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Music for Children, Music by Children

Various Artists
Music for Children, Music by Children Like eating, breathing, and sleeping, children sing because they must. Music, the universal language, is learned in the earliest years of life and remains vital thereafter. This rich collection invites listeners of all ages to revel and participate in the colorful world of Smithsonian Folkways’ children’s music collection, with both music created “for children,” showcasing our most celebrated storytellers and songwriters, and “by children,” featuring the unique ways children express and understand themselves and the world through song. 57 minutes, 36-page illustrated booklet.

Track Listing

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Go Waggaloo Sarah Lee Guthrie 03:30
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Little Liza Jane Elizabeth Mitchell 02:25
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Did You Feed My Cow? Ella Jenkins 03:15
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Hop High Ladies (Hop Up Ladies) The New Lost City Ramblers 02:29
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Shake Sugaree Elizabeth Cotten and Brenda Evans 05:00
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Race You Down the Mountain Woody Guthrie 02:28
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¡Que llueva! (Let it Rain!) Suni Paz 01:05
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Botana José-Luis Orozco 01:46
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Go In and Out the Window Jean Ritchie 00:59
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Yomi, Yomi Ruth Rubin 01:37
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Jim Along Josie Pete Seeger 02:06
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Kaa Fo Dennis Allen, A. Kdjo Tettey, and W.K. Amoaku 01:16
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Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy Lead Belly 00:51
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Here We Go Loopy-Loo Pete Seeger 02:24
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Loop de Loo Children in Lilly’s Chapel School, Alabama 01:42
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Charlie Over the Ocean Children in East York School, East York, Alabama 00:54
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I Must See (Amasee) Children in Brown's Chapel School, Livingston, Alabama 01:32
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Here We Go Willowby Children from Minisink Day Camp 01:34
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London Bridge Children in New York City 02:03
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Twenty-Four Robbers Children in Chicago 00:58
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Al citron Children in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico 01:20
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Gypsy in the Moonlight Children at St. Belmont’s Home, Trinidad 02:03
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Jump Shamador Children at P.S. 48, Bronx, New York 03:06
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Arroz con leche Children in Cuenca, Ecuador 01:58
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A la rueda de San Miguel Children in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico 01:04
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Ambos a dos Children in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico 04:49
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Camp Songs: Bill Bones Children in New York City 01:43
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The Fox Six boys in New York City 01:10