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18 songs
- 一根竹竿容易弯Chinese· ChinaTraditional
Hunan folk song. [Lyrics supplied by curator; not fetched from Wikisource.]
- 放风筝Chinese· ChinaTraditional
Traditional Chinese folk song about kite-flying. [Lyrics supplied by curator; not fetched from Wikisource.]
- Bobby Shafto's Gone to SeaEnglish· United KingdomTraditional
Lyrics supplied by curator; not fetched from Wikisource.
- Heart of OakEnglish· United Kingdom
Lyrics supplied by curator; not fetched from Wikisource. Lyrics withheld: Rejected: cross_ref_below_2.
- 春曉 (孟浩然)Chinese· China
- Blow the Man DownEnglish· United KingdomTraditional
Lyrics supplied by curator; not fetched from Wikisource.
- ShenandoahEnglish· United KingdomTraditional
Anglo-American traditional; widely collected in English-language folk corpora. [Lyrics supplied by curator; not fetched from Wikisource.]
- Billy BoyEnglish· United KingdomTraditional
Lyrics supplied by curator; not fetched from Wikisource.
- 两只老虎Chinese· ChinaTraditional
Chinese nursery lyrics to the Frère Jacques tune. Traditional children's song; treated as PD text. Modern cartoon/studio recordings are separate. [Lyrics supplied by curator; not fetched from Wikisource.]
- 滿江紅 (怒髮衝冠)Chinese· China
Attribution debated; candidate authors are long dead either way.
- 茉莉花Chinese· ChinaTraditional
Most popular sung edition from Wikipedia 茉莉花(民歌) (近些年流传甚广). Do not use bare Wikisource 茉莉花 — that page is a Qing 缀白裘 theatrical fragment. Traditional Jiangsu three-stanza text is a separate alternate edition. Modern concert arrangements remain separately assessable.
- 靜夜思Chinese· China
Tang quatrain. Text clear; any modern setting is a separate composition.
- Auld Lang SyneScots· United Kingdom· TraditionalTraditional
Scots song of remembrance, traditionally sung at New Year.
- Modern Words on an Old TuneEnglish· United Kingdom· Traditional
Defence-in-depth fixture. Published on purpose, with lyrics that must never render: a public-domain melody does not release words set to it.
- Amazing GraceEnglish· United Kingdom· Traditional (melody "New Britain")
Christian hymn with lyrics by John Newton; commonly paired with the American folk melody New Britain.
- Frère JacquesFrench· France· TraditionalTraditional
A well-known French nursery round, often used to teach French pronunciation and call-and-response singing.
- Au Clair de la LuneFrench· France· TraditionalTraditional
A classic French children's song about Pierrot and moonlight.
- GreensleevesEnglish· United Kingdom· TraditionalTraditional
English Renaissance-era ballad tune still widely performed instrumentally and vocally.