Category: Orff
Vive la Compagnie
Lyrics (English folk song) 1. Let ev’ry good fellow now join in our song,Vive la compagnie!Success to each other and pass it along,Vive la compagnie! RefrainVivela, vivela, vive l’amour.Vivela, vivela, vive l’amour,Vive l’amour, Vive l’amour,Vive la compagnie! 2. A friend ...
Oh How Lovely is the Evening
Lyrics (Folk song) Oh how lovely is the evening,Is the evening,When the bells are sweetly ringing,Sweetly ringing,Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong! See also Subjects: bells / evening Harmony: canons /Â countermelodies /Â Orff arrangements / chords I IV Meter: 3 Melody: ...
Sally Go Round the Sun
Lyrics (Folk song) Sally go round the sun,Sally go round the moonSally go round the sunshineEvery afternoon.Boom! (or Oh! or Woo!) Game Formation: Students stand in a circle holding hands. Students sing and circle right. Oh “Boom! (or Oh! or ...
Watah Come a Me Eye
Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Every time I ‘membah Liza,Watah come a me eye. When I think ’bout my girl Liza,Watah come a me eye.Come back, Liza, come back girl.Watah come a me eye.Come back, Liza, come back girl.Watah come a me ...
Standin’ on the Platform
Lyrics (American folk song) Standin’ on the platform,Waiting for the train,Get your old blue bonnet,And let’s go, Liza Jane. See also Subject: trains Rhythm:  Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / I IV V chords Melody: low so & low la ...
Sing Together
Lyrics (Folk song) Sing, sing together,Merrily, merrily sing.Sing, sing together,Merrily, merrily sing.Sing, sing, sing, sing! See also Subjects: singing / emotions Harmony: canons / ostinati / partner songs / one chord / Orff arrangement Meter: 6/8 Rhythm:  Scale: major Timbre: Boomwhackers ...
Sweetly Sings the Donkey
Lyrics (Folk song) Sweetly sings the donkey at the break of day.If you do not feed him that is what he’ll say:Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! See also Subjects: donkeys / singing Harmony: rounds / Orff arrangements / chords I ...
Waiting for the Dinner Bell
Lyrics (American folk song) O Aunt Lucy, why don’t you run that bell?O Aunt Lucy, why don’t you run that bell?I can tell the way those greens smell,Tell the way those greens smell. Recorder notes D, E, G, A, B, ...
Let Us Sing Together
Lyrics (Folk song) Let us sing together,Let us sing together,One and all a joyous song.Let us sing togetherOne and all a joyous song.Let us sing again and again,Let us sing again and again,Let us sing again and againOne and all ...
Trampin’ / Ramblin’
Version 1 Lyrics (African American Spiritual) I’m trampin’, trampin’,Tryin’ to make heaven my home. (repeat) See also Culture: African American Spirituals Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / chords I V Melody: do, re, mi / G,A.B / G,B,D Meter: 4 ...