Moving Makes Me Magic
Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley

On this 1979 recording, music educator Yvonne Cheek Johnson is joined by artist and author Betty Mosley and Mosley’s daughter Joella, in a collection of movement songs that will excite children as well as their teachers and parents and that people of all ages will enjoy. The best-known tracks are the traditional nursery rhymes “Mary Mack” and “Hambone” and the Norwegian fairy tale “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” complete with bleating goats. The closing track is the story “The Adventures of Peter Bunting.” Performer credits, story text, and song lyrics are included in the liner notes.
Track Listing
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Work Out! The Dancing Poem | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 4:09 | |
102
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Move with the Music | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 3:10 | |
103
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The Seed | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 3:39 | |
104
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Jumping | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 0:36 | |
105
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Regina She Fat and I'm Skinny | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 0:41 | |
106
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When Uncle T.C. Comes to Town | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 0:51 | |
107
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Three Billy Goats Gruff | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 5:31 | |
201
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Hambone | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 1:02 | |
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Mary Mack | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 1:05 | |
203
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My Body | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 0:45 | |
204
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The Caterpillar | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 3:36 | |
205
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Strange Walks | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 3:43 | |
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The Adventures of Peter Bunting | Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley | 13:31 |