Track Listing

1. Applause
2. Little Birdie
3. Henry My Son
4. Here's to Cheshire, Here's to Cheese (Froggy)
5. Oh, Shenandoah
6. Skip to My Lou [#]
7. Git Along, Little Dogies [#]
8. Didn' Ol' John Cross the Water on His Knees [#]
9. Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal
10. I've Been Working on the Railroad
11. Riding in My Car (Car Car Song)
12. Put Your Finger in the Air
13. Foolish Frog [#]
14. Ilka's Bedouin Tune [#]
15. Frere Jacques [#]
16. Fisherman's Song [#]
17. It Could Be a Wonderful World
18. Abi Yoyo
19. Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me [#]
20. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
21. Ha, Ha Thisaway
22. De Grey Goose
23. Be Kind to Your Parents
24. Applause
25. This Land Is Your Land
26. Applause

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #168414 in Music
• Released on: 1990-08-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Amazon.com essential recording
In addition to being an activist icon, Pete Seeger is also a singularly ingratiating entertainer whose effortless charm and gentle humor give him a natural rapport with children and adults alike. This expanded edition of the much-loved Children's Concert at Town Hall adds nine songs not on the original 1962 LP, and includes such favorites as "Skip to My Lou," "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal," and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." Seeger's easygoing charisma is in force throughout, making this refreshingly non-condescending fun for all. --Scott Schinder

Customer Reviews

hard to believe this is four decades old!
This is the only Pete Seeger CD we have, so I can't compare it to other ones, but I can assure you that this one is GREAT! It's got a lot of songs, some familiar, some not, some short, some long, all delightful. Pete's banter with the audience is gently humorous, very engaging and frames the songs nicely. This isn't exactly a "lullaby" CD and yet my son (almost 3) loves, loves, loves to fall asleep to this at night. I think he finds Pete's talking and singing very comforting -- perhaps because this is a live CD, the experience of listening to it is more human and intimate than it would be with a studio recording. Another thing that makes this CD appealing to children is that Pete makes funny (and not irritating) animal noises, vehicle noises (depending on the song) and other kinds of noises as well -- he uses sound like a prop, making each song vivid for his listeners.
Enjoy!

I first listened to this 'album' when I was 3 years old and it ...
introduced me to music, folk music, and Pete Seeger. I've loved Pete my entire life and am very excited to see his music is being exposed to an entire new audience that has never heard of him.

While others complain about the 'quality' of the recording (mostly because of noise from children) I find it to be one of this album's greatest charms. You get a real feel for Seeger as a storyteller. My sister and I spent hours listening to this recording and signing right along.

I've introduced this recording to an entire new generation in my own family...and guess what? We've got children sitting down next to the CD player signing right along with Pete!

I love this CD, and would recommend it to anyone.

Thank you, Pete Seeger, for a great recording that I've enjoyed since 1963.

Pete Seeger is Great
A Pete Seeger concert is a special moment in time. This recording does awonderful job capturing such a moment at NYC's Town Hall 1962.Here we find Pete Seeger at his best, playing songs for children and theiradults friends. . The charm of Seeger is that he entertains and teaches atthe same time. Whether he's chopping wood on stage, singing about frogs
(Foolish Frog ) or monsters (Abiyoyo ) Pete is great .Like a child ,Seegeris honest, sincere and real. In a world that offers very little in the way of recorded music for children Pete at Town Hall is a must have recording for children of all ages.