AS SYLVIE WAS WALKING As Sylvie Was Walking As Sylvie was walking down by the riverside, As Sylvie was walking down by the riverside, And looking so sadly, and looking so sadly And looking so sadly upon its swift tide. She thought on the lover that left her in pride, She thought on the lover that left her in pride, … Weiterlesen →
SWEET ENGLAND Sweet England As I was a walking one morning in Spring, To hear the larks whistle and the gully-birds sing, I heard a sweet maiden a making a moan, But alas I’m a stranger a long way from home. I came from Sweet England with my mother and dad, And I thought in America all could be had, … Weiterlesen →
Advance Australia Fair Australian sons, let us rejoice.For we are young and free.We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil,Our home is girt by sea.Our land abounds in nature’s giftsOf beauty rich and rare;In hist’ry’s page, let ev’ry stageAdvance Australia FairIn joyful strains then let us singAdvance Australia Fair. When gallant Cook from Albion sailed.To trace wide oceans o’er.True British courage … Weiterlesen →
Lovely Evening Lovely Evening Oh, how lovely is the evening, is the evening, When the bells are sweetly ringing, sweetly ringing! Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong.
Weiterlesen →SKYE BOAT SONG Skye Boat Song Sing me a song of a lad that is gone, Say, could that lad be I? Merry of soul he sailed on a day Over the sea to Skye. 1. Mull was astern, Rum on the port, Eigg on the starboard bow; Glory of youth glowed in his soul; Where is that glory now? … Weiterlesen →
VENT FRAIS VENT DU MATIN Vent frais vent du matin Vent frais, vent du matin, souvant le sommet du grand pin, joie du vent qui passe, le long dans le grand. SONGS LIEDER A-Z SONGS LIEDER THEMEN A-Z
Weiterlesen →HEIGH-HO! ANYBODY HOME Heigh-ho! Anybody home Gm Heigh- Dm ho! Gm Anybody home. Gm Food and drink Dm and money have I none. Gm Still I will be Dm merry, Gm still I will be Dm merry. Heigh-ho! Anybody home. Food and drink and money have I none. Still I will be merry, still I will be merry.
Weiterlesen →Old Dog Tray 1. The morn of life is past,And evening comes at last;It brings me a dream of a once happy day,Of merry forms I’ve seenUpon the village green,Sporting with my old dog Tray.Old dog Tray’s ever faithful,Grief cannot drive him away,He’s gentle, he is kind;I’ll never, never findA better friend than old dog Tray. 2. The forms … Weiterlesen →
PLANXTY MAGGIE BROWN Planxty Maggie Brown „Planxty Maggie Brown“ ist ein traditionelles irisches Musikstück, das zur Gattung der sogenannten Planxtys gehört. Der Begriff „Planxty“ wurde vor allem durch den legendären Harfenisten Turlough O’Carolan (1670–1738) bekannt, der viele solcher Stücke komponierte. Planxtys sind musikalische Widmungen an bestimmte Personen – in der Regel wohlhabende oder einflussreiche Gönnerinnen und Gönner – und … Weiterlesen →
Charlie is my Darling Charlie is my Darling Charlie is my darling, my darling, my darlling, Oh, Charlie is my darling, the young Chevalier. ‘Twas on a Monday morning, right early in the year, when Charlie came to our town, the young Cava lier, Oh! Charlie is my darling, my darling, ma darling, Oh Charlie is my darling, … Weiterlesen →