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Showing posts with label Folk Songs. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Come Thou Almighty King - Italian Hymn (Piano Sheet Music, Lyrics, Video, Karaoke)


Come Thou Almighty King
"Italian Hymn" written by Giardini Felice

Come, Thou Almighty King!
Help us Thy name to sing;
Help us to praise! Father all glorious,
O'er all victorious. Come and reign over us.

Ancient of days! Come,
Thou all gracious Lord,
By heav'n and earth adored!
Our prayer attend! Come,

and Thy children bless;
Give Thy good word success;
Make Thy own holiness on us descend.
Never from us depart;

Rule Thou in ev'ry heart.
Hence evermore. Thy sov'reign majest
May we in glory see,
And to eternity Love and adore.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

There Is A Tavern In The Town - American Folk Song (Midi, Piano Sheet Music)

There Is A Tavern In The Town
F. J. Adams, 1891
Lyrics

There is a tavern in the town, in the town,
And there my dear love sits him down, sits him down,
And drinks his wine 'mid laughter free,
And never, never thinks of me.

Chorus:
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee,
Do not let the parting grieve thee,
And remember that the best of friends must part, must part
Adieu, adieu, kind friends adieu, adieu, adieu,
I can no longer stay with you, stay with you,
I'll hang my harp on a weeping willow tree,
And may the world go well with thee.

He left me for a damsel dark, damsel dark,
Each Friday night they used to spark, used to spark,
And now my love once true to me,
Takes that dark damsel on his knee.
Chorus:

Oh! dig my grave both wide and deep, wide and deep,
Put tombstones at my head and feet, head and feet,
And on my breast carve a turtle dove,
To signify I died of love.
Chorus:

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

In The Good Old Summertime - American Folk Song (Midi, Piano Sheet Music and Lyrics)

In The Good Old Summertime
by George Evans, 1902
Lyrics

There's a time in each year
That we always hold dear,
Good old summer time;
With the birds and the treeses
And sweet scented breezes,
Good old summer time,

When your day's work is over
Then you are in clover,
And life is one beautiful rhyme,
No trouble annoying,
Each one is enjoying,
The good old summer time.

To swim in the pool,
You'd play "hooky" from school,
Good old summer time;
You'd play "ringarosie"
With jim, kate and josie,
Good old summer time,

Those days full of pleasure
We now fondly treasure,
When we never thought it a crime,
To go stealing cherries,
With face brown as berries,
Good old summer time.

Chorus:
In the good old summertime,
In the good old summertime,
Strolling through the shady lanes
With your baby mine.
You hold her hand
And she holds yours,
And that's a very good sign
That she's your tootsy wootsy
In the good old summertime.

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Uncle Ned - American Folk Song (Midi, Piano Sheet Music and Lyrics)

Uncle Ned
Stephen C. Foster, 1848
Lyrics

There was an old nigger,
And his name was Uncle Ned,
But he's dead long ago, long ago;
He had no wool on the top of his head,
In de place where de wool ought to grow.

Refrain:
Den lay down de shubble an' de hoe, de hoe,
Hang up de fiddle an' de bow.
Dere's no more hard work for poor old Ned,
He's gone whar de good niggers go.
Dere's no more hard work for poor old Ned,
He's gone whar de good niggers go.

His fingers were long
As the cane in de brake,
He had no eyes for to see;
He had no teeth for to eat the corn cake,
So he had to let the corn cake be.
Refrain:

When old Ned die
Massa take it mighty hard,
De tears run down like the rain;
Old Missus turn pale, an' she get berry sad,
Cayse she nebber see old Ned again.
Refrain:

War einst ein alter Neger,
Genannt der Onkel Ned,
Daß er starb, das ist lange schon her,
Mit Freuden sagte der Welt er Valet,
Denn der Ruhe bedurfte er sehr.
Refrain:

Legt d'rum die Spaten aus der Hand!
Hängt eure Fiedeln an die Wand!
Denkt zurück an den alten Ned,
Der längst seine Ruhe schon fand!
Denkt zurück an den alten Ned,
Der längst seine Ruhe schon fand!

Der Alte Ned hatte
Kein Haar auf dem Kopf,
Seine Wolle, die fehlte ihm sehr,
Es hatt' keine Zähne der arme alte Tropf
Und das Beißen, das fiel ihm d'rum schwer.
Refrain:

Der Tod Onkel Neds
Der bereitete Schmerz
Seinem Herrn, denn er trauerte tief.
Seiner Herrin ging's wie ein Stich durch das Herz,
Aus den Augen manch' Thränlein ihr lief.
Refrain:

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

The Ship That Never Returned-American Folk Song (Sheet Music and Lyrics)

The Ship That Never Returned
Henry Clay, 1865

On a summer's day,
When the wave was rippled
By the softest gentlest breeze,
Did a ship set sail
With a cargo laden
For a port beyond the seas.
There were sweet farewells
There were loving signals
While a form was yet discerned;
Though they knew it not,
'twas a solemn parting
For the ship, she never returned.

Chorus:
Did she never return?
She never returned,
Her fate, it is yet unlearned,
Though for years and years
There were fond ones watching,
Yet the ship she never returned.

Said a feeble lad
To his anxious mother,"
I must cross the wide, wide sea,
For they say, perchance
In a foreign climate,
There is health and strength for me."
'Twas a gleam of hope
In a maze of danger
And her heart for her youngest yearned,
Yet she sent him forth
With a smile and blessing
On the ship that never returned

Chorus:

"Only one more trip",
Said a gallant seaman,
As he kissed his weeping wife,
Only one more purse
Of that golden treasure
And 'twill last us all through life.
Then I'll spend my days
In my cozy cottage
And enjoy the rest I've earned;
But alas! poor man!
For he sail'd commander
Of the ship that never returned.

Chorus:

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny - American Folk Song (Sheet Music and Lyrics)

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny 

James A. Bland, 1880 (1854-1911)

Carry me back to old Virginny,
There's where the cotton and the corn and 'tatoes grow,
There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime,
There's where the old darkey's heart am long'd to go,
There's where I labored so hard for old massa,
Day after day in the field of yellow corn,
No place on earth do I love more sincerely,
Than old Virginny, the state where I was born.

Refrain:
Carry me back to old Virginny,
There's where the cotton and the corn and 'tatoes grow,
There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime,
There's where the old darkey's heart am long'd to go.

Carry me back to old Virginny,
There let me live 'till I wither and decay,
Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered,
There's where this old darkey's life will pass away.
Massa and missis have long gone before me,
Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore;
There we'll be happy and free from all sorrow,
There's where we'll meet and we'll never part no more.
Refrain:


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Thursday, July 21, 2011

By the Light Of the Silvery Moon: American Traditional Folk Song-Piano Sheet Music and Lyrics

By the Light Of the Silvery Moon
Gus Edwards, 1909
Lyrics

Place, park, scene, dark,
Silv'ry moon is shining through the trees
Cast: two, me, you,
Sound of kisses floating on the breeze.
Act one, be-gun.
Dialog: "Where would you like to spoon?"
My cue, with you,
Underneath the silv'ry moon.         Act two, scene new,
Roses blooming all around the place.
Cast three: you, me,
Preacher with a solemn-looking face.
Choir sings, bell rings,
Preacher: "You are wed forever more."
Act two, all through,
Ev'ry night the same encore.

Refrain:

By the light of the silvery moon
I want to spoon,
To my honey I'll croon love's tune.
Honey moon,
Keep a-shinin' in June.
Your silv'ry beams
Will bring love dreams,
We'll be cuddling soon
By the silvery moon.

Repeat Refrain

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Beautiful Dreamer - American Traditional Folk Song Midi, Sheet Music and Lyrics

Beautiful Dreamer - American Traditional Folk Song
Stephen C. Foster, 1825-1864
Lyrics

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me.
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight, have all pass'd away!
Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
List while I woo thee with soft melody;
Gone are the cares of life's busy throng.
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea.
Mermaids are chaunting the wild lorelie;
Over the streamlet vapors are borne,
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn,
Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,
E'en as the morn' on the streamlet and sea;
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

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Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis - American Folk Song (Piano Sheet Music)

Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis
American Folk Song
Kerry Mills, 1904
Lyrics


When Louis came home to the flat,
He hung up his coat and his hat,
He gazed all around,
But no wifey he found,
So he said "where can Flossie be at?"
A note on the table he spied,
He read it just once, then he cried
It ran: "Louis dear,
It's too slow for me here
So I think I will go for a ride!"

The dresses that hung in the hall,
Were gone, she had taken them all,
She took all his rings
And the rest of his things,
The picture he missed from the wall.
"What moving?" the janitor said,
"Your rent is paid three months ahead."
"What good is the flat?"
Said poor Louis: "read that!"
And the janitor smiled as he read.

Chorus:
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Any place but there,
We will dance the hoochee koochee,
I will be your tootsie wootsie,
If you will meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair!"

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Aura Lea (Video Karaoke)- American Folk Song

Aura Lea (Video Karaoke)
It sounds "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley.

Alexander's Ragtime Band - American Traditional Folk Song (MIDI, Piano Sheet Music)

Alexander's Ragtime Band
American Traditional Folk Song
Irving Berlin (Israel Baline), 1911
Lyrics

Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey,
Better hurry and let's meander
Ain't you goin', ain't you goin',
To the leader man,
Ragged meter man?
Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey,
Let me take you to alexander's
Grand stand, brass band,
Ain't you comin' along?

Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey
There's a fiddle with notes that screeches,
Like a chicken, like a chicken
And the clarinet
Is a colored pet,
Come and listen, come and listen,
To a classical band what's peaches,
Come now, somehow,
Better hurry along.

Refrain:
|: Come on and hear, :|
   Alexander's Ragtime Band,
|: Come on and hear, :|
It's the best band in the land!
They can play a bugle call
Like you never heard before,
So natural that you want to go to war
That's just the bestest band what am,
Honey Lamb!

|: Come on along, :|
   Let me take you by the hand
|: Up to the man, :|
Who's the leader of the band,
And if you want to hear
The Swanee River played in ragtime
|: Come on and hear, :|
Alexander's Ragtime Band

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Monday, July 18, 2011

The Yellow Rose Of Texas Video Karaoke - American Traditional Folk Song

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American Traditional Folk Song

Filipino Baby - Folk Song

Filipino Baby
(Billy Cox and Clarke Van Ness)

When the warships left Manila
Sailing proudly o'er the sea,
All the sailor's hearts were filled with fond regret
Looking backward to this island
Where they spent such happy hours
Making love to every pretty girl they met.

When up stepped a little sailor with his bright eyes all aglow
Sayin, "Take a look at my gal's photograph"
Then the sailors gathered round him just look upon her face
And he said, "I love my Filipino Baby."

cho: She's my Filipino baby
     She's my treasure and my pet
     Her teeth are bright and pearly
     And her hair is black as jet
     Oh, her lips are sweet as honey
     And her heart is true I know
     She's my darlin' little Filipino Baby.

In a little rustic cottage in the far off Philippines
Dwells a pretty little maiden all alone
She is thinking of her true love, though he's far across the sea
And her heart beats true for him and him alone.

Then one day he whispered, "Darlin' I've come back from Caroline
I've come back to claim the only girl I love
Then that night there was a wedding while the ship's crew gathered 'round
And he wed his little Filipino Baby.

CHORUS

Source. Ernest Tubb's Golden Favorites
Adapted from a song written by Charles K. Harris
during the Spanish-American War.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Train's a-Comin' Lyrics - American Folk Song

The Train's a-Comin'
American Folk Song
Lyrics
 
The train's a-comin' around the bend
Goodbye my lover, goodbye
The train's a-comin' around the bend
Goodbye my lover, goodbye
By baby by-oh, what makes you cry so
By baby by-oh, goodbye my lover goodbye.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Who Will Care for Mother Now? (1863) MIDI - American Traditional Folk Song

Who Will Care for Mother Now?
(1863)
American Traditional Folk Song
Lyrics

Why am I so weak and weary?
See how faint my heated breath,
All around to me seems darkness,
Tell me, comrades, is this death?

Ah! how well I know your answer,
To my fate I meekly bow,
If you'll only tell me  truly,
Who will care for mother now?

chorus:
Soon with angels I'll be marching
With bright laurels on my brow;
I have for my country fallen,
Who will care for mother now?

Who will comfort her in sorrow?
Who will dry the falling tear?
Gently smooth he wrinkled forehead?
Who will whisper words of cheer?

Even now I think I see her
Kneeling, praying for me! How
Can I leave her in anguish
Who will care for mother now?

Let this knapsack be my pillow,
And my mantle be the sky.
Hasten, comrades to the battle
I will like a soldier die.

Soon with angels I'll be marching
With bright laurels on my brow;
I have for my country fallen,
Who will care for mother now?

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Daisy Bell or A Bicycle Made for Two Karaoke - American Traditional Folk Song

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Alabama Jubilee(Karaoke) - American Traditional Folk Song

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

California Here I Come - American Traditional Folk Song Midi, and Lyrics

California Here I Come
American Traditional Folk Song
Lyrics

When the wintry winds are blowing,
And the snow is starting in to fall,
Then my eyes turn westward,
Knowing that's the place
I love the best of all.
California, I've been blue,
Since I've been away from you,
I can't wait 'til I get going,
Even now I'm starting in to call:

Anyone who likes to wander,
Ought to keep this saying in his mind:
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder"
Of the good old place
You leave behind.
When you've hit the trail a while
Seems you rarely see a smile;
That's why I must fly out yonder,
Where a frown is mighty hard to find!

Chorus:
California here I come,
Right back where I started from,
Where bowers of flowers bloom in the sun,
Each morning at dawning
Birdies sing an' ev'rything:
A sun-kiss'd miss said, "don't be late,"
That's why I can hardly wait,
Open up that golden gate,
California here I come.


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Alabama Jubilee - American Traditional Folk Song Midi, Sheet Music and Lyrics

Alabama Jubilee
American Traditional Folk Song
George Cobb, 1915, Jack Yellen
Lyrics

Mandolins, violins,
Hear the darkies tunin' up, the fun begins,
Come this way, don't delay,
Better hurry, honey dear, or you'll be missin'
Music sweet, rag-time treat,
Goes right to your head and trickles to your feet,
It's a reminder, a memory finder
Of nights down in old Alabam'.
         Hear that flute, it's a beaut,
And the tunes it's tootin', tootsie, ain't they cute?
Let's begin, it's a sin,
To be missin' all this syncopated music!
Oh, you Jane, once again
Give your legs some exercise to that refrain,
Boy, that's what makes me so dreamy and takes me
Back home to my old Alabam'.

Chorus:
You ought to see deacon Jones
When he rattles the bones,
Old parson Brown foolin' 'roun like a clown,
Aunt Jemima who is past eighty three,
Shoutin' "I'm full o' pep!
Watch yo' step!, watch yo' step!
One legged Joe danced aroun' on his toe,
Threw away his crutch and hollered, "let 'er go!"
Oh, honey, hail! hail! the gang's all here
For an Alabama jubilee

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