Category: folk song / traditional
Broom Dance
Lyrics (Folk song) One two three four five six sev’nWhere’s my partner? Nine ten ‘lev’n,Toledo OhioThat is where you’ll have to go! Dance / Game Formation: Students stand in two lines facing each other. One extra player (Rover) stands at ...
Harara yourara
Info The Mzouda people live in Morocco. This song displays their sense of humor and ornamentation in the melody, which is improvised. Transliteration (Folk song) Hra-ra yu-ra-ra,A-y-illi henna,Hra-ra yu-ra-ra,A-yiwi henna,Ad rwig tagw ella,Nbelg ak gi s izan,Fkeg ak at tšebeet,Hra-ra ...
Busy Workers
Lyrics (Swedish folk tune, Translation: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey) 1. We will wash our clothes, we’ll wash them,We will wash our clothes just so. RefrainTra la, la la la,Tra la, la la la,Tra la, la la la,Wash just so! 2. …knead ...
Malembe
Lyrics – Lingala (Folk song) Na nzela na lola toko tambola malimbeMalembe toko tambolarepeat Malembe malembe malembe toko tambolarepeat English Translation – Slow On the way to heaven we will walk slowlySlowly we will walkrepeat Slowly slowly we will walkrepeat ...
Babala Gumbala
Info This song is reported to be in the Yoruba language, (source) which is spoken in a few countries, mostly in Western Africa. It is a call and response greeting song (source) (source: Feinbier). Lyrics – Yoruba (Folk song from ...
I Know You
Lyrics (English folk song) I know you and you know me,I should say so! I should hope so!Forward now with a one, two, threeAnd all hands round! Dance Formation: All students stand in two lines with partners facing each other. ...
Aaya yimbéy
Lyrics (Folk song from Senegal) Aayaa yimbéy, Aayaa yimbéy,Aayaa yóo Sà mba Wore doom yimbéy!(repeat) Kaala ak kurus, satala ak borom,Yaay bóoy bañuma ko dama koo ragal(repeat) English Translation Aayaa yimbéy, Aayaa yimbéy,Aayaa yóo Sà mba Wore, my son!(repeat) With his turban* ...
Kopi Susu
Lyrics (Folk song from Malaysia) Kopi susu kurang manis tambah gulaBadan lesu kerana hati tergodaSatu dua tiga empat kucing berlariTidak sama kucing belang larinya kencangPuas dah ku cari di sana di siniTidak seperti abang seorang Kopi susu dicampur gulaMelaka Kerna ...
Hallo du nimm diesen Schuh
Lyrics (Folk song from Germany) Hallo du, nimm diesen meinen Schuh, nimm den Schuh,gib ihn weiter und gib acht, wie ich es tu’! English Translation – Hello you take this shoe Hello you, take this shoe of mine, take the ...
There Stands a Little Man
Lyrics (Hoffman von Fallersleben, 1843, featured in Hansel & Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck) There stands a little man in the wood alone,He wears a little mantle of velvet brown.Say, who can the mankin be,Standing there beneath the tree,with the little ...