Archive for June 2010
“Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along,” A Singable Book, Letter P (tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man”)
Posted on: June 30, 2010
P is for Penelope Pig!
Sing the words of the song for the letter P to the tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man.”
Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along
Words Adapted by Teddy Slater
Illustrated by Liisa Chauncy Guida
P is for Penelope
(Lyrics by Teddy Slater, from book “ABC Sing-Along,” sing to the tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man”)
P is for Penelope,
Penelope, Penelope.
P is for Penelope,
a proud and pretty pig.
Penelope is pink and plump,
pink and plump, pink and plump.
Penelope is pink and plump,
a truly perfect peg.
The original lyrics, here:
Do You Know the Muffin Man
Traditional Words and Tune
Oh, do you know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
Oh, do you know the muffin man,
Who lives in Drury Lane?
Oh, yes, I know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
Oh, yes, I know the muffin man,
Who lives in Drury Lane.
Alternate verses:
Oh, two of us know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
Oh, two of us know the muffin man,
Who lives in Drury Lane.
A few of us know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
A few of us know the muffin man,
Who lives in Drury Lane.
Now we all know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
Now we all know the muffin man,
Who lives in Drury Lane.
Sing-along with this karaoke track:
http://www.amazon.com/Do-You-Know-Muffin-Man/dp/B001GPZD50/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1277125162&sr=8-2
Here is the karaoke track with vocals, to help you find the first note:
http://www.amazon.com/Do-You-Know-Muffin-Man/dp/B001AKIML8/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1277125277&sr=1-1-fkmr1
Lyrics, printable music, activity page, and midi-sing-along file, here:
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/m027.html
An interesting article about the song’s origins, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muffin_Man
You’ll find the rhyme, “Do You Know the Muffin Man,” along with suggested activities, in
The Kingfisher Playtime Treasury (A Collection of Playground Rhymes, Games and Action Songs)
Selected by Pie Corbett
Illustrated by Mora & Colin MacLean
A funny YouTube video:
The Songs We Sang, 6/27/2010
Posted on: June 28, 2010
A darlin’ little fella turned 3 and I had the pleasure to sing at his birthday party today. He’s an animal lover, so you’ll find lots of critters to love in this stack of songs:
- ABC’s (Traditional Words and Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus…me!)
- ZYX’s (Traditional Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus) (The children broke out into this song and sang it all by themselves. Wonderful!) (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
- A-You’re Adorable (Words and Music by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, and Sidney Lippman, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
- One Elephant Went Out to Play (Classic Books with Holes) (Traditional Words and Tune, Sing to the tune of “5 little Ducks,” Illustrated by Sanja Rescek)
- All God’s Critters (Words and Music by Bill Staines, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson)
- If You’re Happy and You Know It: Jungle Edition (Words adapted by James Warhola, Traditional tune, Illustrated by James Warhola)
- Knick Knack Paddy Whack (Traditional words and tune, Musical arrangement by Mark Collins, Illustrated by Christiane Engel)
- Old MacNoah Had an Ark (Traditional Tune, Words Adapted by Sally Lloyd-Jones, Illustrated by Jill Newton)
- I Love you A Bushel and a Peck (Words and Music by Frank Loesser, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells)
- Going to the Zoo (Words and Music by Tom Paxton, Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt)
- I’m a Manatee (Words by John Lithgow, Music by Bill Elliott, Illustrated by Ard Hoyt)
- I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Words and Music by John Rox, Illustrated by Bruce Whatley)
- Owl and the Pussycat (Poem by Edward Lear, Illustrated by Jan Brett, Sung with Tune by Lorraine Nelson Wolf and Janene Ping)
I got to sing a book today that I’d never sung before:
Old MacNoah Had an Ark
Traditional Tune (Sing to the tune of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”)
Words adapted by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Illustrated by Jill Newton
Happy Birthday!
One Elephant Went Out to Play
Posted on: June 27, 2010
Preparing to sing at a birthday party, I asked the child’s mom if the birthday boy had any requests.
The mom said that her son loves elephants!
I found a delightful HUGE book that will be so fun to share!
One Elephant Went Out to Play (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “5 little Ducks”)
Illustrated by Sanja Rescek
(This book features a printing of the song’s simple melody, a paragraph on the helpful use of this type of book for emergent readers, and a page of activity ideas using the book and song)
Child’s Play probalby publishes a nubmer of editions of this book, but the one that arrived from Amazon.com is 17 X 17 inches! The kids will LOVE it so long as I can figure out how to turn the pages!
Searching around for the tune, I discovered that it is the same tune (with slighly altered rhythm to accomodate the lyrics) as “Five Little Ducks.”
A karaoke sing-along track for “Five Little Ducks” (which works great for “One Elephant Went Out to Play,” too), here:
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Little-Ducks/dp/B0031GUV8Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1277563153&sr=8-1
Here’s a link that has the lyrics, a video, and interactive game ideas for the “One Elephant Went Out to Play”:
http://thekittycats.wordpress.com/category/titles/o/one-elephant-went-out-to-play-o-titles/
Click here for downloadable cards/images for teaching numbers using this song:
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/1011-1015/sb1014.html
One Elephant Went Out to Play
Traditional Words and Tune
ONE elephant went out to play
Upon a spider’s web one day.
He had such enormous fun,
That he called for another elephant to come!
For the rest of the song replace the number “ONE” with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 in order.
Exact words will vary, but this is the general idea.
How to use this book
Some interesting educational information is printed on the inside cover of “One Elephant Went Out to Play,”
“Young children learn to enjoy books most when parents, nursery nurses, education assistants or Early Years teachers spend time talking about the pictures and the things that happen in a story. They develop a keen interest in reading and a knowledge about words and grammar when they listen to traditional rhymes, actions songs and stories that use rhythmic and pattered language. ‘One Elephant Went Out to Play’ has all these qualities that help to promote language and literacy development. Read and re-read it, over and over again with the children, so they come to know it very well.”
Dr. Hilary Minns
Institute of Education, University of Warwick
Lewis Carroll’s Alice books are brimming with nonsensical poems and they are all singable. THRILLING!
Also thrilling are the library and bookstore shelves groaning under the weight of fabulously illustrated editions of
“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.”
In the cabaret rooms of my mind, I feel a show comin’ on. Over time, I’ll explore about every one of these, but we’ll start with poem lists!
Here are the poems from
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- All in a Golden Afternoon
- How Doth the Little Crocodile
- Fury Said to a Mouse
- You Are Old Father William
- Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat
- The Lobster Quadrille
- ‘Tis the Voice of the Lobster
- Beautiful Soup
- The Queen of Hearts
- They Told Me You Had Been to Her
Here are the poems from
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
- Alice, Through the Looking Glass
- Jabberwocky
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- The Walrus and the Carpenter
- Humpty Dumpty
- the Lion and the Unicorn
- A-Sitting on a Gate (The White Knight)
- Hush-a-by Lady, in Alice’s Lap
- To the Looking-Glass World
- First, the Fish Must be Caught
- A Boat, Beneath a Sunny Sky
Here are a few of the many amazing illustrations of the Alice Books,
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Alice in Wonderland
Written by Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger
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Alice in Wonderland
Text and Poems by Lewis Carroll
Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Maraja
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Written by Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Words by Lewis Carroll
Poems Set to Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Brigitte Bryan, Cover by Don Irwin
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The Annotated Alice (The Definitive Edition)
(Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass)
Written by Lewis Carroll
Introduction and Notes by Martin Gardner
Illustrated by John Tenniel
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Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney’s)
Original Story by Lewis Carroll
Retold by Jon Scieszka
Illustrated with Art by Mary Blair
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Plus, so many wonderful songs from Disney movies and stage plays have been written for the prose situations in the books like the Flower Garden (“Golden Afternoon“) and the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (“The Unbirthday Song“) and for characters including the White Rabbit (“I’m Late“) and the Caterpillar (“A-E-I-O-U“).
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Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney’s Movie)
CD Recording
Story by Lewis Carrol
Songs with Words and Music by Bob Hilliard, Sammy Fain, Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston
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Alice in Wonderland
Words by Lewis Carrol
Words and Music by Richard Hartley
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Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (Original 1947 Broadway Cast)
Words by Lewis Carrol
Words and Music by Richard Addinsell
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Alice in Wonderland
Words by Lewis Carroll
Words and Music by Stark Ravens
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An interesting wiki article about the 1951 Disney movie, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film)
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An article about the movie from Disney,
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/alice/alice.html
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A huge resource of Alice and Lewis Carroll history, lore, and pictures, here:
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/
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Find the SONGS FROM ALICE and music composed for them, here:
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Songs from Alice (Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass)
Poems by Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Charles Folkard
(This book, ISBN 0-7136-1959-7, includes Carroll’s poem texts and Folkard’s Illustrations)
Click here for a website sharing Folkard’s wonderful illustrations:
http://learning2share.blogspot.com/2008/02/charles-folkards-alice-in-wonderland.html
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Songs from Alice (Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass)
Poems by Lewis Carroll
Music by Don Harper
Illustrated by Charles Folkard
(This book, ISBN 0-8234-0358-0, includes Carroll’s poem texts, printed music composed by Don Harper and Folkard’s Illustrations)
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Classic Children’s Songs
Produced by Just Accord Music, 2006
A Musical settings of Lewis Caroll’s poem from the Alice books are included in this CD:
- How Doth the Little Crocodile
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Related posts:
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THE SPIDER AND THE FLY, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/the-spider-and-the-fly-a-singable-picture-book/
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A study and Singable Picture Book list of the song “Twinkle Little Star,” (including “Twinkle Little Bat“), click here:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/twinkle-little-star-the-song-the-list/
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A study of ABC, Twinkle Star, Baa Blacksheep, and A-You’re Adorable, too:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/abc-twinkle-star-baa-blacksheep-singable-books-and-all-the-fix-ins-and-a-youre-adorable-too/
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A study of the “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass“ (by Lewis Carroll) which contain many Illustrated Singable Poems:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-singable/
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A study of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat,” here:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/twinkle-twinkle-little-bat-a-singable-poem-with-pictures-and-a-play-on-a-classic/
(From Left: Lonny Smith, Terri Allen, Emily Leatha Everson, Justin Ritchie)
D.C. singers Terri Allen*, Emily Leatha Everson, Justin Ritchie, and Lonny Smith*,
with the incomparable Mary Sugar on keyboards, take you on an unforgettable musical journey!
Songs from pop, country, blues, cabaret and Broadway.
Sizzling vocals. Honest storytelling. Revealing moments.
Performances:
• Saturday, July 10, Noon
• Tuesday, July 13, 6:45pm
• Sunday, July 18, 2:30pm
• Friday, July 23, 7:15pm
• Saturday, July 24, 12:30pm
• Sunday, July 25, 3:
Location: Fort Fringe – The Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar
607 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
Tickets: Tickets are $15.00. Order online at www.capitalfringe.org,
call 866-811-4111 or go to the box office at 607 New York Avenue, NW
Find out more at: http://runawaywithmecabaret.wordpress.com
To buy tickets: http://shows.capfringe.org/shows/389-lyros-Productions-Run-Away-With-Me-A-Contemporary-Caberet.html
This production presented as a part of the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival.
www.capitalfringe.org
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association
The Songs We Sang, 6/17/2010
Posted on: June 24, 2010
You may have noticed that I accidentally mixed up the weeks. This is from last week…a great song list!
Today was the second to last “Sing Books” gathering with my daughter’s K class at Tuckahoe. It does my heart some real good to know that the kids are skipping off into the world armed with a truck load of songs to sing!
We started off singing “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” printed in the book “Emma’s Poem“ because NPR reported this morning that this day in 1877 the 214 crates containing the unassembled Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City from France.
- Emma’s Poem (Book by Linda Glaser, Illustrated by Claire A. Nivola. This books is about Emma Lazarus and her poem, and includes a printing of the poem, “The New Colossus,” Words by Emma Lazarus, the last 5 lines of which were set to music by Irving Berlin)
- A-You’re Adorable (Words and Music by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, and Sidney Lippman, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
- ZYX’s (Traditional Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus) (The children broke out into this song and sang it all by themselves. Wonderful!) (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
- All God’s Critters (Words and Music by Bill Staines, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson)
- Inch by Inch: The Garden Song (Words and Music by David Mallett, Illustrated by Ora Eitan) (A post about this Singable Picture Book will be published soon!)
- Easter Parade (Words and Music by Irving Berlin, Illustrated by Lisa McCue)
- All God’s Critters (Words and Music by Bill Staines, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson)
- A Fairy Went A-Marketing (Poem by Rose Fyleman, Illustrated by Jachimael Henterly, Musical Setting can be found by Ginger Sands on her collection “The Gift of Make Believe“)
- Over the Rainbow (Words and Music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Illustrated by Eric Puybaret)
- “Sesame Street Theme” (Words by Bruce Hart, Jon Stone, and Joe Raposo, Music by Joe Raposo, Published in The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures, Illustrated by Normand Chartier (A post about this Singable Picture Book will be published in the next couple of days!)
- “Rubber Duckie” (Words by Jeff Moss, Published in The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures, Illustrated by Normand Chartier (A post about this Singable Picture Book will be published in the next couple of days!)
The New Colossus
Poem by Emma Lazarus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
The last 5 lines of this poem were set to music in the song “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” by the great American Songwriter Irving Berlin.
This poem has in many ways come to represent the voice of the Stature of Liberty. The poem is engraved on a plaque and mounted on the wall near an entrance to the statue’s pedestal.
Today was my last day to sing in Ms. Anctil’s Kindergarten Class 2010.
We have enjoyed “Sing Book” gatherings once a week all year long. I am grateful beyond measure to Ms. Anctil for her encouragement and support, for the musical atmosphere she creates in her classroom, and for having been a fabulous teacher for my daughter! Thank you Danielle!
We sang a great line-up of songs. I had to stick to cheerful songs to keep from gettin’ teary:
- Marsupial Sue (Words by John Lithgow, Music by Bill Elliot, Illustrated by Jack E. Davis)
- A-You’re Adorable (Words and Music by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, and Sidney Lippman, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
- You’re a Grand Old Flag (Words and music by George M. Cohan, Illustrated by Warren Kimble)
- Mail Myself to You (Words and Music by Woody Gutherie, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
- Waltzing Matilda (Poem by A.B. “Banjo” Paterson, Traditional Tune Adapted and Arranged by Christina Macphearson, Illustrated by Desmond Digby)
- Star Spangled Banner (Words by Francis Scott Key, Music by J. Stafford Smith, Illustrated by Peter Spier)
- I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More (Words adapted by Karen Beaumont, Illustrated by David Catrow, Sing to the tune of “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More”)
- Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name (Traditional Words and Tune, Illustrated by Tedd Arnold)
- Owl and the Pussycat (Poem by Edward Lear, Illustrated by Jan Brett, Sung with Tune by Lorraine Nelson Wolf and Janene Ping)
I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT WAIT to visit the kindergarten classes at Tuckahoe next year to share these great songs (and some wonderful new ones, too!) with a new crop of gorgeous young minds!!
Exciting, the class presented me with two new books to explore. It’s hard to believe that I didn’t know about or have these already, because they are really good ones. But it’s also fun to realize that more Singable Picture Books are out in the world awaiting capture to sing and enjoy!
The Big Bell and the Little Bell
Words and Music by Martin Kalmanoff
Illustrated by Alastair Graham
(This book is packaged with a CD with two recordings of the song!)
This is a gorgeous book with a charming “Danny Kaye” sounding song. I’d never seen or heard of this song or Singable Picture Book before. The illustrations are exceptionally well done. For many books, I’m just happy that they illustrate a song I can sing and share with children. Not many are so amazingly illustrated like this one. It will definitely be in my list of “Best Illustrated Singable Picture Books” and the song will certainly enter my standard repertoire.
This Jazz Man
Traditional Tune (Sing to the Tune of “This Old Man”)
Words Adapted by Karen Ehrhardt
Illustrated by R. G. Roth
This is another good one that I never saw before. Sung to the tune of “This Old Man” with each number, you get to explore a new jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. Exuberant and joyous, this book will be so much fun to sing! The last pages of the book give a short bio about each of the featured Jazz Men and the book even has a website: http://thisjazzman.com/
Cool, man, cool.
A Patriotic List of Singable Books for July 4th (and other holidays that celebrate the USA and her citizens and history)
Posted on: June 22, 2010
This list, continually “Under Construction,” is published on this blog’s “Song Books for All Occasions” page:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/song-book-lists-for-all-occasions/
Sing AMERICA Sing!
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ABC, National Museum of American History
By Florence Cassen Mayers
Illustrated with items from Washington, DC’s National Museum of American History
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All American Car-I-Oke
Music and Lyrics by Various Artists
Written by David Schiller
Published by Workman Publishing Company
America’s Song, The Story of Yankee Doodle
by Stuart Murray
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America (My Country ’Tis of Thee)
Words by Reverend Samuel Francis Smith
Traditional Tune
Illustrated by Todd Ouren
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America the Beautiful
Poem by Katharine Lee Bates
Music by Samuel A. Ward
Illustrated by Wendell Minor
(This book features profiles on Ms. Bates and Mr. Ward as well as printed music, and illustrations of beautiful places in America.)
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America the Beautiful
Poem by Katharine Lee Bates
Music by Samuel A. Ward
Illustrated by Todd Ouren
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America the Beautiful
Poem by Katharine Lee Bates
Music by Samuel A. Ward
Illustrated by Chris Gall
(This book features printed music and a page of information about the artwork.)
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America the Beautiful (a Collection of Best-Loved Patriotic Songs)
Music and Lyrics by Various Artists
Compiled and Arranged by Tom Glazer
Illustrated by Barbara Corrigan
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America the Beautiful (A Pop-Up Book)
Poem by Katharine Lee Bates
Music by Samuel A. Ward
Illustrated by Robert Sabuda
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America the Beautiful in the Words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Illustrated by Various Aritsts
Music by Various Artists
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Benjamin Franklin Founding Father
Words by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Sing to the tune of “Ode to Joy” (by Ludwig van Beethoven)
Illustrated with Online Images of Artwork by Various Artists
View or print a copy of this book, with my compliments, here:
Benjamin Franklin Founding Father Song Book by ELEG for SBWE
To hear how the song goes, here’s a little scratch recording of me singing the song (into my little digital recorder),
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/benjamin-franklin-founding
This book is intended for use at home or in the classroom only.
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The Buck Stops Here: The President’s of the United States
Text by Alice Provensen
Sing with Sing Books with Emily’s ”The Presidents Name Song”
Illustrated by Alice Provensen
ISBN978-0-670-01252-7
Sing Sing Books with Emily’s The Presidents Name Song with the melody sing-along track, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/presidentsnamesong-melody
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Celebrate America in Poetry and Art
Words and Music by Various Artists
Illustrated with Artwork from the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Edited by Nora Panzer
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Celebrating America (A Collection of Poems and Images of the American Spirit)
Words and Music by Various Artists
Poetry Compiled Laura Whipple
Illustrated with Art from the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago
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The Constitution of the United States of America (With Benjamin Franklin’s Address to the Delegates Upon the Signing of the Constitution)
Inscribed and Illustrated by Sam Fink
The Preamble to the Constitution (which you can SING, thanks to Lynn Ahrens and School House Rock) is printed and illustrated in this AMAZING book that called to me from across the book-sale. I sailed over to it and snatched it up. It’s a tall, heavy book with fabulous illustrations which illuminate a complete printing of the US Constitution and includes a chronology of and historical information about constitutional creation.
You can hear a clip of Lynn Ahrens singing The Preamble, on Track 4 of this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B0000033XR/ref=pd_krex_dp_001_004?ie=UTF8&track=004&disc=001
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Emma’s Poem (The Voice of the Statue of Liberty)
Book Written by Linda Glaser
Illustrated by Claire A. Nivola
This book features the poem “The New Colossus”
Poem by Emma Lazarus
Music by Irving Berlin (“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor“)
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The Family Car Songbook (Hundreds of Miles of Fun!)
Words and Tunes by Various Artists
Compiled by Jason Tharp
Illustrated by Michael Gelen
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Fifty Nifty States
Words and Music by Ray Charles
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
For educational purposes only.
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Fifty (50) United States (One Page for Each State and a Few Interesting Facts
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
I do not have the publising rights to sell a book containing ”Fifty Nifty States” lyrics (as written by Ray Charles). But I’ve created this book with a page for each state, in alphabetical order, which you can use to sing the song, after the intoduction.
If you are interested in a copy of this book, please email: SingBooksWithEmily.att.net, or lave a comment to this post.
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The Fifty Nifty United States Map (by ELEG for Sing Books with Emily)
Map Colorized by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Words and Music by Ray Charles
To view or print this map, click here:
usa map by eleg
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Fifty Nifty States Map Coloring Page
To view or print the coloring page, click here:
fifty nifty states map coloring page
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Fireside Book of Favorite American Songs
Words and Music by Various Artists
Selected and Edited by Margaret Bradford Boni
Arranged for the Piano by Norman Lloyd
Illustrated by Aurelius Battaglia
Introductions by Anne Brooks
Forward by Carl Van Doren
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Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags (The Story of the Fourth of July Symbols)
Words and Music by Various Artsits
Book by James Cross Giblin
Illustrated by Ursula Arndt
This book features a chapter (including lyrics, song history, and illustrations) called “Patriotic Music and Songs.”
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The Gettysburg Address
Words by Abraham Lincoln
Music by Mrs. Patel’s 6th Grade Class (Woodmere Elementary School, Woodmere, New York, 1962)
Inscribed and Illustrated by Sam Fink
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Glorious American Songbook (A Classic Illustrated Edition)
Words and Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Various Artists
Compiled by Cooper Edens
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God Bless America
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
(This book features printed music)
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Hand in Hand (An American History Through Poetry)
Collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Music and Poetry by Various Artists
Illustrated by Peter M. Fiore
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I Hear America Singing! (Folk Songs for American Families)
Collected and arranged by Kathleen Drull
Illustrated by Allen Garnes
Introductory note by Arlo Guthrie
(This book includes a CD and sheet music)
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Hurray for the Fourth of July
Words and Music by Various Artists
Written by Wendy Watson
Illustrated by Wendy Watson
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I Love the Mountains
Traditional Words and Music
Words Adapted by John Archembault and David R. Plummer
Illustrated by Susan Swan
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Lady Liberty (A Biography)
Book Written by Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
This book features an excerpt of the poem “The New Colossus”
Poem by Emma Lazarus
Music by Irving Berlin (“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor“)
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Let Freedom Sing
Traditional Words and Tune
Text by Vanessa Newton
Illustrated by Vanessa Newton
(This special and joyously illustrated book, with text about heros of the civil rights movement and a page of information and lyrics for songs that lifted the spirits of those facing the challenges of that time, contains the lyrics for “This Little Light of Mine.”)
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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Music by Various Artists
Words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Illustrated by Christopher Bing
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Museum ABC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Illustrated with details of artwork from the collections of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
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My Country ‘Tis of Thee
Words by Reverend Samuel Francis Smith
Traditional Tune
Illustrated with photographs by various artists
Published by Cartwheel Books/Scholastic
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O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
(America the Beautiful)
Poem by Katharine Lee Bates
Music by Samuel A. Ward
Art by Wayne Thiebaud
Edited by Sara Jane Boyers
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Oh Say Can You See (The Star Spangled Banner)
Traditional Tune
Words by Frances Scott Key
Additional Text by D. Clark
Published by Make Believe Ideas Ltd.
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Our Abe Lincoln
Traditional tune
Words adapted by Jim Aylesworth
Illustrated by Barbara McClintock
(Sing to the tune of “The Old Gray Mare”)
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Paul Revere’s Ride
Music by Various Artists
Words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Illustrated by Ted Rand
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Paul Revere’s Ride
Music by Various Artists
Words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Illustrated by Monica Vachula
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The Pledge of Allegiance
Traditional Words
Music by Irving Caesar
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Pop! Goes the Weasel and Yankee Doodle (New York City in 1776 and Today, with Songs and Pictures)
Traditional Words and Tunes
Words Adapted and Text by Robert Quackenbush
Illustrated by Robert Quackenbush
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Preamble
Art by Mike Wilkins (1987)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
http://americanart.si.edu
Sing this ART with “The Preamble Song” from “School House Rock”
Additional Lyrics by
Music by Lynn Ahrens
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Presidents Name Song for Sing Books with Emily
Song Intro by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Illustrations and Layout Compiled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Sing Sing Books with Emily’s The Presidents Name Song with the melody sing-along track, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/presidentsnamesong-melody
If you are interested in a copy of this book, please email: SingBooksWithEmily.att.net, or lave a comment to this post.
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Sing the President’s Name Song for Sing Books with Emily with:
Presidential Block Set made by Uncle Goose Company
You can sing this with:
THE PRESIDENT’S NAME SONG!
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PRESIDENTS NAME SONG
Song Intro by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Illustrations by Painless Learning Placemats
Sing Sing Books with Emily’s The Presidents Name Song with the melody sing-along track, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/presidentsnamesong-melody
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Rhode Island is Famous for You
Words by Howard Dietz
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This item is for classroom, home, or library use only.
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Riding in My Car
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Illustrated by Scott Mechin
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The Rooster Crows (A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles)
Collected and Illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham
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School House Rock
I’m Just a Bill/Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here (Complete Illustrated Lyrics to the School House Rock Classics)
“I’m Just a Bill” Words and Music by Dave Frishberg
“Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here” Words and music by Bob Dorough
Illustrated by Phil Kimmelman and Associates
Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing
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School House Rock (The Official Guide)
By Tom Yohe and George Newall (Creators of School House Rock)
(This book is filled with lyrics, trivia, synopses, and illustrations for each song)
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School House Rock, The Box Set
Produced by Kid Rhino Records
(This set has 4 CD’s with all the classic songs. The Box is set up like the denim cloth 3 ring binders you remember from school days, filled with loose leaf college ruled pages and “hand written” notes about the songs, composers, creators and animators.)
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School House Rock Songbook
(10 Songs from the Classic TV Series
(Printed Sheet music)
Published by Hal Leonard
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School House Rock DVD Collection
(Contains all the song animations. AHHHHH, brings me back to the good ol’ days.)
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Simple Gifts (The Shaker Hymn)
Traditional tune
Illustrated by Chris Raschka
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Simple Gifts (the shaker song)
Words and Music by Elder Joseph Bracket
Illustrated with Photographs by Solomon M. Skolnick
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Sing for America
Words and Music by Various Artists
Written and Compiled by Opal Wheeler
Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren
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Song of the Presidents
Words by Oscar Brand
Sing to the Tune of Yankee Doodle
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
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Star Spangled Banner
Words by Francis Scott Key
Music by J. Stafford Smith
Illustrated by Peter Spier
(When it comes to creating accurately detailed pictures that are fun to look at and respect the intelligence of children, you can’t find a better illustrator than Peter Spier. This is a fantastic book. The pictures tell the authentic story of the battle, witnessed by Francis Scott Key, which inspired the poem, which was later set to music and eventually became our National Anthem. This book features printed music and a detailed essay about the song.)
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Star Spanlged Banner
Words by Francis Scott Key
Music by J. Stafford Smith
Illustrated by Todd Ouren
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The Star Spangled Banner
Traditional Tune
Words by Francis Scott Key
Text by Amy Winstead
Illustrated by Bob Dacey and Debra Bandelin
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The Star-Spangled Banner
Words by Francis Scott Key
Music by J. Stafford Smith
Edited by Barbie H. Schwaeber
Illustrated by Frank Ordaz
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Stories of Our American Patriotic Songs
Words and Music by Various Artists
Book by Dr. John Henry Lyons
Illustrated by Jacob Landau
LOC # 42-24375
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Story of the Star Spangled Banner
Written by Patricia A. Pingry
Illustrated by Nancy Munger
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Words by Jack Norworth
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
Illustrated by Amiko Hirao
Performed by Carly Simon
This edition gets a GOLD STAR for including the FULL song (both verses and chorus) and a fabulous recording of Carly Simon and her deligthful arrangement she made for Ken Burn’s documentary Baseball.
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This Land is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen
(This book, rich in detail, features printed music and a tribute to Woody Guthrie written by Pete Seeger.)
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We Shall Overcome (A Song That Changed the World)
By Stuart Stotts
Forward by Pete Seeger
With Illustrations by Terrance Cummings
(This is not a book that you can just sit down and sing, but it is ABOUT the SONGS that helped galvanize the civil rights movement, some of which have been illustrated into Singable Books)
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Wee Sing America
Traditional Words and Tunes and Songs by Various Artists
Compiled and Arranged by Pamela Conn Beal and Susan Hagen Nipp
Illustrated by Nancy Spence Klein
(“You’re a Grand Old Flag” is included in this volume)
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We the Kids (The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States)
Forward by David Catrow
Illustrated by David Catrow
Sing this book with “The Preamble Song” from “School House Rock”
Additional Lyrics by
Music by Lynn Ahrens
(More information about the song, here: http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/Preamble.html)
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When I First Came to This Land
Words and Music by Oscar Brand
Illustrated by Doris Burn
LOC Catalog Card Number: 74-77596
This book contains notes about the author and illustrator and printed sheet music.
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When I First Came to This Land
Words and Music by Oscar Brand
Words Adapted by Harriet Ziefert
Illustrated by Simms Taback
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home (A Song About a Soldier’s Return)
Traditional Tune
Words by Patrick S. Gilmore
Illustrated by Todd Ouren
(This book features printed music, historical information and activities)
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Yankee Doodle (A Revolutionary Tail)
Traditional Tune
Traditional Words
Illustrated by Gary Chalk
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Yankee Doodle (Steven Kellogg’s)
Traditional Tune
Words by Edward Bangs
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Yankee Doodle (A Song from the American Revolution)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Todd Ouren
(This book features printed music, a page of song history, and activity ideas)
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Yankee Doodle
Traditional Music
Words by Dr. Richard Shackburg
Illustrated with Woodcuts by Ed Emberley
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Yankee Doodle America
Sing to the Tune of ABC Song
Text by Wendell Minor
Illustrated by Wendell Minor
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You’re a Grand Old Flag
Words and music by George M. Cohan
Illustrated by Warren Kimble
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You’re a Grand Old Flag
Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohan
Illustrated with Paintings by Norman Rockwell
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You’re a Grand Old Flag
Words and Music by George M. Cohan
Illustrated by Todd Ouren
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Related Posts
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
A list of Singable Picture Books that celebrate February is African American History Month
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/singable-picture-books-celebrating-african-american-history-month/
SIMMS TABACK
The Singable Picture Books of Author/Illustrator Simms Taback
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/the-singable-picture-books-of-simms-taback/
FLAG DAY, JUNE 14
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/june-14-is-flag-day-celebrate-with-singable-picture-books/
GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
Singable Picture Books of the Great American Songbook and Michael Feinstein’s Foundation for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/american-songbook-singable-picture-books-and-michael-feinsteins-foundation-for-the-preservation-of-the-great-american-songbook/
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WOODY GUTHRIE
The Singable Picture Books of Woody Guthrie
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/the-singable-picture-books-of-woody-guthrie/
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ROBERT QUACKENBUSH
The Singable Picture Books of Robert Quackenbush
Daddy Loves His Little Girl
Words by John Carter Cash
Tune by John Carter Cash
Illustrated by Marc Burckhardt
Momma Loves Her Little Son
Words by John Carter Cash
Tune by John Carter Cash
Illustrated by Marc Burckhardt
John Carter Cash talks about creating this book:
Preview of the “Momma Loves Her Little Son,” video, with tune sung by Laura Cash
Down load or listen to a clip of the tune, here:
http://www.amazon.com/Momma-Loves-Her-Little-Son/dp/B0027RCA66/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1276084691&sr=8-3-spell
Learn more about John Carter Cash, here:
http://www.johncartercash.com/
Inch by Inch: The Garden Song
Words and Music by David Mallett
Illustrated by Ora Eitan
Published by Scholastic, New York, 1995
ISBN 0-439-26501-0
I’ve had this for a while and recently rediscovered it. “Inch by Inch” is a beautiful song and Ora Eitan’s illustrations are at the same time simple and profound.
Life is slowly drilling into my hard head that for something to be truly meaningful, most often, it must be simple.
Wikipedia article about David Mallett:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mallett
A small bio of illustrator Ora Eitan, here:
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12057/Ora_Eitan/index.aspx
MANY wonderful recordings have been made of this song, including:
Peter Paul and Mary:
http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Song-LP-Version/dp/B00122BBSU/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1276354992&sr=1-8
John Denver recorded “The Garden Song,”
http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Song/dp/B00138ALXY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1276353795&sr=8-3
David Mallett himself:
http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Song/dp/B00107DRY8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1276353901&sr=8-2
David Mallett sings the song live:
The great Pete Seeger sings “The Garden Song,” live (slightly different words):
John Denver sings this beautiful song on the Muppet Show!
(Season 4, Episode 1 of the Muppet Show)
Find out more about singer/songwriter David Mallett here:
http://davidmallett.com/
David Mallet’s website says, “ His tune, The Garden Song, is one of America’s most popular folk songs, having been recorded more than 150 times and sung around the world.”
Inch by Inch: the Garden Song
Words and Music by David Mallett
Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row
Someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm from below
Till the rain comes tumbling down
Pullin’ weeds and pickin’ stones
We are made of dreams and bones
Feel the need to grow my own
Cause the time is close at hand
Grain for grain, sun and rain
Find my way in nature’s chain
Tune my body and my brain
To the music from the land
Plant your rows straight and long
Temper them with prayer and song
Mother Earth will make you strong
If you give her loving care
Old crow looking hungrily
From his perch in yonder tree
In my garden I’m as free
As that feathered theif up there
Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden grow
All it take is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground.
Inch by inch, row by row
Someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below
‘Till the rain comes tumbling down.
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I’m thrilled to write that “Inch by Inch: the Garden Song” is one of the songs we selected to be part of
“Oh, What a Beautiful Day: Sing Books with Emily, the Cabaret.”
I make a strong committment to each song I perform and completing my Song Craft Worksheet is part of that process,
Because the first section of the Song Craft Worksheet involves background research on the song, I’ll share the answers with you so you can know about the song, too. The more about the song you know (both concrete facts and less tangible artistic choices), the more “authority,” and heart and soul you can put into the singing and sharing of the song with others. If you are interested in improving your artistic abilities for singing songs in any capacity, just simply filling out the Song Craft Worksheet is a great place to start! After the background research, the rest of the Song Craft Worksheet gets VERY personal…don’t worry! I won’t bore you with that.
1 Q: Who wrote the words?
1 A: David Mallett
2Q: Who wrote the music?
2A: David Mallett
3Q: When was the song written?
3A: 1975
4Q: At what point in the lyricists’ and composer’s career was the song written?
4A: Beginning
5Q: What is the song from?
5A: His first album “David Mallett”
6Q: If from a show, what character sang it?
6A: NA
7Q: If from a show, from what situation does the song arise? Why does the character sing the song? What function does the song/character play in the story?
7A: NA
8Q: What other contextual elements of the song are significant?
8A: This is a great American Folk Standard
9Q: Was the song written for a particular singer? Why?
9A: I assume he wrote it for himself to sing and play
10Q: If not from a show, why did the songwriter write the song?
10A: …to express love for the earth and the need to be a good steward.
11Q: What do you feel the lyricist is trying to say?
11A: Bless the Earth and take care of her.
12Q: Does the song tell a story or just express feelings or ideas?
12A: This song expresses feelings and ideas, plans and intentions
13Q: Who else has recorded this song:
13A: Arlo Guthrie, David Mallett, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul and Mary, John Denver (and many others)
The rest of the questions require VERY personal answers and I will spare you those!
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Related Posts
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THE SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS OF JOHN DENVER
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-singable-picture-books-of-john-denver/
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OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY: SING BOOKS WITH EMILY, THE CABARET
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/sing-books-with-emily-the-cabaret/
