Category: folk song / traditional
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Lyrics (Folk song) Rub a dub three men in a tubAnd who do you think they be?The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker,And all of them gone to sea. See also Subject: baking Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: rounds / Orff arrangements / ...
Nkombo Meka
Lyrics – Kikongo / English (Folk song from the Democratic Republic of the Congo) RefrainMe, me, nkombo meka (repeat) 1. All the girls will want to see a handsome man when they pass.Yes the girls will want to see a ...
Pat-a-Cake
Lyrics (Folk song) Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s man,Bake me a cake just as fast as you can.Pat it prick it and mark it with B.Put it in the oven for baby and me,For baby and me, for baby and me.Put it ...
Ning Wendete
Lyrics – Kikuyu (Kenyan folk song) Gwendete, dunyendete, niun duki? (repeat)Ning wendete, dunyendete, niun duki?In gwendete? dunyendete, niun duki?Akorodunyenda, Niwega unjereh. English Translation – I love you* I love you, but you do not love me. How is that?If you ...
London Bridge
Info The earliest records of the English version of this song are from the 17th century, but it may actually date back to the late Middle Ages. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down,London ...
Tsuki
Lyrics – Rōmaji (Japanese folk song) Deta deta tsuki gaMarui marui manmaruiobon no yo na tsuki ga Lyrics – Moon Rising, rising is the moon,Large & round, large & round, round round one,Plate-like full moon will rise soon. Japanese – ...
La pájara pinta
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Estaba la pájara pinta sentada en su verde limónCon el pico cortaba la rama,Con la rama cortaba la flor.Ay, ay, ay, cuando vendrá mi amor. Daré la media vuelta, daré la vuelta entera,Con un ...
Pay Me My Money Down
Info This work song originated among the African American stevedores (manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships) working in the Georgia Sea Islands. (source) Lyrics (American folk song) RefrainPay me, Oh pay me,Pay me my money down.Pay ...
Rain Dance
Lyrics (Native American folk song) Come again, come again, come good rain.Fall upon the mountains and on the plain. Come again, come again, come good rain.Water for the river and for the grain. See also Subject: rain Harmony: Orff arrangements ...
Que llueva
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Que llueva, que llueva,El cóndor está en la cueva,Que llueva, que llueva,El cóndor está en la cueva,Los pajaritos cantan,Los nubes se levantan,¡Que sí! ¡Que no! ¡Que caiga un chaparron!¡Que sí! ¡Que no! ¡Que caiga ...