Songs Children Love to Sing

Songs Children Love to Sing is an anthology of recordings celebrating Ella Jenkins' 40 years of recording for Folkways Records and Smithsonian Folkways. Ella selected 17 songs that are especially popular with children from the hundreds she has recorded for Folkways since 1956, including "Toom-Bah-Ee-Lero" from her first album Call-and-Response, as well as other gems like “Miss Mary Mack,” “Many Pretty Trees All Around the World,” and Ella’s personal favorite, “The Wilderness.” The range demonstrated on this album reminds listeners that Ella’s lasting legacy is still being fostered in classrooms and homes today. The enclosed booklet includes song texts and a list of Ella Jenkins recordings. Recommended for ages 2–9.

Track Listing

101	This A-Way That A-Way	Ella Jenkins	01:41
102	Miss Mary Mack	Ella Jenkins	01:59
103	Toom-Bah-Ee-Lero	Ella Jenkins	01:31
104	Little Charlie Just Off the Pickle Boat	Ella Jenkins	03:45
105	Follow the Leader	Ella Jenkins	01:49
106	Please Is a Pleasant Expression	Ella Jenkins	03:09
107	Many Pretty Trees All around the World	Ella Jenkins	03:42
108	The Muffin Man	Ella Jenkins	01:25
109	This Old Man	Ella Jenkins	03:53
110	Dulce, Dulce	Ella Jenkins	01:10
111	Ten Green Bottles	Ella Jenkins	01:41
112	On a Holiday	Ella Jenkins	02:01
113	Harmonica for Hanukkah	Ella Jenkins	01:51
114	Stop and Go / Language Lesson	Ella Jenkins	04:34
115	The World Is Big, the World Is Small	Ella Jenkins	01:54
116	Tu Cantaras, Yo Cantare	Ella Jenkins	02:18
117	The Wilderness	Ella Jenkins	03:15