All Around the Buttercup
Lyrics (Folk song) All around the buttercup, one two three.If you want to find a friend, just choose me. Game Students stand in a circle. One student who is “It” walks around the inside of the circle in one direction ...
King of France
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. The king of France with forty thousand men Marched up the hill and then marched back again.2. The king of France with forty thousand men Gave salute and then marched back again.3. …Beat their drums and ...
Marching Game
Lyrics (Folk song) Let your feet tramp! tramp!Let your hands clap! clap!As each one makes a bow.Tra la la la la la la la la laLa la la la la la la la la la la la la.Tra la la ...
The Springtime
Lyrics (Alfred S. Gatty, 1847-1918) 1. The hyacinth and daffodil are shining in the bed;Untouched upon the window sill, the robin leaves his bread.Soft breezes o’er the common blow, the copses bud again.The streams are flushed with melting snow and ...
Round and Round the Village
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Round and round the village (repeat twice)As we have done before. 2. In and out the windows, (repeat twice)As we have done before. 3. Stand and face your partner, (repeat twice),As we have done before. See ...
We’ll All Go A-Singing
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. I will sing the first part;I’ll be number two;I will take the third;And the fourth I’ll try to do.And we’ll all go a-singing, a-singing. 2. I will be a baker, I will sell the meat;I will ...
Come Back to Erin
Info “Erin” is another name for “Ireland.”“Mavourneen” means “my darling.” (source) Lyrics (Claribel: Charlotte Alington Barnnard, 1883) 1. Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen,Come back, Aroon, to the land of my birth;Come with the shamrocks and spring-time, Mavourneen,And its Killarney ...
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross
Lyrics (Folk song) Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,To see a fine lady upon a white horse;Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,And she shall have music wherever she goes. See also Subject: horses Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: ...
Darling Go to Rest
Lyrics (Folk song) Evening shades are falling;Time to go to rest;Stars are softly callingDarling to her nest.Sweet the sleep before theeTill morning light;God in heaven watch o’er thee,My love, good-night. Time to go to bed, love;Lay thee down to sleep:Weary ...
Baby Bye Here’s a Fly
Lyrics (Folk song) Baby bye, here’s a fly, we will watch him, you and I;How he crawls up the walls, yet he never falls;I believe, with those six legs, you and I could walk on eggs;There he goes, on his ...