The Clapping Dance
Lyrics (Czech folk song, Hanakian dialect) Come along, ye lads and lassies, harvest time’s begun,Let’s away where ripening plums hang purple in the sun.Oh, how sour they taste! Let us homeward haste.Oh, alas! the plums they have not ripened,We must ...
My Hand On My Head
Lyrics (Folk song) My hand on my head,What have I here?This is my top-notcher,My Mama dearTop-notcher, top-notcher,Diggy, diggy dooThat’s what I learned in my school.Boom! Boom! My hand on my brow,What have I here?This is my sweat boxer,My Mama dearSweat ...
Doña Blanca
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Doña Blanca está cubiertacon pilares de oro y plata.Romperemos un pilarpara ver a Doña Blanca. ¿Quién es ese jicotilloque anda en pos de Doña Blanca?Yo soy ese jicotillo que andaen pos de Doña Blanca. ...
Tanabata-sama
Info Tanabata, “Star Festival” occurs every year on July 7. Lyrics – Rōmaji (Japanese folk song) Sasa no ha sara-saraNokiba ni yureruOhoshi-sama kira-kiraKingin sunago Goshiki no tanzakuWatashi ga kaitaOhoshi-sama kirakiraSora kara miteru English Translation – Star Festival The bamboo leaves ...
Walk Together Children
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) Refrain 1Oh, walk together childrenDon’t you get wearyWalk together childrenDon’t you get wearyWalk together childrenDon’t you get wearyThere’s a great camp meeting in the promised land 1. Goin’ to mourn and never tire,Mourn and never tire,Mourn ...
Welcome Song
Lyrics (Ugandan folk song) I’m so excited on top of the mountain,I feel a joy down in my heart,That’s why I’m singing and dancing,You are welcome with our view of the stars*,You are welcome with our view of the stars. ...
Animal Song
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. Alligator, hedgehog, anteater, bear,Rattlesnake, buffalo, anaconda, hare 2. Bullfrog, woodchuck, wolverine, goose,Whippoorwill, chipmunk, jackal, moose 3. Mud turtle, whale, glow-worm, bat,Salamander, snail and Maltese cat 4. Polecat, dog, wild otter, rat,Pelican, hog, dodo and bat ...
Recorder Songs DEA
Song Sakura (countermelody) See also Recorder Songs & Resources Melody: tritonic
Old Lady Goose
Lyrics (American folk song) Introductory RefrainOld lady goose, old lady goose,Where is that’d lady goose,goose, goose, goose? Verses1. Looked down the pasture, looked down the lane,Can’t find the old lady goose again. RefrainOld lady goose, goose, goose, goose, goose,Can anybody ...
L’Abidjanaise
Lyrics – French (Melody by Pierre-Marie Coty & Pierre-Michel Pango, Lyrics by Mathieu Vangah Ekra & Joachim Bony) Salut ô terre d’espérance;Pays de l’hospitalité.Tes légions remplies de vaillanceOnt relevé ta dignité. Tes fils, chère Côte d’Ivoire,Fiers artisans de ta grandeur,Tous rassemblés et ...