She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes
Juba
Run, Chillen, Run
All Around the Kitchen
I'm Going to Join the Army
Scraping Up Sand in the Bottom of the Sea
Old Mister Rabbit
Old Molly Hare
Oh, John the Rabbit
The Little Pig
Bought Me a Cat
Hop, Old Squirrel
My Horses Ain't Hungry
Did You Go the Barney?
Have a Little Dog
Frog Went A-Courtin'
Little Bird, Little Bird
Track Listings (50) - Disc #2
Free Little Bird
Poor Old Crow
Ducks in the Millpond
Jim Crack Corn
Eency Weency Spider
Dog Tick
Who Built the Ark: Noah, Noah
Mary Wore Her Red Dress
Pretty Little Girl with the Red Dress On
This Lady She Wears a Dark Green Shawl
Walk Along, John
Do, Do, Pity My Case
Hanging Out the Linen Clothes
Lula Gal
Old Aunt Kate
What Did You Have for Your Supper?
Baby Dear
Johnny, Get Your Hair Cut
I Got a Letter This Morning
Rose, Rose, and Up She Rises
What'll We Do With the Baby?
Hush, Little Baby
Pick a Bale of Cotton
This Old Hammer
The Train Is A-Coming
The Little Black Train
When the Train Comes Along
John Henry
Every Monday Morning
Going Down to Town
Sailing in the Boat
Blow, Boys, Blow
Fire Down Below
Sally Go Round the Sunshine
This Old Man
Skip-a to My Lou
When I Was a Young Maid
The Closet Key
Built My lady a Fine Brick House
Where Oh Where Is Pretty Little Susie?
Jingle at the Windows
Adam Had Seven Sons
Here Sits a Monkey
Go to Sleepy
Monday Morning Go to School
Hush 'n' Bye
Turtle Dove
Mary Had a Baby
Jesus Borned in Bethlea
The Cherry Tree Carol
At nearly 100 songs and two CDs, I can think of no better source for getting a child hooked on folk music, or, at the very least, keeping him or her entertained over the longest of rainy spells. Mike and Peggy Seeger draw ... more »on a huge array of songs about games, animals, dances, fantasies, nature, and travels. Presented as sing-a-longs for children 10 and under, these songs include the playful "Jimmy Crack Corn," "Froggie Went a Courtin'," "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain," "Ducks in the Millpond," and songs of slightly more serious themes such as "I Got a Letter This Morning," "Goodbye, Old Paint," and "Do, Do Pity My Case." --Roy Francis Kasten« less
At nearly 100 songs and two CDs, I can think of no better source for getting a child hooked on folk music, or, at the very least, keeping him or her entertained over the longest of rainy spells. Mike and Peggy Seeger draw on a huge array of songs about games, animals, dances, fantasies, nature, and travels. Presented as sing-a-longs for children 10 and under, these songs include the playful "Jimmy Crack Corn," "Froggie Went a Courtin'," "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain," "Ducks in the Millpond," and songs of slightly more serious themes such as "I Got a Letter This Morning," "Goodbye, Old Paint," and "Do, Do Pity My Case." --Roy Francis Kasten
CD Reviews
INCREDIBLE SINCERELY ENTERTAINMENT - no plastic garbage here
Joesht D Raggman | no where | 02/23/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Forget about purple dinosaurs and inept adults dumbing down low quality music to hyponotize children with insincere emotion. This is the real stuff. This album is quality authentic music that children love! My kids wear this album out and better yet I like it. Maybe a little to real for TV culture. Also check out woody guthries - "songs for mother and child to grow on" and "the nursery years"."
This music is great!
DeputyHeadmistress | 06/12/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It is so nice to have children's music that is fun for them and doesn't include any sappy, "disneyized," or otherwise insipid singing! We bought the CD because we wore out the tape and we don't even have a front porch, a rocker, or a 10 gallon hat between us! -- Also, it's neat that the music is historically significant."
Fun for the whole family
DeputyHeadmistress | 03/24/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I bought this first as audio tape and then as CDs and I bought them for ME. At first my children didn't want to listen but I asked them to listen for 10 minutes (a ride to school) and when I picked them up at the end of the day they demanded to know why the tape wasn't on the same song. Many of the songs have become favorites for singing around the house; "The Juniper Tree" has a beautiful melody! "All Around the Kitchen" is great for getting everyone up and moving.Some of the songs are very short, only a couple of lines long, and made us wonder if they were portions of longer but now forgotten songs.We have great discussions about life and social customs and history prompted by the songs. Some of the themes and songs may be disturbing to some children. My children insist we skip over one song which contains the story of the murder of a child by a neighbour. It was a bit of a shock to hear the phrase "stabbed him like a sheep" next to "Roll That Brown Jug" and "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain".We also have "Not For Children Only" by Garcia and Grisman. We like the jokes and spoken pieces on NFCO but the length and variety of "American Folk Songs For Children""
A wonderful CD
DeputyHeadmistress | 10/01/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I highly recommend this CD. The scope is by no means limited to children; anyone who enjoys good old fashioned melodies will find a cornucopia here. The songs are fun, the singing fine, the variety of downhome accompaniment makes you feel like you are on the front porch of grandpa's farm. One can also order the book of the same name from which this CD was made; see the informative review of the book at the Amazon page for the book. Mike and Peggy Seeger take a straightforward, uncluttered approach to this music, and for 100 songs the price is right!"
I love this
DeputyHeadmistress | 02/24/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love this. My children have all loved it. It's just great, authentic folk music, easy to listen to, easy to sing, easy to apply to whatever you might be doing. The way folk music ought to be."
Track Listings (44) - Disc #1