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In Classic Folk Songs for Kids, curator Jeff Place culls a cross-section of 26 classics from the Smithsonian Folkways vaults to tell an intriguing story of American signature sing-alongs. The songs' origins are as fascinating as the songs are fun centuries-old European ballads, an American Revolutionary tune, 19th-century American folksongs, African-derived game songs, a sea chantey, a railroad jingle, camp songs, and even an opera song! And the singers themselves are a who's who of American folk music artistry-Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Suni Paz, Tom Glazer, Lord Invader, and many more. 56 minutes, 40-page booklet with lyrics. Album Tracks 1. Froggie Went a Courtin' 2. Polly Wolly Doodle 3. Skip to My Lou 4. I've Been Working on the Railroad 5. She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain 6. John Henry 7. Brown Girl in the Ring 8. Old King Cole 9. Green Grass Grows All Around 10. La Rana (The Frog) 11. I Had a Rooster 12. Go Tell Aunt Rhody 13. Miss Mary Mack 14. Yankee Doodle 15. Rock Island Line 16. Big Rock Candy Mountain 17. On Top of Old Smoky 18. Crawdad Hole 19. Oh Susannah 20. Goober Peas 21. Arroz Con Leche (Rice and Milk) 22. Riding in My Car 23. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Doggies 24. Home on the Range 25. Shenandoah
