Category: folk song / traditional

Lyrics (Native American folk song – Arapaho) Wearing my long wing feathers as I (we) flyWearing my long wing feathers as I flyI (we) circle around, I circle aroundThe boundaries of the earth,The boundaries of the earth Arapaho – Hi’naä’thi ...

Lyrics – Norwegian (Margrethe Munthe, 1911, Norway) Hurra for deg som fyller ditt år!Ja, deg vil vi gratulere!Alle i ring omkring deg vi står,og se, nå vil vi marsjere.Bukke nikke neie, snu oss omkring,danse for deg med hopp og sprett ...

Lyrics (Scottish folk song, Lyrics anonymous) A tree toad loved a fair she toadThat lived up in a tree.She was a fair three-toed tree toad,But a two-toed tree toad was he.The two-toed tree toad tried to winThe she toad’s friendly ...

Lyrics – Indonesian (Indonesian folk song) Lenggang lenggang kangkung, Kangkung tepi telaga (repeat)Balik dari menabung makan lah nasi sahaja (repeat) English Translation – Swaying (like a) water spinach Swaying, swaying (like a) water spinach, the water spinach by the well ...

Info This song is called a “fresh-water forecastle shanty.” The Bigaler was one of the slowest ships of the Great Lakes (U.S.). (Luboff & Stracke) Lyrics (American sea shanty) Come all you boys and listen a song I’ll sing to you.It’s ...

Lyrics – Transliteration (Iranian folk song – Persian) RefrainTavalod, tavalod, tavalodet mobarakMobarak, mobarak, tavalodet mobarak Delet shado labet khoshcho gol, por khande bashi Bíya shamo ro fút konkeh sad sal zendeh bashí  Refrain English Translation – Happy birthday RefrainBirth, birthHappy ...

Lyrics (Traditional chant) Baby in the cradle goes rock-a-rock-a-rockThe clock on the dresser goes tick-a-tick-a-tockThe rain on the window goes tap-a-tap-a-tapHere comes the sun, so we clap-a-clap-a-clap! Motions Rock arms like holding a baby Move arms from side to side ...

Lyrics – Transliteration (Ukrainian folk song) Mnohaya lita, lita, Mnohaya lita,Mnohaya lita, lita, Mnohaya lita,Vo zdravíê vo spaseníê!Mnohaya, Mnohaya lita English Translation – Many Years Many years, years, Many years,Many years, years, Many years,In health, in salvation!Many, many years Ukrainian ...

Lyrics (Scottish folk tune, Lyrics anonymous) On mules we find two legs behind,And two we find before,We stand behind before we findWhat the two behind be for.When we’re behind the two behind,We find what these be for,So stand before the ...

Info Also called Eliza Lee, this is a variation of “Shula Agra,” an Irish song. It is a “capstan shanty” for short pulls, probably also used for loading. (Luboff & Stracke) Lyrics (Sea shanty from the British Isles) O the ...