Woke Up This Mornin’

Lyrics (African American Spiritual) 1. Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom (repeat twice)Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah! 2. Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk with my mind on freedom. (repeat)Ah, walk, walk, walk, walk. 3. Singin’ ...

Hine e Hine

Lyrics – Maori (Maori folk song) E tangi ana koeHine e hineE ngenge ana koeHine e hineKati tö pouri räNoho i te arohaTe ngäkau o te MatuaHine e hine English Translation – Little girl, darling girl E tangi ana koeHine ...

I’d Like to Be in Texas When They Roundup in the Spring

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. In the lobby of a big hotel in New York town one day,Sat a bunch of fellers tellin’ yarns to pass the time away.They told of places they had been and different things they’d seen.And some ...

Poi Waka

Lyrics – Maori (Maori folk song) Hoea rä te waka nei.Hoea, hoea ki te paeMa te poi e karawhiuE rähui i te pai. English Translation Paddle this canoe (support those in combat)Paddle, paddle to the horizon (to the war’s end)May ...

Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Oh bury me not on the lone prairie.These words came low and mournfully.From the pallid lips of the youth who layon his dying bed at the close of day. 2. He had wasted and pined ’til ...

Tingalayo

Lyrics (Caribbean folk song) RefrainTingalayo, Come, little donkey, come. (repeat) 1. M’ donkey walk, m’ donkey talk, m’ donkey eat with a knife and fork. (repeat) 2. M’ donkey eat, m’ donkey sleep, m’ donkey kick with his two hind ...

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.When the pie was opened the birds began to sing;Wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before the ...

Matarile

Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) 1. ¿Que quiere usted? Matarile, rile, rile, ron.2. Quiero saltar,3. Quiero marchar,4. Quiero bailar, English Translation 1. What do you want? Matarile, rile, rile, ron.2. I want to jump…3. I want to march…4. I ...

Solas Market

Lyrics (Jamaican folk song) Come, we go down, Come, we go down,Come, we go down to Solas Market,Come, we go down, Come, we go down,We go buy banana. See also Country: Jamaica Subject: food Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / ...

See-Saw Margery Daw

Info The rhyme first appeared in its modern form in Mother Goose’s Melody, published in London in around 1765. (source) Lyrics (Folk song) See Saw Margery Daw,Jacky shall have a new master;Jacky shall earn but a penny a day,Because he ...
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