Category: Orff

Lullaby – Sioux

Lyrics (Native American folk song, Sioux) Lullaby little papoose (repeat)Mother is near you, nothing can harm you.Lullaby little papoose Recorder Notes: D, E, G, A, B See also Culture: Native American Type: lullaby Harmony: Orff arrangements / one chord Melody: D,E,G,A,B ...

Lullaby – Thailand

Lyrics (Folk song from Thailand) Hear the song of the wind in the trees,Singing softly through the leaves.Blowing from far, so far away.Bringing to a wee one luck, they say.Listen to the breezeOoooh, hmmmmm See also Country: Thailand Types: choral ...

Inuit Lullaby

Lyrics (Native America folk song, Inuit) 1. Still now and hear my singing, sleep through the night my darling. 2. We have a tiny daughter, thanks be to God who sent her. 3. Though she as yet knows nothing, she ...

Lullaby

Lyrics (Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872) Lullaby, lullabyDo not wake and weep.Softly in the cradle lie,Sleep O sleep.Softly in the cradle lie,Sleep O sleep. Recorder Notes: G, A, B, C, D’ See also Type: lullaby Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I & ...

Tingalayo

Lyrics (Caribbean folk song) RefrainTingalayo, Come, little donkey, come. (repeat) 1. M’ donkey walk, m’ donkey talk, m’ donkey eat with a knife and fork. (repeat) 2. M’ donkey eat, m’ donkey sleep, m’ donkey kick with his two hind ...

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.When the pie was opened the birds began to sing;Wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before the ...

Solas Market

Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Come, we go down, Come, we go down,Come, we go down to Solas Market,Come, we go down, Come, we go down,We go buy banana. See also Country: Jamaica Subject: food Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

Version 1 Info The rhyme first appeared in its modern form in Mother Goose’s Melody, published in London in around 1765. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) Seesaw Margery Daw,Jack shall have a new master;He shall earn but a penny a day,Because ...

Sambalele

Lyrics – Portuguese (Brazilian folk song) Samba Lelê está doenteEstá com a cabeça quebradaSamba Lelê precisavaDe umas dezoito lambadas Samba, samba,Samba ô LelêPisa na barra da saia English Translation Sambalele is sickHe (or she) has a broken headSambalele needsEighteen spankings ...

Lost My Gold Ring / Biddy Biddy

Version 1 Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Biddy biddy hold on, lost my gold ring.One go to Kingston, come back again. (repeat) Recorder Notes G, A, B, C, D’ Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Biddy biddy hold on, lost my gold ring.One ...
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