Songs in the World of Avatar

:This article is about song lyrics, poetry, and performers. For information on instruments and compositions, see Music in the World of Avatar. For the soundtrack of Avatar: The Last Airbender, see Soundtrack of Avatar: The Last Airbender. For the soundtrack of The Legend of Korra, see The Legend of Korra: Original Music From Book One.
Songs have great significance in the world and are widely enjoyed. The most popular ones are folk songs: simple melodies that are easy to follow and appreciate.
== Songs ==
=== "A Foggy Water Tribe Tune" ===
Performed by: Tho
:Set my lines by the river bed
:Caught ten fish and I killed 'em dead
:Cut 'em and gut 'em and I tossed the heads
:In the water to keep them cat-gators fed
Tho sang this song to pass the time and celebrate having caught Appa for dinner for the tribe.
=== "A Song for the Badgermoles" ===
Performed by: Wu
:If you don't respect the broach,
:you don't respect me.
:Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
:You're no better than a roach,
:but I'm royalty.
:I got my badgermoles with me.
:You don't know what you're talking about.
:Oh, badgermoles I love you, I love you.
:I want to, I want to pet your snouts.
Wu performed the first part of the song to order the badgermoles to take down the Earth Empire mecha suits threatening them and the second part to thank them.
=== "A Song for Yin" ===
Performed by: Wu
:Oh, Yin,
:you're the sweetest evacuee I've ever known.
:And I just want to thank you for being so kind,
:when I was living in your home.
Wu performed this tune to make the badgermoles continue digging and to thank Yin for her help.
=== "Badgermoles" ===
Performed by: Sokka and Chong
:Badgermoles coming toward me,
:Come on guys help me out!
:The big bad badgermoles, who earthbend the tunnels,
:Hate the wolfbats, but love the sounds!
Sokka and Chong performed this tune to appease wild badgermoles.
=== "Badgermoles at Republic City" ===
Performed by: Wu
:Badgermoles, digging holes, under Republic City.
:Got to run away from Kuvira today,
:although I do still think she's pretty.
Wu performed this tune to command the badgermoles he had freed from the Republic City Zoo.
=== "The Chakras Song" ===
Performed by: Six-armed Guru Pathik
:Chakras, chakras, everybody loves chakras
:Chakras, chakras, chakra sandwich tastes good
:Yum!
Guru Pathik performed this song during one of Aang's hallucinations.
=== "Don't Fall in Love with the Traveling Girl" ===
Performed by: Chong
:Don't fall in love with the traveling girl,
:She'll leave you broke, and broken-hearted.
:(The rest is unknown.)
Chong performed this song before he met Team Avatar.
=== "Don't Let the Cave-in Get You Down, Sokka" ===
Performed by: Chong
:Oh, don't let the cave-in get you down.
:Don't let the falling rocks turn your smile into a frown.
:When the tunnels are darkest that's when you need a clown, hey!
:Don't let the cave-in get you down, Sokka!
Chong performed this song to brighten Sokka's mood, but was unsuccessful.
=== "Fire Nation National Anthem" ===
Performed by: Fire Nation Man, overconfident Fire Nation soldier
:Fire Lord,
:My flame burns for thee.
:(The rest is unknown.)
The anthem's first line was sung by Fire Nation Man before a fight against The Boulder at Earth Rumble VI, and by a Fire Nation soldier when the latter was captured by Team Avatar. Both did not finish their performance.
=== "Four Seasons" ===
Performed by: Iroh
:Winter, spring,
:Summer and fall.
:Winter, spring,
:Summer and fall
:Four seasons,
:Four loves.
:Four seasons,
:For love.
Iroh performed this song during one of the music nights on Zuko's ship, accompanied by Jee and other crew members. After the defeat of Phoenix King Ozai, Iroh played the song once more in his tea shop with his tsungi horn.
=== "Girls from Ba Sing Se" ===
Performed by: Iroh
:It's a long, long way to Ba Sing Se
:But the girls in the city, they look so pretty
:And they kiss so sweet that you've really got to meet
:The girls from Ba Sing Se!
Iroh sang this song to entertain a passerby and earn money.
=== "The Hungry Little Lemur" ===
Performed by: Pema
:Oh, first he ate the fruit,
:then he ate the leaves.
:Hungry little lemur, ate up all my trees.
Pema performed this tune in an attempt to amuse the bored and impatient evacuees while they waited for a train to leave Republic City during the invasion of the United Republic of Nations.
=== "Leaves from the Vine" ===
Performed by: Iroh
:Leaves from the vine
:Falling so slow
:Like fragile, tiny shells
:Drifting in the foam
:Little soldier boy
:Come marching home
:Brave soldier boy
:Comes marching home
"Leaves from the Vine" is a popular children's song, and similar to a lullaby in the Fire Nation's vernacular. Iroh sang it in the marketplace of Ba Sing Se to help calm down a crying boy, and later sang it in remembrance of his deceased son, Lu Ten, on the latter's birthday.
=== "Love is in Your Heart" ===
Performed by: Chong
:Even if you're lost you can't,
:Lose the love because it's in your heart.
:Ooh ooh ooh wah (in sync with melody)
Chong performed this tune while in the Cave of Two Lovers after he shared his idea of singing a love song to escape. It was again played after they found their way out of the cave.
=== "Nuktuk theme song" ===
Performed by: Narrator
:Who's gonna fight for friends and freedom? Nuktuk!
:He's the biggest, baddest, bendingest man I know.
:Who protects the icy tundra? Nuktuk!
:Battling Northies out there in the snow.
:When Unalaq starts trouble, he'll punch him in the mouth.
:He's Nuktuk, the hero of the South.
This song was performed by the narrator at the end of the premiere of The Adventures of Nuktuk: Hero of the South.
=== "Secret Tunnel" ===
Performed by: Chong and Moku
:Two lovers, forbidden from one another
:A war divides their people, and a mountain divides them apart,
:Built a path to be together.
:... (yeah I forget the next couple of lines but, uh, then it goes.)
:Chorus:
:Secret tunnel!
:Secret tunnel!
:Through the mountain!
:Secret, secret, secret, secret tunnel! Yeah!
Chong performed this tune to tell the tale of the Cave of Two Lovers and later remembered the forgotten part as "and die!". This song is said to be Kya's favorite song.
=== "Where has my Badgermole Gone?" ===
Performed by: Toph Beifong
:Oh where,
:Oh where has my
:Badger-mole gone,
:Oh where, oh where
:Can he beeeee?
This song was performed by Toph as she proceeded to coat her clothes in a "protective layer" of dirt.
=== "Work shanty" ===
Performed by: Kelsang
:I've got cheeks like ripe brown fruit
:They shake like boughs in the storm
:I blush bright red when I see a bed
:And leap at the sound of the horn
Performed by: Lee
:I've got a nose like a dove-tailed deer
:I run like a leaf on the wind
:My arms are slight and my waist is tight
:And I don't have a thought for my kin
Performed by: Kyoshi
:I've got two knives that are cast in bronze
:They pierce all the way to the soul
:They draw you in with the promise of sin
:Like the moth to the flame to the coal
:I've got hair like the starless night
:It sticks to my lips when I smile
:I'll wind it with yours and we'll drift off course
:In a ship touching hearts all the while
:For the way I walk is lantern lit
:That leads you into the night
:I'll hold you close and love you the most
:Until our end is in sight
This song is a shanty sung by sailors and farmers to make their work less mundane. The words of the song are usually changed to make the subject different each time it is sung, while others guess who the subject is. Kyoshi's rendition of the song was specifically notable, as it is supposedly similar to a love poem written by Kuruk and her singing it hinted at her identity as the next Avatar.
== List of known singers ==
* Aang
* Chong
* Iroh
* Kelsang
* Kyoshi
* Lee
* Lily	
* Moku
* Pema
* Rough Rhinos
* Sokka
* Tho
* Toph Beifong
* Wu
== Trivia ==
* Iroh's original rendition of "Four Seasons" was intended to foreshadow Sokka and Yue's romantic relationship, with an instrumental version of the song also played during the most significant moments between the couple.
== References ==
fr:Chansons dans le Monde d'Avatar
nl:Zang in de Avatar wereld
pl:Utwory w świecie Awatara
ru:Песни
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