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- 'Aiken Drum' (1820, Traditional Scottish Song) "Aiken Drum" is a Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme that probably comes from "Aikendrum," a Jacobite song about the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
- Lyrics. There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon, There was a man lived in the moon, And his name was Aiken Drum. Chorus. And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,
- 'Alouette' (1879) "Alouette" is a French-Canadian folk song about plucking the feathers from a lark after being awakened by its song (like we would threaten a rooster or chicken, before cooking and eating the bird).
- Lyrics. Alouette, gentille Alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai la tete.
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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 …
Children's Music from Smithsonian Folkways - YouTube. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States....
Children's folk music from the Ruth Crawford Seeger collection. For lyrics and more see http://songs.2quakers.net/kid-songs.
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"Classic Folk Songs for Kids" is a playlist curated by children's musicians for children of all ages. This iteration is comes from Greg Gardner, known to the...
Twenty-six songs, play-party games, and poems selected from over 200 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Folkways Records present a panorama of music performed for and by young children. Includes notes, song texts, and a complete list of recordings for children.