Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics – Dakota (Native American folk song – Dakota) Ya ha e hi ya, Ya ha e hi ya,He ya e yo e yo e-e-e,He i yo e yo, He i yo e yo,O-ya-ka-po he-e, O-ya-ka-po he-e yo. English Translation ...

Lyrics (English folk song) 1. Here’s a health to the jolly blacksmith, the best of all fellows,Who works at his anvil while the boy blows the bellows.Which makes my bright hammer to rise and to fall,Here’s to old Cole* and ...

Lyrics (Folk song) A is for ax as you very well know;B is the boys who can swing them just so.C is for chopping that soon will begin;And D is for danger we always stand in. E is for echoes ...

Songs Ja sam mala ruža Kiša pada Mi smo djeca vesela Miruj miruj srce moje Narodi nam se Pjevaj mi pjevaj sokole Plovi barko Radujte se narodi Ringe Ringe Raja Svim na Zemlji mir veselje U to vrijeme godišta Veselje ...

Lyrics – Croatian (Croatian folk song) Mi smo djeca vesela,rado bi se igrala,al’ ne znamo što.Kaži nam ti Ančicešto će tvoje ručiceKaži nam ti Ančicešto će tvoje ručice.(Call)“Svi činite kao jato me jako zabavlja.”(Response)“Svi činimo kao ti,to nas jako veseli.” ...

Lyrics – Croatian (Croatian folk song) Ringe, ringe, rajadoš’o čika Paja,pa pojeo jaja,jedno jaje muć,a mi djeco čuč! English Translation Ringe ringe raja (This has no meaning)There came uncle Paja (Paul)And ate the eggsOne egg made crack (or “churn”)And we, ...

Lyrics (Bohemian folk song – Czech) From the feast there came a farmer,On his back a bag of bran,And the bad boys shouted at him,“Let those pigeons out old man,Let those pigeons out old man,Let those pigeons out old man!”And ...

Lyrics (Folk song) I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen,She washed me the dishes and kept the house clean;She went to the mill to fetch me some flour,She brought it home in less than an hour;She baked me ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Father Abraham had many sons (kids),Many sons had Father Abraham,I am one of them, so are you.So let’s just go like this:Right arm! 2. Father Abraham had many sons,Many sons had Father Abraham,I am one of ...

Lyrics (English folk song) 1. My sweetheart, come along!Don’t you hear the fond song?The sweet notes where the nightingale flows?For to hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingaleAs she sings in the valley below,As she sings in the valley ...