So diyari
Info This is a wedding song. The women in on the bride’s side sing this song as they walk toward the groom’s house. It celebrates the glory of the family. (source) Lyrics – Bambara (Folk song from Ivory Coast, Cote d’Ivoire) ...
Folk Songs from Sápmi
Info The Sápmi region is in the northernmost parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, where the indigenous people, the Sámi, have lived for thousands of years. (source) Song Alli lai loi See also Western Europe Eastern Europe world regions
Alli lai loi
Lyrics (Folk song from Sápmi) Alli lai loi lacki loi lai loi lai,Alli lai loi lacki loi lai loi,Alli lai loi lacki loi lai loi lai,Alli lai loi lacki loi lai loi. This is a song of joy. See also ...
Águila Aguilé
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Ecuador) Desde lejos, desde lejos oigoEl canto enamorado de un pájaroEste pájaro es mi abuelo,Es mi abuelo que canta,Que canta enamorado.Y este pájaro es mi abuela,Es mi abuela que canta,Que canta enamorada. Canta canta ...
Taki rikusu
Info This is a Carnival song from the Incan people in the mountains of Peru and Bolivia. Lyrics – Quechua (Incan folk song from Peru & Bolivia) Taki rikusun, rikusun, rikusun. (repeat) Ay jina jina ay, si wayra si wayra ...
The Cobbler
Lyrics (Folk song) Rap-a-tap-a-tap, tick-a-tock-a-too,Cobbler won’t you mend my shoe?Rap-a-tap-a-tap, tick-a-tock-a-tee,Please come back at half past three. See also Subject: cobblers Harmony: chords I, IV, V Melody: ascending pentascale Scale: major Source: We Sing and Listen, Sister Cecilia, Sister John ...
Tinker and Cobbler
Lyrics (Folk song) Now since we’ve met, let’s merry merry be,Said the tinker to the cobbler.So you say “tink” and I’ll say “ker,”And you say “cob” and I’ll say “ler.”Said the tinker to the cobbler,Said the tinker to the cobbler. ...
Neemt mij in der hand
Info This song was printed on the title page of a book which included songs about the Eighty Years’ War between the Netherlands and Spain. Lyrics – Dutch (Adriaen Valerius, c. 1572-1625) Neemt mij in der handHoort in’t kort verklaren,Wat ...
Songs about Zebras
Songs Monkey and the Zebra Zebra See also animals
The Zebra
Lyrics (Melody by Fay Wilson, Lyrics by Edith Robbins) Zig-zag Zebra came to town,Striped all over, up and down.Poor old horse said, “I don’t care,All those stripes I would not wear,Stripes I would not wear!” See also Subjects: zebras / ...