folk song / traditional

Poi Waka

Lyrics – Maori (Maori folk song) Hoea rä te waka nei.Hoea, hoea ki te paeMa te poi e karawhiuE rähui i te pai. English Translation Paddle this canoe (support those in combat)Paddle, paddle to the horizon (to the war’s end)May ...

Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Oh bury me not on the lone prairie.These words came low and mournfully.From the pallid lips of the youth who layon his dying bed at the close of day. 2. He had wasted and pined ’til ...

Tingalayo

Lyrics (Caribbean folk song) RefrainTingalayo, Come, little donkey, come. (repeat) 1. M’ donkey walk, m’ donkey talk, m’ donkey eat with a knife and fork. (repeat) 2. M’ donkey eat, m’ donkey sleep, m’ donkey kick with his two hind ...

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.When the pie was opened the birds began to sing;Wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before the ...

Matarile

Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) 1. ¿Que quiere usted? Matarile, rile, rile, ron.2. Quiero saltar,3. Quiero marchar,4. Quiero bailar, English Translation 1. What do you want? Matarile, rile, rile, ron.2. I want to jump…3. I want to march…4. I ...

Solas Market

Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Come, we go down, Come, we go down,Come, we go down to Solas Market,Come, we go down, Come, we go down,We go buy banana. See also Country: Jamaica Subject: food Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / ...

See-Saw Margery Daw

Info The rhyme first appeared in its modern form in Mother Goose’s Melody, published in London in around 1765. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) See Saw Margery Daw,Jacky shall have a new master;Jacky shall earn but a penny a day,Because he ...

Mi caballo blanco

Lyrics (Folk song from Chile) Es mi caballo blanco, como un amanecerSiempre juntitos vamos, es mi amigo mas fiel.Mi caballo, mi caballo, galopando va,Mi caballo, mi caballo, se va y se va.En alas de una dicha mi caballo corrióY en ...

Sambalele

Lyrics – Portuguese (Brazilian folk song) Samba Lelê está doenteEstá com a cabeça quebradaSamba Lelê precisavaDe umas dezoito lambadas Samba, samba,Samba ô LelêPisa na barra da saia English Translation Sambalele is sickHe (or she) has a broken headSambalele needsEighteen spankings ...

Jesse James

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Jesse James was a lad who killed many a man,Once he robbed the Glendale train,He would steal from the rich and he gave to the poor,He’d a hand and a heart and a brain. RefrainWell Jesse ...
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