| Description |
1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet |
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digital rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
Tracks previously released between 1951-1957, 1960-1968, 1990-1999, and 2000-2012. |
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Program notes, compiled and annotated by Jeff Place, lyrics, and full credits on container insert. |
| Contents |
Froggie went a-courtin’ (Elizabeth Mitchell) (3:49) -- Polly Wolly doodle (Pete Seeger, Bess Hawes, and Tom Glazer) (1:51) -- Skip to my Lou (Lead Belly) (2:15) -- I've been working on the railroad (Ella Jenkins) (2:27) -- She'll be comin' 'round the mountain (Sarah Lee Guthrie and Family) (2:44) -- John Henry (Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry) (4:08) -- Brown girl in the ring (Lord Invader) (1:49) -- Old King Cole (Jean Ritchie) (1:11) -- Green grass grows all around (Sam Hinton) (2:25) -- La rana (The frog) (Suni Paz) (2:05) -- I had a rooster (Pete Seeger) (3:55) -- Go tell Aunt Rhody (the Ritchie Family) (1:45) -- Miss Mary Mack (Ella Jenkins) (1:59) -- Yankee Doodle (Pete Seeger) (1:41) -- Rock Island line (Snooks Eaglin) (2:06) -- Big Rock Candy Mountain (Tom Glazer) (3:10) -- On top of Old Smoky (Pete Seeger) (2:19) -- Crawdad hole (Cisco Houston) (2:17) -- Oh Susannah (Pete Seeger) (1:18) -- Goober peas (Tom Glazer) (2:03) -- Arroz con leche = Rice and milk (Young Mexican Girls) (0:37) -- Riding in my car (Elizabeth Mitchell) (2:49) -- Whoopie ti-yi-yo, get along little dogies (Cisco Houston) (2:05) -- Home on the range (Pete Seeger) (1:51) -- Shenandoah (Alan Mills) (2:45). |
| Summary |
With this collection, curator Jeff Place culls a cross-section of 26 classics from the Smithsonian Folkways vaults to tell an intriguing story of American signature sing-along. The songs' origins are as fascinating as the songs are fun: centuries-old European ballads, an American Revolutionary tune, Nineteenth-century American folksongs, African-derived game songs, a sea chantey, a railroad jingle, camp songs, and even an opera song. |
| Language |
Sung primarily in English, with some lyrics in Spanish. |
| Subject |
Children's songs.
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Folk songs.
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Folk music -- United States.
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Children's songs. (OCoLC)fst00856546
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Folk music. (OCoLC)fst00929383
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Folk songs. (OCoLC)fst00929707
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Folk songs.
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Folk music.
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Songs.
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Children's sound recordings.
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Children's sound recordings. (OCoLC)fst01774242
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Folk music. (OCoLC)fst01726617
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Folk songs. (OCoLC)fst01726618
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Songs. (OCoLC)fst01726744
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| Added Author |
Mitchell, Elizabeth, 1968- performer.
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Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014, performer.
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Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009, performer.
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Glazer, Tom, performer.
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Leadbelly, 1885-1949, performer.
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Jenkins, Ella, performer.
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Guthrie, Sarah Lee, performer.
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McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996, performer.
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Terry, Sonny, performer.
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Lord Invader, 1914-1961, performer.
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Ritchie, Jean, performer.
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Hinton, Sam, 1917-2009, performer.
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Paz, Suni, performer.
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Eaglin, Snooks, 1936-2009, performer.
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Houston, Cisco, performer.
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Mills, Alan, 1912-1977, performer.
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Ritchie Family (Musical group : Kentucky), performer.
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Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, publisher.
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| Standard No. |
093074508022 |
| Music No. |
SFW 45080 Smithsonian Folkways |
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