Author: ktkwanix

I'm a 20-ish year old kid with lots of whatnots in her mind that needs disposing of. And so to blogging it is!

Beriozka (The Birch Tree) | Lyrics, Piano Sheet Music & Video

~ ktkwanix

Beriozka or The Birch Tree, is a classic traditional Russian Folksong, which is believed to have been written two centuries ago. Commonly known as “In The Field Stood A Birch Tree” in English, this song has many variations on its name, including “Berezka”, “Beroza” or “Beriozka.” It is quite popular among composers and personalities, who have incorporated it in their works. Tchaikovsky included Beriozka in the last movement of his Fourth Symphony, while Dario Mariannelli used the song in his musical score for the film, “Anna Karenina.”

Lyrics for ‘Beriozka’

See the lovely birch in the meadow,
Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows.
Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows,
Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows.

Oh, my little tree, I need branches,
For the silver flutes I need branches.
Loo-lee-loo, three branches,
Loo-lee-loo, three branches.

From another birch I will make now,
I will make a tingling balalaika.
Loo-lee-loo, balalaika,
Loo-lee-loo, balalaika.

When I play my new balalaika,
I will think of you, my lovely birch tree.
Loo-lee-loo, lovely birch tree,
Loo-lee-loo, lovely birch tree.

Print Easy Piano Sheet Music

Here’s an awesome arrangement of ‘Beriozka (The Birch Tree)’ for easy piano solo. There’s an mp3 on the site that piano students can listen to as they practice this piece. The arrangement is available to print in PDF format.

Beriozka (The Birch Tree) for Easy Piano Solo

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Sing-a-long Video for ‘Beriozka’

Check out this awesome video for ‘Beriozka’ from The Singing Bell on YouTube. Watch it or sing with your kids!

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Alouette | Lyrics, Beginner Piano Sheet Music & Video

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Alouette is a popular French Canadian children’s song commonly thought to be about  plucking the feathers of a lark. The song was first published in A Pocket Song Book for the Use of Students and Graduates of McGill College in 1879. Canadian folklorist Marius Barbeau suggested that the French colonists used songs like Alouette to dip their canoe paddles in unison.

Although a French song, Alouette is well-known throughout the world. This is due in part because Marines and other Allied soldiers learned the song while serving in France during World War I, and then passed it on to their children and grandchildren.

Lyrics for ‘Alouette’

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai la tête
Je te plumerai la tête
Et la tête, et la tête
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, Alouette
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le nez
Je te plumerai le nez
Et le nez, et le nez
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les yeux
Je te plumerai les yeux
Et les yeux, et les yeux
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le cou
Je te plumerai le cou
Et le cou, et le cou
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les ailes
Je te plumerai les ailes
Et les ailes, et les ailes
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le dos
Je te plumerai le dos
Et le dos, et le dos
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les pattes
Je te plumerai les pattes
Et les pattes, et les pattes
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai la queue
Je te plumerai la queue
Et la queue, et la queue
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.

Translation

Chorus
Lark, nice lark
Lark, I’ll pluck you.

I’ll pluck your bill
I’ll pluck your bill
And your bill, and your bill
Lark, lark. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

(Chorus)

I’ll pluck your eyes
I’ll pluck your eyes
And your eyes, and your eyes
And your bill, and your bill
Lark, lark. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

(Chorus)

I’ll pluck your head
I’ll pluck your head
And your head, and your head,
And your eyes, and your eyes
And your bill, and your bill
Lark, lark. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

(Chorus)

I’ll pluck your neck…

I’ll pluck your back…

I’ll pluck your wings… your belly…

… your legs… your tail…

Print Easy Piano Sheet Music

Here’s an awesome arrangement of ‘Alouette’ for beginner piano solo. There’s an mp3 on the site that piano students can listen to as they practice this piece. The arrangement is available to print in PDF format.

Alouette for Beginner Piano Solo

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Sing-a-long Video for ‘Alouette’

Check out this wonderful video for ‘Alouette’ from HeyKids – Chansons Pour Enfants on YouTube. Watch it or sing with your kids!

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The Campbells Are Coming | Free Celtic Piano Sheet Music

~ ktkwanix

“The Campbells Are Coming,” is a Scottish bagpipe hymn associated with the Campbell clan, a Highland clan.

“The Campbells Are Coming” was composed around 1715. There are several theories about its origin, but the most popular theory suggests that the tune was inspired by the war of the Jacobite rising of 1715. It was played by the vanguard of the loyalist Scottish troops as they marched in opposition to the Jacobite rebels.

Lyrics for ‘The Campbells Are Coming’

The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin to bonnie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!Upon the Lomonds I lay, I lay,
Upon the Lomonds I lay, I lay,
I looked down to bonnie Lochleven,
And saw three bonnie perches play.The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin to bonnie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!Great Argyle he goes before,
He makes his cannons and guns to roar,
Wi’ sound o’ trumpet, pipe and drum,
The Campbells are comin Oho, Oho!The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin to bonnie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!The Campbells they are a’ in arms,
Their loyal faith and truth to show,
Wi’ banners rattling in the wind,
The Campbells are comin Oho, Oho!The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin to bonnie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!

Print Easy Piano Sheet Music

Here’s an awesome arrangement of ‘The Campbells Are Coming’ for easy piano solo. There’s an mp3 on the site that piano students can listen to as they practice this piece. The arrangement is available to print in PDF format.

The Campbells Are Coming for Easy Piano Solo

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Sing-a-long Video for ‘The Campbells Are Coming’

Check out this amazing video for ‘The Campbells Are Coming’ from Some Folk on YouTube. Watch it or sing with your kids!

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Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose | Easy Piano Sheet Music (PDF)

~ ktkwanix

The classic nursery rhyme, “Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose”, dates from the 1600s and is a classic Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme. The word “cackle” is an onomatopoeia for the sound that a goose makes.

Lyrics for ‘Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose’

Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose,
Have you any feathers loose?
Truly have I, pretty fellow,
Half enough to fill a pillow.
Here are quills, take one or two,
And down to make a bed for you.

Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose,
Have you any feathers loose?
Truly have I, pretty fellow,
Half enough to fill a pillow.
Here are quills, take one or two,
And down to make a bed for you.

Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose,
Have you any feathers loose?
Truly have I, pretty fellow,
Half enough to fill a pillow.
Here are quills, take one or two,
And down to make a bed for you.

Print Easy Piano Sheet Music

Here’s an awesome arrangement of ‘Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose’ for easy piano solo. There’s an mp3 on the site that piano students can listen to as they practice this piece. The arrangement is available to print in PDF format.

Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose for Easy Piano Solo

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Sing-a-long Video for ‘Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose’

Check out this fun video for ‘Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose’ from Vintage Nursery Rhymes on YouTube. Watch it or sing with your kids!

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Doctor Foster | Lyrics, Free Guitar Sheet Music, and Video (Mother Goose)

~ ktkwanix

Doctor Foster is an English nursery rhyme which dates back to nineteenth century England. Its first recorded version was in 1810 on Gamer Gurton’s Garland. It was then followed by a modern version of the tune which was published in 1844. The Real Mother Goose published their version of the rhyme in 1916 with Blanche Fisher Wright as its illustrator.

The song proved to be interesting as several theories have been presented regarding the story behind it. One of them states that it is about an event in English history that occurred during the Plantagenet monarchy. It suggests that the rhyme may have been based on King Edward I and the time he visited Gloucester. He fell from his horse down into a puddle, which happened in front of many people. This event greatly embarrassed the king and resulted to him never returning.

Others believe that Doctor Foster is about a play titled Doctor Faustus, an Elizabethan tragedy written by Christian Marlowe. The play is about a protagonist named “Doctor Fauster,” because he caused a person to fall in the river when the horse, whom he conjured from a straw, reverted back to its original form while passing through a river.

Lyrics for ‘Doctor Foster’

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester,
In a shower of rain;
He stepped in a puddle,
Right up to his middle,
And never went there again.

Print Easy Guitar Sheet Music

Here’s a free arrangement of ‘Doctor Foster’ for beginner guitar solo. Students can learn to read traditional music notation or TABS. There’s also an mp3 on the site so students can listen to the song as they practice.

Doctor Foster for Beginner Guitar (TAB)

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Sing-a-long Video for ‘Doctor Foster’

Check out this awesome video for ‘Doctor Foster’ from Mother Goose Club on YouTube. Watch it or sing with your kids!

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