Category: folk song / traditional
Natal de Elvas
Info “Elvas” is a city in Portugal. Lyrics (Folk song from Portugal) Eu hei-de dar ao MeninoUma fitinha pró chapéuE ele também me há de darUm lugarzinho no céu. RefrainOlhei para o céu, estava estreladoVi o Deus Menino em palhas ...
Sockerbagare
Lyrics – Swedish (Alice Tegnér, 1895) En sockerbagare här bor i staden,han bakar kakor mest hela dagen.Han bakar stora, han bakar små,han bakar några med socker på. Och i hans fönster hänga julgranssakeroch hästar, grisar och pepparkakor.Och är du snäller ...
Bóg się rodzi
Info The carol is regarded by some as the National Christmas hymn of Poland. (source) Lyrics – Polish (Polish folk tune, Lyrics by Franciszek Karpiński, 1792) Bóg się rodzi, moc truchleje,Pan niebiosów, obnażony,Ogień krzepnie, blask ciemnieje,Ma granice Nieskończony.Wzgardzony, okryty chwałą,Śmiertelny Król ...
Kakke Kakke Koodevide
Lyrics – Transliteration (Malayalam folk song, India) “Kakke kakke koodevide?Koottinakathoru Kunjundo?Kunjinu theetta kodukkanjalKunju kidannu karanjeedum.” “Kunje kunje nee tharumo..Ninnude kayyile neyyappam?” “Illa tharillee neyyappam”“Ayyo kakke patticho!” Translation – Crow crow Hey Crow where is your nest?Is there a little crow ...
We Are Two or Three Good Hearty Lads (Souling Song)
Info Souling was a Christian practice carried out in many English towns on Halloween and Christmas. In some countries, it is seen as the origin of the practice of trick-or-treating. (source) Lyrics (English folk song) We are two or three ...
Soul Cake (Souling Song)
Info A soul cake is a small round cake which is traditionally made for All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day to commemorate the dead. The cakes were given to singers who went from house to house. ...
Have You Seen the Ghost of Tom
Info Alternate title: Have You Seen the Ghost of John Lyrics (Folk song) Have you seen the ghost of TomLong white bones with the rest all goneOo–Wouldn’t it be chilly with no skin on See also Subject: Halloween Harmony: chords i ...
Pumpkin Pumpkin
Lyrics (Folk song) Pumpkin pumpkin round and fat.Turn into a jack-o’lanternJust like that! See also Subject: Halloween Dynamics: loud & soft Harmony: rounds / chords I & V Melody: mi, re, do / tonic triad / composition (melodic) Meter: 2 Rhythm: Scale: ...
Halloween Fun
Lyrics (English folk song) Oh here come three jolly boys all in a lineWe are coming for apples if you will prove kind,If you will prove kind with your gifts and good cheer,We’ll come no more singing until the next ...
Los esqueletos
Lyrics – Spanish (Costa Rican folk song) 1. Cuando el reloj marca la unaLos esqueletos salen de su tumba,Tumba, tumba, tumba, baTumba, tumba, tumba, ba 2. Cuando el reloj marca las dosDos esqueletos comen arrozTumba… 3. Cuando el reloj marca ...