Category: Orff
Boomba
Lyrics (Brazilian folk song) Bring out the big bull, Boomba,Samba and Mamba Boomba,Boomba la Boomba, La la la la la, (repeat)Samba and Mamba, Boomba la Bamba,Jump like a jamba,Boomba la Bamba. See also Country: Brazil Subjects: national anthems Form: call & ...
Bill Grogan’s Goat
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. There was a man. (echo each phrase)Now please take note,There was a manWho had a goat.He loved that goat.Indeed he did.Just like a kid. 2. One day that goat (echo each phrase)Felt frisk and fineAte three red ...
Babylon’s Falling
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) Babylon’s falling, falling, falling,Babylon’s falling to rise no more. See also Country / Culture: US / African American Spiritual Harmony: I, V / Orff Melody: do re mi / composing melodies / high & low / steps, skips, ...
Bassez Down
Lyrics (Caribbean folk song) Bassez*, mama, Bassez down,Bassez in the morning, Bassez down. (repeat) Bassez down, Missie Mary, Bassez down,Bassez down, Missie Mary… *Pronounced “bassay” In Renaissance dance, basse danse means “low dance”. In French the suffix changes to bassez ...
The Baker
Lyrics (Folk song) The baker is baking sweet biscuits so smallHis oven will take seven hundred in all.Buy some for tea, buy some for tea,The biggest for me! See also Subject: baking Harmony: I, IV, V / Orff Melody: high ...
Backwater Blues
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. When it rains five days and the sky turns dark as night, (repeat)There’s trouble takin’ place in the lowlands at night. 2. I woke up this mornin’, can’t even get out my door. (repeat)There’s enough trouble ...
Armenian Lullaby
Lyrics (Armenian folk song) Sleep my little one, my loved oneAs I watch and singAs the bright moon watches o’er usO’er your little crib. See also Country: Armenia Type: lullaby Harmony: Orff Melody: descending minor pentascale Meter: 4 Rhythm: ...
Amasee
Lyrics (American folk song) Take your partner down the line,Amasee*, amaseeSwing your partner, swing againAmasee, amasee *Amasee = “I must see” Movement Formation: two lines of partners facing each other with the “head couple” at one end of the lines ...
Arre mi burrito
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Arre mi burritoVamos a BelénMañana es fiestaEl otro también English Translation – Giddy-up my donkey Giddy-up, my donkey,We’re going to Bethlehem.Tomorrow is a party,And the other day also. See also Country: Mexico Subjects: Christmas ...
Angel Band
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) There was one, there were two, there were three little angels,There were four, there were five, there were six little angels,There were seven, there were eight, there were nine little angels,Ten little angels in that band. ...