Category: folk song / traditional
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 / ...
Seesaw Margery Daw
Version 1 Info The rhyme first appeared in its modern form in Mother Goose’s Melody, published in London in around 1765. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) Seesaw Margery Daw,Jack shall have a new master;He shall earn but a penny a day,Because ...
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 ...
Seal Woman’s Sea Joy
Info In local folklore, a selkie is a seal who transforms into a woman when on land. (source) Lyrics – Scots Gaelic (Folk song from the South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland) RefrainIonn da, Ionn do, Ionn da, od-ar da (repeat) Hi-o ...
Lost My Gold Ring / Biddy Biddy
Version 1 Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Biddy biddy hold on, lost my gold ring.One go to Kingston, come back again. (repeat) Recorder Notes G, A, B, C, D’ Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Biddy biddy hold on, lost my gold ring.One ...
La piñata (Dale dale dale)
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Andale niño no pierdas el tinoQue de la distancia se pierde el caminoCon los ojos bien vendadosEn las manos un bastiónYa se rompe la piñata sin tenerle compasión. Dale dale dale, no pierdas el ...