Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics (Folk song) Kotabaru gunungnya bamegaBamega, umbak manampur di sala karangUmbak manampur di sala karangUmbak manampur di sala karang Batamu lawanlah adindaAdinda, iman di dada rasa malayangIman di dada rasa malayangIman di dada rasa malayang Pisang silat tanamlah babarisBabaris, tabang ...

Lyrics – Haitian Creole (Haitian folk song) Dodo, maringouin dodo.Dodo, maringouin dodo.Trois heu d’ouvant jou’Bigaill piquer moin.Moin pas connain positionMoin ve!Dodo, dodo maringouin. English Translation – Sleep mosquitos sleep Sleep, mosquitos, sleep.Sleep, mosquitos, sleep.Three hours before dawnMosquitos begin to sting.I ...

Info Singing and dancing is a traditional way to celebrate Ayelevi, son of Ayele, who was very good at singing and dancing. The first four measures are often sung as the “Call,” the the last four measures, the “Response.” Lyrics ...

Lyrics (Folk song) Hey, every sleeper waken, The sun is in the sky. Come rise, come rise And hear the cuckoo cry. Cuckoo, cuckoo, Wake up, Be spry! See also Subjects: morning / cuckoo Harmony: rounds / chords I & ...

Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Puerto Rico) Duérmase ricura, duérmase mi niño,Que los angelitos mirándote están,Duérmase ricura, duérmase mi niño,Que la noche obscura, duérmase ricura. English Translation – Sleep sweetheart Go to sleep, sweetheart, go to sleep my child,The ...

Lyrics – Romani (Romani folk song) Aven Roma ke mande, ke mande,Bašavá me tumenge, tumenge,Šukar gil’I romani, romani,Roma phenen amari, amari English Translation – Come, Roma Come, Roma, to me, to me,I’m singing to you, to you,Beautiful song in Romani, ...

Lyrics – Zulu (Folk song from South Africa) Noyana, noyana,Noyana, noyana,Nithini noyana,Noyana phezulu English Translation – Are you going? Are you going? Are you going?Are you going? Are you going?What do you say? Are you going?Are you going to heaven? ...

Folk Song Version Lyrics – German (Folk song from Germany) 1. Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir,beide Hände reich’ ich dir, RefrainEinmal hin, einmal her,rundherum, das ist nicht schwer. 2. Mit den Händchen klipp, klipp, klapp,mit den Füßchen tripp, tripp, trapp ...

Lyrics (Based on a folk song from Germany, adapted by E. Humperdinck & A. Wette, Hansel and Gretel) GretelBrother, come and dance with me,both my hands I offer thee.Right foot first, left foot then,round about and back again. HanselI would ...

Lyrics (Folk song) Call: Will you lend my mother your frying pan? She’ll send it back on Sunday.Response: Aunt Mary’s got our frying pan, And it won’t be back till Monday. Call: Can you lend my ma a pair of ...