Category: Orff
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: I, V / Orff Melody: D,E,F#,G,A ...
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: I, IV, V / countermelodies ...
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 ...
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: I, V / ...
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 ...