Down By the Sally Gardens
Lyrics (Folk tune, Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, 1889) Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;But ...
Donkey Riding
Lyrics (Canadian folk song) 1. Were you ever in Quebec,Showing timber on a deck?There’s a king with a golden crown,Riding on a donkey. RefrainHey, ho away we go, donkey riding, donkey riding,Hey, ho away we go, Riding on a donkey. ...
Dancing and Whirling
Lyrics (Czech folk song) 1. Dancing, dancing, whirling and whirling,But watch the oven burning and burning,O do not jar it, summer is going,And soon cold wint’ry winds will be blowing. RefrainTra la la la, Tra la la la,Tra la la ...
Cuatro milpas
Lyrics – Spanish (Mexican folk song) Cuatro milpas tan sólo han quedado,Del ranchito que era mÃo, ¡ay!De aquella casita tan blanca y bonita,Lo triste que esta.Si me prestas tus ojos, morena,Los llevo en el alma,Que miren allá.Los despojos de aquella ...
All Through the Night (Ar Hyd y Nos)
Lyrics (Welsh folk song) Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee,All through the night.Guardian angels God will lend thee,All through the night.Sort the drowsy hours are creepingHill and vale in slumber sleeping,I my lonely vigil keeping,All through the night. See ...
Cowboy’s Life
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. A cowboy’s life is a weary, dreary life.Some say it’s free from care,Rounding up the cattle from morning till nightIn the middle of the prairie so bare. 2. The wolves and owls with their terrifying ...
Cuckoo Songs
Songs As I mee walked Cuckoo is a Pretty Bird Cuckoo Song Cuckoo, The Cuckoo’s Career Der Guggug uf em düüre Ascht Der Kuckuck und der Esel El cucú Gwcw Fach Hey, Every Sleeper Waken Kuckuck, Kuckuck Kukułeczka kuka L’inverno ...
Dan Doo
Lyrics (American folk song) There was a good old man lived out west,Dan Doo, Dan Doo,There was a good old man lived out west,Tom Klingklass McKlingle.He had an old wife that was none of your best,And it’s harum, barum, compario,Hicky-u-ka-tack klemingo,Tom Klingklass ...
Cowboy Jack
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. He was just a lonely cowboy,With a heart so brave and true.And he learned to love a maidenWith eyes of Heaven’s own blue. 2. They learned to love each otherAs they named their wedding dayWhen a quarrel came ...
Come All Ye Young Sailormen (Boston Come-All-Ye)
Info This shanty probably originated as a Scottish fisherman’s song. It was also popular with Gloucester fishermen in the American Northeast. Lyrics (Sea shanty) 1. Come, all ye young sailormen, listen to me,I’ll sing you a song of the fish ...