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Home on the Range

Info This is the state song of Kansas (U.S.). Lyrics (Melody by Daniel E. Kelley, Lyrics by Brewster M. Higley, 1870s) 1. Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,Where the deer and the antelope play,Where seldom is heard ...

Goodbye Old Paint

Lyrics (Charley Willis, 1800s) My foot in the stirrup, my pony won’t stand,I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne, I’m off for Montan’. RefrainGoodbye, old Paint, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne,Goodbye, old Paint, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne, 2. I’m a ridin’ old Paint, I’m a-leadin’ old Dam,Goodbye, little ...

Animal Fair

Info As early as 1898, this song was sung by American sailors. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) I went to the animal fair,The birds and the beasts were there,The big baboon by the light of the moonWas combing his auburn hair,The ...

I Had a Rooster

Lyrics (Folk song) Had a little rooster by the barnyard gate,That little rooster was my playmate.That little rooster went cock-a-doodle doo,Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo. Had a little cat by the barnyard gate,That little cat was my ...

Sourwood Mountain

Lyrics (Folk song) Chicken’s crowing on Sourwood Mountain,Hey ho, diddle-um day.So many pretty girls, I can’t count ’em,Hey ho, diddle-um day. See also Country: Southeastern States (US) Harmony: partner song with Little Red Caboose / Orff arrangements / chords I ...

A Ram Sam Sam

Lyrics – Transliteration (Moroccan folk song) A ram sam sam,A ram sam sam,Guli guli guli guli guliRam sam sam. A rafiq, a rafiq,Guli guli guli guli guliRam sam sam. English Translation A ram sam sam, (no meaning)A ram sam sam, ...

Aiken Drum

Info This is a popular Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme, which probably has its origins in a Jacobite song about the Battle of Sheriffmuir (1715). (source) Lyrics (Scottish folk song) 1. There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon.There ...

Music Alone Shall Live

Lyrics (German folk song) All things shall perish from under the sky.Music alone shall live,Music alone shall live,Music alone shall live,Never to die. See also Country: Germany Subject: music Harmony: canons /  Orff arrangements / chords I & V Rhythm:   ...

Hill and Gully Rider

Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) RefrainHill and gully rider, Hill and gully. (repeat) 1. Took my horse and come down, Hill and gully,But my horse done tumble down, Hill and gully.And the nighttime come a-tumblin’ down, Hill and gully. 2. Oh, my ...

Good News

Lyrics (Folk song) Good news! Chariot’s comin’ (repeat twice)And I don’t want you to leave me behind! See also Country: African American Spirituals Dynamics: loud & soft Form: ABA Harmony: partner songs with Ezekiel Saw the Wheel / Orff arrangements ...
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