Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics (Canadian folk song) 1. Oh Lukey’s boat is painted green,Aha me b’ys (boys),Oh Luke’s boat is painted green,The finest boat you’ve ever seen,aha me riddle-i-day. 2. Oh, Lukey’s sailing down the shore,A-ha me b’ys.Oh, Lukey’s sailing down the shoreto ...

Lyrics (American folk song) Hey concentration, where have you been?Around the corner and back again?Stole my money, stole my honey,Mama’s got the hiccups, papa’s got the flu! Circle game Hey concentration = two small steps forward (half note = beat)Where ...

Info “Shanty Boys” were what lumberjacks were called in the logging boom of the late 1800s, especially in Michigan around Lake Superior. Lyrics (American folk song) 1. Come all ye jolly shanty boys, come listen to my song.It’s all about ...

Info Many of the workers who sang were Irish. Some songs were adaptations of Irish folk songs, and some were new songs sung in the style of those songs from the “old country.” (source) Lyrics (Folk song) 1. In eighteen ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. How do you do, my friend, how do you do?Is there anything that we can do for you?We are glad to welcome you, and we hope you like us too.How do you do, my friend, how do you ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Oh I stuck my head in the little skunk’s hole,and the little skunk said, “Well, bless my soul!Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Remove it!” 2. Oh, I didn’t take it out, and ...

Lyrics (Traditional chant) RefrainDon’t give me no pop, no popDon’t give me no tea, no teaJust give me that milk,Moo, moo, moo, moo, mooWisconsin milk,Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo CALL: Give me a big MRESPONSE: (‘Mmmm’)CALL: Give me a little ...