American Folk, Game & Activity Songs

Kick off your shoes, tap your feet, and clap your hands. Pete Seeger's contagious performances have introduced generations of children to the richness of traditional American music. Accompanied by his banjo, Pete sings 22 songs for young kids. Extensive notes include lyrics and some instructions for dance. Especially for children 3 to 7. 59 minutes

  • Winner of the 2001 Early Childhood News' Director's Choice Award
  • Winner of the Parents' Choice 2000 Audio Classic Award

Songlist:
1 Bought Me a Cat
2 The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
3 The Train is A-Coming
4 This Old Man
5 Froggie Went A-Courtin'
6 Jim Along Josie
7 There Was an Old Man & He Was Mad
8 Clap Your Hands
9 She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
10 All Around the Kitchen
11 Billy Barlow
12 I Know a Little Girl
13 I Want to Be a Farmer
14 Skip to My Lou
15 Candy Gal
16 Ring Around the Rosy / Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush / London Bridge (medley)
17 Shoo Fly
18 Liza Jane
19 Pig in the Parlor
20 New River Train
21 Yankee Doodle
22 Jolly is the Miller

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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops

June 22-28, Barnesville OH Quakercamp at Stillwater.

June 28-July 5 FGC Gathering, Johnstown PA. Annie will lead a singing workshop for women, noon sings & a closing sing on Friday.

Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 1600 Sacramento St.. For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock.
Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop on songleading at Quaker Center.
Aug. 15-17, Ben Lomond CA Group singing weekend workshop at Quaker Center.
Sun., Aug. 17th, Santa Cruz CA Sing-along concert at Santa Cruz Friends Meetinghouse at 225 Rooney St. For details contact Gretta & Jacob Stone, (831) 336-8333 or go to the Meeting website for directions.

Swing performances Annie is doing with the

O-Tones

Girl From Mars

We urge you to check out the new website

nobelprize4pete

promoting efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for legendary folk singer & environmental & peace activist, Pete Seeger. A new edition of Seeger's autobiography (which Peter edited) is coming out this spring.

There are some great quotes from Pete on the power of group singing in the recent New York Times article on community sings around the country, many of which use Rise Up Singing.

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