26 songs, play-party games, and poems from Smithsonian Folkways present a panorama of music performed for and by young children. Includes notes, song texts, and a complete list of recordings for children. Well-loved songs and unexpected treasures from Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Langston Hughes, Ella Jenkins, Suni Paz, Pete Seeger, and others.
Tracks:
- Car Song - Woody Guthrie
- Mary Mack - Ella Jenkins
- All Around The Kitchen - Pete Seeger
- Ha-Ha This-A-Way - Lead Belly
- Merrily We Roll Along - Lord Invader With The Calypso Orchestra
- Miwoe Nenyo - W.K. Amoaku
- Pole Pole - Ella Jenkins
- 'Dreams'/'Youth' - Langston Hughes
- Why, Oh Why - Woody Guthrie
- I Had A Rooster - Pete Seeger
- 'Oksn' - Ruth Rubin
- Sur Le Pont D' Avignon - Alan Mills
- Benjamin Franklin (Jump Rope Rhyme) - Illinois School Children
- Los Pollitos/The Chicks - Suni Paz
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Ella Jenkins
- ABC's - Ella Jenkins
- Animal Alphabet Song - Alan Mills
- Whoopie Ti Yi Yo - Cisco Houston
- A La Vibora De La Mar/Serpent Of The Sea - Mexican Children
- Wolf Song/Turtle Song - Irene Poolaw
- 'Bedbug' - Arna Bontemps
- Skip To My Lou/Four Pence A Day - Pete Seeger
- Hey, Coal Miner - Larry Long & Mrs. Side's 6th Grade Class
- Among The Little White Daisies - Jeanne Ritchie
- Old Bell Cow - New Lost City Ramblers
- One Grain Of Sand (Excerpt) - Pete Seeger