Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics (American folk song) RefrainCome up horsey, hey hey,Come up horsey, hey, hey. Mama’s going to buy him a little lap-dog,Mama’s going to buy him a little lap-dog,Mama’s going to buy him a little lap-dog,Going to put him in his ...

Chant 1 (Traditional chant) As I was walking by the lakeI met a little rattlesnake.I gave him so much jelly cakeIt made his little belly ache. Chant 2 (Traditional chant) As I was walking through the cityHalf past nine o’clock ...

Info This song is traditionally sung at Passover. Lyrics (Hebrew folk song) 1. Echad mi yodea? Echad ani yodea.Echad Eloheinu, Eloheinu, Eloheinu, Eloheinu,Shebashamayim uva’aretz 2.Shnayim mi yodea? Shnayim ani yodea.Shnei luchot habrit, Echad Eloheinu… 3. Shlosha mi yodea? Shlosha ani ...

Lyrics (Slovakian folk song) Auntie wither go,And what carry you?Ducks and geese and ducks and geese and ducks! Tra la la, La la la la,Tra la la, La la la la,Tra la la, La la la la,Tra la la, la. ...

Lyrics (Slovakian folk song) Once and twice and hop hop hop,Turn around together once before you stop,Once and twice and hop hop hop,Turn around together once before you stop. Tra la la la la la la la,La la la la ...

Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainDidn’t my Lord deliver Daniel,Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel,Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel,Then why not a every man? 1. He delivered Daniel from the lion’s den,Jonah from the belly of a whale,And the Hebrew children from the ...

Lyrics (English folk song) The kine [cows], the kine are homeward going,Where o’er the ford the stream is flowing,They drink and wander onward, lowing. Kine = plural of cow See also Subject: cows Harmony: canons / chords I & IV Meter: ...

Info The first printed version of this song was in 1770, but the song is likely much older. It refers to “keelmen,” who loaded coal onto shallow boats called keels. The keels traversed shallow rivers to deliver the coal to ...

Lyrics – Norwegian (Norwegian folk song) RefrainDanse i en ring, danse i en ring,Danse i en ring, danse i en ringDanse alle, danse alle, danse alle i en ring. 1. Danse en og en, danse en og en,Danse en og ...

Lyrics – Norwegian (Norwegian folk song) Ro, ro til fiskeskjær!Mange fisker får vi derÉn til far og én til morÉn til søster og én til brorOg to til den som fisken fikk,Og det var lille Fredrik! English Translation – Row, ...