Ain’t I Glad I’ve Got Out the Wilderness
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) 1. Oh ain’t I glad I’ve got out the wilderness,Got out the wilderness, got out the wilderness,Ain’t I glad I’ve got out the wildernessLeaning on the Lord. 2. Oh come...
View ArticleDundai
Lyrics – Transliteration (Hebrew folk song) Dundai, dundai, dundai, dundai, dai (repeat) Eretz Yisrael b’li Torah, hi k’guf b’li n’sha-ma. (repeat) Dundai, dundai, dundai, dundai, dai (repeat) English...
View ArticleSounds of the Singing School
Lyrics Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876) Part 1Now for a song of the singing school,And the sounds you there may hear,Of the do re mi and the G A Band the voices ringing clear. Part IILa la la la la la la la...
View ArticleThanksgiving Song
Lyrics (Jessie L. Gaynor, 1863-1921) 1. Swing the shining sickle, cut the ripened grain, Flash it in the sunlight, swing it once again, Tie the golden grain heads into shining sheaves, Beautiful their...
View ArticleTi zwazo
Lyrics – Haitian Creole (Folk song from Haiti) Ti zwazo kote ou praleMwenn prale kay fiyét LaloFiyét Lalo kon manje ti mounSi ou ale lap manje ou tou Brik kolon brik, brik kolon brikWosiyol mange...
View ArticleThe North Wind
Lyrics 1. The north wind blew one cold fall night,And started the birds on their southward flight,The sleepy flowers rocked in the breeze,The faded brown leaves soon fell down from the trees. 2. A...
View ArticleCuckoo Waltz
Lyrics (Folk song) Three times round the cuckoo waltz,Three times round the cuckoo waltz,Three times round the cuckoo waltz,Lovely Susie Brown. RefrainFare thee well, my charming girl,Fare thee well,...
View ArticlePost-Rail Song
Info This song was sung as people were building post-rail fences. Lyrics (Folk song) Put ’em up solid, they won’t come down,Hey, ma laddie, they won’t come down. See also Subject: work Harmony: chords...
View ArticleThanksgiving Song2
Lyrics (Music by Mildred J. Hill, Lyrics by Patty S. Hill, publ. 1896) O come, dear little children, come,Our grateful thanks to singFor all the harvest gathered inEre winter’s storms begin,Ere...
View ArticleTurkey Struttin’ Down the Lane
Lyrics (American folk tune) Turkey struttin’ down the lane, Turkey struttin’ so, Thursday is Thanksgiving Day I think you ought to know. Run and hide, time to go, Run and hide, time to go. (repeat)...
View ArticleAll ‘Round the Brickyard
Lyrics (Folk song) All ‘round the brickyard,Remember me,I’m gonna step it, step it, step it*,And a-remember me. Movement Change “step it” to other motions. See also Activities: movement Harmony: chords...
View ArticleSimama Kaa
Lyrics – Swahili (Folk song from Tanzania) Simama kaa, simama kaaRuka, ruka, ruka, simama kaa. (repeat) Tembea kimbia, tembea kimbiaRuka, ruka, ruka, simama kaa. (repeat) English Translation – Stand...
View ArticleWay Out in Idaho
Lyrics (Folk song) Come all you jolly railroad men, and I’ll sing you if I canOf the trials and tribulations of a luckless railroad manWho started out from Denver his fortune to make grow,And struck...
View ArticleSing Ivy
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. My father he left me three acres of land,Sing ivy, sing ivy!My father he left me three acres of land,Sing holly, go whistle and ivy. 2. I ploughed it one morning with a ram’s...
View ArticleMangoes
Lyrics – Trinidadian Creole (Folk song from Trinidad and Tobago) 1. Mangoes, mangoes, mangoes.Mango vert, mango teen, mango vert, mango teenI want a penny to buy mango vert, mango teen,Give meh a penny...
View ArticleEverybody’s Crazy ‘Bout the Doggone Blues But I’m Happy
Lyrics (Henry Creamer & Turner Layton, 1917) Everybody’s crazy ’bout the doggone bluesBut I’m happy, (whew) yes happy, (whew)Everybody’s crazy, but if I must chooseNo doggone blues for mineI gets...
View ArticleAcross the Western Ocean
Lyrics (Sea shanty) Oh, the times are hard and the wages are lowAmelia, where you bound for?The Rocky Mountains is my homeAcross the Western Ocean. Beware these packet ships I sayAmelia, where you...
View ArticleDown in a Coal Mine
Lyrics (Melody by J. B. Geoghegan, 1872, Lyrics by H.E.K.) Down in a coal mine underneath the ground,Where a gleam of sunshine never can be found,Digging dusky diamonds all the season round,Down in a...
View ArticleWá hā hā
Lyrics – Pinyin (Chinese folk song) Wǒ men de zǔ guó shì huā yuanhuā yuán de huā duǒ duō xiān yànhé nuǎn de yáng guāng zhào yào zhe wǒ menměi gè rén liǎn shàng xiào kāi yánwá hā hā wá hā hāměi gè rén...
View ArticleDing ding kende e’haku
Lyrics – Mandinka (Folk song from The Gambia) Ding ding kende e’ haku,Tiinee na tiinee leI te li ia tiinaa m’boyitaPiraam! Banko too. English Translation – Good child forgive me Good child forgive...
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