Category: folk song / traditional
El puente está quebrado
Lyrics – Spanish (Colombian folk song) El puente está quebrado,¿con qué lo curaremos?Con cáscaras de huevo,Burritos al potrero. Que pase el reyQue ha de pasarCon todos sus hijitos¡Menos el de atrás! English Translation – The bridge is broken The bridge ...
Janey Mac
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Janey Mac* me shirt is black,What’ll I do for Sunday?Go to bed and cover your head,And don’t get up till Monday. “Janey Mac” is an expression of surprise. (source) See also Country: Ireland Type: chant PDF of ...
Here is the Beehive
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Here is the beehive, where are the bees?Hidden away where nobody seesWatch and you’ll see them come out of the hive,One, two, three, four, fiveBzzzzzzz Motions Here is the beehive, where are the bees? – Make a ...
I Know Where I’m Goin’
Lyrics (Irish folk song) I know where I’m goingAnd I know who’s going with meI know who I loveAnd my dear knows who I’ll marry. I have stockings of silkAnd shoes of bright green leatherCombs to buckle my hairAnd a ...
Hop Marjanneke
Lyrics – Dutch (Folk song from The Netherlands) Hop, Marjanneke, stroop in ‘t kannekelaat de poppetjes dansengisteren was er de prins in ‘t landen nu die kale Fransen. Hop, Marjanneke, stroop in het kannekeHop, Marjanneke JanssenHij wiegt het kind en ...
Donkey Donkey Old and Gray
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Donkey, Donkey, old and gray,Open your mouth and gently bray,Lift your ears and blow your hornTo wake up the world this sleepy morn. See also Subjects: donkeys / horns / colors Type: chant Harmony: rounds / Orff arrangements ...
Dipidu
Lyrics (Ugandan folk song) Good day, good day to you,Good day, oh dipidu,Good day, good day to you,Good day, oh dipidu. Dip, dip, dipidu,Dipidu, oh dipidu,Dip, dip, dip, dip, dipidu,Dipidu, oh dipidu. English Translation As far as I can tell, ...
Mrs. Macaroni
Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Here comes Mrs. (Mr.) MacaroniRiding on her (his) snow white ponyHere she comes in all her gloryMrs. Macaroni Rum tum rum tum, Susianna,Rum tum rum tum, Susianna,Rum tum rum tum, Susianna,Mrs. Macaroni Version 2 Lyrics ...
Fourth of July
Lyrics (German tune, Lyrics by John Erwin, publ. 1921) From dawn of day to set of sunJuly the Fourth is full of fun;O happy summer holidayWhen banners wave and children play.The birthday of our own dear land,Beneath whose starry flag ...
John B. Sails
Lyrics (Folk song from the Bahamas) Come on the sloop John B.,My grandfather and me,Round Nassau town we did roam.Drinking all night, we got in a fight,I feel so break-up, I want to go home. RefrainSo hoist up the John ...