Category: folk song / traditional
Boomba
Lyrics (Brazilian folk song) Bring out the big bull, Boomba,Samba and Mamba Boomba,Boomba la Boomba, La la la la la, (repeat)Samba and Mamba, Boomba la Bamba,Jump like a jamba,Boomba la Bamba. See also Country: Brazil Subjects: national anthems Form: call & ...
Blow Ye Winds
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. ‘Tis advertised in Boston town,New York and Buffalo,Five hundred brave Americans,A-whaling for to go, singing, RefrainBlow ye winds of morning,Blow ye winds, heigh-ho!Haul away your running gearAnd blow, ye winds, heigh-ho! 2. They send you to New ...
Caimarusa
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Colombia) Caima, Caima, Caimarusa, Caimarusa, Caimarusa,Caima, Caima, Caimarusa, Caimarusa, sa! La la la, la la la la, la la la la, la la la la, la la… English Translation Caimarusa is the name of ...
Brisbane Ladies
Info This is an Australian folksong and is one of many adaptations of Spanish Ladies (a traditional English naval song, describing a voyage from Spain to the Downs from the viewpoint of ratings of the British Royal Navy). The lyric ...
Billy Boy
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Oh where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?Oh where have you been, charming Billy?I have been to seek a wife. She’s the joy of my life.She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother. 2. Did ...
Coast of High Barbaree
Version 1 Lyrics (American folk song) 1. There were two ships from old England came.Blow high, blow low and so sail we.One she was the Queen of Russia and the other Prince of Wales,Cruisin’ down on the Coast of Barbaree. 2. ...
Bill Grogan’s Goat
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. There was a man. (echo each phrase)Now please take note,There was a manWho had a goat.He loved that goat.Indeed he did.Just like a kid. 2. One day that goat (echo each phrase)Felt frisk and fineAte three red ...
Bilanga Na Ngai
Lyrics – Lingala (Folk song from the Democratic Republic of Congo) Loso masongu moto okotalaOkuzue elokote eh ehNide bomoni ye ih yeNde bomoni ye okoloba solo eh ih yeOh ih ih ih ih Ih ih ihSangu sangu mawe maweSangu mawe ...
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Info “Big Rock Candy Mountain”, first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a song about a hobo’s idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where “hens lay soft boiled eggs” ...
Bell Doth Toll
Lyrics (Folk song) The bell doth toll, its echoes roll I know the sound full well;I love its ringing for it calls to singingWith its bim bim bim bom bell.Bim, bom, bim, bom, bell. See also Subject: bells Harmony: canons ...