Category: folk song / traditional
Sally Go Round the Sun
Lyrics (Folk song) Sally go round the sun,Sally go round the moonSally go round the sunshineEvery afternoon.Boom! (or Oh! or Woo!) Game Formation: Students stand in a circle holding hands. Students sing and circle right. Oh “Boom! (or Oh! or ...
Hold the Fort
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. We meet today in freedom’s cause and raise our voices high.We’ll join our hands in union strong to battle or to die. RefrainHold the fort, for we are coming, union men be strong!Side by side ...
Watah Come a Me Eye
Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Every time I ‘membah Liza,Watah come a me eye. When I think ’bout my girl Liza,Watah come a me eye.Come back, Liza, come back girl.Watah come a me eye.Come back, Liza, come back girl.Watah come a me ...
Standin’ on the Platform
Lyrics (American folk song) Standin’ on the platform,Waiting for the train,Get your old blue bonnet,And let’s go, Liza Jane. See also Subject: trains Rhythm: Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / I IV V chords Melody: low so & low la ...
Red River Valley
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. From this valley they say you are going.We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile.For they say you are taking the sunshineThat has brightened our pathway awhile. 2. So come sit by my side if ...
Life in the Army
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. The biscuits in the army they say are mighty fine,But one rolled off the table and killed a friend of mine. RefrainOh I have had enough of army life.Gee Ma, I wanna go,Hey Ma, I gotta ...
Sing Together
Lyrics (Folk song) Sing, sing together,Merrily, merrily sing.Sing, sing together,Merrily, merrily sing.Sing, sing, sing, sing! See also Subjects: singing / emotions Harmony: canons / ostinati / partner songs / one chord / Orff arrangement Meter: 6/8 Rhythm: Scale: major Timbre: Boomwhackers ...
Little Tom Tinker
Lyrics (Folk song) Little Tom Tinker got burned by a clinkerAnd he began to cry,“Ma, Ma, What a poor fellow am I.” See also Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: canons / one chord Melody: tonic triad Meter: 6/8 Scale: tritonic Tones: dmsd’ ...
Now We are Singing
Lyrics (Folk song) Oh now we are singing,The springtime’s at morn.The herdsman upon the mountainIs sounding upon his horn.Tra la la la la la la la laTra la la la la la la la. See also Subjects: singing / spring ...
Sweetly Sings the Donkey
Lyrics (Folk song) Sweetly sings the donkey at the break of day.If you do not feed him that is what he’ll say:Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! See also Subjects: donkeys / singing Harmony: rounds / Orff arrangements / chords I ...