Category: Orff
Down the River / Down the Ohio
Lyrics (American folk song) The river is up and the channel is deep,The wind is steady and strong.Oh won’t we have a jolly good time as we go sailing along.Down the river, oh down the river, oh down the river ...
Scotland’s Burning
Lyrics (Folk song) Scotland’s burning, Scotland’s burning,Look out, look out,Fire, fire, fire, fire!Pour on water, pour on water! See also Subject: fire fighting Harmony: canons / Orff arrangements / chords I & V / one chord Melody: D,G,A,B,D’ / Sibelius composition lessons with this ...
John the Rabbit
Lyrics (Folk song) Old John the Rabbit (oh yes!)Old John the Rabbit (oh yes!)Had a mighty bad habit (oh yes!)Of going to my garden (oh yes!)And eating all my peas (oh yes!)And cutting all my cabbage (oh yes!)He ate tomatoes (oh yes!)And sweet potatoes (oh yes!) ...
Charlie Over the Ocean
Lyrics (Folk song) Charlie over the ocean, (echo)Charlie over the sea, (echo)Charlie catch a big fish (echo)Can’t catch me. (echo) Game Leader (“It”) walks around the circle while singing. On the last word, “It” taps a student. That person becomes the ...
Chicken on the Fence Post
Lyrics (Folk song) Chicken on the fence post, can’t dance Josie,Chicken on the fence post, can’t dance Josie,Chicken on the fence post, can’t dance Josie,Hello, Susan Brown. See also Subject: chickens Form: call & response Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I IV ...
Lucy Locket
Lyrics (Folk song) Lucy Locket lost her pocket,Kitty Fisher found it,Not a penny was there in it,Just a ribbon ’round it. Loud / Soft Game Send one student out of the room. Teacher hides a “pocketbook” in the room (not too ...
Wee Willie Winkie
Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Wee Willie Winkie, run through the town,Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown.Rapping at the windows, Crying through the locks,“Are the children in their beds? It is eighth o’clock!” Game All students stand in a circle, ...
Dreidel Song
Lyrics (Melody by Mike Gebart & S.E. Goldfarb, Lyrics by Samuel S. Grossman) 1. I had a little dreidel, I made it out of clayAnd when it’s dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play.Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made ...
Oy Chanukah oy Chanukah (Oh Hanukkah)
Lyrics – Transliteration (Jewish folk song, Yiddish) Oy Chanukah oy ChanukahA yontif a sheyner,A lustiker a freylekherNisht do nokh azoynerAle nakht mit dreydlech shpiln mir,Frishe heyse latkes, esn on a shir. Geshvinder, tsindt kinderDi Chanukah likhtlech on,Zogt “Al Hanisim”, loybt ...
Shake Them ‘Simmons Down
Info A ‘simmon is short for “persimmon.” Lyrics (Folk song) Circle left, do oh, do oh,Circle left, do oh, do oh,Circle left, do oh, do oh,Shake them ‘simmons down Other versions: Circle right… Swing your partner… Swing your corner… Promenade ...
