Category: folk song / traditional
Fram fram fylking
Lyrics – Icelandic (Ari Jónsson, c. 1880) Fram, fram fylking,forðum okkur háska fráþví ræningjar oss vilja ráðast á.Sýnum nú hug, djörfung og dug.Vakið, vakið vaskir mennþví voða ber að höndum.Sá er okkar síðast fermun sveipast hörðum böndum. English Translation – ...
Coasting
Lyrics (Melody by J. J. Schaublin, Lyrics by Anna G. Whitmore) Merrily ho, coasting we go.Hurrying, scurrying over the snow! See also Subject: snow Harmony: rounds / chords I & V Melody: fa / so Meter: 3 Rhythm: Scale: major ...
Hal sisan shu helween
Transliteration (Folk song from Lebanon & Syria) Hal sisan shou helweeneama yaduru hawl amen mabsutinma bikhafha la lashu ma shafu la laamin hudan min hadha farhanin bititaeimihina w bitasqihinaw bitahmihina taht janahiha difyaninsharibuu may qaluu khirafaeuu rasin shakaruu rabahuna mamnunin ...
Omochio tsukimasho
Info A “mochi” (もち) is a traditional rice cake especially eaten to celebrate holidays such as New Year, Spring, Children’s Day, and Girls’ Day in Japan. (source) Lyrics – Rōmaji (Folk song from Japan) Omochio tsukimasho, omochio tsukimasho,Petanko, petanko, petan ...
Na nakusa nazu na
Info This is a very old folk song meant to be sung like a chant. (source) Nanakusa Gayu 七草粥 (Seven Herb Rice Porridge) is eaten at Nanakusa no sekku (Festival of Seven Herbs) on January 7 and is said to ...
Nos Galan
Lyrics – Welsh (Folk song from Wales) Oer yw’r gŵr sy’n methu caru,Fa la la la la, la la la la.Hen fynyddoedd anwyl Cymru,Fa la la la la, la la la la.Iddo ef a’u câr gynhesaf,Fa la la la la, ...
The Game of Sevens
The Game of Sevens is a clapping game with seven active sounds and one rest. Each pattern is repeated, and there are a total of seven patterns (four unique patterns, then they are repeated in opposite order): 1, 2, 3, ...
Dornröschen
Lyrics – German (Folk song from Germany) Dornröschen war ein schönes Kind, schönes Kind, schönes Kind,Dornröschen war ein schönes Kind, schönes Kind. Dornröschen, nimm dich ja in acht… Da kam die böse Fee herein, Fee herein, Fee herein… Dornröschen, schlafe ...
Thorn Rosa
Lyrics (German folk tune, Traditional lyrics) Thorn Rosa was a pretty child, pretty child, pretty child,Thorn Rosa was a pretty child, pretty child. She lived up in a castle high… One day there came an ugly witch… Thorn Rosa slept ...
Merry Christmas
Lyrics (Anonymous) A merry Christmas to our friends,The friends we love so well,Greet all the happy Christmas day,And ring the great church bell*,And ring the great church bell. Glad Christmas day is here again,When all our hearts are glad,On such ...