Classic Folk Songs for Kids from Smithsonian Folkways

In Classic Folk Songs for Kids, curator Jeff Place culls a cross-section of 26 classics from the Smithsonian Folkways vaults to tell an intriguing story of American signature sing-alongs.  The songs’ origins are as fascinating as the songs are fun: centuries-old European ballads, an American Revolutionary tune, 19th-century American folksongs, African-derived game songs, a sea chantey, a railroad jingle, camp songs, and even an opera song! And the singers themselves are a who’s who of American folk music artistry—Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Suni Paz, Tom Glazer, Lord Invader, and many more. 56 minutes, 40-page booklet with lyrics.

Track Listing

101	Froggie Went a-Courtin’	Elizabeth Mitchell	03:49
102	Polly Wolly Doodle	Pete Seeger, Bess Hawes, and Tom Glazer	01:51
103	Skip to My Lou	Lead Belly	02:15
104	I’ve Been Working on the Railroad	Ella Jenkins	01:27
105	She’ll Be Comin’ ’Round the Mountain	Sarah Lee Guthrie and Family	02:44
106	John Henry	Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry	04:08
107	Brown Girl in the Ring	Lord Invader	01:49
108	Old King Cole	Jean Ritchie	01:11
109	Green Grass Grows All Around	Sam Hinton	02:25
110	La rana (The Frog)	Suni Paz	02:05
111	I Had a Rooster	Pete Seeger	03:55
112	Go Tell Aunt Rhody	The Ritchie Family	01:45
113	Miss Mary Mack	Ella Jenkins	01:59
114	Yankee Doodle	Pete Seeger	01:41
115	Rock Island Line	Snooks Eaglin	02:06
116	Big Rock Candy Mountain	Tom Glazer	03:10
117	On Top of Old Smoky	Pete Seeger	02:19
118	Crawdad Hole	Cisco Houston	02:17
119	Oh Susannah	Pete Seeger	01:18
120	Goober Peas	Tom Glazer	02:03
121	Arroz con leche (Rice and Milk)	Children in Uruapan, Mexico	00:37
122	Riding in My Car	Elizabeth Mitchell	02:49
123	Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies	Cisco Houston	02:05
124	Home on the Range	Pete Seeger	01:51
125	Shenandoah	Alan Mills	02:45