Category: folk song / traditional

Hot Cross Buns

Lyrics (English folk song) Hot cross buns, hot cross bunsOne a penny, two a penny,Hot cross buns Version 2 Lyrics (English folk song) Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns!One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns!Hot cross buns! Hot ...

Old Old Shack

Lyrics (American folk song) Down home we had an old shackThe bats fly out and they fly right backHi lee, hi low, hi lee, hi low,How we make a living I do not know. See also Subject: silly Harmony: chords ...

Golden Slumbers

Lyrics (English folk song) Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,Smiles away you when you rise.Sleep, pretty loved ones, do not cry,And I will sing a lullaby,Lullaby, lullaby, lullaby. See also Country: England Type: lullaby Harmony: chords I, ii, IV, V Meter: ...

On Top of Old Smoky

Info The Great Smoky Mountains are in Tennessee and North Carolina. You will sometimes see it spelled as Smokey, but the mountains are officially spelled with no “e”. Lyrics (American folk song) 1. On top of old Smoky, all covered ...

Polly Put the Kettle On

Lyrics (Folk song) Polly put the kettle on, (repeat twice)We’ll all have tea. Take take it off again, (repeat twice)They’ve all gone away. See also Type: nursery rhyme Meter: 2 Harmony: chords I, IV, V Rhythm:    / Scale: major Similar song: ...

Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

Lyrics (Septimus Winner, 1864) Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?Oh where, oh where can be be?With his ears cut short and his tail cut long,Oh where, oh where can he be? See also Subject: dogs Type: nursery ...

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Lyrics (Folk song) Row, row, row your boatGently down the streamMerrily, merrily, merrily, merrilyLife is but a dream. See also Subjects: rowing / boats & ships Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: rounds / countermelodies / partner song with Farmer in the Dell / Orff arrangements ...

Hickety Pickety My Black Hen

Lyrics (Folk song) Hickety pickety my black hen,She lays eggs for gentlemen;Sometimes nine and sometimes ten,Hickety pickety my black hen. See also Subjects: chickens / colors Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: I IV V chords Scale: hexachord Tones: drmfsl Song with chords ...

Humpty Dumpty

Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the king’s horses and all the king’s menCouldn’t put Humpty together again. Version 2 See also Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: I IV V chords ...

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Lyrics (English folk song, French folk tune, Lyrics by Jane Taylor, 1806) Twinkle twinkle little star,How I wonder what you are.Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.Twinkle twinkle little star,How I wonder what you are. When ...
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