Category: visuals
Albuquerque Turkey
Lyrics (Melody by Percy Montrose, 1884, Traditional Lyrics) Albuquerque is a turkey,And he’s feathered and he’s fineAnd he wobbles and he gobblesAnd he’s absolutely mine. He’s the best pet that you can get,Better than a dog or cat,He’s my Albuquerque ...
Jack-o’-Lantern
Lyrics (Folk tune, Lyrics by Lois Holt, 1921) Jack-o’-lantern, Jack-o’-lanternYou are such a funny sight.As you sit there, at the windowGlowing on at the night. You were once a yellow pumpkinGrowing on a sturdy vine.Now you are a jack-o’-lanternGlowing on ...
Pumpkin Pumpkin
Lyrics (Folk song) Pumpkin pumpkin round and fat.Turn into a jack-o’lanternJust like that! See also Subject: Halloween Dynamics: loud & soft Harmony: rounds / chords I & V Melody: mi, re, do / tonic triad / composition (melodic) Meter: 2 Rhythm: Scale: ...
Skin and Bones
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. There was an old woman all skin and bones,Ooooooh 2. She lived down by the old graveyard… 3. One night she thought she’d take a walk… 4. She walked down by the old graveyard… 5. She ...
Hold My Mule
Lyrics (African American folk song) Hold my mule while I dance Josey,Hold my mule while I dance Josey,Hold my mule while I dance Josey,Oh Miss Susan Brown. Wouldn’t give a nickel if I couldn’t dance Josey… Had a glass of ...
Old Zion’s Children
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainOld Zion’s children marching along, marching along, marching along,Old Zion’s children marching alongTalking about the welcome day 1. I hailed my mother in the morningMarching along, marching alongI hailed my mother in the morningTalking about the ...
Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
Info This is a work song, thought to be sung by Jamaican banana workers, working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. In the morning, they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home. There ...
El cucú
Lyrics – Spanish (Peruvian folk song) En un lejano bosque ya canta el cucú.Oculto en el follaje, el búho contestóCucú, le llamó, cucú le llamó,cucú, cucú, cucú. English Translation – The cuckoo In a distant forest the cuckoo sings nowHidden ...
In a Fine Castle
Lyrics (Folk song from the Virgin Islands) Circle 1: In a fine castle, Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)Circle 2: We want one of them, Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat) Circle 1: Which one do you want? Do you ...
When Father Papered The Parlour
Lyrics (R.P. Weston & Fred J. Barnes, 1911) 1. Our parlour wanted papering, and Pa says it’s a wasteTo call the paperhangers in, and so he made some paste.He got some rolls of paper, got a ladder, and a brushAnd ...
