Category: folk song / traditional

Chocolate molinillo

Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Chocolate, molinillo,corre, corre que te pillo,correrás, correráspero no me pillarás. English Translation – Chocolate whisk Chocolate, whisk*,run, run, or I’ll catch you. You will run, you will run, but you won’t catch me. *A ...

California

Lyrics (American folk song) When formed our band we are all well-mannedTo journey a-far to the promised land.The golden ore is rich in storeOn the banks of the Sacramento shore. RefrainThen ho, boys, ho to California go,There’s plenty of gold ...

C’è una Cocca Nera

Lyrics – Italian (Italian folk song) C’é una coc ca nera? No, no, no!Tre volte vado ingiro, tre volte non la trovo.Tu sei bella, tu sei bella, tu sei la più bella! English Translation – Where is a black hen Where ...

Bye Baby Bunting

Info The original available account, as recognized to date, appeared in England in 1784, with opening line “Cry baby bunting,” a label by which the poem is occasionally called. “Bye, baby bunting” is a nursery school poem. There are quite ...

Buffalo Gals

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. As I was lum’b’ring down the street, down the street, down the street,A pretty little gal I chanced to meet, Oh she was fair to view. RefrainBuffalo gals, won’t ya come out tonight, come out tonight, come ...

Buckeye Jim

Lyrics (American folk song, Appalachia) 1. Way down yonder, above the sky,A bluebird lived in a jaybird’s eye. RefrainBuckeye Jim, you can’t go.Go weave and spin, you can’t go.Buckeye Jim. 2. Way up yonder above the moon,A bluejay nests in ...

Brown’s Ferry Blues

Lyrics (American folk song) 1. Hard luck poppa, a countin’ his toes,You can smell his feet wherever he goes,Lord, Lord, and he’s got those Brown’s Ferry Blues.Hard luck poppa done lost his stuff,The trou-ble with him, he’s played too rough.Lord, Lord, ...