Happy Song
Lyrics Hi yo hi yo i si ni yah Kodaly analysis and motions lesson ideas – Music a la Abbott more Native American songs The post Happy Song appeared first on Beth's Notes.
View ArticleThe Rio Grande
Lyrics 1. Oh, say, wuz ye ever down Rio Grande? ‘Way for Rio! It’s there that the river flows down golden sands! Refrain An’ we’re bound for the Rio Grande, Then away, bul-lies, a-way! ‘Way for...
View ArticleSlumber Song (Wiegenlied) – Schubert
Lyrics 1. Slumber sweetly, slumber O my baby, O’er thy cradle mother watch will keep. In the morning when the sun is shining. Thou shalt waken from thy gentle sleep. 2. Evening shadows call thee now...
View ArticleYo Tenia Diez Perritos
Lyrics 1. Yo tenia diez perritos (repeat) Uno se perdió en la nieve No me quedan más que nueve, nueve, nueve. 2. De los nueve que quedaban (repeat) Uno se comió un bizcocho. No me quedan más que ocho,...
View ArticleLos Pollitos
Lyrics Los pollitos dicen, pío, pío, pío, cuando tienen hambre, cuando tienen frío. La gallina busca el maíz y el trigo, les dá la comida, y les presta abrigo. Bajo sus dos alas, acurrucaditos,...
View ArticleHickety Pickety Bumblebee
Lyrics Hickety pickety bumblebee, Can you sing your name for me? (Student) My name is “—-” (Class echo) Your name is “—-” I have seen this as “Hickety Tickety Bumblebee,” but I prefer “pickety”...
View ArticleRolling Home
Lyrics 1. Up aloft, amid the rigging Swiftly blows the fav’ring gale, Strong as springtime in its blossom, Filling out each bending sail, And the waves we leave behind us Seem to murmur as they rise;...
View ArticlePoreho
Lyrics ‘Anapanapa mai Te ‘oe ‘apu iti e (repeat) Poreho No roto ‘oe te miti Ma’a oe na te fe’e Amuhia ‘oe e fe’e Translation PORCELAIN China, porcelain, You live in the sea You’re eating octopus You...
View ArticleWorried Man Blues
Lyrics It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, (repeat twice) I’m worried now but I won’t be worried long. 2. I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep. When I woke up, had shackles on...
View ArticleSeñora Santana
Lyrics Señora Santana, porque llora el niño Por una manzana que se le ha perdido. Yo le daré una, yo te daré dos, Una para el niño, Otra para Dios. Translation Mrs. Santana, why does the baby cry? For...
View ArticleThe Riddle
Lyrics 1. I gave my love a cherry that has no stone. I gave my love a chicken that has no bone. I gave my love a ring that has no end. I gave my love a baby with no cryin’. 2. How can there be a...
View ArticleLa Rana
Lyrics 1. Estaba la rana sentada cantando debajo del agua Cuando la rana salió a cantar, vino la mosca y la hizo callar 2. La mosca a la rana que estaba cantando debajo del agua Cuando la mosca salió...
View ArticleKee Chee
Lyrics Ah woo-neh koo-neh chah oh woo-nee, (repeat) I yi yi yeh kee ay ki ay nah, (repeat) Ah woo, ah woo nee kee chee. Motions Group sits in a circle in such a position that each person can touch her...
View ArticleWiegenlied (Cradle Song)
The German text is from Gotter’s play “Esther”. It was probably first printed in 1795 (Leipzig). The melody by the physician Bernhard Flies seems to be just a variant of an original by Friedrich...
View ArticleTe Uru
Lyrics E e e ma’e maita’i te ‘uru A tunu ia ‘ama Pahi te pa’a Ta’iri’iri e La u’ au’a e ‘Iriti te hune E ‘ai te i ‘o Translation THE TREE FRUIT BREAD This is very good Uru It must be cooked well...
View ArticleHighland Fairy Lullaby
Lyrics 1.I left my baby lying here, Lying here, lying here I left my baby lying here To go and gather blueberries. Refrain Hovan, hovan gorry o go, gorry o go, sorry o go, Hovan, hovan gorry o go,...
View ArticleLonesome House Blues
Lyrics 1. I had a dream last night all about my gal. I had a dream last night all about my gal. You can tell by that sweet poppa ain’t feelin’ so well. 2. I asked the brakeman to let me ride the...
View ArticleYou’re at a Luau Now
Lyrics First you ‘ai (eye) some fish and poi Pipikaula and some moi Then you have some okolehau You’re at a luau now Then you taste kalua pig Ina, wana, limu too Ina mona and haupia You’re at a luau...
View ArticleThe Homespun Dress
Lyrics Oh, yes, I am a Southern girl, And glory in the name, And boast it with far greater pride Than glittering wealth and fame. We envy not the Northern girl Her robes of beauty rare, Though...
View ArticleDown By the Old Mill Stream
Lyrics Down by the old mill stream where I first met you, With your eyes of blue, dressed in gingham too, It was there I knew that you loved me true, You were sixteen, my village queen, by the old...
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