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15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest (Sea Shanty) 
A-tisket A-tasket (Circle Game)
A, B, C Song 
MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi A Bicycle Built for Two (Traditional Song)
All the Pretty Little Horses (Lullaby) Midi
Midi Amazing Grace (Spiritual) MP3
"A" My Name is Arlene (Ball Bouncing Rhyme)
Animal Fair MP3
A Peanut Sat MP3 Midi
Apple on a Stick (Hand Clapping Rhyme)
Apples and Bananas Midi
Midi Arizona Star (Traditional Song)
Away in a Manger (A Carol) Midi
Midi Bill Grogan's Goat (Echo Song)
Billy Boy (Folk Song)
BINGO MP3 Midi
Blow the Man Down (Sea Shanty)
Blue Bird, Blue Bird (Circle Game)
Blue Bird, Blue Bird (Circle Game) MP3
Bo Bo Ski Waton Taton (Hand Clapping Rhyme) MP3
Boom Chicka Boom (Kids Song)
Bread and Cheese Game (Call & Response Game)
Bubblegum, Bubblegum in a Dish (Counting-out Rhyme)
Buffalo Gals (Traditional Song)
Camptown Races (Traditional Song)
Candy Apple on a Stick (Handclapping Rhyme)
Cinderella Dressed in Yellow (Jump Rope Song) MP3
Circle Circle, Dot Dot (Cootie Shot Rhyme)
Clap Hands, Clap Hands (Nursery Rhyme)
Coca-Cola Went to Town (Rhyme)
Cotton Eyed Joe Midi
Criss-Cross Applesauce (Nursery Rhyme)
Daisy, Daisy (Traditional Song)
Days of the Week MP3
Dem Dry Bones (Spiritual)
Did You Ever See a Lassie? (Circle Game)
Did You Feed My Cow? (Call and Response Song)
Down by the Banks of the Hankity-Panky (Circle Game) MP3
Down Down Baby, Down by the Rollercoaster (Hand Clapping Song)
Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe (Counting Rhyme) MP3
Eenie Meenie Sicileeny (Counting-out Rhyme)
Eenie Meenie Sicileeny (Long Version) (Hand-clapping Rhyme) MP3
Everywhere We Go (Camp Song)
Faces, Faces, Funny Faces (Halloween Song)
Fa, Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum! (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Fee, Fa, Fie, Fo, Fum (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Five Little Monkeys (Finger Play) MP3
Five Little Pumpkins (Halloween Song) MP3
Flee Fly Flo (Hand-clapping Chant)
Follow the Drinking Gourd (Folk Song)
Fortune-Telling by Daisy Petals (U.S.) (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Fried Ham (Camp & Scout Song)
Frog Went a' Courtin' (Folk Song) MP3
Good Night, Sleep Tight (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Spiritual) MP3
Hambone (A Rhymed Chant & Rhythmic Dance)
Head Thinker (Nursery Rhyme)
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not! (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Here I Brew and Here I Bake (Children's Rhyme and Game)
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (Spiritual)
Home On The Range (Folk Song) MP3
Hush-a-bye (All the Pretty Little Horses) (Lullaby) MP3
Hush-a-bye, Baby, On the Tree Top (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Ice Cream Soda (Jump Rope Song)
If the Groundhog Sees His Shadow (Rhyme) MP3
I Gave My Love a Cherry (Traditional Song)
I Had a Little Sister (Hand Clapping Song)
I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee (Kids Song)
I'm Rubber, You're Glue (Children's Chant) MP3
In a Cabin in a Wood Midi
Inka Binka (Counting Rhyme) MP3
Inky Binky Bonkie (Counting-out Rhyme)
I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me (Lullaby)
I've Been Working on the Railroad (Folk Song) MP3 Midi
I Was Born in a Frying Pan (Jump Rope Rhyme)
I Went to a Chinese Restaurant (Hand-clapping Rhyme)
I Went to a Chinese Restaurant (Whoopsie Version) (Hand-clapping Rhyme)
Jack-o'-lantern (Halloween Song)
Jimmy Brown (Camp Song)
Jimmy Crack Corn (Folk Song)
Jingle Bells (A Carol) MP3
Kitty White (Circle Game)
Knock, Knock, Peep In (Rhyme)
Kumbaya (Traditional Song) MP3 Midi
Lemonade, Crunchy Ice (Handclapping Song) MP3
Little Bird, Little Bird (Circle Game) MP3
Little Brown Jug (Traditional Song)
Little Fishes in a Brook (Nursery Rhyme)
Little One (Finger Naming Rhyme)
Little Red Wagon (Echo Song)
Little Red Wagon (Kids Song)
Little Sally Walker (Circle Game)
Little Sally Walker (or Water) (Circle Game)
Lolly Too Dum (Traditional Song) Midi
Midi M-I Crooked Letter (Jump Rope Rhyme)
Mairzy Doats (Nursery Rhyme)
Make New Friends MP3
Mares Eat Oats (Nursery Rhyme)
Michael Row the Boat Ashore (Spiritual)
Miss Lucy Had a Baby (Hand Clapping Song)
Miss Lucy Had a Steam Boat (Hand Clapping Song) MP3
Miss Mary Mack (Clapping Song) MP3
Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song and Lullaby)
Mr. Rabbit (Negro Spiritual)
My Big Silk Hat (Boy Scout & Camp Song)
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (Folk Song)
My Boy Scout Hat (Boy Scout & Camp Song)
My Grandfather's Clock (Traditional Song)
My Hat, It Has Three Corners (Action Song) Midi
Midi My Name is K I Piccolo (Hand Clapping Song)
My Name Is L I L I (Hand Clapping Song)
My Pigeon House (Lullaby)
Nelly Bly (Traditional Song) MP3
New Moon, True Moon (Divination Rhyme)
New Moon, True Moon (Divination Rhyme)
Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall (Kids Song)
Not Last Night But the Night Before (Jump Rope Song)
O Christmas Tree (A Carol)
Oh Little Playmate (Hand Clapping Song) MP3
Oh, Susanna (Folk Song) MP3
Old Miss Mouse MP3
One - Two -Three - A Nation (Ball Bouncing Rhyme)
One Potato, Two Potato (Counting-out Rhyme) MP3
On Top of Old Smokey (Folk Song)
Open, Shut Them MP3
Over the River and Through the Woods (Thanksgiving Song)
Pepsi-Cola Dance Song (Dance Song)
Pinky, Pinky Bow-bell (Nursery Rhyme)
Pizza, Pizza Daddy-O (Circle Dance)
Polly Wolly Doodle (Folk Song) Midi
Pop! Goes the Weasel (Nursery Rhyme)
Pretty Little Dutch Girl (Handclapping and Jump Rope Rhyme)
Quack Diddley Oso (Hand Clapping Rhyme) MP3
Red River Valley (Traditional Song)
Ring-a-Round the Rosie (Circle Game) MP3
Rock-a-bye Baby MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Round Ball-y (Rhyme)
Row, Row, Row Your Boat MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Rubin, Rubin, I've Been Thinking (Jump Rope Song) Midi
Midi Rubin, Rubin, I've Been Thinking (Traditional Song)
Santa Claus, You are Much Too Fat (A Carol)
Saw a Crow a-flying Low (Kentucky Mountain Song) Midi
Midi Senor Don Gato MP3
She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain (Folk Song) MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Silent Night (A Carol) MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Sippin Cider (Camp Song)
Six Little Dogs Midi
Midi Six Little Ducks MP3
Skidamarink MP3
Skip to My Lou (Circle Game)
Squish Squash Applesauce (Nursery Rhyme)
Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Spiritual) MP3
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Traditional Song)
Tarantula MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear (Jump Rope Song)
That's Life (Rhyme)
The Bear Went Over the Mountain MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi The Bed-time Song (Kentucky Mountain Song) Midi
Midi The Bees' Party MP3
The Cat Came Back (Traditional Song)
The Donut Shop MP3
The Girl Scout Promise (Scout Oath) MP3
The Green Grass Grew All Around (Cumulative Song)
The Halloween Song (Halloween Song)
The Hearse Song (Traditional Song) MP3
The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Fingerplay) MP3 Midi
The More We Get Together MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi The Old Gray Mare (Kids Song)
The Old Hen She Cackled (Appalachian Folk Song) Midi
There Was an Old Witch (Halloween Song)
The Wheels on the Bus MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out (Traditional Song) MP3
This Little Light of Mine (Spiritual)
This Little Piggy (Fingerplay) MP3
Three, Six, Nine, The Goose Drank Wine (Hand-clapping Rhyme)
Tic Tac Toe (Handclapping Rhyme) MP3
Train is A Comin' Midi
Midi Trick or Treat (Halloween Song) MP3
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Wabash Cannonball (Traditional Song)
What You Got There? (Call & Response Game)
Where is Thumbkin? (Finger Play)
X Marks the Spot MP3
Yankee Doodle MP3 Midi
You Gotta Sing When Your Spirit Says Sing (Traditional Song)
You're a Grand Ole Flag (Patriotic Song) MP3
French
English
Brother John MP3
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Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of the USA:
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The poem May Day by American poet Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933) has lovely imagery. Though it seems to end on a melancholy note, you can think of it in light of appreciating the time on earth we have? MP3 of May Day May Day A delicate fabric of bird song... Read more »
I found this article about wedding superstitions in a very unlikely place: an American journal from 1906 called, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. It was written by Memphis Scimiter? Wedding Superstitions The old rhyme that had to do with the days of the week still holds considerable power in the choice of the wedding day in some... Read more »
I love this image and it?s caption from Ladies Home Journal in 1921. Women had just earned the right to vote the previous year in the US. Here?s the inscription? ?A very healthy curiosity, if not a real interest, concerning public affairs is growing up among women.? You have to respect this given the time and place. ... Read more »
Easter The air is like a butterfly With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky And sings. MP3 Recording of Easter Poem by Joyce Kilmer Read more »
MP3 of The Dandelion The Dandelion by Mrs. E. P. Erskine "Oh, dandelion, yellow as gold, What do you do all day?" "I just wait here in the long green grass Till the children come to play." "Oh, dandelion, yellow as... Read more »
I?ve recently been asked about a counting-out rhyme chanted in Indiana. This rhyme may have its origins in an old Gypsy magic spell. Marsha wrote to me about the rhyme that was chanted by her grandmother: ?I’ve been trying to find the source of a chant my grandmother taught me. My mother (who is 86) has... Read more »
?Who Laid an Egg?? is a kids saying meaning, ?Who farted?? The cartoon above is a play on the expression by 5th grader Lila Pomerantz. Read more »
The poem The Sandman was written by 19th century poet Margaret Vandergrift. It?s about the mythological figure who throws sand in children’s eyes to put them to sleep at night. Below you can hear the poem recited and read along?. MP3 Recording of The Sandman The Sandman By Margaret Vandergrift The rosy... Read more »
Janet Barnes sent me a video with a note asking for help with the song lyrics to a Pennsylvania Dutch or German song?. Here?s Janet?s note: My mother has written down a song her father used to sing to her and I think it might be German. If not German, it would be Dutch. They were definitely... Read more »
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Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
Mama Lisa's House of Nursery Rhymes
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Featuring Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Some rhymes are illustrated and some are narrated
Mama Lisa's Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes with French Translations
(In English & French)
Knock Knock English's Super Simple Songs
(In English)
A small school in Tokyo, Japan that specializes in children's ESL. They create cd's of simple English songs for young children and for children learning English as a second language. You can visit their site with your children or students to watch their fun online videos and for activities that go along with the songs.
