Category: folk song / traditional
Lightly Row
Lyrics (Folk song) Lightly row, lightly row,O’er the shining waves we go.Smoothly glide, smoothy glide,On the silent tide. Recorder notes G, A, B, C, D’ See also Subjects: boats / rowing Form: AABA Harmony: chords I V Melody: tonic triad ...
Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be
Lyrics (Folk song) Oh dear what can the matter be, (repeat twice)My maid has gone to the fair. He promised to give me a fairing to please meAnd then for a kiss, oh! he vowed he would tease meHe promised ...
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Lyrics (Folk song) Go tell Aunt Rhody (repeat twice)The old gray goose is dead. Recorder notes G, A, B, C, D’ See also Subject: family Form: AABA (see below) Harmony: chords I IV V / chords I V Melody: G,A,B,C,D’ songs ...
La víbora de la mar
Info This is a popular children’s (and wedding) game with a lot of different versions. Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) “A la víbora, víbora de la mar, de la marpor aquí pueden pasar.Los de adelante corren muchoy los de atrás ...
To Market
Lyrics (Folk song) To market, to market to buy a fat pigHome again, home again, jiggedy jigTo market, to market to buy a fat hogHome again, home again, jiggedy jog See also Subject: pigs Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: I IV ...
Højt på en gren en krage / High on a Branch (Sim Sala Bim)
Lyrics – Danish (Folk song from Denmark) 1. Højt på en gren en krage,Simsaladim bamba saladu saladim*højt på en gren en krage sad. 2. Så kom en hæslig jæger,Simsaladim bamba saladu saladimså kom en hæslig jæger hen. 3. Han skød ...
Santa Lucia
Info In Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, this song is sung for the winter-light festival of Saint Lucy. (source) Lyrics (Neapolitan folk song, Italy) Now ‘neath the silver moon ocean is glowing,O’er the calm billows, soft winds ...
Jack Sprat
Lyrics (Folk song) Jack Sprat could eat no fat.His wife could eat no lean.And so between them both, you see,They licked the platter clean. See also Subject: Thanksgiving Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: ostinati / Orff arrangements Melody: G,C Meter: 2 ...
Konopki
Lyrics – Polish (Polish folk song) Bawiliśmy się konopki,Ale mamy małe snopki.Mało nas, Mało nas,więc ty (name) chodź do nas. English Translation – Hemp We are harvesting hempBut our sheaves are much too small.We’re too few, we’re too few,Let’s have ...
Ritsch Ratsch Filibom Bom Bom
Lyrics – Swedish (Folk song from Sweden) RefrainRitsch, ratsch, filibom bom bom,filibom bom bom, filibom bom bom!Ritsch, ratsch, filibom bom bom,filibom bom bom, filibom! 1. Fru Söderström, fru Söderström, fru Söderström,fru Söderström, och lilla mamsell Ros.Ge oss lite sodavatten, sodavatten, ...