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Animal Folk Songs for Children

Peggy Seeger
Animal Folk Songs for Children

It could not have been an easy task for Peggy Seeger to choose the 22 tracks for this album from the 43 featured in her mother’s 1950 publication, Animal Folk Songs for Children. Her mother was the influential musician, educator, and folklorist Ruth Crawford Seeger, who drew on field recordings archived in the Library of Congress for the book.

A joyful album for children and adults, the music on this recording tells tales of little brown dogs, old frogs, pretty squirrels, and cross-eyed gophers, while the liner notes divulge the songs’ intriguing origins and lyrics. Although many of the songs have been passed down through generations with little more than perhaps some hand-clapping and foot-tapping, Seeger provides simple guitar, banjo, and fiddle accompaniment.

Track Listing

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101
Peggy Seeger
02:13
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102
Peggy Seeger
01:45
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103
Peggy Seeger
01:57
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104
Peggy Seeger
02:05
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105
Peggy Seeger
01:53
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106
Peggy Seeger
01:17
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107
Peggy Seeger
00:37
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108
Peggy Seeger
01:27
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109
Peggy Seeger
01:52
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110
Peggy Seeger
00:55
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201
Peggy Seeger
03:08
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202
Peggy Seeger
01:55
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203
Peggy Seeger
02:10
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204
Peggy Seeger
01:52
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205
Peggy Seeger
01:25
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206
Peggy Seeger
01:06
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207
Peggy Seeger
01:23
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208
Peggy Seeger
01:05
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209
Peggy Seeger
01:06