Category: folk song / traditional

Info This song is from Southern Botswana from the Bakgalagadi cultural group from the town of Letlhakeng. The Boers (now called Afrikaners) created apartheid in South Africa, which borders on Botswana. Some people from Botswana worked in mines in South ...

Info This song is from the Bahurutse ethnic group in the city of Mmankgodi in the southeastern part of Botswana near South Africa. Lyrics – Sesotho (Folk song from Botswana) 1. I: Ha ba tshamekaII: Ka diphala tsa boneI: Ha ...

Lyrics – Shona (Folk song from Zimbabwe) Garai pano,Garai pano,Garai pano,Ishe anouya I ye nouya,I ye nouya,I ye nouya,Ishe anouya English Translation – Stay here Stay here,Stay here,Stay here,The Spirit is coming. It’s coming,It’s coming,It’s coming,The Spirit is coming. See ...

Info “Shantymen” were what lumberjacks were called in the logging boom of the late 1800s, especially around Lake Superior. Lyrics (American folk song) The shantyman’s life is a worrisome one,Though some call it free from care.It’s the ringing of the ...

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. I lost the farmer’s dairy key,I’m in this lady’s garden,Do, do let me out,I’m in this lady’s garden. 2. A brass key and a silver lock,I’m in this lady’s garden,Do, do let me out,I’m in this ...

Lyrics – Rōmaji (Japanese folk song) Saita saitaChūrippu no hana gaNaranda narandaAka shiro kīroDono wa na mite moKireida na English Translation – Tulips Blooming, bloomingtulip flowerlining upred white yellowNo matter what flowerit’s beautiful Japanese – チューリップ さいた さいたチューリップのはながならんだ ならんだあか しろ ...

Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainOpen the window Noah,Open the window Noah,Open the window Noah,Open the window, let the dove come in. 1. The little dove flew in the window and mourned,Open the window Noah,The little dove flew in the window ...