Track Listing

1. Riding in My Car (Car Song) - Woody Guthrie
2. Mary Mack - Ella Jenkins
3. All Around the Kitchen - Pete Seeger
4. Ha Ha This A-Way - Leadbelly
5. Merrily We Roll Along - Lord Invader & The Calypso Orchestra
6. Miwoe Nenyo - Willie K. Amoaku
7. Pole Pole - Ella Jenkins
8. Dreams and Youth - Langston Hughes
9. Why Oh Why - Woody Guthrie
10. I Had a Rooster - Pete Seeger
11. Oksn - Ruth Rubin
12. Sur le Pont d'Avignon - Alan Mills
13. Benjamin Franklin
14. Pollitos/The Chicks - Suni Paz
15. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - Ella Jenkins
16. ABC's - Ella Jenkins
17. Animal Alphabet - Alan Mills
18. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo - Cisco Houston
19. Vibora de la Mar/Serpent of the Sea - Mexican Children
20. Wolf Song and Turtle Song - Irene Poolaw
21. Bedbug - Arna Bontemps
22. Skip to My Lou/Four Pence a Day - Pete Seeger
23. Hey Coal Miner - Larry Long
24. Among the Little White Daisies - Jean Ritchie
25. Old Bell Cow - The New Lost City Ramblers
26. One Grain of Sand - Pete Seeger

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3667 in Music
• Brand: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
• Released on: 1998-03-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Album Description
26 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.

Customer Reviews

Real intruments and voices appeal to my baby!
This record is the first one my baby girl responded to. I am a musician and have played her everything from Schubert to The Beatles to Billie Holiday and she loves THIS cd. I think it's because, unlike so many children's records, it has lots of different natural sounds: clapping, singing, click-clack etc. all made my the human voice rather than a sythesiser. These are sounds from the real world not the loud, in-your-face toysrus nightmare. I also love the fact that the songs come from many different countries. Plus, I can sing along and actually enjoy it!

This is a must-have CD for every American child!
This is a beautiful, varied collection of American folk music and poetry for children, that reflects the rich diversity of our shared culture. Not only will it introduce your baby, toddler or young child to American cultural heritage, but also to rhythm, melody, rhyme, language and fun with music. It will enrich the adults in the house too! Probably only a few of the songs will you recognize immediately, like Miss Mary Mack and Skip to My Lou--but you and your child will be familiar with and singing along with many of the other songs after hearing them only a few times.
Worth every penny.

Best Children's Album Ever!!!
This CD is fantastic! It has a variety of children's songs: American Folk, West Indian, African, French, Jewish and Spanish. It includes some classics like 'Twinkle, Twinkly', 'Skip to my Lou', 'Mary Mack' which are all done in a fun folksie style. Many of the songs will have you dancing 'All Around the kitchen' and making animal sounds. I like the variety of styles with the folk tradition. I feel that I am exposing my daughter to something educational and fun which I can also enjoy. In fact, I have already listened to this cd 100 times, and I know I will not tire of it. I enjoy listening to it as much as my daughter! You certainly can't say that for most children's cds.