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

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