Category: Orff
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Lyrics (Folk song) Rub a dub three men in a tubAnd who do you think they be?The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker,And all of them gone to sea. See also Subject: baking Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: rounds / Orff arrangements / ...
London Bridge
Info The earliest records of the English version of this song are from the 17th century, but it may actually date back to the late Middle Ages. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down,London ...
Pay Me My Money Down
Info This work song originated among the African American stevedores (manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships) working in the Georgia Sea Islands. (source) Lyrics (American folk song) RefrainPay me, Oh pay me,Pay me my money down.Pay ...
Rain Dance
Lyrics (Native American folk song) Come again, come again, come good rain.Fall upon the mountains and on the plain. Come again, come again, come good rain.Water for the river and for the grain. See also Subject: rain Harmony: Orff arrangements ...
Que llueva
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Que llueva, que llueva,El cóndor está en la cueva,Que llueva, que llueva,El cóndor está en la cueva,Los pajaritos cantan,Los nubes se levantan,¡Que sí! ¡Que no! ¡Que caiga un chaparron!¡Que sí! ¡Que no! ¡Que caiga ...
Raining Again Today
Lyrics (Folk song) Raining again today (repeat)Raining on Sunday, Raining on Monday,Raining again today Recorder Notes: E, G, B See also Subject: rain Harmony: major & minor / Orff arrangements / chords I & V Melody: tonic triad / E,G,B Meter: ...
Ruach
Lyrics – Transliteration (Hebrew folk song) Ruach, ruach, ruach, ruachLama lotish kavla ruachMin haboker tishtolelVehinek’var bahaleil. English Translation – Wind (Spirit) Wind, wind, wind, windWhy don’t you lay down to rest?From the morning you rage!And here already comes the night. ...
Silver Moon Boat (Little Silver Moon)
English – Transliteration (Chinese folk song) Yuè er wān wān xiàng yītiáo chuán guà tiānshàngChuán guà xīngxīng tā yīrán qīngyíng piāodàngYángfān xiàngzhe xīfāng hángZhè xiǎo xiǎo yín chuán duō ānxiáng Translation – Small Silver Boat The moon curved like a ...
Tue Tue
Lyrics – Ashanti (Folk song from Ghana) Tue tue barima tue tueAbofra baAma wa da waTue tue. English Translation* Sorry man sorry,This small boyHas made you fall flatSorry, sorry. *Translation is disputed. This meaning is from a source that states ...
Jack Sprat
Lyrics (Folk song) Jack Sprat could eat no fat.His wife could eat no lean.And so between them both, you see,They licked the platter clean. See also Subject: Thanksgiving Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: ostinati / Orff arrangements Melody: G,C Meter: 2 ...