Folk Songs for Young People

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
There's a reason why Pete Seeger--despite a lifetime of good deeds on behalf of the environment, the workingman, and other worthy causes--is best known for his renditions of children's folk songs. This album, originally released in 1959, goes a long way to explaining why. Starting with "Skip to My Lou," winding southward toward "Wood-Chopping Song," "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield," and "On Top of Old Smoky," and ending with the wistful "It Could Be a Wonderful World," Young People grabs hold from the opening syllable. Seeger introduces his crop of preserved treasures as "just ordinary songs which one person teaches to another," and guides us ever reassuringly toward sepia-toned landscapes of lost America. There, channeled through a warm voice and a plunking banjo, we encounter sailors ("Blow the Man Down"), factory workers ("Weave-Room Blues"), farmers ("The Farmer Is the Man"), babysitters ("Vigndig a Fremd Kind"), and heroes ("John Henry") with sad or celebratory or silly tales to tell. It's part history lesson, part boomer nostalgia trip. Given the renewed appreciation in the U.S. for folks who roll up their sleeves in 2002, the timing couldn't be better. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description
Pete Seeger has become an American tradition right along with the songs he sings. This recording, first released in 1959, captures and conveys Pete's personal warmth, engaging style, and ability to educate children while entertaining them. He sings old favorites such as "On Top of Old Smokey," "Skip to My Lou," and "John Henry," introducing them as songs "you never hear on the radio,...on jukeboxes,...or on TV...Just ordinary songs which one person teaches to another." These songs have endured as part of the American soundscape partly because of Pete's tireless dedication to their preservation. This album gives a whole new generation of children the opportunity to learn and sing these classic American folksongs. Appropriate for children ages 5 and up.

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Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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  • Fabulous Folk
  • Chipmunk Folk
 Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Music Little People
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Styles | Music
CompilationsCompilations | Children's Music | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005NTQ1
Release Date: 2001-09-04

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Tambourine Man - Tahkus Ekedal
  2. Puff The Magic Dragon - Carrie Brandon
  3. Happiness Runs - Bernie Steinberg
  4. If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) - Carrie Brandon
  5. The Circle Game - Bernie Steinberg
  6. Shower The People - Michael Bannett
  7. You've Got A Friend - Shoshana Bush
  8. There Is A Mountain - Sudhananda
  9. El Condor Pasa - Michael Bannett
  10. If You Want To Sing Out - Carrie Brandon
  11. Moon Shadow - Michael Bannett
  12. Both Sides Now - Tahkus Ekedal
  13. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Priya Francis

Amazon.com

Instead of going round and round and round trying to narrow a meandering genre for Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids, Music for Little People limited its songwriting players to a certain era. So break out your bandana and loosen up about letting the kids wear tie-dye, because a hippy-happier mood is hard to find these days. It's not that the 13 songs collected here serve only to spread good vibes--"You've Got a Friend" does more to remind us how we'd feel without one, and "Puff the Magic Dragon" could knock the wind out of even the most freewheeling spirits--but the boys and girls enlisted to perform these tracks clearly were feelin' groovy come recording time. "If I Had a Hammer (the Hammer Song)" and "If You Want to Sing Out," both led by what sounds like a mighty and stuffy-nosed 6-year-old, carry the lyrical capacity to temporarily ease 21st-century strife, real or imagined. So do "Happiness Runs" and "Moon Shadow," which even when delivered by crooners too young to wax philosophical can't help but impart a near-mystical hopefulness. "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Both Sides Now," and "The Circle Game" pull a similar sleight of hand, sparking a winding, shifting sort of introspection. For a finale, "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" couldn't be more fitting. Spin this disc and count on not only raising just-aroused consciences, but also on kick-starting a renewed karmic wave of harmony and lyrical insight. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars fabulous.......2002-10-24

I think this CD is fabulous. It has a whole lot of songs from my younger days, sung by children. I play this in the car and both the kids and I enjoy it. I am asked over and over to play it. Recommend!

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous Folk.......2001-12-07

Really nice CD. My son & I enjoy it together - it's fun to share these classic songs with him and he enjoys the kids voices very much.

1 out of 5 stars Chipmunk Folk.......2001-11-19

I bought this CD specifically to help me sing folk songs to my newborn -- I didn't anticipate the songs to be sung by children in such high voices and at speeded up tempos! It's nothing I can sing along to, let alone barely listen to. Maybe small children would enjoy it but adults would probably find it as irritating as I do!
Songs for the Young at Heart
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    		Songs for the Young at Heart
    Maria Muldaur
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    Album Description

    Maria Muldaur has a knack for taking popular tunes from the last century and covering them in her own unique style. From her first release On The Sunny Side on Earthbeat! Records' sister label Music For Little People in 1990, Maria has assembled some of the best studio musicians around to help create a magical partnership of old meets contemporary.
    Songs for the Young at Heart
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Taj Sings for Children
    		 Songs for the Young at Heart
    Taj Mahal
    Manufacturer: Music Little People
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B000HOJQZE
    Release Date: 2006-10-17

    Tracks:

    1. Banana Boat Song
    2. Fishin' Blues
    3. Funky Bluesy ABC's
    4. Rockin' Robin
    5. Quavi, Quavi
    6. Willie And The Hand Jive
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    9. Everday People
    10. Brown Little Girl In The Ring
    11. Little Liza Jane
    12. Colon Man
    13. Follow The Drinking Gourd
    14. Little Brown Dog

    Album Description

    Earthbeat! Records' sister label, Music For Little People, recorded Taj Mahal in 1988 on his now classic Shake Sugaree, a spirited collection of blues and world tunes. Since then, he has been involved in a variety of projects including Hippity Hop with Linda Tillery, Smilin' Island Of Song with Bob Marley's mother, Cedella, and his Grammy-nominated CD Shakin' A Tailfeather.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Taj Sings for Children.......2007-01-23

    Amazon got the track listing wrong again, here is the correct listing.

    1. Banana Boat Song
    2. Three Little Birds
    3. Everyday People
    4. Rockin' Robin
    5. Fishin' Blues
    6. Colon Man
    7. Funky Bluesy ABC's
    8. Shake Shugaree
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    10. A Soulfun Tun
    11. Willie and the Hand Jive
    12. Little Liza Jane
    13. Brown Girl in the Ring
    14. Follow the Drinking Gourd
    15. Little Brown Dog

    A nice collection of childrens songs, if you like "Shake Sugaree" you should buy this one.
    Folk Songs for Young People
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      		Folk Songs for Young People
      Pete Seeger
      Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
      Traditional FolkTraditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00006GOEA
      Release Date: 2002-09-24

      Tracks:

      1. Skip To My Lou
      2. Blow The Man Down
      3. Weave-Room Blues
      4. The Farmer Is The Man
      5. Wood-Chopping Song
      6. Four Pence A Day
      7. Vigndig A Fremd Kind
      8. Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield
      9. Pepsi-Cola
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      12. Oh, Worrycare
      13. On Top Of Old Smokey
      14. Goodnight, Irene
      15. John Henry
      16. Dayenu
      17. It Could Be A Wonderful World

      Amazon.com

      There's a reason why Pete Seeger--despite a lifetime of good deeds on behalf of the environment, the workingman, and other worthy causes--is best known for his renditions of children's folk songs. This album, originally released in 1959, goes a long way to explaining why. Starting with "Skip to My Lou," winding southward toward "Wood-Chopping Song," "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield," and "On Top of Old Smoky," and ending with the wistful "It Could Be a Wonderful World," Young People grabs hold from the opening syllable. Seeger introduces his crop of preserved treasures as "just ordinary songs which one person teaches to another," and guides us ever reassuringly toward sepia-toned landscapes of lost America. There, channeled through a warm voice and a plunking banjo, we encounter sailors ("Blow the Man Down"), factory workers ("Weave-Room Blues"), farmers ("The Farmer Is the Man"), babysitters ("Vigndig a Fremd Kind"), and heroes ("John Henry") with sad or celebratory or silly tales to tell. It's part history lesson, part boomer nostalgia trip. Given the renewed appreciation in the U.S. for folks who roll up their sleeves in 2002, the timing couldn't be better. --Tammy La Gorce

      Album Description

      Pete Seeger has become an American tradition right along with the songs he sings. This recording, first released in 1959, captures and conveys Pete's personal warmth, engaging style, and ability to educate children while entertaining them. He sings old favorites such as "On Top of Old Smokey," "Skip to My Lou," and "John Henry," introducing them as songs "you never hear on the radio,...on jukeboxes,...or on TV...Just ordinary songs which one person teaches to another." These songs have endured as part of the American soundscape partly because of Pete's tireless dedication to their preservation. This album gives a whole new generation of children the opportunity to learn and sing these classic American folksongs. Appropriate for children ages 5 and up.
      Christiana
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Christiana
        Richard Broadbent
        Manufacturer: browoowho cd
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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        Release Date: 2005-05-03

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