Category: folk song / traditional
Sleigh Song
Lyrics (Folk song) Hark! Our sleigh bells ringing high o’er the hill,Like snow fairies singing when earth is still.Faster, ever faster flying with the wind,Leave the laggards of our train to come behind. How the wind is blowing cold in ...
Song of the Snowflakes
Info Song of the Snowflakes was performed by Molly Pomona, a basket weaver of the Mono Tribe in North Folk, California (USA). It was recorded by Albert Pietroforte in 1959. Lyrics (Native American folk song – Mono Tribe) Ta nitsi na ...
Ninni la tibkix iżjed
Lyrics – Maltese (Maltese folk song) RefrainNinni la tibkix iżjedNinni Ġesù bambinĦallih għalina l-bikiGħax aħna midimbin Ejjew ejjew ja anġliMis-sema mija mijaAraw lil min ħalaqkomBambin ġewwa l-fisqija Refrain Ejjew taraw b’għajnejkomDan Alla Kbir tal-ħnienaBambin sabiħ u ħeluIninni ġol-benniena Refrain Ħallu ...
Kelgusõit (Küll on kena kelguga)
Lyrics – Estonian (Estonian folk tune, Lyrics by Reinhold Kamsen, 1905) Küll on kena kelguga hangest alla lasta!Oi, oi, kelguga hangest alla lasta! Laial luhal säravad jää ja lumi vastu!Oi, oi, säravad jää ja lumi vastu! Lumehelbed helgivad, puiel ehted ...
Christmas is Here
Lyrics (Welsh folk tune, Old English Lyrics) Now sing we all merrily, Christmas is here!Day that we love best of days in the year.Bring out the holly, the fir and the bay,Deck every cottage for glad Christmas Day.Now sing we ...
Miren cuántas luces
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Spain) ¡Miren cuántas luces cuántos resplandores!Sin duda es Belén. ¡Qué gloria, pastores! ¡Qué gloria, pastores! Los tres Reyes Magos vienen del Oriente,Trayendo al Niño canastas de flores, canastes de flores. El buey con su ...
De tierra lejana
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Puerto Rico) 1. De tierra lejana venimos a verte;nos sirve de guía la estrella de Oriente. RefrainOh brillante estrella que anuncias la aurora,no nos falte nunca tu luz bienhechora.¡Gloria en las alturas al Hijo de ...
A Betlem me’n vull anar
Lyrics – Catalan (Catalan folk song) A Betlem me’n vull anar, Vols venir tu gallineta?A Betlem me’n vull anar, Vols venir tu rabadà?Un xiulet li vull comprar,Un xiulet li vull comprar. Xiu, xiu, xiu, farà el xiulet, xiribit, xiribet,A Betlem, au, au, a ...
La cambo me fai mau
Info This song is about a shepherd with a pain in his leg who went on a journey to meet Baby Jesus. When he finally reached him, his leg was healed. (source) Lyrics – Occitan (Micolau Sabòli, 1614 – 1675, ...
Boar’s Head Carol
Lyrics – English & Latin (Traditional Old English carol) 1. The boar’s head in hand bear I,Bedecked with bays and rosemary,And I pray you, my masters be merry,Quot estis in convivio. RefrainCaput apri defero,Reddens laudes Domino. 2. The boar’s head, I understandIs ...