kiraKingin sunago Goshiki no tanzakuWatashi ga kaitaOhoshi-sama kirakiraSora kara miteru English Translation – Star Festival The bamboo leaves ...

Lyrics (African American Spiritual) Refrain 1Oh, walk together childrenDon’t you get wearyWalk together childrenDon’t you get wearyWalk together childrenDon’t you get wearyThere’s a great camp meeting in the promised land 1. Goin’ to mourn and never tire,Mourn and never tire,Mourn ...