Category: folk song / traditional
May Song (Spring is Coming)
Lyrics (Melody by Charles L. Minturn, 1914, Lyrics Traditional) Spring is coming, spring is coming,Birdies build your nest.Weave together straw and feather,Doing each your best. Spring is coming, spring is coming,Flowers are waking, too.Daisies, lilies, daffo-dilliesNow are coming through. Spring ...
Five Brown Eggs
Lyrics (Folk song) Five brown eggs in a nest of hay…One yellow chick popped out to play. Four brown eggs in a nest of hay…One yellow chick cheep-cheeped good day. Three brown eggs in a nest of hay…Crack went another ...
Betty Botter
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Betty Botter
bought some butter.“But,” she said,
”the butter’s bitter.If I put it
in my batter,it will make
my batter bitter.But a bit
of better butter–that would make
my batter better.” So she bought
a bit of ...
Saint Patrick Was a Gentleman
Lyrics (Irish folk song) Saint Patrick was a gentleman, he came from decent peopleIn Dublin town he built a church and on it put a steepleHis father was a Gallagher, his mother was a GradyHis aunt was an O’Shaughnessy and ...
There Once Were Two Cats of Kilkenny
Lyrics (Traditional chant) There once were two cats of Kilkenny,Each thought there was one cat too many,So they fought and they fit,And they scratched and they bit,Till, excepting their nailsAnd the tips of their tails,Instead of two cats, there weren’t ...
Ostrich
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Here is the ostrich straight and tall.Nodding his head above us all.Here is the hedgehog prickly and small,Rolling himself into a ball. Here is the spider scuttling aroundTreading so lightly on the ground.Here are the birds that ...
There Was a Little Turtle
Lyrics (Traditional chant) There was a little turtle,He lived in a box.He swam in a puddle,He climbed on the rocks. He snapped at a mosquito,He snapped at a flea.He snapped at a minnow,He snapped at me. He caught the mosquito,He ...
Today is Monday
Lyrics (Folk song) Today is Monday, today is Monday,Monday wash day,All you hungry brothers,We wish the same to you. Today is Tuesday, today is Tuesday,Tuesday string beans, Monday wash day,All you hungry brothers,We wish the same to you. Today is ...
Five Little Fishes
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Five little fishes swimming in a poolFirst one said, “This pool is cool”Second one said, “The pool is deep”Third one said, “I want to sleep”Fourth one said, “Let’s dive and dip”Fifth one said, “I spy a ship”Fisherman ...
Golden Ring Around the Susan Girl
Lyrics (Folk song) Golden ring around the Susan girlGolden ring around the Susan girlGolden ring around the Susan girlAll the way around the Susan girl Take a little girl and give her a whirl… (repeat twice)All the way around the ...