Category: folk song / traditional

Dan Doo

Lyrics (American folk song) There was a good old man lived out west,Dan Doo, Dan Doo,There was a good old man lived out west,Tom Klingklass McKlingle.He had an old wife that was none of your best,And it’s harum, barum, compario,Hicky-u-ka-tack klemingo,Tom Klingklass ...

Cowboy Jack

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. He was just a lonely cowboy,With a heart so brave and true.And he learned to love a maidenWith eyes of Heaven’s own blue. 2. They learned to love each otherAs they named their wedding dayWhen a quarrel came ...

Come All Ye Young Sailormen (Boston Come-All-Ye)

Info This shanty probably originated as a Scottish fisherman’s song. It was also popular with Gloucester fishermen in the American Northeast. Lyrics (Sea shanty) 1. Come, all ye young sailormen, listen to me,I’ll sing you a song of the fish ...

Cradle Spell of Dunvegan

Info Dunvegan Castle is a castle off the West coast of Scotland. (source) Lyrics (Scottish folk song from the Hebrides) 1. Sleep, my little child, hero tenderling,Dream, my little child, hero fawnlike one,High on mountain brows, be thy stagtryst,Speed thy yew ...

Colorado Trail

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Eyes like a morning star, cheeks like a rose,Laura was a pretty girl everybody knows RefrainWeep, all you little rains, wail, winds, wail.All along along along the Colorado trail. 2. Laura was a happy girl, smilin’ as the ...

Col o coco

Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song / Tongue twister) Yo no compro col o coco.Col o coco no compro.Porque yo no compro col o cocoYo no compro col o coco. English Translation – Cabbage or coconut I don’t buy cabbage or ...

Cockles and Mussels (Molly Malone)

Lyrics (Irish folk song) 1. In Dublin’s fair city where the girls are so pretty,“Twas there I first met with sweet Molly Malone.She wheeled her wheelbarrow through the streets broad and narrow, crying,“Cockles and mussels alive, alive, oh!”Alive, alive, oh, Alive, ...