Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics – Romanian (Folk song from Romania) În pădurea cu aluneAveau casă doi pitici.Vine pupăza şi spune:Vreau să stau şi eu aici!//Pu, pu, pu, pu, pu, pu,Vreau să stau şi eu aici!// (repeat) Iată vine şi-o broscuţă,Ţop, ţop, ţop, sărind ...

Lyrics (Folk song) Ninety-nine bottles of pop on the wall,Ninety-nine bottles of pop,Take one down, pass it around,Ninety-eight bottles of pop on the wall! Ninety-eight bottles… ninety-seven…Ninety-seven bottles… ninety-six…Ninety-six bottles… ninety-five… See also Subject: counting / drinks Harmony: I, ii, V ...

Lyrics – Polish (Folk song from Poland) Było morze w morzu kołekA na kołku był wierzchołekNa wierzchołku siedział zającI nogami przebierając śpiewał tak: Moje nogi pachną cudnieRano, w wieczór i w południeA najbardziej pachną latemPachną wiosną, pachną latem sialala Gdy ...

Lyrics – Mandinka (Folk song from The Gambia) Awa Yombei, Yombei yo!Awa Yombei, Yombei yo!Yombei taama ña Kajinde ke selendiKajinde ke selendiChipai taama ña English Translation – Awa Yombei (name) Awa Yombei*, Yombei yo!Awa Yombei, Yombei yo!Yombei walk! Down and ...

Lyrics – German (Folk song from Germany) 1. Es saß ein klein wild Vögelein aufeinem grünen Ästchen,//es sang die ganze Winternacht,sein Stimm tät laut erklingen.// 2. “O sing mir doch, o sing mir doch,du kleines wildes Vögelein!//Ich will um deine ...

Lyrics (P. P. Bliss) 1. Little redbird in the tree, in the tree, in the tree,Little redbird in the tree, sing a song to me.Sing about the roses on the garden wall,Sing about the bird swing on the treetop tall. ...

Info This song was sung in the streets of Kensington in the 1880s. Lyrics (Folk song from England) Will you buy my sweet lavender?Sweet blooming lavender,O buy my pretty lavender,Sixteen bunches a penny! See also Country: England Subject: flowers / ...

Info This song was sung by an elderly workman in Buckland Newton, Dorset, England. Lyrics (Folk song from England) 1. Now listen you landsmen unto me to tell you the truth I’m bound,What happened to me by going to sea ...

Lyrics – Malay (Folk song from Singapore) Kalau tidak kerana bintang,Trek tek tekTak kan bulan terbit tinggiTrek tek tekKalau tidak kerana abangTak kan saya datang ke mariTrek tek tek Kalau roboh kota MelakaTrek tek tekPapan di Jawa saya dirikanTrek tek ...

Lyrics (Folk song from Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast) Gling gloauw nanan ohyagba, dio ya hain deh ohLézé bobi kongo tako tchengo English Translation – Knock knock Knock knock knock!Hey! Grandma went to the fieldsshe left the baby, alone at ...