American folk songs for children in home, school and nursery school : a book for children, parents and teachers

Seeger, Ruth Crawford 1901-1953 (Author). Cooney, Barbara, 1917-2000 (illustrator.).

Summary: "A book for children, parents and teachers."

Record details

ISBN: 038507316X
ISBN: 9780385073165
Physical Description: print
190 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Co., ©1948.

Content descriptions

General Note:

With piano accompaniment and directions for improvisation and rhythmic or dramatic play.

Includes indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Adam had seven sons -- All around the kitchen -- All the pretty little ponies -- As I walked out one holiday -- Baby dear -- Big old owl -- Billy Barlow -- Blow, boys, blow -- Bought me a cat -- Buffalo girls -- Built my lady a fine brick house -- By'm bye -- Cherry tree carol -- Clap your hands -- Closet key -- Cocky doodle doodle doo -- Did you go to the Barney? -- Do, do, pity my case -- Dog tick -- Doney gal -- Down by the Greenwood Sidey-o -- Down came a lady -- Ducks in the millpond -- Eency weency spider -- Every Monday morning -- Fire down below -- Free little bird -- Frog went a-courtin' -- Getting upstairs -- Go to sleepy -- Going down to town -- Goodbye, Julie -- Goodbye, old Paint -- Ha ha, this-a-way -- Hammer song -- Hanging out the linen clothes -- Have a little dog -- Here sits a monkey -- Hey Betty Martin -- Hey, Jim along, Jim along Josie -- Hop, old squirrel -- How old are you? -- Hush, little baby -- Hush 'n' bye -- I got a letter this morning -- I'll be sixteen this Sunday -- I'm going to join the Army -- It rained a mist -- Jesus borned in Bethlea -- Jim along Josie -- Jim crack corn -- Jimmy Randall, my son -- Jimmy Rose he went to town -- Jingle at the windows-- John done saw that number -- John Henry -- Johnny get your hair cut -- Juba -- Juniper tree -- Knick Knack paddy whack -- Little bird, little bird -- Little black train -- Little boy threw his ball so high -- Little gray ponies -- Little horses -- Little pig -- Lord Daniel's wife -- Lula gal -- Lynchburg town -- Mary had a baby -- Mary wore her red dress -- Miss Julie Ann Johnson -- Miss Mary Jane -- Monday morning go to school -- More about John Henry -- My horses ain't hungry -- Oh John the rabbit -- Oh, oh, the sunshine -- Oh, oh, you can't shine -- Old Aunt Kate -- Old blue -- Old Jessie -- Old Joe Clarke -- Old Mister Rabbit -- Old Molly hare -- Old paint -- Ol' Hannah -- One cold and frosty morning -- Pick a bale of cotton -- Poor Howard -- Poor old crow -- Pretty little girl with the red dress on -- Rain, come wet me -- Rain or shine -- Riding in the buggy, Miss Mary Jane -- Roll that brown jug down to town -- Rose, rose, and up she rises -- Round and round -- Run, chillen, run -- Sailing in the boat -- Sally go round the sunshine -- Scraping up sand in the bottom of the sea -- She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes -- Shiloh -- Shoo-li-loo -- Sir Hugh -- Skip-a to my lou -- Stars shining -- Such a getting upstairs -- Sweet water rolling -- Swing a Lady Umptum -- There was a man and he was mad -- This lady she wears a dark green shawl -- This old hammer -- This old man -- Three ravens -- Tideo -- Tie my shoe -- Toll a winker -- Toodala -- Train is a-coming -- Turtle dove -- Two brothers -- Up she rises -- Walk along, John -- What did you have for your supper? -- What shall we do when we all go out? -- What'll we do with the baby? -- When I was a young maid -- When the train comes along -- Where oh where is pretty little Susie? -- Who built the ark? Noah, Noah -- Who's that tapping at the window -- Wind blow east -- Yaddle laddle laddle um Daisy -- Yonder she comes.