Smithsonian Folkways Children' (1998) (Hughes/Guthrie/Jenkins/Seeger )

Product Summary Label: Smithsonian Folkways UPC: 00093074504321 Release Date: 3/17/1998 Buy.com Sku: 60027590 Item#: MQM4RV Buy.com Sales Rank: 25332 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Riding In My Car (Car Song) - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists 2. Mary Mack - Ella Jenkins ~ Various Artists 3. All Around The Kitchen - Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists 4. Ha-Ha This-A-Way - Leadbelly ~ Various Artists 5. Merrily We Roll Along - Lord Invader & The Calypso Orchestra ~ Various Artists 6. Miwoe Nenyo - W.K. Amoaku ~ Various Artists 7. Pole Pole - Ella Jenkins ~ Various Artists 8. Dreams / Youth - Langston Hughes ~ Various Artists 9. Why, Oh Why - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists 10. I Had A Rooster - Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists 11. Oksn - Ruth Rubin ~ Various Artists 12. Sur Le Pont D'Avignon - Alan Mills ~ Various Artists 13. Benjamin Franklin (Jump Rope Rhyme) - Illinois School Children ~ Various Artists 14. Los Pollitos - Suni Paz :: The Chicks - Suni Paz ~ Various Artists 15. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Ella Jenkins ~ Various Artists 16. ABC's - Ella Jenkins ~ Various Artists 17. Animal Alphabet Song - Alan Mills ~ Various Artists 18. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists 19. La Vibora De La Mar, A - Mexican Children :: Serpent Of The Sea - Mexican Children ~ Various Artists 20. Wolf Song / Turtle Song - Irene Poolaw ~ Various Artists 21. Bedbug - Arna Bontemps ~ Various Artists 22. Skip To My Lou / Four Pence A Day - Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists 23. Hey, Coal Miner - Larry Long/Mrs. Side's 6th Grade Class ~ Various Artists 24. Among The Little White Daisies - Jean Ritchie ~ Various Artists 25. Old Bell Cow - New Lost City Ramblers ~ Various Artists 26. One Grain Of Sand - Pete Seeger (excerpt) ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Includes liner notes by Anthony Seeger. Liner Note Author: Anthony Seeger. Unknown Contributor Role: Carla Borden. Arrangers: Ella Jenkins; Leadbelly. There are over 200 children's recordings in the Folkways catalog. This is not just a smart collection of 26 of the best items from that body of work; it's also folk music that adults might actually listen to for pleasure, at least for part of the time. There are kids' songs, or at least songs that are fun for kids to sing, from such folk giants as Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, and Woody Guthrie; Guthrie's "Riding in My Car (Car Song)" is a particular hoot. But there are also tracks from far lesser-known performers, such as children's music specialist Ella Jenkins, and, most importantly, a smattering of cuts from singers of several different continents. There's calypso from Lord Invader, African folk from W.K. Amoaku, Yiddish folk from Ruth Rubin, and selections from Puerto Rican and Mexican artists, not to mention poems by Langston Hughes. It's a fine way to help give kids a multicultural musical grounding without being doctrinaire in the least. ~ Richie Unterberger Producer: Anthony Seeger (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 03/17/1998 Original Release Date : 1998 Catalog ID : 45043 Label : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 54m : 24s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00093074504321    Product Image