Category: folk song / traditional

Info This song is used for choosing people or things by pointing back and forth while singing. (source) This could be used to replace the problematic Eenie Meeny Miny Mo. Lyrics (Folk song from France) Am stram gram,Pic et pic ...

Info This is a traditional wassailing song. Lyrics (English folk song) Sing hail to thee, old apple tree.Long may you live and bud and blow,Through sun and shower may you growAll your boughs with apples bending low. RefrainHats full and ...

Lyrics – Transliteration (Sayed Darwish, 1892-1923, Egypt) ya shadi al’alhan ah asmaeana rinat aleaydanyalally ya lala ah ya lally ranat aleaydan ah asmaeana ah yally ya la la la la ah yally w ‘atrab min fi alhan ah w ‘ahsabuna ...

Lyrics (Canadian folk songs) Little swallow, fly to your nest,Purple wing, flitting in the twilight.Little swallow, window are at rest,Chirp your mate, “Goodnight!” French Lyrics L’Hirondelle, Et Sieur MaccanelleQui s’en va? Volez, volez, volez!L’Hirondelle, Et Sieur MaccanelleQui s’en va? Volez! ...

Lyrics – Hungarian (Hungarian folk song) Debrecenbe kéne menni,pulykakakast kéne venni,vigyázz, kocsis, lyukas a kas,kiugrik a pulykakakas. Debrecenbe kéne menni,pulykakakast kéne venni,lassan kocsis lyukas a kaskihullik a pulykakakas. English Translation – You should go to Debrecen You should go to ...

Lyrics (African American folk song) Kitty kitty casket, green and yellow basket,Lost my handkerchief yesterday, all full of mud I tossed it away. Circle Game Formation: Students stand in a circle holding hands. One student is “It” who stands outside ...

Lyrics – German (German folk song) Meine Mühle, die braucht Wind, Wind, Wind,sonst geht sie nicht geschwind, schwind, schwind,meine Mühle, die braucht Wind, Wind, Wind,sonst geht sie nicht geschwind. Das Korn wird Mehl, aus Mehl wird Brot,und Brot tut allen ...

Lyrics – Sranan Tongo (Folk song from Suriname) Ala presi komisi d’a botri,Ala presi komisi d’a botri,Ala presi pemi waka komisi d’a botri. English Translation – Everywhere there is a chef in the kitchen Everywhere there is a chef in ...

Lyrics (English folk song) Snail, snail,Snail, snail,Go around and round and round Game Formation: Students stand in a line holding hands. One student at one end of the line is the Head (Leader) and the other person at the other ...

Lyrics – German (German folk song) C-a-f-f-e-e,trink nicht so viel Caffee!Nicht für Kinder ist der schwarze Trank,schwächt die Nerven, macht dich blass und krank.Sei doch kein dummer Mann,der ihn nicht lassen kann! English Translation – C-o-f-f-e-e C-o-f-f-e-e,don’t drink so much ...