Top 25 folk songs kids should know with lyrics

In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, And his daughter Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine! You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

She'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes, She'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes, She'll be comin' 'round the mountain, she'll be comin' 'round the mountain, She'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes.

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. Home, home on the range, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni. Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.

I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see. It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry, The sun so hot I froze to death; Susanna, don't you cry. Oh! Susanna, oh don't you cry for me, For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

Lost my partner, what'll I do? Lost my partner, what'll I do? Lost my partner, what'll I do? Skip to my Lou, my darling. Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, Skip to my Lou, my darling.

Down in the valley, the valley so low, Hang your head over, hear the wind blow. Hear the wind blow, dear, hear the wind blow, Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.

From this valley they say you are going, We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile, For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our pathway a while. Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the cowboy who loved you so true.

Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Away, you rolling river. Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Away, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri.

Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home. Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home. I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Comin' for to carry me home? A band of angels comin' after me, Comin' for to carry me home.

As I was a-walkin' one mornin' for pleasure, I spied a cowpuncher a-ridin' along; His hat was throwed back and his spurs were a-jinglin', And as he approached he was singin' this song. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along, little dogies, It's your misfortune and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along, little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home.

I've got a mule, her name is Sal, Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. She's a good old worker and a good old pal, Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. We've hauled some barges in our day, Filled with lumber, coal, and hay, And we know every inch of the way From Albany to Buffalo. Low bridge, everybody down! Low bridge, for we're coming to a town! And you'll always know your neighbor, You'll always know your pal, If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal.

I've been working on the railroad, All the live-long day. I've been working on the railroad, Just to pass the time away. Can't you hear the whistle blowing? Rise up so early in the morn; Can't you hear the captain shouting, "Dinah, blow your horn!"

Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight, Come out tonight, come out tonight? Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight, And dance by the light of the moon?

Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy, Oh, where have you been, charming Billy? I have been to seek a wife, She's the joy of my life, She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Oh, I went down south for to see my Sal, Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day. My Sal she is a spunky gal, Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day. Fare thee well, fare thee well, Fare thee well, my fairy fay, For I'm goin' to Lou'siana for to see my Susyanna, Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day.

Oh, don't you remember sweet Betsy from Pike, Who crossed the wide mountains with her lover Ike, With two yoke of oxen, a big yellow dog, A tall Shanghai rooster, and one spotted hog? Sing too-ral-li, oo-ral-li, oo-ral-li-ay, Sing too-ral-li, oo-ral-li, oo-ral-li-ay.

Michael, row the boat ashore, hallelujah! Michael, row the boat ashore, hallelujah!

Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number, When the saints go marching in.

Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya, Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya, Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya, Oh Lord, kumbaya.

Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody The old gray goose is dead.