Classic Folk Songs for Kids

These 26 classic tracks from the Smithsonian Folkways collections tell an intriguing story of American signature sing-alongs. The songs' origins are as fascinating as they are fun! 

The genres include:

• old European ballads,
• American Revolutionary tunes,
• 19th-century American folksongs,
• African-derived game songs,
• a sea chantey,
• a railroad jingle,
• camp songs,
• and even an opera song!

The singers are a who's who of American folk music. The CD includes a 40-page booklet with song lyrics. 

Track Listing:

• Froggie Went a-Courtin' - Elizabeth Mitchell
• Polly Wolly Doodle - Pete Seeger, Bess Hawes and Tom Glazer
• Skip to My Lou - Lead Belly
• I've Been Working on the Railroad - Ella Jenkins
• She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain - Sarah Lee Guthrie and family
• John Henry - Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
• Brown Girl in the Ring - Lord Invader
• Old King Cole - Jean Ritchie
• Green Grass Grows All Around - Sam Hinton
• La rana (The Frog) - Suni Paz
• I Had a Rooster - Pete Seeger
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody - The Ritchie Family
• Miss Mary Mack - Ella Jenkins
• Yankee Doodle - Pete Seeger
• Rock Island Line - Snooks Eaglin
• Big Rock Candy Mountain - Tom Glazer
• On Top of Old Smoky - Pete Seeger
• Crawdad Hole - Cisco Houston
• Oh Susannah - Pete Seeger
• Goober Peas - Tom  Glazer
• Arroz con leche (Rice and Milk) - Young Mexican Girls
• Riding in My Car - Elizabeth Mitchell
• Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies - Cisco Houston
• Home on the Range - Pete Seeger
• Shenandoah - Alan Mills