Content
- Description of folk songs
- Western folk songs
- Nigerian folk songs.
Content development
Folk songs are the traditional songs of a people. Most Nigerian folk songs are mainly involved in folktales. All ethnic groups in Nigeria have folktales which children enjoy during moonlight plays and games. They sing folk songs in call and response sytle, and sometimes perform the actions which involved in the folktales.
Western folk songs
Below are some western folk songs:
- Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
- Auld Lang Syne
- Early One Morning
- Golden slumbers
- The Ash Grove
- My Bonnie
- All through the night
- Pretty polly Oliver, and so on.
Nigerian Folk Songs
Here also are some Nigerian folk songs which students sing in communities:
- Udaram Too (Igbo)
- Nwaneku Nwa (Igbo)
- Zamiliza (Igbo)
- Inine (Igbo)
- Uli Oma (Igbo)
- Ise Oluwa (yoruba)
- Alanteere o (yoruba)
- Baba lawo mo wa bebe (yoruba)
- Taguwar (hausa)
- Mo Bele (Ijaw: Okrika)
Exercise:
Call: Alanteere o.
Response: Antere
Call : Baba ni ki nbomile sanra
Response: Antere
Call: Iya nirodo lowe
Response: Antere
Call : Mododo mo bo`luweri
Response: Antere
Call: Okan diti okan yaro
Response: Antere
Call: Okan abese gbon in
Response: Antere
Call: Be ba dele o,
Response: Antere
Call: keki baba fun mi
Response: Antere
Call: beba dele o
Response: Antere
Call: keki mama fun mi
Response: Antere
Call: wipe odoju ala o
Response: Antere
Call: Ka o si to rira
Response: Antere
Call: A o fipade se somo
Response: Antere
Evaluation
- Describe folk songs.
- List some western and Nigerian folk songs.
- Sing some western and Nigerian folk songs.
Reference
Fundamentals of Music, for junior secondary schools, Upper Basic Education 1, Dr.H.C. Nwafor.