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"It's NOT
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your voice is
but what good a song does."
~ Woody Guthrie

DO YOU KNOW THESE 84 AMERICAN SONGS?
Nursery Rhymes - Games - Patriotic - Cowboy - Christian - Lullaby - Work

FOLKSONGS ARE PURPLE
AMERICAN VERNACULAR SONGS ARE GREY

I COULD NOT FIND THE crossed out SONGS.

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1. A Tisket, A Tasket (a green and yellow basket)
2. All Night, All Day
3. All The Pretty Little Horses
(Hushaby, don't you cry, go to sleep little baby,when you wake, you shall have )
4. Amazing Grace (how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me)
5. America (my country 'tis of Thee, sweet land of liberty)
6. America, the Beautiful (Oh beautiful for spacious skies)
7. Away in a Manger (no crib for a bed)
8. Battle Hymn of the Republic (glory, glory hallelujah, His truth is marching on)
9. Billy Boy (Oh where have you been Billy Boy, Billy Boy)
10. Bingo (there was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o)
11. Blue Tail Fly, The (Jimmy crack corn and I don't care, my master's gone away)
12. Caissons Go Rolling Along, The (over hill, over dale, we will hit the dusty trail, as those)
13. Camptown Races, The (camptown ladies sing this song, doo-dah, doo-dah)
14. Cindy (Get along home, Cindy Cindy, I'll marry you some day)
15. Clementine (Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine)
16. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
(when born by the red, white, and blue, thy banners make tyranny tremble)
17. Crawdad Song (You get a line, and I'll get a pole honey)
18. Did You Ever See A Lassie?
(a lassie, a lassie, did you ever see a lassie go this way and that)
19. Dixie (I Wish I Was in the Land of Cotton)
20. Down By the Riverside (and study war no more)
21. Down in the Valley (valley so low, hang your head over)
22. Eency, Weency Spider (went up the water spout)
23. Farmer in the Dell, The (hi-ho the dairy-o, the farmer in the dell)
24. Frog Went Courtin', A (he did ride, with sword and pistol by his side aha, ho-ho)
25. Go Down, Moses (way down in Egypt land, tell old Pharaoh, let my people go)
26. Go Tell Aunt Rhody(the old gray goose is dead)
27. Go Tell it on the Mountain (over the hill and everywhere)
28. God Bless America (land that I love, stand beside her and guide her)
29. God of our Fathers (whose almighty hand)
30. Goober Peas (goodness, how delicious, eating goober peas)
31. Goodbye, Old Paint (I'm a-leaving Cheyenne)
32. He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
33. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (so early in the morning)
34. Hickory Dickory Dock (the mouse ran up the clock)
35. Hokey Pokey, The (you put your right foot in, you put your right foot out)
36. Home on the Range
(where the deer and the antelope play, where seldom is heard a discouraging word)
37. Hush Little Baby (don't say a word, papa's going to buy you a mockingbird)
38. Rock-a-by Baby (in the treetops, when the wind blows the cradle will rock)
39. I've Been Workin' On the Railroad (all the live long day)
40. If You're Happy and You Know It (clap your hands)
41. Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho (and the walls came tumblin' down)
42. Kum Ba Yah (my Lord, Kum Ba Yah)
43. Liza Jane (O Eliza, li'l Liza Jane, O Eliza, li'l Liza Jane)
44. Looby Loo (here we go looby loo, here we go looby light)
45. Marines Hymn (From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli)
46. Mary Had a Little Lamb (it's fleece was white as snow)
Thomas Edison, the father of audio recording recited the first stanza of this poem in testing his new invention, the phonograph in 1877, making this the first audio recording to be successfully made and played back. It was all done on tin foil. They say the song springs from a true story: As a girl, Mary Sawyer (later Mrs. Mary Tyler) kept a pet lamb, which she took to school one day at the suggestion of her brother. A commotion naturally ensued. Lyrics: Written By: Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book, 1830's Copyright Unknown
47. Michael Row the Boat Ashore (hallelujah)
48. Muffin Man, The (oh do you know the muffin man)
49. Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow ( anyone know how oats, peas, beans, and barley grow)
50. Oh! Dear! What Can the Matter Be? (Johnny's so long at the fair)
51. Oh, Susanna! (oh don't you cry for me)
52. Oh, Where has My Little Dog Gone? (oh where, oh where can he be)
53. Old Chisholm Trail (well come along boys and listen to my tale, let me tell you 'bout my troubles on the)
54. Old Folks at Home (Way down upon the Swannee River, far, far away) Florida's State Song.
55. Old MacDonald (had a farm, e-i-e-i-o)
56. Onward Christian Soldiers (marching as to war)
57. Over the River and Through the Woods (to grandmother's house we go)
58. Polly Wolly Doodle (oh I went down south for to see my Sal, singin' polly wolly doodle all the day)
59. Pop, Goes the Weasel! (all around the cobbler's bench the monkey chased the weasel)
60. Ring Around the Rosies (pocket full of posies)
61. Rock-A My Soul (in the bosom of Abraham)
62. Row, Row, Row Your Boat (gently down the sea)
63. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain (when she comes)
64. Shenandoah (oh Shenandoah, I long to see you, away, you rolling river)
65. Shoo Fly (don't bother me, shoo-fly don't bother me, shoo-fly don't bother me for I belong to somebody)
66. Shortnin-Bread (mammy's little baby loves shortnin' shortnin')
67. Silent Night (holy night, all is calm, all is bright)
68. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (a long way from home)
69. Star-Spangled Banner , The (Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light)
70. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (comin' for to carry me home)
71. Take Me Out to the Ballgame (buy me some peanuts and crackerjack, I don't care if I ever get back)
72. There's A Hole in the Bucket(dear Liza, dear Liza)
73. This Land is Your Land (this land is my land)
74. This Little Light of Mine (I'm gonna let it shine)
75. This Old Man (he played one, he played knick-knack on my drum)
76. Three Blind Mice (see how they run)
77. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (how I wonder what you are)
78. We Gather Together (to ask the Lord's blessing)
79. Wheels on the Bus, The (go round and round)
80. When Johnny Comes Marching Home (again, hurrah, hurrah, we'll give him a hearty welcome then, hurrah, hurrah)
81. When the Saints Go Marching In (oh how I want to be in that number)
82. Yankee Doodle (went to town riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his cap)
83. You are my Sunshine (my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray)
84. You're A Grand Old Flag (you're a high flying flag)

UF Study: Closing the Folksong Knowledge Gap


FIND THE FOLKSONGS


UF STUDY:
CHILDREN'S KNOWLEDGE GAP OF FOLK SONGS THREATENS OUR HERITAGE

Children in the United States aren't singing the songs of their heritage, an omission that puts the nation in jeopardy of losing a longstanding and rich part of its identity.

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More Folksong Resources

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FIND PLAYGROUND GAME SONGS

Indigenous playground poetry - American folksongs, jump rope chants, rhymes, songs. It is the U.S. Online Library where you can Record using your ipod, phone, or computer.

COLLECT EXAMPLES OF PLAYGROUND POETRY CLASSROOM ACTIVITY

VIDEO S

FOUR WHITE HORSES ON A RAINBOW
Greetings All: My name is Karen Ellis. I published a book and cassette titled Domino in 1991 of live sound field recordings; children's songs and chants from the United States Virgin Islands which were collected in 1976 - 1979. It is no longer in print, but plan to publish online. K12PlayGround.com This is where teachers have gotten Four White Horses from. Contact me if you want more info. The original words are much sexier :-)

Al Citron
Alabama Gal (starts at 1:43 minutes); another version ; All Around the Mulberry Bush
Apple on a Stick
The Banana Song
Bim Bum
Boom Chicka Boom
Bought Me a Cat
Bow, Wow, Wow
Circle 'Round the Zero ; adults
another ; Directions with I've Been to Harlem ; directions .
Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky
Down, Down, Baby (30 sec into tape) dad with baby ; instructions .
Draw Me a Bucket of Water ; another version ; another. ; another
Dum, Dum Dada
The Farmer in the Dell
Five Little Monkeys ; child alone
improvising movements
Frog in the Meadow
Great Big House
Handclapping games ; Dallas Brass-hands ;
Head and Shoulders, Baby ,
another version ; another
Here We Are Together
Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush
Vince Bates Channel
If You're Happy And You Know It
I've Been to Harlem
John Kanaka
sailors' version . French men's version
Little Bird ; pictures of birds
Little Sally Walker ; another
Lucy Locket
Miss Mary Mack ; variation ; classroom
Obo-shi-notten-totten; Swiss children variation
Oats, Peas, Beans ; as a mixer with a whole school
Ob-wi-sini-san; Ghanaian passing game ; Kuraya Kuraya
Old Brass Wagon (choir); whole school
Paw Paw Patch
Pizza, Pizza, Daddy-O (at end of tape); variation
Punchinella
Ride that Pony ; variation ; variation
Rig-a-jig-jig
Rockin' Robin
'Simmons
Skip to My Lou
There Was an Old Lady
This a Way, Valerie and variations: Zoodio , Step Back, Sally , Step Back, Sally
Tideo ; another version ; dance.
We Are Dancing in the Forest
Wheels on the Bus ; animated
When I First Came to this Land; with photos.
Who Stole My Chickens and my Hens? ; 3 motions
Who Stole the Cookie? and Who Stole the Cookie to learn English
Ziggy Zah ; another version

Find video example that we can include Pizza Pizza Daddy -o


Find 1890--Jesse Walter Fewkes records the Passamaquoddy Indians off the coast of Maine. This is the first field use of the newly-invented recording machine.


54 Ring Game Songs From the Library of Congress 1980s.

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