Category: folk song / traditional
Tafta Hindi
Lyrics – Transliteration (Folk song from Lebanon) Tafta hindi, tafta hindi,Shash hariri ya banatIftahili ya sabiyaEndi bida lil sit-tat English Translation – Indian Taffeta Indian taffeta, Indian taffeta,Silk and linen I sell here.Open (the door) for me, pretty girls,I have ...
Oliver Cromwell
Lyrics (English folk song) Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead,Hee-haw, buried and dead,There grew an old apple-tree over his head,Hee-haw, over his head. The apples were ripe and ready to fall,Hee-haw, ready to fall,There came an old woman to gather ...
Grandma Moses
Lyrics (Folk song) Grandma Moses sick in bedCalled the doctor and the doctor said,spoken“Grandma Moses, you’re not sick!All you need is a peppermint stick!”Get up, shake shake, shake shake,Get down, shake shake, shake shake,Turn around, shake shake, shake shake,Touch the ...
We Shall Overcome
Lyrics (Gospel song, Original lyrics: Charles Albert Tindley, 1900, Adaptations by: Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger) 1. We shall overcome, we shall overcome,We shall overcome someday. Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,We shall overcome someday. 2. We ...
Tony Chestnut
Lyrics (Folk song) Tony Chestnut knows I love you,Tony knows, Tony knows,Tony Chestnut knows I love you,That’s what Tony knows. Motions To = tap toesny = tap kneesChest = tap chestnut = tap head (For an updated version where I ...
Miller Boy
Lyrics (Folk song) Oh happy is the miller boy that lives by the mill.The wheel turns round with a right good will,One hand in the hopper and the other in the sack,Oh the ladies step forward and the gents step ...
Slowly Slowly
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Slowly slowly, very slowlyCreeps the garden snail.Slowly slowly, very slowlyUp the garden rail. Quickly quickly, very quicklyRuns the little mouse.Quickly quickly, very quicklyRound about the house. Motions Do motions of the lyrics. See also Subjects: snails / ...
The Flag Going By
Lyrics (German folk tune, Lyrics by Homer H. Harbour) 1. O beautiful banner all splendid with stars,That down the street comes flying,Proud emblem of the free!My heart and hand salute you,Dear flag of liberty! 2.From ocean to ocean you brighten ...
Riding on the Elevated
Lyrics (Flemish folk tune, Lyrics by Richard Compton, publ. 1921) 1. Up in the air the trains go flying,Quick as a flash to Boston town.Over the roofs of the houses gray,Clear to the ocean we look away. 2. Under the ...
Gong Xi Gong Xi
Info This is a traditional song for Chinese New Year. Lyrics – Transliteration (Chinese folk song) Měi tiáo dà jiē xiǎo xiàng,měi ge rén de zuǐ lǐ,jiàn miàn dì yī jù huà,jiù shì gōng xǐ gōng xǐ RefrainGōng xǐ gōng ...