Category: folk song / traditional
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Lyrics (Traditional chant / Nursery rhyme) Peter Peter Pumpkin EaterHad a wife and couldn’t keep her.Put her in a pumpkin shellAnd there he left her very well. See also Subjects: nursery rhymes / fall (autumn) / Halloween / Thanksgiving Form: ...
Five Little Pumpkins
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Five little pumpkins Sitting on a gateThe first one said, “Oh my, it’s getting late!”The second one said, “Let’s dance, let’s prance,The third one said, “Now is our chance!”The fourth one said, “Let’s run, run run!”The fifth ...
Hole in the Middle of the Sea
Lyrics (Folk song) There’s a hole in the middle of the sea,There’s a hole in the middle of the sea,There’s a hole, there’s a hole,There’s a hole in the middle of the sea, There’s a log in the hole in ...
My Paddle’s Keen and Bright
Lyrics (Margaret Embers McGee, 1918) My paddle’s keen and bright,Flashing with silver,Follow the wild goose flight,Dip dip and swing See also Subject: rowing Harmony: partner songs / Orff arrangements / chords i & V Meter: 4 Rhythm: syncopation Scale: la pentatonic Tones: m,l,drml info ...
Weevily Wheat
Lyrics (Folk song) Don’t want your weevily* wheat,Don’t want your barley.Take some flour in half an hourTo bake a cake for Charlie. Five times five is twenty-five,Five times six is thirty,Five times seven is thirty five,Five times eight is forty. ...
Long-Legged Sailor
Lyrics (Folk song) Did you ever ever ever in your long-legged lifeMeet a long-legged sailor with a long-legged wife?No, I never ever ever in my long-legged lifeMeet a long-legged sailor with a long-legged wife.Did you ever ever ever in your ...
Going Over the Sea
Lyrics (Canadian folk song) When I was one I ate a bun,Going over the sea.I jumped aboard the sailorman’s ship,The sailorman said to me:“Going over, going under,Stand at attention like a soldierWith a one, two, three! When I was two ...
Bow Wow Wow
Lyrics (Folk song) Bow wow wow,Whose dog art thou?Little Tommy Tucker’s dog,Bow wow wow. (whoo!) Circle Game Students stand in a one circle, each facing a partner. Sing the song and do motions. The game continues until all students return to ...
My Father is a Garbage Man
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. My father is a garbage man, a garbage man, a garbage man,My father is a garbage man,And it goes something like this:“pee-u!” (spoken with an exaggerated singing voice) 2. My mother is a baker…and it goes ...
Please don’t pick these songs!
Did I grab your attention? Well, I’m not sure how to write this post without offending anyone. So, I guess I will just run that risk. My other post about how to pick great repertoire is a good place to ...