Category: folk song / traditional
Old House
Lyrics (Folk song) Old house, tear it down!Who’s gonna help me tear it down?Bring me a hammer, tear it down,Bring me a saw, tear it down!Next thing you bring me, tear it down!Is a wrecking machine, tear it down!Is a ...
Nine Hundred Miles
Lyrics (Folk song) I am walkin’ down the track,I’ve got tears in my eyesTryin’ to read a letter from my home RefrainIf that train runs me right,I’ll be home tomorrow night‘Cause it’s nine hundred miles where I’m goin’.And I hate to hear ...
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Info This folk song was popular throughout the American Revolutionary War. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) Here I sit on Buttermilk HillWho can blame me, cryin’ my fillAnd ev’ry tear would turn a mill,Johnny has gone for a soldier. Me, oh ...
Starving to Death on a Government Claim
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. I traveled out West to the wide open plains,I traveled out West to this country of fame,I’ve never been known as the type to complain,But I’m starving to death on a government claim.My house, it is built of ...
If a Fish
Lyrics (Folk song) If a fish could make a wish,She’d take the phone off the hookSo the line would be busy. Hand-clapping See ideas in the download below. See also Subject: fish Activities: clapping Harmony: rounds / Orff arrangements / one ...
Rock Island Line
Info The Rock Island Line is named for the railroad line between Chicago and the small town of Rock Island on the Mississippi River. Lyrics (Folk song) RefrainOh the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,Oh the Rock Island Line ...
Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder
Lyrics (George L. Giefer, 1898) 1. Missus Murphy gave a party just about a week ago.Everything was plentiful, the Murphys, they’re not slow.They treated us like gentlemen, we tried to act the same,And only for what happened, well it was an awful ...
Uncle Jessie
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) Now here comes Uncle Jessie,Coming through the field,With his horse and buggyAnd I know just how he feels. Walk, walk, Uncle Jessie,Walk, walk, Uncle Jessie,Walk, walk, Uncle Jessie,Step, step, step, uncle Jessie, step. See also Culture: ...
This Little Light of Mine
Version 1 Lyrics (African American Spiritual) This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. (repeat twice)Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Version 2 Lyrics (African American Spiritual) This little light of mine, I’m gonna let ...
Standing in the Need of Prayer
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainIt’s me, it’s me, O Lord,Standing in the ned of prayer. (repeat) 1. Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me, O Lord,Standing… (repeat) Refrain 2. Not my father, not my mother… Refrain See also ...