"Kidsongs: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" - Kidsongs

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

I’d like to build the world a home,

And furnish it with love.

Grow apple trees and honeybees,

And snow-white turtle doves.

I’d like to teach the world to sing

In perfect harmony.

I’d like to hold it in my arms,

And keep it company.

I’d like to see the world for once,

All standing hand in hand.

And hear them echo through the hills

For peace throughout the land.

That’s the song I hear.

Let the world sing today.

A song of peace that echoes on

And never goes away.

I’d like to teach the world to sing

In perfect harmony.

Funiculì, Funiculà

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,

And so do I, and so do I.

Some think it's going to be so melancholic,

To pine and sigh, to pine and sigh.

But I, I love to spend my time in singing,

Some joyous songs, some joyous songs.

To set the air with music bravely ringing,

It's far from wrong, it's far from wrong.

Listen! Listen! Music sounds so fun!

Listen! Listen! Music sounds so fun!

Tra-la-la-la! Tra-la-la-la!

Tra-la-la-la! Tra-la-la-la!

Music sounds so fun!

Tra-la-la-la! Tra-la-la-la!

But I, I love to spend my time in singing,

Some joyous songs, some joyous songs.

To set the air with music bravely ringing,

It's far from wrong, it's far from wrong.

Listen! Listen! Music sounds so fun!

Listen! Listen! Music sounds so fun!

Tra-la-la-la! Tra-la-la-la!

Tra-la-la-la! Tra-la-la-la!

Music sounds so fun!

Tra-la-la-la! Tra-la-la-la!

Music sounds so fun!

Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!

Did You Ever See a Lassie?

Did you ever see a lassie, a lassie, a lassie?

Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?

Go this way and that way, go this way and that way.

Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?

Did you ever see a laddie, a laddie, a laddie?

Did you ever see a laddie go this way and that?

Go this way and that way, go this way and that way.

Did you ever see a laddie go this way and that?

Did you ever see a kilt, a kilt, a kilt?

Did you ever see a kilt go this way and that?

Go this way and that way, go this way and that way.

Did you ever see a kilt go this way and that?

Did you ever see a bagpipe, a bagpipe, a bagpipe?

Did you ever see a bagpipe go this way and that?

Go this way and that way, go this way and that way.

Did you ever see a bagpipe go this way and that?

Now we've seen a lassie, a laddie, and a kilt.

Now we've seen a bagpipe go this way and that.

Go this way and that way, go this way and that way.

Now we've seen all these things go this way and that!

London Bridge

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.

London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady.

Build it up with iron bars, iron bars, iron bars.

Build it up with iron bars, my fair lady.

Iron bars will bend and break, bend and break, bend and break.

Iron bars will bend and break, my fair lady.

Build it up with gold and silver, gold and silver, gold and silver.

Build it up with gold and silver, my fair lady.

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.

London Bridge is falling down, my... fair... lady...!

Frère Jacques

Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques,

Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?

Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines!

Din, din, don. Din, din, don.

[Repeat English verse as a round]

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping,

Brother John, Brother John?

Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing,

Ding, dang, dong! Ding, dang, dong!

Kumbaya

Kumbaya lord, kumbaya, 

Kumbaya lord, kumbaya, 

Kumbaya lord, kumbaya, 

Oh lord, kumbaya. 

Someone's praying lord, kumbaya, 

Someone's praying lord, kumbaya, 

Someone's praying lord, kumbaya, 

Oh lord, kumbaya. 

Someone's singing lord, kumbaya, 

Someone's singing lord, kumbaya, 

Someone's singing lord, kumbaya, 

Oh lord, kumbaya. 

Kumbaya lord, kumbaya, 

Kumbaya lord, kumbaya, 

Kumbaya lord, kumbaya, 

Oh lord, kumbaya. 

Oh lord, kumbaya.

Waltzing Matilda

Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong,

Under the shade of a coolibah tree.

And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong,

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong,

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

Down came a jumbuck (sheep) to drink beside the billabong (clear blue lake),

Up jumped the swagman (traveler) and seized him with glee.

And he sang as he tucked that jumbuck (sheep) in his tucker bag (backpack),

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong,

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

Once a jolly traveler sat beside a clear blue lake,

Under the shade of a tall, tall tree.

And he sang as he sat and waited by the clear blue lake,

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong,

"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."

Sakura, Sakura

桜 桜

Sakura sakura

弥生の空は

Yayoi no sora wa

見渡す限り

Miwatasu kagiri

霞か雲か

Kasumi ka kumo ka

匂いぞ 出ずる

Nioi zo izuru

いざや いざや

Izaya izaya

見に行かん

Mi ni yukan

霞か雲か

Kasumi ka kumo ka

匂いぞ 出ずる

Nioi zo izuru

いざや いざや

Izaya izaya

見に行かん

Mi ni yukan

Los Pollitos

Los pollitos dicen

Pio, pio, pio

Cuando tienen hambre

Cuando tienen frio

La gallina busca

El maiz y el trigo

Les da la comida

Y les presta abrigo

Bajo sus dos alas

Acurrucaditos

Hasta el otro dia

Duerman los pollitos

La gallina dice

Cloc, cloc, cloc

Cuando canta el gallo

Cuando sale el sol

Bajo sus dos alas

Acurrucaditos

Hasta el otro dia

Duermen los pollitos

La gallina dice

Cloc, cloc, cloc

Cuando canta el gallo

Cuando sale el sol

Day-O (Banana Boat Song)

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Work all day 'til the mornin' come

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Stack banana 'til the mornin' come

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mr. Tallyman, tally me banana

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mr. Tallyman, tally me banana

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Lift one bunch, two bunch, three bunch, four!

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Five bunch, six bunch, count some more!

Daylight come and me' wan' go home

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Seven bunch, eight, 'til my arms are sore.

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Nine bunch, ten bunch, go back for more!

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o... me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan'... go... home...

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (Reprise)

I’d like to teach the world to sing

In perfect harmony.

I’d like to hold it in my arms,

And keep it company.

I’d like to see the world for once,

All standing hand in hand.

And hear them echo through the hills

For peace throughout the land.

That’s the song I hear.

Let the world sing today.

A song of peace that echoes on

And never goes away.

A song of peace that echoes on

And never goes away!

I’d like to teach the world to sing

In perfect harmony.

I’d like to hold it in my arms,

And keep it company.

I’d like to see the world for once,

All standing hand in hand.

And hear them echo through the hills

For peace throughout the land.

That’s the song I hear.

Let the world sing today.

A song of peace that echoes on

And never goes away.

A song of peace that echoes on

And never... goes... away...