Category: folk song / traditional
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Info This song was sung by burlaks, or barge-haulers, on the Volga River. This song is in Phrygian mode. (source) English Lyrics (Russian folk song) RefrainYo, heave ho!Yo, heave ho!Once more, once again, still once moreYo, heave ho!Yo, heave ho!Once ...
Hammer Ring
Lyrics (American folk song) Don’t you hear the hammer ringing?Hammer ring, hammer ring (repeat) See also Subject: Christmas Harmony: Orff arrangements / one chord Melody: mi so la / E,G,A Meter: 4 Scale: tritonic Tones: msl YouTube https://youtu.be/-mVHC9Meyfg or purchase here (printables ...
Ha’Sukkah Mah Yafah
Info Sukkah is a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. (source) Lyrics – Transliteration (Hebrew folk song) Ha’ Sukkah, mah yafah umah tov lashevet bah! English Translation – The Sukkah is beautiful The Sukkah ...
Stone Passing Game
Lyrics (Kikuyu folk song) One stone passing, two stones passing, three stones passing, four stonesFive stones passing, six stones passing, seven stones passing, eight stones passing,Nine stones passing, ten stones. Game Students sit in a circle. On the downbeat of ...
Thanksgiving Day
Lyrics (French folk tune, Lyrics by Homer H. Harbour) 1. Oh, Thanksgiving morning is a time of glee,With our kitchen busy as a place can be.When the mince pies are a-baking,And the puddings are a-making,That’s the time for me. 2. In ...
Stick Passing Song
Lyrics (Lua folk song, East Africa) Come children, come children come play as we pass the stickDan dah ran do (Dan dah ran do)Dan dah ran do (Dan dah ran do)Dan dah ran do (Dan dah ran do)Dan dah ran ...
Obwisana
Version 1 Lyrics – Akan (Folk song from Ghana) Obwisana sa, NanaObwisana sa English Translation The rock has crushed my hand, GrandmaThe rock has crushed my hand. Version 2 Lyrics – Akan (Folk song from Ghana) Obo asi me nsa ...
Reveille
Lyrics (Folk song) You’ve got to get up, you’ve got to get up,You’ve got to get up this morning.You’ve got to get up, you’ve got to get up,Get up with the bugler’s call. The major told the captain,The captain told ...
Sally on the Seesaw
Lyrics (Folk song) Sally on the seesaw (echo)Sally on the fence (echo)Sally get your hair cut (echo)Fifteen cents. (echo) See also Form: call & response Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / chords I & V Melody: do, re, mi / ...
Good Night to You All
Lyrics (Folk song) Good night to you allAnd sweet be your sleep.May angels around you theirSilent watch keep.Good night, good night,Good night, good night. See also Subject: night Type: lullaby Harmony: canons / I IV V chords Melody: low so ...