Singable Picture Book Wishes 2 (Songs that Wish to be Illustrated)
Posted by: Sing Books with Emily on: March 6, 2011
Songs that Need Illustrations
There songs are BEGGING to become Singable Picture Books:
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All I Want is You
Words and Music by Barry Louis Polisar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq83GYgC6Ac
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Aura Lee
Words by W.W. Fosdick
Music by George Poulton
AURA LEE was written in 1861.
The tune was used in the mid 20th c. for the song Love Me Tender.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvBAu0JO9G4
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Autumn Song
Words by Hilda Conkling
This is a poem that needs both music and illustrations!
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Back Home Again in Indiana
Music and Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and James F. Hanley
First published in January, 1917
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Wg15vYrpE
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Brooklyn Bridge
Words and Music by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Sung by many artists, including Mel Torme
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Candy Man
Words and Music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly
From the Movie “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9B_6PH4dhU
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Do Re Mi
From the Musical “Sound of Music”
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQvIOGHbKtc
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Edelweiss
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
From the musical “The Sound of Music”
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Everyone Says “I Love You”
Sung by John Lithgow on his album “Sunny Side of the Street”
…and by the Marx Brothers,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8hk9pUtVwA
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Fairies
Poem by Rose Fyleman
Music by Ginger Sands
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Freight Train
Words and Music by Elizabeth Cotton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdO-KWjTgPA
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From Out of a Wood Did a Cuckoo Fly / The Birds (Old Czech Carol)
“Tall Book of Christmas” (2006, Gramercy Books/Random House)
But needs a full blown illustrated book. A BEAUTIFUL song!
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Good Ship Lollipop
Sung by Shirley Temple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLSqpYyPD8
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Hans Christian Anderson” the movie musical (all songs)
Words and Music by Frank Loesser
Sung by Danny Kaye
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Happiness Is
From Musical “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown”
Words and Music by Clark Gesner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iK9PLdVXK4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7BMllq3Xds
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Home in the Meadow
Words by Sammy Cahn
Written for the tune Greensleeves
Sung by Debbie Reynolds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDrV-oWLas0
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I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog
Muppet Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYVQ7pyhAVo
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King’s New Clothes
Words and Music by Johnny Mercer
Sung by Danny Kaye
Need a version of the book with exactly the lyrics of the song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZYzbkk5X4M
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Let’s Go Fly a Kite
Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
From the Movie Musical, “Mary Poppins”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g89NxTTycxc
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Lost in Wonderland
Words by Marshall Barer
Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim’s tune “Antigua”
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Lydia the Tattoo’d Lady
Words and Music by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlkFmtr9fyE
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Manhattan
Words by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KacoSCaOtZQ
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Mississippi Mud
Traditional Words and Tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjlxzuWaSTI
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Marshmallow World in the Winter
Words by Carl Sigman
Music by Peter DeRose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshmallow_World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oixos8odjXk
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Octopus’s Garden
Words and Music by Paul McCartney
Sung by Ringo Starr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgPqmRNjoTE
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Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
From the Musical OKLAHOMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cGS4fkvifs
A segment of this song is illustrated, but I’ve included the song in this list because this wonderful song (full of gorgeous images and words) deserves a full and compete illustrated treatment.
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Ordinary Miracle
Words and Music by Sarah McLachlan
From re-make of “Charlotte’s Web”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLxAFBLkCI
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Oscar Meyer Weiner Jingle
Words and Music Richard D. Trentlage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmPRHJd3uHI
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The Oyster
Words and Music by Cole Porter
From the musical “Fifty Million Frenchmen”
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Pedigree of Honey
Poem by Emily Dickinson
Sung by Peter Sperry
Heard on album, Paul Sperry sings Romantic American Songs
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Pink Elephants on Parade
Words and Music by Oliver Wallace and Ned Washington
From the Disney Movie “Dumbo”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944cPciN-kw
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Plenty to be Thankful for
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Sung by Bing Crosby
From Holiday Inn (the movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn-X0EucLT0
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Potato
Words by DC Anderson
Sung to tune of Mexican Hat Dance)
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Pure Imagination
Words and Music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly
From the Movie “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-uV72pQKI
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Red Red Robin
Words and Music by Harry Woods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jmMoImXeo
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Riddle Song/I Gave My Love a Cherry
Traditional Words and Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce_iH88i4_s
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Schoolhouse Rock
Every single song from this series deserves a fabulous Singable Picture Book!
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Sidewalks of New York
Words and Music by James W. Blake and Charles B. Lawler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsx_uxISjM0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtjRQxlBkXw
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Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear
Words and Music by Randy Newman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GND0R8Q8Qgg
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Skin and Bones (Little Old Woman all Skin and Bone)
A traditional tune/tale, “There was an old woman all skin and bones…oooooooo…BOO!”
This is a terrific “scary” Halloween treat!
Raffi sings this.
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Sleepy Man
Words by Alfred Uhry
Music by Robert Waldman
From the Musical “The Robber Bridegroom” (based on a book by Eudora Welty)
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Sleigh Ride
Words by Mitchell Parish
Music by Leroy Anderson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleigh_Ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwHEqx_3BYE
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Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows
Words and Music by Marvin Hamlish
Sung by Leslie Gore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_v468ptuXw
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Sweetest of Nights and the Brightest of Days
Words by Judith Viorst
Music by Shelley Markham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKYU7QtTZM
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Tongue Twisters
Words and Music by Roger Edens
Sung by Danny Kaye
Written in 1951
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5qds4fzuHg
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Toys are Magic
Music and Lyrics by Angelo Natalie
From KRIS KRINGLE: THE MUSICAL
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What’s New Pussycat
Words and Music by Burt Bacharach
Sung by Tom Jones and Ralph Covert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdSqk78nHw
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Who Will Buy
Words and Music by Lionel Bart
From the Musical, “Oliver”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4UblTWMw2c
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Windmills of Your Mind
Music by Michel LeGrand
Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Barbra Steisand sings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxPp-wRxNoc
Muppets sing:www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu_6hdGZ6gU
