Tafta Hindi
Lyrics Tafta hindi, tafta hindi, Shash Hariri ya banat Iftahili ya sabiya Endi bida lil sit-tat Translation Indian taffeta, Indian taffeta, Silk and linen I sell here. Open (the door) for me, pretty...
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Songs Tafta Hindi Links folk songs from the Middle East folk songs from Africa world regions The post Songs in Arabic appeared first on Beth's Notes.
View ArticleRed are Strawberries
Lyrics Red are strawberries, redder than red roses Heigh ho tra-la-la, redder than red roses Red are strawberries, redder than red roses Green the leaves are falling Deep in forests, deeper than the...
View ArticleGolden Ring Around the Susan Girl
Lyrics Golden ring around the Susan girl Golden ring around the Susan girl Golden ring around the Susan girl All the way around the Susan girl Take a little girl and give her a whirl… (repeat twice)...
View ArticleFive Little Fishes
Lyrics Five little fishes swimming in a pool (wiggle five fingers) First one said, “This pool is cool” (wrap arms around body) Second one said, “The pool is deep” (voice deep) Third one said, “I want...
View ArticleToday is Monday
Lyrics Today is Monday, today is Monday, Monday wash day, All you hungry brothers, We wish the same to you. Today is Tuesday, today is Tuesday, Tuesday string beans, Monday wash day, All you hungry...
View ArticleThere Was a Little Turtle
Links There was a little turtle, He lived in a box. He swam in a puddle, He climbed on the rocks. He snapped at a mosquito, He snapped at a flea. He snapped at a minnow, He snapped at me. He caught...
View ArticleDeep and Wide
Lyrics Deep and wide, deep and wide There’s a fountain flowing deep and wide. (repeat) Verse 2, omit the word “deep” and substitute “mmm” and the motion. 2. Mmmm (add deep hand motion) and wide,...
View ArticleOstrich
Lyrics Here is the ostrich straight and tall. Nodding his head above us all. Here is the hedgehog prickly and small, Rolling himself into a ball. Here is the spider scuttling around Treading so...
View ArticleAnimal Poem
Lyrics I’m a little kitty, I love to tippy toe Won’t you do it with me? Ready now, let’s go. I’m a little rabbit I love to hop hop hop Come on and do it with me It’s fun, we’ll never stop. I’m a great...
View ArticleThere Once Were Two Cats of Kilkenny
Lyrics There once were two cats of Kilkenny, Each thought there was one cat too many, So they fought and they fit, And they scratched and they bit, Till, excepting their nails And the tips of their...
View ArticleButterflies
Lyrics What pretty wings you flutter, Butterflies, butterflies Please take me up there with you, let me with you rise, Refrain Ay pretty wings we flutter, Butterflies, butterflies, You have no wings...
View ArticleSaint Patrick Was a Gentleman
Lyrics Saint Patrick was a gentleman, he came from decent people In Dublin town he built a church and on it put a steeple His father was a Gallagher, his mother was a Grady His aunt was an...
View ArticleBetty Botter
Lyrics Betty Botter bought some butter. “But,” she said, ”the butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter– that would make my batter...
View ArticleFive Brown Eggs
Lyrics Five brown eggs in a nest of hay… One yellow chick popped out to play. Four brown eggs in a nest of hay… One yellow chick cheep-cheeped good day. Three brown eggs in a nest of hay… Crack went...
View ArticleI Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
Lyrics 1. I bind unto myself today, the strong name of the Trinity By invocation of the same, the Three in One and One in Three. 2. I bind this day to me forever, by power of faith, Christ’s...
View ArticleMay Song (Spring is Coming)
Lyrics Spring is coming, spring is coming, Birdies build your nest. Weave together straw and feather, Doing each your best. Spring is coming, spring is coming, Flowers are waking, too. Daisies,...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Day Songs
Songs I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate) Saint Patrick Was a Gentleman Links more Christian songs more holidays The post St. Patrick’s Day Songs appeared first on Beth's Notes.
View ArticleApril Vacation (Spring Break)
Lyrics Vacation time has come with the warm spring days, Sing with a Ho!* All together! The fields are turning green in the sun’s warm rays, In the sweet April** weather. Our papers and our books we...
View ArticleA Song of Ships
Lyrics 1. The ships sail the ocean, the ocean, the ocean, Sail eastward and westward and north and south away. Great smoky steamers and tugboats with barges Sail o’er the ocean by night and by day....
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