Category: folk song / traditional

Info Hop-tu-naa is a Celtic festival celebrated on the Isle of Man on October 31. It marks the beginning of Samhain, a Gaelic holiday celebrating the end of harvest and beginning of winter. (source) Lyrics (Folk song from the Isle ...

Info This was probably chanted / sung as butter was being churned. (source)  Lyrics (Folk song) Churn butter churn,*Come butter come,Peter standing at the gateWaiting for a butter cake,Come butter come. *Many versions say “come butter come” in the first ...

Lyrics (Native American folk song, Pawnee) Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re ...

Lyrics (Folk song from the Isle of Man) Oh hush thee my dove, oh hush thee my rowan,Oh hush thee my lapwing, my little brown bird. (repeat) Oh fold thy wings and seek thy nest now,Oh shine the berry on ...

Lyrics (Traditional chant) Jack-o’-Lantern Pumpkin Head,He is a fearful sight,I am sure you’d be afraidTo meet him in the night.By day is he a pumpkin,But just you wait ‘til night,For out of eyes and nose and mouthThere shines a yellow ...

Lyrics (Traditional chant) The witch is on her broomstickRiding very fast.Oo oo oo ooHalloween at last! See the ghost come floating,White against the skyOo oo oo ooThey go drifting by! The skeleton is dancingOn his bonny toes,Oo oo oo ooOn ...

Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song) Estaba la calavera sentada en su butaca,Vino la muerte y le dijo:(spoken)Hija ¿Por qué estás tan flaca? Astaba la calavera santada an sa bataca,Vana la muarta a la daja:(spoken)Haja, ¿Par qua astas tan flaca? Estebe ...

Lyrics (Traditional chant) Little Jack Pumpkin Face lived on a vine,Little Jack Pumpkin Face thought it was fine.First he was small and green,Then big and yellow,Little Jack Pumpkin Face is a fine fellow. See also Subject: Halloween Meter: 2 Timbre: ...

Info This tune was played on steam calliopes, also called a steam organs, very loud instruments in circuses and on riverboats. (source) In the 1890s in the Midwest region of the U.S., quartets sang it with these lyrics. This version ...

Lyrics (Folk song) Halloween’s coming, Halloween’s coming!Skeletons will be after you!Witches, cats, and big black bats,Ghosts and goblins too!Flap, flap, flap, go the big black bats,Ooooooooooo!“Meow, meow, meow,” say the green-eyed cats,Oooooooooo! See also Subject: Halloween Harmony: chords i & V ...