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I have also done sessions where we all made up a song together, and yes, the sillier, the better. Making up something, with of course a lot of help from the player to get it started, can be really fun and is really well accepted because they think of it as their song. My grand children have asked for songs like, "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain," and "When The Saints Come Marchin' In". One of my grandsons was into "Trot Ol' Joe" and "Lukey's Boat." I have always enjoyed singing Kenny Loggins' "House at Pooh Corner" and "Puff The Magic Dragon" (because I could ham it up), but familiarity, I think, really helps. - Glenn |
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I really like Sesame Street's African alphabet song...
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Itsy bitsy spider
Definitely nothing by Bo Carter.... -C |
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My son is 4 and my daughter is 2. They like Avett Brothers, Woody Gutherie, Justin Townes Earl, Langhorne Slim, REM, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Head and the Heart and sadly, Coldplay.
We have a Decemberists sing along every night Last edited by sully151; 05-27-2012 at 02:00 PM. |
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Not exactly secular but we like to do "Man Gave Names to All The Animals" by Bob Dylan. We usually do it on ukuleles.
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Anything by Raffi, and almost anything by Jack Johnson.
Bel isi, -kyle
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The Unicorn Song
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Froggy went-a-courting
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Songs by Malvina Reynolds
Morningtown Ride (classic version by the Australian folkies The Seekers)
Magic Penny Both these songs by the wonderful songwriter Malvina Reynolds who I believe didn't start writing songs till she was in her late forties. She had such a heart and feel for children's songs. Lots of Beatles songs go down well too... and not always the ones you'd expect. |
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The city kids I sing for in schools never like old stuff. Make them laugh or play contemporary songs.
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Not in my experience. But if they aren't it's really too bad.
Bel isi, -kyle
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Kids love The Ponyman by Gordon Lightfoot. I tabbed this for Ultimate Guitar (shameless plug for myself!!)
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