Category: folk song / traditional
Poreho
Lyrics – Tahitian (Tahitian folk song) Poreho,No roto ‘oe i te mitiMā’a oe na te fe’eAmuhia ‘oe te fe’e. ‘Anapanapa maiTe ‘oe ‘apu iti e. English Translation – Shellfish Shellfish,You live in the seaYou are the octopus’s dinnerYou are eaten ...
Rolling Home
Lyrics (Sea shanty) 1. Up aloft, amid the riggingSwiftly blows the fav’ring gale,Strong as springtime in its blossom,Filling out each bending sail,And the waves we leave behind usSeem to murmur as they rise;We have tarried here to bear youTo the ...
Hickety Pickety Bumblebee
Lyrics (Folk song) Hickety pickety bumblebee,Can you sing your name for me?(Student) My name is “—-”(Class echo) Your name is “—-” This song is also sometimes called, “Hickety Tickety Bumblebee.” See also Subject: hello Dynamics loud & soft Form: call ...
Los pollitos
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Los pollitos dicen, pío, pío, pío,cuando tienen hambre, cuando tienen frío.La gallina busca el maíz y el trigo,les dá la comida, y les presta abrigo.Bajo sus dos alas, acurrucaditos,duermen los pollitos, hasta el otro ...
Yo tenia diez perritos
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) 1. Yo tenia diez perritos (repeat)Uno se perdió en la nieveNo me quedan más que nueve, nueve, nueve. 2. De los nueve que quedaban (repeat)Uno se comió un bizcocho.No me quedan más que ocho, ...
The Rio Grande
Lyrics (Sea shanty) 1. Oh, say, wuz ye ever down Rio Grande? ‘Way for Rio!It’s there that the river flows down golden sands! RefrainAn’ we’re bound for the Rio Grande,Then away, bul-lies, a-way!‘Way for Ri-o!Sing fare-ye-Well, me Liverpool gels,An’ we’re ...
Happy Song
Lyrics (Native American folk song, Navajo) Hi yo hi yo i si ni yah See also Country / Culture: US / Native American Subject: emotions Harmony: I, IV Meter: 2 Scale: pentatonic Tones: s,drmsld’ Source: American Sampler, Shirley McRae, 1985 PDF of ...
El desembre congelat
Lyrics – Catalan (Catalan folk song) El desembre congelat, confós es retira.Abril de flors coronat, tot el món admira.Quan en un jardí d’amor neix una divina flor,d’una ro ro ro,d’una sa sa sa,d’una ro, d’una sa,d’una rosa bella, fecunda i ...
Happiness Song
Info This song was sung by the women to sustain the moral and hope of the men during the confinement of the Navajo at Fort Sumner following their capitulation to Kit Carson in 1864. Lyrics (Native American folk song, Navajo) ...
Rhythmic Content
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