Kolyada
Info Koliada or koleda is an ancient pre-Christian winter festival. It was later incorporated into Christmas. In modern Ukrainian, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Kashubian, Romanian and Polish, the meaning has shifted from Christmas itself to denoting the tradition of strolling, ...
Yonder She Comes
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Yonder she comes and it’s howdy howdy do,Oh where have you been since the last that I met you? 2. Rise you up, my lady (gentleman),Present to me your hand,I know you are a pretty girl (handsome ...
Santa Claus
Lyrics (German folk tune, Lyrics by Nathan Haskell Dale) 1. What clatters on the roofs with quick impatient hoofs?I think it must be Santa Claus!Hark! Old Santa Claus,He’s in his loaded sledge!* 2. I wonder what be brings, what heaps ...
Neige neige blanche
Lyrics – French (French folk song) 1. Neige, neige blanche,tombe sur mes manches,tombe sur mon petit nezqui est tout gelé. 2. Neige, neige blancheTombe sur ma têteEt sur mes tout grands souliersQui sont tout mouillés. 3. Neige, neige blancheViens que ...
Christmas Day
Lyrics (German folk tune, Lyrics by Richard Compton) 1. Oh Christmas is coming, oh Christmas is near,The day we love best of all days in the year;And good Santa Claus must be now on his way,With presents for children heaped ...
Melodic Contour
Songs with Lesson ideas Bluebird Castle of Dromore Charlie Over the Ocean Cluck Old Hen Elephant Song Farmyard Fishpole Song Grand Old Duke of York Noble Duke of York Halloween’s Coming Hammer Ring Here’s a String (Vindum Vindum) Kitty Cat ...
O Tannenbaum / O Christmas Tree
Lyrics – German (German folk tune, Lyrics by Ernst Anschútz, 1824) O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,Wie treu sind deine Blätter! (repeat)Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,Nein, auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,Wie treu sind deine Blätter! O Tannenbaum, ...
Christmas Eve
Lyrics (English folk tune, Lyrics by Cordelia Brooks Fenno) 1. On the ground the snowflakes glisten,This is the Eve of Christmas;Bells are chiming as we listen,This is the Eve of Christmas;The icicles hang above our heads,And this is the Eve ...
Al Hanisim
Info This Hanukkah song is about thanking God for saving the Jewish people. (source) Based on The Standard Prayer book by Simeon Singer (1915) (source) There is a more popular melody, composed in 1975, which is not in the public ...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah
Lyrics (Hebrew folk song) Hanukkah, Hanukkah, festival of lights,Candles glow in a row, seven days eight nights.Hanukkah, Hanukkah, make your dreidel spin,Round and round, round and round, everyone join in! Hanukkah, Hanukkah, what a merry time,Cakes to eat, what a treat, see the ...
