Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics – Haitian Creole (Folk song from Haiti) Ti zwazo kote ou praleMwenn prale kay fiyét LaloFiyét Lalo kon manje ti mounSi ou ale lap manje ou tou Brik kolon brik, brik kolon brikWosiyol mange korosol A woulo woulo wouloMwen ...

Info Loy Krathong (or Loi Krathong) is a traditional annual festival in Thailand in the twelfth Thai lunar month (usually in November of the Western calendar). It is celebrated under a full moon and signifies  Loy Krathong means “floating basket.” ...

Songs Loy Krathong Tankō Bushi See also religions holidays

Lyrics (African American Spiritual) 1. Oh ain’t I glad I’ve got out the wilderness,Got out the wilderness, got out the wilderness,Ain’t I glad I’ve got out the wildernessLeaning on the Lord. 2. Oh come along, mourner, run out the wilderness,Run ...

Info A reporter for the Chicago Tribune said he heard an Irish railway agent in Iowa (U.S.) singing this song as he worked. (source: Sandburg) Lyrics (Folk song) Sh-ta-ra-da-dey, sh-ta-dey,Times is mighty hard.A dollar a day is all they payFor ...

Lyrics (English folk song, Lyrics by Shakespeare, Twelfth Night) Hold thy peace, and I prithee hold thy peace,Thou knave, hold thy peace thou knave,Thou knave. See also Country: England Harmony: canons Meter: 4 Rhythm: Source: Twice 55 Community Songs for ...

Lyrics (Folk song from Trinidad and Tobago) RefrainPlay now*, play now, play for Ma Dogoma**,Anasi***, oh, play for Ma Dogoma. 1. See how the boys all play for Ma Dogoma,Anasi, oh, play for Ma Dogoma. Refrain 1. See how the ...

Lyrics – Latvian (Folk song from Latvia) Tūdaliņ, tāgadiņPastalnieki dancos. (repeat) Cits ar vīzēm, cits ar kurpēm,Cits ar basām kājām! (repeat) Es ar būt līdzi lēcs,Man tā kurpe pušu. (repeat) Ņem to siksniņ, sien to kurpīt,Lec tiem citiem līdzi! (repeat) English ...

Lyrics (Traditional nursery rhyme) Five currant buns in a baker’s shop.Big and round with a cherry on the top,Along came a boy with a penny one day,Bought a currant bun and took it away. Four currant buns in a baker’s ...

Lyrics (Folk song) As I was walking down Wexford Street,My father’s house I chanced to meet.My aged father stood in the door,And my sister stood on the floor.While my tender mother, her hair she tore. See also Subject: family Harmony: ...