Category: folk song / traditional
Yellow Rose of Texas
Lyrics (American folk song) There’s a yellow rose in Texas, that I am gonna see,Nobody got to know her, nobody, only meShe cried so when I left her it like to broke my heart,And if I ever find her, we nevermore will part. ...
Home on the Range
Info This is the state song of Kansas (U.S.). Lyrics (Melody by Daniel E. Kelley, Lyrics by Brewster M. Higley, 1870s) 1. Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,Where the deer and the antelope play,Where seldom is heard ...
Animal Fair
Info As early as 1898, this song was sung by American sailors. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) I went to the animal fair,The birds and the beasts were there,The big baboon by the light of the moonWas combing his auburn hair,The ...
I Had a Rooster
Lyrics (Folk song) Had a little rooster by the barnyard gate,That little rooster was my playmate.That little rooster went cock-a-doodle doo,Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo. Had a little cat by the barnyard gate,That little cat was my ...
Little Miss Muffet
Lyrics (Folk song) Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffetEating her curds and wheyAlong came a spider and sat down beside herAnd frightened Miss Muffet away. See also Type: nursery rhyme Meter: 6/8 Scale: hexatonic Tones: t,drmfs Source: The Child’s ...
Git on Board
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainGit on board, little children, (repeat twice)There’s room for many a-more. The Gospel train’s a-comin’I hear it close at handI hear the car wheels rumblingAnd rolling through the land. Refrain See also Culture: African American Spirituals Subject: ...
Clementine
Lyrics (Percy Montrose, 1884) 1. In a cavern in a canyonExcavating for a mine,Dwelt a miner, forty niner,And his daughter, Clementine. RefrainOh my darling, oh my darling,Oh my darling, Clementine,You are lost and gone foreverDreadful sorry, Clementine. 2. Light she ...
Sourwood Mountain
Lyrics (Folk song) Chicken’s crowing on Sourwood Mountain,Hey ho, diddle-um day.So many pretty girls, I can’t count ’em,Hey ho, diddle-um day. See also Country: Southeastern States (US) Harmony: partner song with Little Red Caboose / Orff arrangements / chords I ...
Zudio
Lyrics (American folk song) Here we go zudio zudio zudioHere we go zudio all night long.Step back, Sally, Sally, Sally,Step back, Sally all night long. Walkin’ down the alley,What do I see?I see a great big man from Tennessee.Betcha five dollars I could ...
There’s a Hole in the Bucket
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole. Shorter version 2. So fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,So fix it, dear Henry, dear ...