Category: folk song / traditional
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’ ...
Blow the Wind Southerly
Lyrics (Folk song from England: Northumbria) RefrainBlow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly,Blow the wind south o’er the bonny blue sea;Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly,Blow bonnie breeze, my true love to me. 1. They told me last night there were ...
Hvor såre lidet vil der til
Lyrics – Norwegian (Norwegian folk tune, lyrics by Jens Zetlitz, 1761 – 1821) Hvor såre lidet vil der tilfor lykkelig at være;et muntert sinn, en piges smil,en venn, som gjør dig ære,en hytte, som dig skjule kan,sundt brød og kildens klare ...
Kaa Fo
Lyrics – Ga (Folk song from Ghana) Kaa fo, Kaa fo,Kaa fo ni moko kwɛ* odan(F)ika kɛ kpɔ yɛ* odanKaa fo ni moko kwɛ odan. *Pronunciation: kwɛ = kwah (F)ika kɛ kpɔ yɛ = Sheeka kehk poh yay English Translation ...
Semira Semira
Lyrics – Transliteration (folk song from Eritrea) Semira Semira gual’smaraGezana atsiato nabey keidaTebelku tebelku seneyaAb ghem ghem ab bahri rekhibeya Chaw chaw chaw hadigheki (repeat)Beal adl iyu zwesdeki (repeat) Hlefa hlefa beti’da berbere (repeat)Kerkbekn iye bshkleta ghere (repeat) Leka leka ...
Folk Songs from Eritrea
Songs Hashewie (ሓሾውየ ሾውየ) Semira Semira (ሰሚራ ሰሚራ) See also Songs from Africa National anthems World regions