Category: folk song / traditional

Moemoe Pepe

Lyrics – Samoan (Folk song from Samoa) Moe moe pepei tumutumu o la’auA agi le matagi, e lue atu ma toe sauA gau le lala, pa’ū le moegaMalie oe pepe, lau fa’aluegaTagi mai le pepeTagi mai le fia aiUa faasusu ...

Greeting Song

Lyrics (Swedish folk tune, Lyrics adapted Carolyn Sherwin Bailey) RefrainGood morning, good morning!We wish a happy day to you.Good morning, good morning!A very happy day. You see me and I see you.Then take my hand, I’ll bow to you. (repeat)Refrain See ...

Hai cocuță

Lyrics – Romanian (Folk song from Moldova) RefrainHai cocuță, hai cocuță! Când ai să te faci măruță? Hai cocuță, hai cocuță! Liuliu fă și crești măruță! C-au obosit mâinele Bunele, truditele! (repeat)Refrain Când nu pot picioarele Bunele, truditele! (repeat)Refrain C-au obosit ochișorii, Gurița și obrăjorii.Ochișorii de privit Gurița ...

Fruit Canon (Mango Mango Mango)

Lyrics (folk song) Mango mango mango mangoMango mango mango (repeat) Kiwi kiwi kiwi, kiwi kiwi kiwi,Kiwi kiwi kiwi, kiwi kiwi kiwi,(repeat) Banana banana banana, Woo!(repeat) See also Subject: food Type: choral Harmony: canons / Orff arrangements Meter: 4 Rhythm: ties ...

Zabelinha tecedeira

Lyrics – Portuguese (Folk song from Portugal) Zabelinha tecedeira,Tece num tear quebrado.Vem o vento da ribeira,Embaraça-lhe o fiado! Zabelinha tecedeira,Tece, tece, num tear.Olha não te leve o ventoA teia por acabar! English Translation – Zabelinha weaving Zabelinha weaving,She weaves on ...

Pallet on the Floor

Info This song is considered a blues / jazz / folk song and is in the standard repertoire. Jelly Roll Morton is quoted as saying A pallet is “a bed that’s made on a floor without any four posters on ...

Ay Bopem

Info In this song, the young mother leaves her home to travel to the home of her husband. Lyrics – Transliteration (Folk song from Kazakhstan) Awlım köşip baradı-awAlmalığa kim könbeydi tağdırdıñSalğanına-ay.Körmegeli köp aydıñJüzi boldı ata-anamnıñ xabarıñAlmağalı-ay. RefrainAy-ay böpem keyin qalğan ...

Å Vil Du Hava Meg Te Å Kveda

Lyrics – Norwegian (Folk song from Norway) Å vil du hava meg til å kvedadet skal eg gjæra med største gleda.Og eg skal kveda så vænt fyr degat du skal gløyma deg sjølv og meg,at du skal gløyma deg sjølv ...

À la volette

Lyrics – French (Folk song from France) Mon petit oiseauA pris sa volée (repeat)A pris sa, à la voletteA pris sa, à la voletteA pris sa volée Il s’est envoléSur un oranger (repeat)Sur un o, à la voletteSur un o, à ...

Agia Marína tziai kyrá

Lyrics – Transliteration (Folk song from Cyprus) Agia Marína tziai kyrápou pokoimízeis ta mo̱rápotzoími̱s̱’ to koroúdin mouto pkio glytzýn traoúdin mou Tz ýpne pou paírneis ta mo̱rápáre tzi’ eménan toútoMikrón-mikrón sou to ‘do̱kameálon fére mou to Epár’ to péra, gýris̱’ ...