Category: folk song / traditional

Plovi barko

Lyrics – Croatian (Folk song from Croatia) Plovi barka, duboko je more, (repeat) RefrainAnko, AnčiceDušo i srce, moje. Plovi barka i u barci Anka, (repeat)Refrain Tvoje oko ko more duboko, (repeat)Refrain English Translation – The boat sails The boat sails, ...

Autumn Leaves Now are Falling

Lyrics (German folk tune, Lyrics anonymous) Autumn leaves now are falling,Red and yellow and brown,Autumn leaves now are falling,See them fluttering down. RefrainTra la la la la la la,Tra la la la la la.Tra la la la la la la,Tra ...

Killy Kranky

Lyrics (Folk song) Killy Kranky is my song,Sing and dance it all day long,From my elbow to my wrist,Now we do the double twist.Broke my arm, broke my armSinging with Miss Frankie,Broke my leg, broke my leg,Singing Killy Kranky Movement ...

Haymaking Song

Lyrics (Folk song) Boys and girls come out today,We must go a-making hay,Heigh-o! Heigh-o!Out a-making hay. While the bright warm sun doth shine,Rake the new mown hay in line,Heigh-o! Heigh-o!Rake it into line. See also Subject: farming Harmony: chords I, ...

Crow Song

Lyrics (Folk song) There were three crows sat on a tree,O Billy Magee Magar!There were three crows sat on a tree,O Billy Magee Magar!There were three crows sat on a tree,And they were black as crows could be RefrainAnd they ...

Calavera

Info This poem refers to the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Lyrics – Spanish (Traditional chant from Mexico) Ahí viene el agua por la ladera,Y se me moja mi calavera.La muerte calaca,Ni gorda, ni flaca.La ...

Snail Snail Come Out and Be Fed

Lyrics (Folk song) Snail, snail, come out and be fed,Put out your horns and then your head,And your papa and your mamawill give you boiled mutton. See also Subject: snails Harmony: chords I & IV Melody: fa / la Meter: ...

Što mi e milo

Transliteration (Folk song from North Macedonia & Bulgaria) 1. Što mi e milo, milo i drago,vo Struga grada mamo dukjan da imam.Lele varaj mome, mome Kalino,vo Struga grada mamo dukjan da imam. 2. Na kepencite mamo da sedam,Stružkite momi mamo, ...

A part alatt

Lyrics – Hungary (Folk song from Hungary) A part alatt, a part alatt,Három varjú kaszál, három varjú kaszál. Róka gyűjti, Róka gyűjti,Szúnyog kévét köti, szúnyog kévét köti. Bolha ugrik, bolha ugrik,Hányja a szekérre, hányja a szekérre. Mén a szekér, mén ...

The Railroad Corral

Lyrics (Joseph Mills Hanson) We’re up in the morning ere breaking of day,The chuck-wagon’s busy, the flapjacks in play,The herd is a-stir over hillside and vale,With the night riders rounding them into the trail. Oh, come take up your cinches, ...
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