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Sedi Ćira na vrh slame
Lyrics - Serbian (Folk song from Serbia) Sedi Ćira na vrh slame, brkovima plaši vrane (repeat)Ćaj, Ćiro, sedi s’ mirom, ne mrdaj šeširom (repeat)Sedi Ćira za trpezom, namazo se sa pekmezom...
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Léiwer Härgottsbliesche
Info This song is sung by children in a procession from door to door during the the eve of St. Blaise’s day, February 2. (source) Lyrics - Luxembourghish (Folk song from Luxembourg) Léiwer...
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Here’s To
Lyrics (Folk song) Here’s a health to all them that we love,Here’s a health to all them that love us.Here’s a health to all them that love those that love them,That love those that love them that love...
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Diu Diu Deng
Lyrics - Transliteration (Folk song from Taiwan) Huay chia xíng gao yido, a mo yido diu, a yo bong kang lai.Bong kang de shui yido, diu diu deng ah yidoA mo yido, diu ah yido di luo lai English...
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Hoedje van Papier
Lyrics - Dutch (Folk song from the Netherlands) Eén, twee, drie, vier, hoedje van, hoedje van,Eén, twee, drie, vier, hoedje van papier.Heb je dan geen hoedje meerMaak er één van bordpapierEén, twee,...
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Listening Maps
Handout (See download at bottom of page.) Handouts (Available on other pages. Click each image to access.) Variations on a Shaker Theme (Copland) Nutcracker “Sugar Plum Fairy” Nutcracker “March”...
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Theme and Variations
Handouts / Worksheets (Available on other pages. Click each image to access.) Variations on a Shaker Theme (Copland) 12 Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, maman (Mozart) See also form worksheetsform...
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Pamulinawen
Info The Pamulinawen is a song named for a woman with a hardened heart. It is now also a festival in Laoag, the capital city of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It takes place in the first week of February...
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Saint Valentine’s Day
Lyrics (English folk tune, Lyrics by William Shakespeare) Good morrow, ‘tis Saint Valentine’s Day,All in the morning time,And I a maid* at your window,To be your Valentine.*optional lyric change:...
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Todos los patitos
Lyrics - Spanish (folk song from Uruguay) Todos los patitos se fueron a bañar,El más chiquitito se quiso quedar.Su madre, enojada,le quiso regañar,Y el pobre patito se echó a llorar. English...
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Chat chat chat
Lyrics - French (Folk song from Trinidad and Tobago) Chat chat chat chat,C’est chat qui mange la morielaLa moriela te bien couvertC’est chat qui mange la morielaChat chat chat chat,C’est chat qui...
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Isa Lei
Lyrics - Fijian (Origin disputed: Folk song from Fiji orcomposed by Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, 1916) Isa isa vulagi lasa dinaNomu lako au na rarawa kinaCava beka ko a mai cakava,Nomu lako au na sega ni...
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Green Mountain
Lyrics (Folk song) There is a lovely mountain called the Mountain of Green,All things on this mountain are fair to be seen,At the top of this mountain the ivy doth grow,At the foot of this mountain,...
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Pajarito del cielo
Lyrics - Spanish (German folk tune, Lyrics, Traditional Guatemalan) Pajarito del cielo, a mis pies se llegó,De mamita una carta, de su pico cayó.Con un beso regresa, pajarito allí,Ir contigo no puedo,...
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Grasshopper
Lyrics The first grasshopper jumped right over the second grasshopper’s back,Oh, the first grasshopper jumped right over the second grasshopper’s back,The first grasshopper jumped right over the...
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Ukuti
Lyrics - Swahili (Folk song from Kenya & Tanzania) Ukuti, ukutiWa mnazi, wa mnazi (repeat 3 times)SpokenUkipata upepoWatete.. watete.. watetemeka. English Translation - Coconut tree branch Branch...
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Zui Zui Zukkorobashi
Lyrics - Transliteration (Japanese folk song) Zui zui zukkorobashiGoma miso zui,Chatsubo ni owarete toppinshan,Nuketara dondokosho,Tawara no nezumiGa kome kutte chu chu chu chu.Ottosan ga...
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La vaca eres tú
Lyrics - Spanish Caminando por el campoUna vaca me encontréComo no tenia nombre[María]* la llamé¡Oh! [María], la vaca eres túSi te jalo por la cola¿Qué nombre dices tú?*Insert other names English...
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The Birdies’ Ball
Lyrics The spring dove said to the nightingale,“I mean to give you birds a ball.Pray, ma’am, ask the birdies all.The birdies great and the birdies small.”RefrainTra-la-la-la-la,...
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Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ
Lyrics - Pinyin (French folk tune, Folk song from China & Taiwan) Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,Pǎo de kuài,Pǎo de kuài,Yī zhī méiyǒu yǎnjingYī zhī méiyǒu wěiba,Zhēn qí guài,Zhēn qí guài....
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