Famous songs

FAMOUS BRITISH

AND AMERICAN SONGS

☺ Tipperary is a little town in County Tipperary in Southern Ireland.

☺ Piccadilly: one of the most famous squares in London.

☺ Leicester Square: another famous area for evening entertainment to the east of Piccadilly.

It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go, It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know!

Goodbye, Piccadilly! Farewell, Leicester Square! It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there.

☺ A well known Irish folk song. It is a plain story about a girl who sold sea-food in Dublin.

☺ Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland.

In Dublin’s fair city,

Where the girls are so pretty,

I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone

As she wheeled her wheelbarrow

Through streets broad and narrow,

Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o!“

Chorus:

Alive, alive-o! Alive, alive-o!

Crying, "Cockles and mussels,

Alive, alive-o".

She was a fishmonger,

But sure 'twas no wonder,

For so were her father and mother before,

And they each wheeled their barrow

Through streets broad and narrow,

Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o!"

Chorus:

Alive, alive-o! Alive, alive-o!

Crying, "Cockles and mussels,

Alive, alive-o".

She died of a fever,

And no one could save her,

And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone,

But her ghost wheels her barrow,

Through streets broad and narrow

Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o!"

Chorus:

Alive, alive-o! Alive, alive-o!

Crying, "Cockles and mussels,

Alive, alive-o".

☺ Ravens are associated with the Tower where, believe it or not, they are considered special guests.

☺ It is probable that there have always been ravens at the Tower, and there is a legend that the Tower will fall if it loses its ravens.

Three crows sat upon a wall,

Sat upon a wall,

Sat upon a wall,

Three crows sat upon a wall,

On a cold and frosty morning.

The first crow couldn't fly at all,

Couldn't fly at all,

Couldn't fly at all,

The first crow couldn't fly at all,

On a cold and frosty morning.

The second crow was crying for his ma,

Crying for his ma,

Crying for his ma.

The second crow was crying for his ma,

On a cold and frosty morning.

The third crow fell and broke his jaw,

Fell and broke his jaw,

Fell and broke his jaw.

The third crow fell and broke his jaw

On a cold and frosty morning.

The fourth crow wasn't there at all.

☺ British sailors have helped Britain for centuries, and their contribution to the building of the British Empire as well as to increase the British sea power and fame has been great.

☺ Some seamen and ships have become legendary.

My Bonnie lies over the ocean,

My Bonnie lies over the sea.

My Bonnie lies over the ocean,

Oh bring back my Bonnie to me!

Chorus:

Bring back, bring back,

bring back my Bonnie to me, to me;

Bring back, bring back,

oh bring back my Bonnie to me!

Last night as I lay on my pillow,

Last night as I lay on my bed,

Last night as I lay on my pillow,

I dreamed that my Bonnie was dead.

Chorus:

Bring back, bring back,

bring back my Bonnie to me, to me;

Bring back, bring back,

oh bring back my Bonnie to me!

Oh blow ye winds over the ocean,

Oh blow ye winds over the sea.

Oh blow ye winds over the ocean,

And bring back my Bonnie to me.

Chorus:

Bring back, bring back,

bring back my Bonnie to me, to me;

Bring back, bring back,

oh bring back my Bonnie to me!

The winds have blown over the ocean,

The winds have blown over the sea,

The winds have blown over the ocean,

And brought back my Bonnie to me.

Chorus:

Bring back, bring back,

bring back my Bonnie to me, to me;

Bring back, bring back,

oh bring back my Bonnie to me!

Christmas is one of the happiest and busiest times of the year for millions of people all over the world.

Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh, O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way; Bells on bob-tail ring Making our spirits bright; What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight! Chorus:

Jingle, bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way! Oh what fun

It is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh!

Chorus:

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart.

But the very next day you gave it away.

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special.

Once bitten and twice shy.

I keep my distance.

But you still catch my eye.

Tell me baby

Do you recognize me?

Well...

It's been a year.

It doesn't surprise me.

"Happy Christmas!“

I wrapped it up and sent it

With a note saying "I love you“.

I meant it.

Now I know what a fool I've been

But if you kissed me now

I know you'd fool me again.

Chorus:

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart.

But the very next day you gave it away.

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special.

Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.

Sing a song of sixpence

A pocket full of rye,

Four and twenty blackbirds,

Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,

The birds began to sing,

Oh, wasn't that a dainty dish

To put before the king.

The king was in his counting house,

Counting out his money.

The queen was in the parlour,

Eating bread and honey.

The maid was in the garden,

Hanging out the clothes,

When down came a blackbird

And pecked off her nose.

Ring a ring of roses

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, a-tishoo

We all fall down.

A popular English song for children which is always welcomed by adults, too.

If you're happy and you know it

Clap your hands .

If you're happy and you know it

Clap your hands .

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it,

If you're happy and you know it

Clap your hands .

If you're happy and you know it

Snap your fingers .

If you're happy and you know it

Snap your fingers .

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it,

If you're happy and you know it

Snap your fingers .

If you're happy and you know it

Slap your legs .

If you're happy and you know it

Slap your legs .

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it,

If you're happy and you know it

Slap your legs .

If you're happy and you know it

Stamp your feet .

If you're happy and you know it

Stamp your feet .

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it,

If you're happy and you know it

Stamp your feet .

If you're happy and you know it

Say: "O.K.“,

If you're happy and you know it

Say: "O.K.“,

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it,

If you're happy and you know it

Say: "O.K.".

If you're happy and you know it

Do all five,

If you're happy and you know it

Do all five,

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it,

If you're happy and you know it

Do all five.