Category: folk song / traditional

Meter / Time Signature

Visuals Worksheets / Assessments More handouts, worksheets & assessments are listed on the time signature pages (i.e. for 6/8 note printables, click 6/8 above). See also

Si me dan pasteles

Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Puerto Rico) Si me dan pasteles, dénmelos calientes,Que pasteles fríos empachan la gente. Si me dan arroz no me den cuchara,Que mamá me dijo que se lo llevara. Esta casa tiene las puertas de ...

Al pavo pavito

Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Spain) Al pavo pavito pavoAl pavo pavito sí,El pavito se ha marchado¡Y el pavito ya está aquí! ¡Una! Al pavo pavito pavoAl pavo pavito sí,El pavito se ha marchado¡Y el pavito ya está aquí! ...

Little Birch Tree

Lyrics (Russian folk song) 1. See the lovely birch in the meadow,Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows.Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows,Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows. 2. Oh, my little tree, I need branches,For the silver flutes I need ...

Gut Shabbes Euch

Info There are different spellings of this song: Gut Sabat Euch, Gut Shabbas Eich Lyrics – Yiddish (Yiddish folk song) Gut Shabbes, euchGut Shabbes, euchGut Shabbes, Shabbes, Shabbes, Shabbas, euchShabbes, Shabbes,Gut Shabbes, Shabbes, euchShabbes, Shabbas,Gut Shabbes, Shabbes, euchGut Shabbes, euchGut Shabbes, euchGut Shabbes, Shabbes, ...

My Good Old Man

Lyrics (Folk song) Where are you going, my good old man?Where are you going, my honey my lamb?Where are you going, my good old man?Best old man in the world. Spoken: To the store What are you going to buy… ...

Christopher Columbus

Lyrics (Traditional chant) Christopher ColumbusSailed the ocean blueIn fourteen hundredAnd ninety two. Christopher ColumbusWas a very brave man.He sailed the oceanIn an old tin can. See also Subjects: fall (autumn) / Columbus Day Types: chant Harmony: ostinati / Orff arrangements ...

Cornish Wassail Song

Lyrics (Folk song) The mistress and master our wassail beginPray open your door and let us come in. RefrainWith our wassail, wassail, wassail,And joy come with our jolly wassail! Now Christmas is comen and New Year begin,Pray open your door ...

Christ Child Lullaby

Lyrics (Scottish Gaelic folk song: Tàladh Chrìosda) My love, my pride, my treasure ohMy wonder new and pleasure ohMy son, my beauty, ever YouWho am I to bear You here? The cause of talk and tale am IThe cause of greatest ...

All Hail to the Days (Drive the Cold Winter Away)

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. All hail to the days that merit more praiseThan all the rest of the year,And welcome the nights that double delightsAs well for the poor as the peer!Good fortune attend each merry man’s friend,That doth but ...
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