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Come, Come, Come
Lyrics (Lowell Mason) Come, come, come quickly to join our song,And we will sing merrily all day long, so… (repeat) See also Subjects: singing / emotions Harmony: rounds / chords I, IV, V Meter: 2 Rhythm: Scale: major Source: The ...
As I mee walked
Lyrics (Thomas Ravenscroft, 1609) As I mee walked in a May morning,I heard a bird sing, Cuckoo See also Country: England Subjects: cuckoo / spring Harmony: canons Scale: major Source: Pammelia, 1609 YouTube https://youtu.be/DbRYtF6Rl60https://youtu.be/K99KbIkvcBU Song with chords in 2 keys ...
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Info In the United States, this song is often called the “Black National Anthem.” Lyrics (Melody by J. Rosamond Johnson, 1905, Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson, 1900) Lift every voice and sing,‘Til earth and heaven ring,Ring with the harmonies of ...
Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust
Info This song refers to a time when craftsmen/women observed the three required years (called journeyman years) of traveling after finishing apprenticeship. (source) Lyrics – German (Melody by Franz Schubert & Carl Friedrich Zöllner, Lyrics by Wilhelm Müller, 1821) Das ...
Black Socks
Lyrics (Melody by Banks Winter, 1884, Lyrics anonymous) Black socks, they never get dirty.The longer you wear them, the stronger they get.Sometimes I think I should wash them,But something inside me says, “No no not yet.”Not yet, not yet, not ...
White Wings
Lyrics (Banks Winter, 1884) Sail home as straight as an arrow,My yacht shoots along on the crest of the sea.Sail home to sweet Maggie Darrow,In her little white cot she is waiting for me.High up where cliffs they are craggy,That’s ...
Let Us Endeavor
Lyrics (Lowell Mason, 1841) Let us endeavorto show that wheneverwe join in a songwe keep time together Recorder Notes D, G, A, B, D’ See also Subject: singing Harmony: rounds / chords I & V Melody: D,G,A,B,D’ Scale: tetratonic Tones: ...
The Spring Has Come
Lyrics (Lowell Mason) The spring has come, the birds I hearThey sing from bush to bush.The bluebird and robin, the blackbird has sparrow,The yellow bird, linnet and musical thrush.Hark! Hark! The song of the birds I now hear, for… (repeat) ...
Longing for Spring
Lyrics (German folk tune, Lyricist unknown) Oh how cold the winter weather,All is sorrowful and drear,And the north wind whistles rudely,No bright sunbeam shineth near. Could I hasten to the mountains,Could I see the valley green,I would lie down ’mid ...
By the Waters of Babylon
Info This text is taken from Psalm 137. Lyrics (Philip Hayes, 1786) By the waters, the waters of Babylon,We sat down and wept and wept for thee Zion.We remember, we remember, we remember thee Zion. See also Subjects: Christian / ...