Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

Arlington is soggy with rain.  Today’s list seemed mostly filled with lullabies and new songs…but looking now, we fit in a few favorites, too.

• “The Farmer and the Cowman Should be Friends” (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
• “The Surrey with the Fringe on the Top” (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
• I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon (Words and Music by Jeff Moss, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
• Star Spangled Banner (Words by Francis Scott Key, Music by J. Stafford Smith, Illustrated by Peter Spier…today we just sang the first verse!  But I’m hoping as the weeks go by for us to sing all FOUR verses of Francis Scott Key’s poem which became our National Anthem)
• We the Kids – The Preamble to the Constitution (Words By Gouverneur Morris and ”The Committee of Stile and Arrangement” of the US Constitution, Illustrated by David Catrow, We sing this to “The Preamble” song written by Lynn Ahrens for “Schoolhouse Rock!“)
• Animal Fair (Traditional Tune, Words Adapted by Ponder Goembel, Illustrated by Ponder Goembel)
• The Lady with the Alligator Purse (Traditional Words and Tune, Words Adapted by Nadine Bernard Westcott, Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott)
• Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name (Traditional Words and Tune
  Illustrated by Tedd Arnold)
• Teddy Bear’s Picnic (Words and Music by Jimmy Kennedy, Illustrated by Alexandra Day)
• Simple Gifts (The Shaker Hymn) (Traditional Words and Tune, Illustrated by Chris Raschka)
• “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” (Poem by Eugene Field, Illustrated by David McPhail, Musical Setting can be found by Ginger Sands on her collection “The Gift of Make Believe,” Music by Lucy Simon)
• Waltzing Matilda (Poem by A.B. “Banjo” Paterson, Traditional Tune Adapted and Arranged by Christina Macphearson, Illustrated by Desmond Digby)
• Going to the Zoo (Words and Music by Tom Paxton, Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt)