Category: Traditional song

The Gruuthuse manuscript is a collection of works literary and songs in Dutch means whose oldest nucleus probably dates back to 1395 or so, while the more recent contributions (unfinished) would date from about 1408 . It was probably part of Louis de Gruuthuse’s library .

Misirlou (or Miserlou ), which means “Egyptian” (in Greek Μισιρλού , Arabic مصر, Miṣr , Egypt ), is a popular song of Greek origin.

Mòlìhuā (Chinese: 茉莉花, pinyin: Mòlìhuā, French: jasmine flower ), is a famous Chinese folk song written under Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) of the Qing Dynasty . This song occupies a very high position in the Chinese folk songs, it is very widely resumed abroad.

In Scottish Gaelic , an òran-luaidh (noun masc., Plural: òrain-luaidh , scots : waulking song ) is a “song of treading “, a notion that could also be translated as “songs to tread” or “singing”. of foulerie “.

Oh, Freedom is a freedom song of a black American slave dating from the American Civil War. It was recorded by Odetta as part of the Spiritual Trilogy , on his album Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues in 1956.

Oh lie Augustin (Oh dear Augustin) is aViennesesongcomposed byMarx Augustinin1679.

Signore delle cime (French : Lord of the Peaks ) is a musical work composed in1958byBepi De Marzi 1 in tribute to his comrade Bepi Bertagnoli tragically disappeared in the mountains in1951in theupper valley of Chiampo  (it) 2 .

St. James Infirmary is a song folk American of unknown origin, although sometimes attributed to Irving Mills  (en) (under the pseudonym Joe Primrose). Its recording by Louis Armstrong in1928 made her famous.

Stagger Lee is the title of a traditional American song . The lyrics are based on a story that took place in 1895 . There are many times under different titles ( Stack O’Lee , Stack-a-Lee , Stagolee …), the most famous is that ofLloyd Price .

Following sudarmoricaine is a Breton song harlot in Brittany , on the traditional air Forgiveness Speied , the ”  forgiveness of Spézet ” popularized by Alan Stivell in the 1970s was in fact the first and only title in Breton n o 1 Hit parade of Europe 1 1 .