More Songs to Grow On

In 1954, music educator Beatrice Landeck, who taught at the Mills College of Education in New York City, complied a book of American folk songs entitled More Songs to Grow On. The 21 songs on this recording were chosen from that book, and they include songs intended originally for adults as well as those clearly for children. Wide ranging in origin and subject matter, the selections range from cowboy songs to Christmas songs to songs of the sea, alongside humorous numbers about animals, male/female relations, etc.

Canadian Alan Mills (1913-1977), who sings with guitar accompaniment, forsook a career in journalism to become a prominent folksinger, actor, and the host of a folk music radio show for children. His singing may be heard on over 20 Smithsonian Folkways recordings for adults as well as for young people.

Track Listing

101	Ha, Ha, This-A-Way	Alan Mills	00:30
102	Up in a Balloon	Alan Mills	00:29
103	How Old Are You?	Alan Mills	00:56
104	Raisins and Almonds	Alan Mills	01:05
105	Three Craw	Alan Mills	01:51
106	Trip a Trop a Tronjes	Alan Mills	00:29
107	We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Alan Mills	00:48
108	Carol of the Beasts	Alan Mills	02:20
109	May Day Carol	Alan Mills	01:01
110	New River Train	Alan Mills	02:41
111	I Ride an Old Paint	Alan Mills	01:21
201	The Big Corral	Alan Mills	01:21
202	Haul Away, Joe	Alan Mills	01:28
203	Donkey Riding	Alan Mills	01:03
204	Two in the Middle	Alan Mills	00:39
205	Little Lady from Baltimore	Alan Mills	01:18
206	Risseldy, Rosseldy	Alan Mills	01:07
207	The Bold Fisherman	Alan Mills	01:26
208	The Old Man in the Wood	Alan Mills	01:49
209	We Whooped and We Hollered	Alan Mills	01:39
210	Liza Jane	Alan Mills	01:08