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Caney mi macaro
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song) Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney caney (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney caney (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat) Translation These words are supposedly nonsense. …
Leak Kanseng
Info This song and game is used in New Year celebrations. Lyrics – Transliteration Cambodian folk song) Leak Kanseng!Chhma khaaim keng!Oh long oh long English Translation – Hide the towel Hide the towel,Cats bite,Drag! Drag! (source) Cambodian / Khmer – …
Xīnnián hǎo
Lyrics – Transliteration (Chinese folk song) Xīnnián hǎo ya! Xīnnián hǎo ya!Zhùhè dàjiā xīnnián hǎo!Wǒmen chàng gē, wǒmen tiàowǔ,zhùhè dàjiā xīnnián hǎo! English Translation – Happy New Year Happy new year! Happy new year!Congratulations to everyone!We sing, we dance,Congratulations to …
Frog Pond
Lyrics (American folk song) Come neighbors the moon is up,It’s pleasant out here on the bank.Come stick your heads out of the tankAnd let us before we supGo kough, kough, koughAnd let us before we supGo kough, kough, kough. Hush …
Linstead Market
Info This song is in the Jamaican mento genre (not Calypso) (source).This is about a woman going to market trying to sell her fruit, but having no success. I omitted the verses about the woman’s children going hungry. Lyrics (Jamaican …
Thanksgiving Round
Lyrics (Composer unknown) Now the farmer sows his field,Its increase soon the ground will yield. Now the fields are bright and green,The yellow corn will soon be seen. Now the reapers’ sickles ring,And harvest home they gladly sing. See also …
Em Pom Pee
Lyrics (Folk song) Em pom pee para me para moscas,Em pom pee, para me.Acca dairy, so fairy,Acca dairy, poof poof! These lyrics are nonsense syllables. Motions Formation: Partners facing each other First 2 phrases: Students alternate clapping (each other’s hands) …
Welcome Song
Lyrics (Ugandan folk song) I’m so excited on top of the mountain,I feel a joy down in my heart,That’s why I’m singing and dancing,You are welcome with our view of the stars*,You are welcome with our view of the stars. …
One Two Three (Johnny Caught a Flea)
Lyrics (Traditional chant) One two three,Johnny caught a flea.Flea died, Johnny cried.Tee hee hee! See also chants nursery rhymes songs / chants about insects songs / chants with different voices recorder songs AB quarter & eighth notes Orff arrangements …
Thief
Lyrics – Danish (Folk song from Denmark) Thief, yes thief, that is your name,For you stole my little friend.But I hope to get another,I shall get another friend. La la la la laLa la la la laLa la la la …
