Cameroonian Pidgin English
English
Baby, Don't You Cry (Lullaby)
Come and See America Wonder (Masquerade Song)
Driver, Fire We Go 
MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Hey, Cow! MP3
Ewah Wah James Eh (Circle Dance) MP3
Jive in the Corner (Twist Dance) MP3
O-Cocorico (Christmas Song)
Pick Up (Chant) MP3
See Me Wonders, The Crawfish Ate the Mololo Fish (Bolo-bolo Song)
Shake Shake Fio (Little Girls Dance Song)
Which Kind Soup Does Mommy Cook So? (Little Girls Dance Game)
Why Did the Duck Named Coca Eat Maggots? (Call and Response Song) MP3
English
Baden Powell (Boy Scout Marching Song)
Bring Back Midi
Midi C.A.M.E.R.O.O.N. (Patriotic Song) MP3
Christ is Born (Sunday School Song)
Crocodile MP3
Dance Like a Butterfly (Call & Response Dance Song) MP3
Do do ki do (Masquerade Song) MP3
Good Morning (Circle Game) MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Here We Fly Like Birds in the Wilderness (Game Song) MP3
How Do You Do, My Partner (Circle Dance) MP3
I Remember When I Was a Soldier (Boy Scout Marching Song)
Jolly Boy MP3
Laughing is Contagious MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Little Sailor Boy MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi London's Burning Midi
Midi My Cock Is Dead MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi My Mother MP3
My Spanish Guitar (Folk Song) MP3
Round and Round the Village (Circle Dance) MP3
Since Man to Man, Is Unjust (Marching Song)
Thank you Lord (Sunday School Song)
The Keeper (Folk Song) MP3
The Moon Shines on The Courthouse (or Mountain) (Traditional Song) MP3
There's Fire on the Mountain (Circle Game)
This Boy Has No Eyes to See
(Circle Game)
(Circle Game)
Thread and Needle Midi
Three Gypsies (Ballad) MP3
Tick, says the Clock MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Tick, Tock, says the Clock MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Two Little Black Birds (Nursery Rhyme)
Verb Tenses MP3
Walking in the Light (Sunday School Song) MP3
We Are Coming (School Competition Song)
We Go Down the Cameroon Bay MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Welcome Song MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi White Sand and Grey Sand (Round) MP3
You Shall Reap But What You Sow (Sunday School Song)
French
English
Metta
English
Mungaka ?
English
Unknown African Language
English
Amba sherina (Marching Song) MP3
Ejibe Zangalewa (Marching Song)
KEY TO SYMBOLS
- - this song has sheet music
- Midi - this song has a Midi tune
- MP3 - this song has an MP3 recording
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- this song has a Video recording
Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Cameroon:
Nyango M. Nambangi sent us this Cameroonian song from her childhood in Africa. It’s a lovely song to sing with children and they can even dance while singing! Like many African songs, it’s a call and response song. In the recording below, Nyango explains how to sing and dance to the song. Then she sings... Read more »- I asked Nyango how to say "hi" in Cameroonian Pidgin English. Here’s what she wrote: Most people will greet you in pidgin with "How na?" which is actually "How now?" and actually means: "How are you?" "What’s up?". A lot more will say: "Good morning" or what ever the time of day is. Most people do... Read more »
- Warning: This song is extremely catchy! All you have to do is listen to the mp3 below and then watch the video at the link and you’ll be singing it for weeks. This song is called “Marry Me” or “A Little Sailor Boy”. It’s about men in different professions coming to ask a young... Read more »
Nyango sent me this song from Cameroon, Africa that’s about the shape of Italy. Here’s what she wrote: “…wondering if I had given you this song we learn as children in Cameroon during Geography. It goes; The shape of Italy is admittedly Often described as the shape of a boot The shape of Italy is admittedly Often... Read more »- In Thread the Needle Games, the players stand in two rows across from each other. They hold hands in an arch with the person across from them. Players go under the arch and join the end of the line once they’re through the arch. Sometimes they’re played while singing a song.... Read more »
- In the past, I posted the Victorian poem “My Mother” written by Ann Taylor. Ann was the sister of Jane Taylor the author of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. It turns out that 2 verses of this poem are sung by children in Cameroon, Africa as a song. I posted the poem My Mother... Read more »
- Nyango Melissa, who has sent me many songs from Cameroon in Africa, sent me this email today… Hi, all: You can listen to some samples from African Harmony and watch them at rehearsal. Just scroll down the home page. African Harmony is the choral group of the Minnesota African Women's Association, MAWA's cultural program. African Harmony is made... Read more »
- Nyango Melissa, originally from Cameroon, recently sent me these songs with a recording. Here’s what she wrote with the mp3 of the songs… Just thought of these the other day. The clock/time songs sound a lot like they’re of British origin: MP3 of Tick Tock Songs 1) Tick, says the clock, tick, tick, What you have to do,... Read more »
- I woke up this morning with a cup of coffee and by listening to “Good Morning to You” in English, French and some African languages on my computer. What a wonderful way to wake up! The recording was done by recording a phone call over the internet. Thanks to Nyango Melissa for calling and... Read more »
- Nyango M. Nambangi sent us this Cameroonian song from Africa. What’s even better is that we have a recording to go with it! Nyango wrote: “Here’s a song our mother taught us and her Middle School students. The tune is very British, in my opinion, but I have not been able to find... Read more »
RELATED LINKS
Sakerettes - ExSSA-USA
(In English)
Sakerettes are alumni of Saker Baptist College, Limbe, Cameroon, West Africa. The alumni association is called the Ex-Saker Students Association-USA or EXSSA-USA. The Sakerettes give benefit concerts each year to help the College.
Minnesota African Women's Association
(In English)
MAWA promotes the health and well-being of African refugee and immigrant women and their families in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
