Multicultural Songs about the Seasons
People often write me looking for songs about the four seasons, from around the world. Here are some! The links below take you to the different pages on Mama Lisa’s World of International Childrens Songs. There, you’ll find the lyrics in the original languages, with English translations.
Songs about Winter
Yuki (Snow) – Japanese
A, a, a, der Winter, der ist da (A, a, a, Winter is Here) – German
La neige tombe (The Snow is Falling) – French from Canada
Zemestoon (Winter) – Persian from Iran
Kış (Winter) – Turkish from Turkey
Songs about Spring
La Primavera (Springtime) – Spanish from Peru
Haru Ga Kita (Spring Has Come) – Japanese
De Colores (All the Colors) – Spanish from Mexico & Spain
Songs about Summer
Trarira, der Sommer, der ist da! (Tilitum, The Summer Has Come) – German
Songs about Autumn or Fall
Couleurs d’automne (Colors of Autumn) – French
Songs or Rhymes about All Four Seasons
Joereszäiten (Seasons) – Franconian from Lorraine Region in France
Les feuilles (Leaves) – French from Canada
When you get to the song pages you can access French and Spanish translations too, and in some cases mp3 recordings, midis and/or scores.
Feel free to add a song about any of the seasons in the comments below or email me.
Mama Lisa
August 21st, 2008 at 11:45 am
Hello. My name is Monica Poole. I am a bilingual kindergarten teacher living in a small town in east Texas. All of my students are Hispanic from various parts of central Mexico (Queretaro, Guanajuato).
I am so glad that I found your website. I had been looking for authentic Spanish nursery rhymes, and yours are great. I appreciate you making the sheet music available as well, for us that don’t know the tunes!
Keep up the awesome work! Please e-mail me anything new that you run across – especially from Spain or Argentina.
Sincerely,
Monica Patrice Poole
New Summerfield Elementary School
New Summerfield, Texas
August 21st, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Hi Monica,
Thanks for writing! We’ll be adding some Spanish children’s songs with mp3 recordings to our Mama Lisa’s World Spain Pages within the next week or so. So be sure to check out the link.
We’d be thrilled if you’d like to send us any songs from Mexico and/or any recordings of your class singing any songs.
Best wishes,
Mama Lisa
October 18th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Looking for the entire words to an old song “I’m a Little Chinese Doll from across the sea. where the lovely lotus blooms neath a cherry tree. Paper dragons you will meet on a Chinese New Year, Winding up and down the street on a Chinese New Year. Evil Spirits cannot stay whent eh dragons on his way firecrackers POP all day on a Chinese New Year…”" Anyone ever hear this song and is there more of it…Please let me know I need it for my little grandaughter to sing …..She so loves it but we think there is more.. Thanks for the help..