Folk-Songs on 12 Hole Ocarina Tabs

For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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The tune behind For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow is French. It is the old melody of Malbrough s’en va-t-en guerre, a song about a soldier gone to war, and English speakers took it over for the toast sung at birthdays, retirements and send-offs. The same tune also carries The Bear Went Over the Mountain.

Do As I'm Doing

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

About Do As I’m Doing
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Do As I’m Doing is a follow-the-leader song, made for a room full of kids with their eyes on one person up front. It is traditional, and it lives in classrooms and at camps far more than in songbooks.

Tom Dooley

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

About Tom Dooley
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Behind the easy, swinging chorus of Tom Dooley sits a true crime from Reconstruction-era North Carolina. The name in the song is a mountain pronunciation of Dula, the real man at the center of the case, and the ballad carried his story in oral tradition long before records did.

Molly Malone

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

About Molly Malone
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A friend taught me this Irish folk song at a scout campout, and I still get a kick out of it every time I sing it. Molly is a Dublin fishmonger pushing her barrow and calling out her wares, and the city has taken her to heart: a bronze statue of her stands in the center of town.

Scarborough Fair

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

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This is one of my favorite ren fair, medieval-sounding songs on the 12-hole ocarina, and it may be the song that got me to like the instrument in the first place. The tone is lively, but the melody underneath is sad, and the ocarina’s soft voice brings out both at once.

Folk-Songs on 12 Hole Ocarina Tabs

For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow

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Do As I'm Doing

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