Category: visuals
Circle Round the Zero
Lyrics (Folk song) Circle round the zero, Find your lovin’ zero,Back back zero, side side zero,Front front zero,Swing your lovin’ zero. Game Version 1 One student walks around a circle of other students sitting in a circle. On the words ...
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Lyrics (Folk song) Chattanooga chattanooga chattanooga choo choo,Chattanooga chattanooga choo choo train. (repeat)Oh that Chattanooga choo choo,Oh that choo choo train. See also Country: Southeastern States (US) Subject: trains Harmony: chords I IV V Melody: repeated tones / C,D,E,G,A,C’ Meter: 4 ...
Old Brass Wagon
Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Circle to the left, the old brass wagon (repeat twice)You’re the one, my darling See also Subject: buggies & wagons Activity: folk dance Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I IV V Melody: D,E,G,A,B / re / ...
Buckeye Jim
Lyrics (American folk song, Appalachia) 1. Way down yonder, above the sky,A bluebird lived in a jaybird’s eye. RefrainBuckeye Jim, you can’t go.Go weave and spin, you can’t go.Buckeye Jim. 2. Way up yonder above the moon,A bluejay nests in ...
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 & ...
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Info “Big Rock Candy Mountain”, first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a song about a hobo’s idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where “hens lay soft boiled eggs” ...
Before Dinner
Lyrics (Folk song from the Democratic Republic of Congo) First we go to hoe our garden, Ya ya ya ya,Next we carry jugs of water, Ya ya ya ya,Then we pound the yellow corn, Ya ya ya ya,Then we stir our pots of ...
Babylon’s Falling
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) Babylon’s falling, falling, falling,Babylon’s falling to rise no more. See also Culture: African American Spirituals Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I & V Melody: high & low / steps, skips, repeats / do re mi / G, A, ...
Animals Went in Two By Two
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. The animals went in two by two, Hurrah! Hurrah!The animals went in two by two, Hurrah! Hurrah!The animals went in two by two,the elephant and the kangaroo,and they all went into the ark for to get out ...
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 arrangements Melody: descending minor pentascale Meter: 4 Rhythm: ...