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The Elephant

March 25, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Lyrics

The elephant goes this way and that,
He’s terribly big, he’s terribly fat!
He has no fingers, he has no toes,
But goodness gracious, what a nose!

Motions

The elephant goes this way and that, (stomp feet)
He’s terribly big, (arms up)
he’s terribly fat! (arms out)
He has no fingers, (wiggle fingers)
he has no toes, (point to toes)
But goodness gracious, what a nose! (point to nose or make a motion like a swinging trunk)

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De Frühlig isch au scho uf d’Berge cho

March 26, 2018, 11:00 pm
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De Frühlig isch au scho uf d’Berge cho,
Er het üs vom Hüttli de Schnee weg gno.
Der Gugger het gschraue, er isch so froh,
Der Mai, der Mai isch cho.

Refrain
Jo ho-li ho-li hol-la-li-ho
Jetz cha de üses Veh scho go,
Jo ho-le-li ho-li hol-la-li-ho
Jetz cha denn ‘s Veh scho go.

Und sit er so staht i siner Pracht,
Die Chrütli, die Blüemli si au erwacht,
Die Senneri singt: I bi so froh,
Der Mai, der Mai isch cho. Refrain

Do rüeft si em lustige Sennebueb,
Er johlet und juchzet de Alpe zue.
Läb wohl du Tal, das i meide soll,
I scheide recht freudevoll. Refrain

Translation

Spring has returned to the mountains,
And has melted the snow from the alpine hut.
The cuckoo is calling merrily,
Because May, May has come.

Refrain
Yo ho-lee ho-o-lee hol-la-lee-ho,
Soon up to the Alps our cows can go.
Yo ho-lee ho-o-lee hol-la-lee-ho,
Soon up to the Alps our cows can go.

And as Spring stays here in its beauty,
Herbs and flowers awake also,
The cowgirl sings, “I am so happy,
Because May has come.”

She calls to the merry cowherd-boy,
He sings and yodels up to the mountains,
“Farewell you valley,
I part with joy from you!”
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Folk Songs from Switzerland

March 27, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Vine vine primăvara

March 28, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Vine vine primăvara
Se aşterne-n toată ţara
Floricele pe cîmpii
Hai să le-adunăm copii!

Creşte creşte iarba verde
Ciocîrlia-n nori se pierde
Haideţi s’ascultăm copii
A-l ei cîntec din cîmpii!

Cucul cucul strigă tare
Pitpalacu-n luncă sare
Mieii zburdă pe cîmpii,
Haideţi să-i vedem copii!

Translation

Spring is coming
Across the country
Flowers in the fields
Let’s collect them!

Grass grows green
The larks in the clouds are lost
Kids go listen
To their song the fields!

The cuckoos cried loudly
He jumps in the meadow
The lambs play in the fields,
Kids go watch!

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Romanian Folk Songs

March 29, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Koonelaki (κουνελάκι)

April 1, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Lyrics (Transliteration)

Ach Koonelaki, koonelaki,
Xeelo poo tha toh fas,
Messa sto xeno, perivolaki
Treepes ya-tee treepas.

Greek lyrics

Αχ κουνελάκι, κουνελάκι, ξύλο που θα το φας
μέσα στο ξένο περιβολάκι, τρύπες γιατί τρυπάς
μέσα στο ξένο περιβολάκι, τρύπες γιατί τρυπάς
Αχ κουνελάκι, κουνελάκι, ξύλο που θα το φας

Translation

Ah bunny, bunny, wood that you will eat,
In the strange scent, because you make holes.

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Cedar Swamp

April 2, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Way low down in the cedar swamp,
Waters deep and muddy,
There I met a pretty little miss,
There I kissed my honey.

Refrain
Swing a lady up and down,
Swing a lady home,
Swing a lady up and down,
Swing a lady home.

Build my love a big fine house,
Build it in the garden,
Put her in and she jumped out,
Fare you well, my darlin’. Refrain

Dance

2 lines facing each other
Ms. 1-4 – Head couple sashay to foot of line.
Ms. 5-6 – Head couple, right arm swing.
Ms. 7-8 – Head couple, left arm swing.
(Refrain)
Ms. 9-10 – All couples, right arm swing
Ms. 11-12 – All couples, left arm swing

 

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A la lata al latero

April 3, 2018, 11:00 pm
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A la lata, al latero
A la hija del chocolatero
A la lima, al limón
A la hija de Don Simón

Translation

To the (tin) can, to the tinsmith,
To the daughter of the chocolate maker
To the lime, to the lemon,
To the daughter of Don Simon.

Game

Children sit in a circle and with any object (stone, stick, shoe, etc) in front of each person.
See numbers in boxes above the rhythm above:
1 – Students pass their object to the floor in front of the person on their right.
2 – Pass objects again to the right.
3 – Pass objects to the right without letting go.
3.5 – Pulse the item back in front of each person.
4 – Pass object to the right again, this time letting go.
5-8 – Repeat 1-4
(See video #1.)

Dance

Students stand in a circle holding hands.
1 – All take a step forward.
2 – All take a step backward.
3, 3.5, 4 – Take 3 small steps to the right.
5 – Step forward.
6 – Step backward.
7, 7.5, 8 – Take 3 small steps to the left.
(See video #2.)

Optional: Start slowly, gradually get faster.

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When Father Papered The Parlour

April 4, 2018, 11:00 pm
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1. Our parlour wanted papering, and Pa says it’s a waste
To call the paperhangers in, and so he made some paste.
He got some rolls of paper, got a ladder, and a brush
And with my mother’s nightgown on, at it he made a rush.

Refrain
When Father papered the parlour, you couldn’t see him for paste.
Dabbin’ it here! Dabbin’ it there! Paste and paper everywhere.
Mother was stuck to the ceiling, the children stuck to the floor.
You never seen a bloomin’ family so stuck up before!

2. Soon Dad fell down the stairs and dropped the paperhanger’s can
On little sister Mary sitting there with her young man
The paste stuck them together as we thought would be for life
We had to fetch the parson in and make them man and wife. Refrain

3. We’re never going to move away from that house anymore
‘Cause Father’s gone and stuck the chairs and table to the floor.
We can’t find our piano though it’s broad and rather tall
We think that it’s behind the paper Pa stuck on the wall. Refrain

4. The pattern was ‘blue roses’ with its leaves red, white, and brown;
He’d stuck it wrong way up and now, we all walk upside down.
And when he trimm’d the edging off the paper with the shears,
The cat got underneath it, and dad cut off both its ears. Refrain

5. Now, Father’s sticking in the pub, through treading in the paste,
And all the family’s so upset, they’ve all gone pasty faced.
While Pa says, now that Ma has spread the news from north to south,
He wishes he had dropped a blob of paste in Mother’s mouth. Refrain

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When Papa Put the Paper on the Wall

April 5, 2018, 11:00 pm
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When Papa* put the paper on the wall
He spilled the pot of paste in the hall
He papered all the stairs, he papered all the chairs
He even put a border on grandma’s shawl!

When Papa put the paper on the wall,
He spilled the pot of paste on us all
(spoken) And now we’re stuck together like birds of a feather
When Papa put the paper on the wall!

*Some versions have “Sammy”

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Am pierdut o batistuţă

April 8, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Am pierdut o batistuţă
Cine a găsit-o,
Eu îl rog ca să mi-o dea
Şi-l sărut îndată.
Batista parfumată,
Se află la o fată,
La o fată frumoasă,
Pe care o iubesc.

Translation

I lost a handkerchief
Who found it,
I ask him to give it to me
And he kissed him right away.
Scented handkerchief,
She is at a girl,
To a beautiful girl,
The one I love.

Game

Students stand in a circle with one student (“It”) holding a handkerchief outside the circle. The students sing the song (optional: with their eyes closed). At the end of the song, “It” drops a handkerchief behind a student. That student becomes the new “It.”

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Julia Julia pela la yuca

April 9, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Folk Songs from Panama

April 10, 2018, 11:00 pm
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The Farmer (on the lowland)

April 11, 2018, 11:00 pm
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The farmer on the lowland ever paces to and fro
Sowing barley in the springtime, ever hoping it will grow;
Sowing barley as he paces in the springtime of the year;
When the fruit trees are in blossom, sowing barley far and near.

The farmer on the lowland ever paces to and fro,
Reaping barley in the autumn, leaving stacks all in a row;
Reaping barley as he paces in the autumn of the year;
When the grain is ripe and golden, reaping barley far and near.

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Colombian Folk Songs

April 12, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Dormite niñito

April 15, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Dormite, niñito, que tengo qué hacer,
lavar tus pañales, sentarme a coser.
Dormite, niñito, Cabeza de ayote
Si no te dormís, Te come el coyote.

Translation

Sleep, little baby, what must I do,
wash your diapers, sit down to sew.
Sleep, little baby, pumpkin head
If you don’t sleep, the coyote will eat you.

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Folk Songs from Honduras

April 16, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Aijā žūžū lāča bērni

April 17, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Aijā žūžū lāča bērni, aijā žūūžū
Pekainām’i kājiņām’i, žū žū žū,
Pekainām’i kājiņām’i, žū žū žū.

Tēvs aizgāja medu vākt’i, aijā žūūžū
Māte ogas palasīt’i, žū žū žū…

Tēvs pārnesa medus podu, aijā žūūžū
Māte ogu vācelīti, žū, žū, žū…

Tas mazam’i bērniņam’i aijā žūūžū
Par mierīgu gulēšanu, žū žū žū…

Translation

Hush-a-bye, hush, my bear cubs, hush-a-bye, hush,
With your little brown bear feet, hush, hush, hush
With your little brown bear feet, hush, hush, hush.

Father went to collect honey, hush-a-bye, hush,
Mother, to pick berries, hush, hush, hush…

Father brought a honey pot, hush-a-bye, hush,
Mother, a basket of berries, hush, hush, hush…

It’s all for baby, hush-a-bye, hush,
To sleep peacefully, hush, hush, hush…
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Latvian Folk Songs

April 18, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Lullaby (Hush-a-by Baby)

April 19, 2018, 11:00 pm
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Hush-a-by baby, the night winds are sighing,
Go to sleep, go to sleep, crickets are crying;
Sleep till the dew on the grasses is winking,
Sleep till the morning sun wakens you blinking.

Warm in their woolly folds lambkins are resting,
Soft in their swaying beds wee birds are nesting;
All the dark night in your cradle lie dreaming
’Till the broad sun through the window is streaming.

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