LANTERN SONGS

See you at our magical lantern walk!

1   THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE

//:This little light of mine
-- I am gonna let it shine :// 3x 
 Let it shine 3x

//: I’ll take my light around the world
-- I am gonna let it shine:// 3x 
Let it shine 3x

2  JACK-O-LANTERN 

Jack-o’-lantern, Jack-o’-lantern,

you are such a funny sight

As you sit there in the window

looking out at the night

You were once a yellow pumpkin

growing on a sturdy vine

Now you are a jack-o’-lantern

see the candle light shine

3   I WALK WITH MY LITTLE LANTERN

I walk with my little lantern

my lantern myself and I

Up yonder bright little stars shine

down here, we are stars to the sky

//: The new moon shines, the cat meows,

La bummel-a bummel-a bum bum bum :// 2x

We walk with our little lanterns --
our lanterns so shiny bright

We wander through the darkness –
with winking, twinkling light

//: Like stars that swing,

our lanterns we bring

La bummel-a bummel-a bum bum bum : //  2x

4  OCTOBER

Many days are bright in October

There is happiness in the air

Red and yellow leaves
from the autumn trees

Are drifting everywhere

When the frost is white on the meadows

When the winds of November blow

Then the wild geese fly
towards the southern sky

And soon we shall have snow

5  THE COOL OF AUTUMN

Come with me and dance with me
In the cool of autumn

All the trees are golden now

All the bells are ringing

Ring-ring-ring-a-ding dong
Dance and sing together
Ring ring ring-a-ding-dong
In your shoes of leather

6  MOTHER EARTH
Mother Earth to you we’re singing

Listen to our song

Thanks for golden harvest bringing

Listen as we sing to you,
sing to you, sing to you

Songs of rain and sunshine

On the trail where we are going

Ever will we sing

When the winter storms are blowing

Still our hearts will sing to you,
sing to you, sing to you

Songs of rain and sunshine

7 CANOE SONG
My paddle is keen and bright

Flashing with silver
Follow the wild goose flight
/: Dip dip and swing :/ 2x

Dip dip and swing her back
Flashing with silver
Swift as the wild goose flight

/ : Dip dip and swing : / 2x

8 LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH

Land of the silver birch,
home of the beaver
Where still the mighty moose
wanders at will

CHORUS: Blue lake and rocky shore,
I will return once more
Hey-ya-na  hey-ya  2x  Hey-ya-na  hey-ya  naa…

Down in the forest
deep in the lowlands
My heart cries out for you
hills of the north 
CHORUS

Swift as a silver fish
Canoe of the birch bark
Thy mighty waterways carry me forth CHORUS

There were the blue lake lies
I’ll set my wigwam
Close by the water’s edge
Silent and still
CHORUS

9  THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE (song #1)