Moving Makes Me Magic

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

101	Work Out! The Dancing Poem Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	04:09
102	Move with the Music Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	03:10
103	The Seed Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	03:39
104	Jumping Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	00:36
105	Regina She Fat and I'm Skinny Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	00:41
106	When Uncle T.C. Comes to Town Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	00:51
107	Three Billy Goats Gruff Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	05:31
201	Hambone Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	01:02
202	Mary Mack Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	01:05
203	My Body Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	00:45
204	The Caterpillar Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	03:36
205	Strange Walks Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	03:43
206	The Adventures of Peter Bunting Yvonne Cheek Johnson, Betty Mosley, and Joella Mosley	13:31