Category: folk song / traditional
Sto lat
Lyrics – Polish (Polish folk song) Sto lat, sto latNiech żyje, żyje nam.Sto lat, sto lat,Niech żyje, żyje nam,Jeszcze raz, jeszcze raz,Niech żyje, żyje nam,Niech żyje nam! English Translation – One hundred years One hundred years, One hundred years,May they ...
Irish Trot
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Hands all up in the Irish trot,Hands all up in the Irish trot,Hands all up in the Irish trot,Way down below. 2. Turn right back in the Irish trot (repeat twice),Way down below. 3. Rights and ...
Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
Lyrics (Folk song) Hands on my head, what have we here?This is my head thinker my teacher* dear,Head thinker, head thinker, nicky nacky nocky noo,That’s what they taught me when I went to school Hands on my eyes, what have ...
Oft in the Stilly Night
Lyrics (Traditional Irish tune, Lyrics by Thomas Moore) Oft, in the stilly night,Ere slumber’s chain has bound me,Fond memory brings the lightOf other days around me;The smiles, the tears,Of boyhood’s years,The words of love then spoken;The eyes that shone,Now dimm’d ...
Roogooroogoo
Info This song is described as a “nonsense song.” (Connor) Lyrics (Folk song from Trinidad) I went down de road to buy brown paper,Magazina me and youMagazina de Queen of de Sheba,Magazina me and you Oh way down dey, wayp ...
Alleluia
Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Alleluia, alleluia,Amen, amen. See also Subject: Christian Harmony: canons / chords I, IV, V Meter: 4 Rhythm: Scale: major A Singing School: We Sing, C. C. Birchard and Company, 1940 Song with chords, 2 versions with Solfege ...
Atal matal
Lyrics – Transliteration (Traditional Iranian chant – Persian/Farsi) Atal matal tootooléGāve hasan chejooré?Na sheer dāré, na pestoonGaveshõ bordan hendestoonYek zané kordee bestoonEsmeshō bezār amgheziDoré kolāsh ghermezihacheen ō vācheenYek, pā, tō, var, cheen! English Translation (rhyming words with no meaning)How is ...
I Had a Little Doggy
Lyrics (Traditional chant) I had a little doggy that used to sit and beg;But Doggy tumbled down the stairs and broke his little leg.Oh, Doggy, I will nurse you, and try to make you well,And you shall have a collar ...
Panjang umurnya
Lyrics – Indonesian (Indonesian folk song) Panjang umurnya, panjang umurnyaPanjang umurnya serta muliaSerta mulia, serta mulia Tiup lilinnya, tiup lilinnyaTiup lilinnya sekarang juga,Sekarang juga, sekarang juga English Translation – Live Long Long live it, live it longLong live and nobleAnd ...
Farewell to Tarwathie
Lyrics (George Scroggie, 1850s, Scotland) Farewell to Tarwathie, adieu, Mormond Hill,And the dear land of Crimmond I bid ye farewell.I’m bound out for Greenland and ready to sail,In hopes to find riches in hunting the whale. Adieu to my comrades, ...