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Folk Songs
American and Multicultural Folk Song Lyrics

         We are fortunate to have a rich heritage of folk music to use in our teaching. Here are but a few of the folk songs that children (and teachers and parents) love.

These folk songs are available from a variety of albums. 

A Sailor Went to Sea– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Aiken Drum
– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
Alice the Camel– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Alphabet Song– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Amazing Grace– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Anchors Aweigh– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Angels Watching Over Me– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Animal Fair– Traditional Song
The Ants Go Marching
– Traditional Folk Song
Apples and Bananas– Traditional Song
Arabella Miller– Traditional Folk Song
Baby Bumblebee– Sheet Music/Piano Solo Download
The Bear Went Over the Mountain– Traditional Folk Song
B-I-N-G-O
– Traditional Folk Song
Boom Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy
– Traditional Folk Song
Buffalo Gals
– Traditional Folk Song
The Caissons Go Rolling Along
– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Camptown Races
– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Clap Your Hands!
– Traditional Song
Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two)
– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Dem Bones
– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Did You Ever See A Lassie?– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Did You Feed My Cow?
– Lyrics with Extension Activities from Stephanie Burton
Do Your Ears Hang Low?– Traditional Folk Song
Down By the Bay– Traditional Folk Song
Down by the River Side– Lyrics Adapted by Mary Miché
Down in the Valley– Traditional Folk Song
Down in the Valley– Sheet Music/Piano Solo Instrumental
The Erie Canal and The E-ri-e Canal– Traditional Folk Songs
The Erie Canal– Sheet Music/Piano Solo Instrumental
Evening Prayer– Traditional Folk Song
Father Abraham– Traditional Folk Song/Camp Fire Songs
Father Abraham– Sheet Music/Piano Solo Instrumental
Five Green and Speckled Frogs– Traditional Folk Song
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow– Traditional Folk Song
The Fox– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Frère Jacques (Brother John) – Traditional Folk Song
Funiculì, Funiculà– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Funga A La Feeya
– Traditional West African Folk Song
German Cradle Song– Traditional German Lullaby
Go In and Out the Window– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
Going On A Bear Hunt– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
Grandpa's Farm– Traditional Song Lyrics
Green Grass Grew All Around– Traditional Song
The Green Grass Grew All Around– Traditional Folk Song
Head and Shoulders Baby– Traditional Folk Song
Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush– Traditional Folk Song
Home on the Range– Traditional Folk Song
Hush Little Baby– Traditional Folk Song
I Had a Rooster– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
I Love the Mountains– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
If You're Happy and You Know It– Traditional Folk Song
If You're Happy and You Know It– Lyrics with Extension Activities
I've Been Working On the Railroad– Traditional Folk Song
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt– Traditional Folk Song
Kumbaya
– Traditional African-American Folk Song
Little Bunny Foo Foo– Lyrics Adapted by Songs For Teaching™
Little Cabin in the Woods– Traditional Song
Mamma Don't Allow– Traditional Folk Song/Gemini
Michael Finnegan– Traditional Song
Miss Lucy Had a Baby
– Sheet Music/Piano Solo Instrumental
Miss Mary Mack– Traditional Folk Song
Miss Polly Had a Dolly– Traditional Song
The More We Get Together– Traditional Song
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean– Traditional Folk Song
My Dog Rags– Traditional Folk Song
My Hand On My Head– Traditional Folk Song
Muffin Man– Traditional Song
The Noble Duke of York– Traditional Folk Song
Oh, Mr. Sun– Traditional Folk Song
Oh, My Darling Clementine– Traditional Folk Song
Oh, Shenandoah– Traditional Folk Song
Oh Susanna– Traditional Folk Song
Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?– Traditional Folk Song
Old Joe Clark– Traditional Folk Song
Old MacDonald Had a Farm– Traditional Folk Song
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
– With Extension Activities from Stephanie Burton
One Bottle of Pop– Traditional Folk Song
Over in the Meadow– Traditional Folk Song
The Paw-Paw Patch
– Traditional Folk Song
Quaherey– Traditional Song/Gemini
Rattlin' Bog– Traditional Folk Song
The Riddle Song– Appalachian Traditional/Phil Rosenthal
The Riddle Song– Traditional Folk Song
Rise and Shine– Traditional Folk Song
Rock-a-Bye, Baby– Traditional Folk Song
She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain– Traditional Folk Song
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me– Traditional Folk Song
Six Little Ducks– Traditional Folk Song
Take Me Out to the Ball Game– Traditional Folk Song
Ten in the Bed– Traditional Folk Song
That's What They Taught Me In School– Traditional/Stephanie Burton
There's a Hole in the Bucket– Traditional Folk Song
This Little Light of Mine– Sheet Music/Piano Solo Instrumental
This Old Man– Traditional Folk Song
Three Nice Mice– Lyrics Adapted by Songs For Teaching™
Tommy Thumb– Traditional Folk Song
Tony Chestnut– Traditional Folk Song with new lyrics
Tony Chestnut– Traditional Folk Song
We Circle Around– Traditional Arapaho Folk Song
We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands– Traditional Folk Song
The Wheels On the Bus– Traditional Folk Song
When Johnny Comes Marching Home– Traditional Song, Patrick S. Gilmore
When the Saints Go Marching In– Traditional Song
Where Is Thumbkin?– Sheet Music/Piano Solo Instrumental
Yankee Doodle– Traditional Folk Song
You Gotta Sing– Traditional Song/Gemini

See also: Campfire Folk Song Lyrics and Fingerplays for Children.





 

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