Track Listing

1. More We Get Together
2. Down By the Bay
3. Brush Your Teeth
4. Robin In The Rain
5. Five Little Frogs
6. I Wonder If I'm Growing
7. Aikendrum
8. Bumping Up And Down
9. Must Be Santa
10. Willoughby Wallaby Woo
11. Spider On The Floor
12. Baa Baa Black Sheep
13. Going To The Zoo
14. My Dreydell
15. Peanut Butter Sandwich
16. Five Little Pumpkins
17. Sharing Song
18. Mr. Sun
19. Old MacDonald Had A Band
20. Six Little Ducks
21. You Gotta Sing
22. Les Petites Marionettes
23. Sodeo
24. Oh Me Oh My
25. Junior Ragtime
26. Comin' Down The Chimney
27. Douglas Mountain
28. Listen To The Horses
29. Who Built The Ark
30. Sambalele
31. Skin And Bones
32. Shake My Sillie's Out
33. I Had A Dinosaur
34. Workin' On The Railroad
35. New River Train
36. You'll Sing A Song
37. Pick A Bale O' Cotton
38. Frere Jacques
39. There Came A Girl From France
40. Cluck, Cluck, Red Hen
41. Boom Boom
42. Here Sits A Monkey
43. My Way Home
44. Les Zombies Et Les Loups-Garous
45. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
46. Anansi
47. The Corner Grocery Store
48. Jig Along Home
49. Popcorn
50. Y A Un Rat / Sur Le Pont D'Avignon
51. Going On A Picnic
52. Rock-A-Bye Baby
53. Goodnight Irene

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #486 in Music
• Released on: 1996-10-15
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com
In 1976 a young Toronto musician released a fun and lively record called Singable Songs for the Very Young. The artist was a fellow called Raffi, and in the liner notes he wrote at the time that "there are very few good children's records." True as that was in the '70s, Singable Songs became the No. 1 bestseller in its field and set the standard for today's greater volume of high-quality material. The Singable Songs Collection reissues the classic Singable Songs for the Very Young and its superlative successors, More Singable Songs and Corner Grocery Store, as a set. Raffi's exhilarating acoustic musicality and sense of humor shine brightly through. Single-digit-age kids and their parents will get a kick out of these silly, educational, and joyful songs, which range in subject matter and tone from shared peanut-butter sandwiches and instrumental ragtime to standards like "Goodnight, Irene." --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews

Super collection, never fails to put me in a happy mood...
This set includes three of Raffi's most popular records and is a great way to build a collection. These songs never seem to wear thin or become annoying like many other arrangements do. In fact, I know the recordings so well that I often catch myself singing the next song before it starts.

The song selection is quite diverse. Some of the songs have a positive message, like about brushing your teeth or sharing with others. Other songs celebrate the joyful experience of being a child, like "Shake My Sillie's Out," "I Wonder If I'm Growing," or "Bumping Up and Down." Then there are ones that are just plain fun like "Willoughby Wallaby Woo" or "Oh Me, Oh My." But Raffi also includes some classic folk songs, like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "I've Been Working on the Railroad," and "Goodnight Irene." There are very few "duds" on this collection; most are the type of song that will just pop into your head someday, and for no reason at all you will find yourself humming it.

My daughter loves these CD's and always breaks out in a wide smile after hearing the first few chords. Partially, I think she smiles because they always put me in a good mood too. Hey, you can't beat that!

Wonderful! A Special Treasure for the Very Young
These wonderful singable songs are children's classics. Every parent should own this collection. Raffi's music is silly and "just right" for little children. Adults will find themselves singing along too!

With this collection, you get three of the five "must have" Raffi CD's. This collection, in my opinion, is the finest children's music ever recorded. Start listening early (age one).

The first Raffi disc, Singable Songs for the Very Young, revolutionized the way artists approached children's music. It stands as a benchmark to compare all other children's recordings against, and other children's music grades very poorly compared to Raffi. Raffi is the Mr. Rogers of children's music, but funny.

Also buy his concert video (pure magic!) or his concert CD, which older kids love too. Our family loves Raffi, and so will you!

Wonderful Children's Music
Our family loves Raffi, and we want to share him with you. His songs are really silly, great to sing along with, and never seem to get old - even for us adults. We have all his tapes in our car, and the children ask for him every time we are out. His songs are just right for little people; nothing else can compare. Our kids love his music so much! I am so grateful we discovered his music.

We have all three CD's in this collection and love them all. My favorite Raffi is still Singable Songs for the Very Young (with a Peanut Butter Sandwich), but all the discs in this collection are wonderful.

Our other all-time favorite Raffi's, if we had to narrow them down, are Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band (CD) and Raffi in Concert (a must-have video). But this set is definitely worth owning. There are a dozen of other great CD's from Raffi to choose from, too, and any of them will do nicely with a peanut butter sandwich.