Hal sisan shu helween
Transliteration (Folk song from Lebanon & Syria) Hal sisan shou helweeneama yaduru hawl amen mabsutinma bikhafha la lashu ma shafu la laamin hudan min hadha farhanin bititaeimihina w bitasqihinaw bitahmihina taht janahiha difyaninsharibuu may qaluu khirafaeuu rasin shakaruu rabahuna mamnunin ...
The Bell That’s in the Steeple High
Lyrics (Lowell Mason) The bell that’s in the steeple highIs ringing merrily See also Subject: bells Harmony: rounds / chords i & V Meter: 4/8 Scale: harmonic minor Source: Boston School Song Book, by Lowell Mason, 1841, original title: Round for ...
Happy Days are Here Again
Lyrics (Music by Milton Ager, Lyrics by Jack Yellen) Happy days are here againThe skies above are clear againSo let’s sing a song of cheer againHappy days are here again! Altogether shout it nowThere’s no one who can doubt it ...
Omochio tsukimasho
Info A “mochi” (もち) is a traditional rice cake especially eaten to celebrate holidays such as New Year, Spring, Children’s Day, and Girls’ Day in Japan. (source) Lyrics – Rōmaji (Folk song from Japan) Omochio tsukimasho, omochio tsukimasho,Petanko, petanko, petan ...
New Year Tell Us
Lyrics (Folk tune, Lyrics by Celia Standish) “New Year, tell us, pray,What it is you’re bringing,”“Snowstorms, clouds of gray,Then the smiles of May!” See also Subject: New Year Harmony: chords I & V Meter: 4 Scale: hexatonic Tones: t,drmfs Source: ...
A New Year’s Resolution
Lyrics (Music by Eb. Kuhn, Lyrics by Nellie Poorman) 1. Last night the old year stole away,We have a clean New Year today,And may it bring us right good cheer. RefrainWe welcome your coming, O glad New Year,We welcome your ...
Old Year and New Year
Lyrics (Music by Mildred J. Hill, Lyrics by Emilie Poulsson) Slowly & solemnlyDing dong ding, in solemn chimeBells rang out the midnight time,“Ding dong ding, Goodbye,”They said to the old year as it fled. Much faster & cheerilyChiming on, their ...
Na nakusa nazu na
Info This is a very old folk song meant to be sung like a chant. (source) Nanakusa Gayu 七草粥 (Seven Herb Rice Porridge) is eaten at Nanakusa no sekku (Festival of Seven Herbs) on January 7 and is said to ...
The New Year
Lyrics (Music by W.W. Gilchrist, Lyrics by Laura Frost Armitage, adapted by Beth Thompson) Again you’re here, oh bright New Year,A welcome song to you we sing,Our hands we hold for gifts untold,What precious treasure do you bring? Again I’m ...
Nanakusa no sekku (Festival of Seven Herbs)
Info Nanakusa-no-sekku (七草の節句), or Festival of Seven Herbs, is a traditional holiday celebrated on January 7 in which a seven-herb soup is eaten to ward off evil spirits. (source) Song Na nakusa nazu na (ななくさなずな) See also holidays