Smithsonian Folkways Children's Collection

Various Artists SFW45043

Twenty-six songs, play-party games, and poems selected from over 200 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Folkways Records 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.
Country(s) Argentina; Canada; Ghana; Mexico; Trinidad and Tobago; United States
Culture Group(s) African American; African Caribbean; Anglo-American; Apache; Ewe; Hispanic; Jewish
Keyword(s) American Indian; Calypso (Music); Folk songs--United States; Folksong revival; Jewish; Music--Juvenile; Spoken word; String band; World music
Instrument(s) Appalachian dulcimer; Banjo; Fiddle; Guitar
Year of Release 1998
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by Anthony Seeger ; Compiled by Anthony Seeger ; Liner Notes by Anthony Seeger ; Mastered by Charlie Pilzer ; Design by Visual Dialogue

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Play	101	Car Song	Woody Guthrie	1:52
Play	102	Mary Mack	Ella Jenkins	2:00
Play	103	All Around the Kitchen	Pete Seeger	2:03
Play	104	Ha Ha This A-Way	Lead Belly	1:37
Play	105	Merrily We Roll Along	Lord Invader	4:15
Play	106	Miwow Nenyo	W.K. Amoaku	2:18
Play	107	Pole Pole	Ella Jenkins	4:50
Play	108	Dreams / Youth (medley)	Langston Hughes	1:19
Play	109	Why Oh Why	Woody Guthrie	3:30
Play	110	I Had a Rooster	Pete Seeger	3:55
Play	111	Oksn	Ruth Rubin	1:36
Play	112	Sur le Pont d'Avignon	Alan Mills	1:08
Play	113	Benjamin Franklin	Illinois School Children	0:22
Play	114	Los Politos	Suni Paz	1:15
Play	115	Twinkle Twinkle Little Star	Ella Jenkins	1:14
Play	116	ABC's	Ella Jenkins	0:58
Play	117	Animal Alphabet Song	Alan Mills	2:14
Play	118	Whoopie Ti Yi Yo, Get Along Little Dogies	Cisco Houston	1:35
Play	119	A la Vibora de la Mar / Serpent of the Sea (medley)	Mexican Children	1:09
Play	120	Wolf Song / Turtle Song (medley)	Irene Chalepah Poolaw	0:54
Play	121	Bedbug	Arna Bontemps	0:39
Play	122	Skip to My Lou / Four Pence a Day (medley)	Pete Seeger	3:41
Play	123	Hey, Coal Miner	Larry Long with Mrs. Side's Sixth Grade Class	4:07
Play	124	Among the Little White Daisies	Jean Ritchie	1:31
Play	125	Old Bell Cow	The New Lost City Ramblers	3:09
Play	126	One Grain of Sand (Excerpt)	Pete Seeger	3:06