Category: folk song / traditional
There Was a Pig
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. There was a pig went out to dig,Christ-a-mas Day, Christ-a-mas Day,here was a pig went out to dig,Christ-a-mas Day in the morning. 2. There was a cow went out to plow… 3. There was a crow ...
Sevivon
Info A popular Hebrew Hanukkah song, “Sevivon” or “S’vivon” (Hebrew: סביבון sevivon) is Hebrew for “dreidel”, where dreidel (Yiddish: דרײדל dreydl) is the Yiddish word for a spinning top. (source) Lyrics – Transliteration (Hebrew folk song) RefrainSevivon, sov sov sovchanukah ...
Ma’oz Tzur
Info Composed in the 13th century, this song tells of deliverance from their enemies. The first letters of the first five stanzas form an acrostic of the composer’s name, Mordechai. (source) Lyrics – Transliteration (Hebrew folk song) Maoz tzur y’shuati ...
Hanukkah Songs
Songs Al Hanisim Days We Love Best (adapted lyrics) Dreidel Song Hanukkah, Hanukkah Ma’oz Tzur Mi Y’Malel Oy Chanukah oy Chanukah Pray God Bless (adapted lyrics) Sevivon Visuals / Handouts / Worksheets / Assessments (Available on other pages. Click each ...
La rama
Info La Rama (the branch) is a holiday tradition that takes place during the dates of the Posadas, from 16 to 24 December in the south and center of the state of Veracruz. (source) Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) ...
Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies
Lyrics (Folk song) Dame get up and bake your pies,Bake your pies, bake your pies.Dame get up and bake your piesOn Christmas day in the morning. See also Subjects: Christmas / food Harmony: i, V, VII Meter: 6/8 Scale: hexatonic Tones: ...
Vamos todos a Belén
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song) RefrainVamos todos a Belén con amor y gozo;adoremos al Señor nuestro Redentor 1.Derrama una estrella Divino dulzor,hermosa doncella nos da al Salvador. 2. La noche fue día; un ángel bajó,nadando entre luces, que asi nos ...
Dime niño ¿de quién eres?
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Spain) Dime Niño de quien erestodo vestidito de blanco.Soy de la Virgen Maríay del Espíritu Santo. Resuenen con alegríalos cánticos de mi tierray viva el Niño de Diosque nació en la Nochebuena. La Nochebuena ...
Pastorcitos del monte venid
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song) RefrainPastorcitos del monte, venid.Pastorcitos del valle, llegad.Y a ese Niño que está en esas pajasadorad, adorad, adorad. 1. Aunque nace chiquitito en tan humilde portal,Su Madre es la Virgen pura, su Padre el Dios celestial. Refrain 2. ...
Las navidades
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) 1. Por fin llegaron las NavidadesLas fiestas reales de nuestro lar.Fiesta de todos nuestros anhelos,Nuestros desvelos y nuestra afán. 2. Con tamboriles, güiro y maracasMi serenata alegre va.Deseo a todos por despedidaAños de vida ...