Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Whistle Mary, whistle and you shall have a cow.I cannot whistle, Mother, because I don’t know how. 2. Whistle Mary, whistle, and you shall have a pig.I cannot whistle, Mother, because I am too big. 3. Whistle ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Well, I had a silly chicken, and she wouldn’t lay an egg,So I poured hot water up and down his leg.And he giggled and he giggled and he giggled all the dayAnd the poor little chicken ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Tell me why the stars do shine.Tell me why the ivy twines.Tell me why the sky’s so blue.And I will tell you just why I love you. 2. Because God made the stars to shine,Because God ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Oh don’t you remember Sweet Betsy from Pike,Who crossed the wide prairie with her husband Ike?With two yoke of oxen and one spotted hog,A tall shanghai rooster and an old yeller dog. 2. They soon reached the ...

Lyrics (Irish folk song, 19th century) The pale moon was rising above the green mountain,The sun was declining beneath the blue sea;When I strayed with my love to the pure crystal fountain,That stands in the beautiful Vale of Tralee.She was ...

Lyrics (Welsh folk song, Lyrics by Robert Bryan, 1858-1920) 1. Sleep my darling, on my bosom,Harm will never come to you;Mother’s arms enfold you safely,Mother’s heart is ever true.As you sleep there’s naught to scare you,Naught to wake you from ...

Lyrics (Scottish folk song) By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae,In the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. RefrainO ye’ll take ...

Lyrics (Traditional Irish jig) When I was at home I was merry and frisky,My dad kept a pig and my mother sold whisky,My uncle was rich, but never would by aiseyTill I was enlisted by Corporal Casey.Och! rub a dub, ...