Archive for June 2012
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Willbee the Bumblebee
Words by Craig Smith and Maureen Thomson
Music by Craig Smith
Performed by Craig Smith
Illustrated by Katz Cowley
Here’s a YouTube of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khblgewzCYg
Songwriter’s kid’s page:
http://www.craigsmith.co.nz/kids-section.php
This book is by an artist from New Zealand, and published by Scholastic, Inc., but is weirdly not available in the USA. Hmmm. This is one of those mysteries of publication…why can’t we buy this here?
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I’m not sure how this sort of thing works (living in the last millenia, alas) but this interactive app version of the song looks interesting:
http://www.kiwamedia.com/en/apps/item/willbee-the-bumblebee
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THE SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS OF CRAIG SMITH
“The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night ” is, in my experience, one of the most universally loved of Singable Picture Books. It’s almost like they can’t help themselves, that fox casts a spell. We open the book, the tune begins and the children are THERE and especially for Peter Spier’s amazingly detailed pictoral storytelling.
Another universal favorite is “The Star Spangled Banner,” also extravagantly illustrated by Peter Spier, but not just that first verse that we sing as our National Anthem, but the ENTIRE poem penned by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812. It is fantastic.
Peter Spier’s repertoire is long and wide-ranging. Here are his Singable Picture Books:
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And So My Garden Grows (The Mother Goose Library)
Rhymes and Tunes by Various Artists
Illustrated by Peter Spier
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The Erie Canal
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Peter Spier
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Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (An Old Song)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Peter Spier
Published by Dell Dragonfly Books, New York, 1961
ISBN 0-440-40829-6
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London Bridge is Falling Down
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Peter Spier
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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 book features printed music and a detailed essay about the song.)
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To Market! To Market! (The Mother Goose Library)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Peter Spier
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We the People (The Constitution of the United States of America)
Contains Singable Elements from the Untied States Constitution
Text by Peter Spier
Illustrated by Peter Spier
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This link to Scholastic/Weston Woods “Classic Folk Songs” DVD Library package includes “The Erie Canal,” illustrated by Peter Spier:
http://westonwoods.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/catalog/product.asp?cid=822
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A biography of Peter Spier as a Dutch-American, here:
http://www.nnp.org/nni/Publications/Dutch-American/Peterspier.htm
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A GOOGLE IMAGES search of “Peter Spier” reveals a fantastic assortment of his illustrations that you can see online:
https://www.google.com/search?q=peter+spier&hl=en&prmd=imvnsbo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8NzlT4WEBKfN6QGLlanhDg&ved=0CIQBELAE&biw=1440&bih=775
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Something Whistler Said…
Posted on: June 28, 2012
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Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (The Detroit Institute of Arts) by Whistler, 1875
I’ve greatly enjoyed watching Tim Marlow‘s “Great Artists 2” series on our Netflix instant cue. In one episode, Tim Marlow profiles the great artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, including a segment about Whistler’s filing charges of libel against an English art critic for the critic’s comments about Whistler’s 1875 painting, “Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket.”
Something Whistler said struck me as important regarding the life and work of an artist (or the effort and expereince anyone can put into what they do, elevating the work to an art). As described by Tim Marlow, the critics attorney asked Whislter about the price he has put on the work of art in question (commenting on the time and labor he put into creating it, basing his ideas of “value” on time and labor alone), saying “The Labor of 2 days? Is that for which you ask 200 guineas?”
Whistler’s response is important, because it stresses the intangible but indispensable value of artistic experience and skill by saying, “No. I ask it for the knowledge I’ve gained in the work of a lifetime.”
It would be a mistake to undervalue artistic experience and the knowledge, wisdom, skills and innovation which come from year of hard work.
The case was over this
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Other Works by Whistler
Symphony in White 1, (National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC) by Whistler, 1862
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At the Piano (The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio) by Whistler, 1858-59
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Peacock Room at Freer Gallery in Washington, DC by Whistler, 1876 and 1877
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Elizabeth Shippen Green, Illustration, ”To All You Ladies” (c. 1900-1920)
I was watching The Antiques Roadshow (one of my very FAVORITE shows) and the appraisal of this work of art by Elizabeth Shippen Green. In the appraisal, you can clearly see the music on the spinet’s music stand is the song “To All You Ladies.” It’s Singable Art and very charming, too!
This link includes information about the work and a video of the appraisal.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200605A23.html
Appraisal info:
August 5, 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
APPRAISED BY: Kathleen Harwood
EPISODE INFO: Philadelphia, Hour 2 (#1105), originally aired on January 29, 2007
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Addendum, August 18, 2012
Through a little serendipity and the website Pinterest.com, I ran across where this illustration was printed,
For a poem called, “The Green Singing-Book,” a poem by Josephine Preston Peabody, which you can read (and see the above image) on the Project Gutenberg website:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39131/39131-h/39131-h.htm#Page_44
It was an illustration for the book,
The Book of the Little Past
Poems by Josephine Preston Peabody
Illustrated by Elizabeth Shippen Green
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, 1910
Read the whole book, here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39131/39131-h/39131-h.htm
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SINGABLE ART GALLERY
The Sing Books with Emily Gallery of Singable Art
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/singable-art-gallery/
Sing Books with Emily in Prince William County Public Libraries this Summer!
Posted on: June 26, 2012
Art by Alex, Kindergarten 2011-2012
Dear Friends,
This has been a wonderful year for Sing Books with Emily, but you may not know it since the singing mostly took place with approximately 175 Sing Books gatherings at Tuckahoe Elementary School in Arlington, VA. I also wrote daily posts for the Sing Books with Emily blog, increased the Sing Books repertoire with new songs in Singable Picture Books, wrote a couple little tunes, made a few new books, and got to visit homes and other schools in DC and VA. The whole year was joyously filled with song and the beautiful growing spirits of young ones.
I’m thrilled to bursting to share some of the new songs and books (and lots of the good old favorites) with friends at Prince William County Public Libraries this summer.
Come along and join in the musical fun with songs like “Grandma’s Feather Bed,” “Hippopotamus Song,” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”
The first library visit is tomorrow:
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Wednesday, June 27 at 10:30 am
Lake Ridge Neighborhood Library
New Location:
Tackett’s Mill Shopping Center (Upper Level)
2239 Old Bridge Road
Woodbridge, VA 22192-3007
703-792-5675
For more information, visit the library website at:
http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/Pages/Lake-Ridge-Neighborhood-Library.aspx
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Wednesday, July 11 at 10:30 am
18007 Dumfries Shopping Plaza
Dumfries, VA 22026-2356
703-792-5678
For more information, visit the library website at:
http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/Pages/Dumfries-Neighborhood-Library.aspx
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Wednesday, July 18 at 10:30 am
Dale City Neighborhood Library
4249 Dale Boulevard
Dale City, VA 22193-2414
For more information, visit the library website at:
http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/Pages/Dale-City-Neighborhood-Library.aspx
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Wednesday, July 25 at 11:30 am
Independent Hill Neighborhood Library
George Hellwig Memorial Park
14418 Bristow Road
Manassas, VA 20112-3932
703-792-5668
For more information, visit the library website at:
http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/Pages/Independent-Hill-Neighborhood-Library.aspx
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Related Posts
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Article about the July 2011 “Sing Books” gathering in the LakeRidge-Occoquan Patch Online News Service:
http://lakeridge.patch.com/articles/sing-books-with-emily-brings-classic-tunes-to-life
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The Songs We Sang, 7/13/2011, Lake Ridge Neighborhood Library
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/the-songs-we-sang-7132011-lake-ridge-neighborhood-library/
Admittedly, I avoided this book at first (parodies of traditional camp fire songs), not wanting exposure to the gross, goth world it promises…but it kept presenting itself.
Turns out, “Sipping Spiders Through a Straw (Campfire Songs for Monsters)” is impossibly amusing and I keep laughing despite myself.
Yes, the book is goth and gross, but it is funny.
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Sipping Spiders Through a Straw (Campfire Songs For Monsters)
Traditional Words and Tunes
Words Adapted by Kelly Dipucchio
Illustrated by Gris Grimly
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Author Kelly Dipucchio’s webpage for the book:
http://www.kellydipucchio.com/spiders.html
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Illustrator Grim Grimly’s webpage for the book:
http://madcreator.com/index.cfm
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Need help with a tune?
Mind you, the videos below include the original lyrics (not the gross new ones)
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99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.amazon.com/99-Bottles-Good-Night-Ladies/dp/B007KWZSS0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338767255&s=dmusic&sr=1-1
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Do Your Ears Hang Low
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp52hUACwOI
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Farmer in the Dell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEoe1xssh-w&feature=plcp
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For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ieCUL0OFDw
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Home on the Range
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhiDydq2f0E&feature=plcp
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If You’re Happy and You Know It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95LJ-9pVdPQ&feature=plcp
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I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgINdoXz-ZY
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Little Bunny Foo Foo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOT4T2jDho
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London Bridge is Falling Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiyaN6CoMe4
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Michael Finnigan
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZjmAqcggs
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My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSbn1NrkLNQ&feature=plcp
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Oh My Darlin’ Clementine
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AX8Ega7UY&feature=plcp
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Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFCjXkP_G-c
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Row Row Row Your Boat
Hear the tune, here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7otAJa3jui8
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Sipping Spiders Though a Straw
“Sipping Spiders” uses the same tune as the campfire song, “The Bear,” and you can hear, “The Bear,” tune here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006FXCFPY/ref=dm_dp_trk24?ie=UTF8&qid=1339806249&sr=1-10
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Skidamarink
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEEsX69iIxY
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fFn-jZ8lqw
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Hear the tune, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI-PFJsvqT0
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Relates Posts
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Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along: A Singable Picture Book
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/read-sing-play-abc-sing-along-a-singable-picture-book/
Boo-hoo the year is through. But a great year it was and I adored every minute visiting classes with Sing Books. This last week was very special to me, getting to visit Ms. Campbell’s Kindergarten class for the very first time. They were as sweet as could be and seemed to really enjoy the songs. I also got to visit the classes of Ms. Allen, Ms. Morgan, Ms. Howard, Ms. Mason, Ms. Anctil, and Mr. Mitchell. I am sad to say farewell to the rising First Graders, but hope they carry the song in their hearts and, if fate allows, will look forward to seeing them in their new classes in the coming years.
In each of the classes we sang a selection from the following list of Singable Picture Books:
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All God’s Critters
Words and Music by Bill Staines
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, 2009
ISBN 987-0-689-86959-4
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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!)
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Fifty Nifty States
Words and Music by Ray Charles
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This item is for classroom, home, or library use only.
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Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (An Old Song)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Peter Spier
Published by Dell Dragonfly Books, New York, 1961
ISBN 0-440-40829-6
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Grateful (A Song of Giving Thanks)
Words and Music by John Bucchino
Illustrated by Anna-Liisa Hakkarainen
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Grandma’s Feather Bed (John Denver’s)
Words and Music by Jim Connor
Adapted and Illustrated by Christopher Canyon
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The Hippopotamus Song
Words by Michael Flanders
Music by Donald Swann and Michael Flanders
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
ISBN: 0-316-28557-9
This book features printed sheet music
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I’m a Manatee
Words by John Lithgow
Music by Bill Elliott
Illustrated by Ard Hoyt
(This book includes a vocal and instrumental track on a sing-along CD as well as a printed music…TERRIFIC!!)
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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Words and Music by John Rox
Illustrations by Bruce Whatley
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Inch by Inch (The Garden Song)
Words and Music by David Mallett
Illustrated by Ora Eitan
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The Lady with the Alligator Purse
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
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Mail Myself to You
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This item is for classroom, home and library use only.
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The Marvelous Toy
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Illustrated by Steve Cox
(This book is a far and away favorite with the Kindergarten set. It comes with a wonderful CD that has Tom Paxton singing on one track with a separate instrumental track, including a clearly played melody line, so you can sing solo…a wonderful edition!)
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Me and My Animal Friends
Words and Music by Ralph Covert
Illustrated by Laurie Keller
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Over the Rainbow
Words and Music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
Illustrated by Eric Puybaret
Published by Imagine Publishing Inc.
ISBN 978-1-936140-00-8
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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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Rhode Island is Famous for You
Words by Howard Dietz
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
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SONG OF THE BOAT, from WATER SINGS BLUE
“Song of the Boat” from WATER SINGS BLUE
Poems by Kate Coombs
Illustrated by Meilo So
Melody by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Arrangement by Paul Raiman of www.MyRehearsalPianist.com
Track Prepared by Paul Raiman of www.MyRehearsalPianist.com
You can hear the tune with melody line included, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/song-of-the-boat-with-melody
You can hear (and sing-along with) the accompaniment, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/song-of-the-boat-accompaniment
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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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Yellow Submarine (Sing-A-Song Storybook)
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Illustrated by Cathy Holly
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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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When I started singing “Fifty Nifty States” last year, a few people suggested that a State Capitals Song would be great for the Sing Books repertoire as well. I tucked the idea away and just recently pulled it out of the hopper again. I was planning to write a song myself, thinking the “Can-Can” would be a good tune to use, when in searching for a list of state capitals online, I found a video with the song already written to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw” and then set about making a book for it.
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United States State Capitals Song
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
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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My idea for the book is that when we start singing the states, I colored just the states mentioned in that line, for example:
that’s all the capitals there are
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An animated video with the song (to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw”)
From Animaniacs, also called “Wakko’s America”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvJ9SN8THE
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UNITED STATES STATE CAPITALS SONG
Sing to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw”
These are all the capitals there are!
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Indianapolis, Indiana,
And Columbus is the capital of Ohio
There’s Montgomery, Alabama south of Helena, Montana
Then there’s Denver, Colorado under Boise, Idaho
Texas has Austin, then we go north
To Boston, Massachusetts, and Albany, New York
Tallahassee, Florida, and Washington, DC
Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nashville, Tennessee
Trenton’s in New Jersey, North of Jefferson, Missouri
You got Richmond in Virginia, South Dakota has Pierre
Harrisburg’s in Pennsylvania and Augusta’s up in Maine
And Providence, Rhode Island’s next to Dover, Delaware
Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt to
Montpelier which is up in Vermont
Hartford’s in Connecticut, so pretty in the fall
And Kansas has Topeka, Minnesota has St. Paul
Juneau’s in Alaska and there’s Lincoln in Nebraska
And it’s Raleigh out in North Carolina and then
There’s Madison, Wisconsin and Olympia in Washington
Phoenix, Arizona and Lansing, Michigan
Here’s Honolulu, Hawaii’s a joy
Jackson, Mississippi and Springfield, Illinois
South Carolina with Columbia down the way
And Annapolis in Maryland on Chesapeake Bay
Cheyenne is in Wyoming or perhaps you make your home
In Salt Lake City out in Utah where the buffalo roam
Atlanta’s down in Georgia and there’s Bismarck, North Dakota
And you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home
Salem in Oregon, from there we join
Little Rock in Arkansas, Iowa’s got Des Moines
Sacramento, California, Oklahoma and its City
Charleston, West Virginia and Nevada, Carson City
That’s all the capitals there are!
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LIST OF USA STATES AND CAPITALS
In Alphabetical Order by State
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Addendum August 2012
Though it’s going to take me a while to master singing “The United States State Capitals Song,” I didn’t want to delay making a scratch track of the tune for friends who have the book and need a little help with the rhythms and spacing of verses. I’d love to record this song in a studio sometime, but until then, here’s me singing into my little digital recorder,
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/us-states-capitals-song-eleb
The arrangement and piano you hear in the background were prepared for me by Paul of www.MyRehearsalPianist.com
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The Train of States
Written and Illustrated by Peter Sis
Though not singable, this book is an excellent companion to both Fifty Nifty States and United States State Capitals Song. The states, each depicted as a train car are assembled in the order in which they were ratified.
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11/7/2012
The NBC USA 2012 election map at Rockefeller Center makes a great visual for singing Fifty Nifty States and United States State Capitals Song.
It looked so great on TV, I just hope that NBC will put out a terrific picture of the empty map. I would love to have been there to see the rink graphic in person and sing the songs loud and proud!
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Rockefeller Center Building Web Page for Democracy Plaza 2012:
http://www.rockefellercenter.com/events/2012/10/30/democracy-plaza/
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Rockefeller Center Building Web Page Describing Democracy Plaza 2012
http://www.rockefellercenter.com/events/2012/11/
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Another useful map for learning the names and locations of states and state capitals:
United States State Capitals Song
USA Map with Capital Stars for SBWE
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
To view or print this map, click here:
USA map with colors & capital stars SBWE
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Related Posts
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FIFTY NIFTY STATES, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/fifty-nifty-states-a-singable-picture-book/
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EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
A list of SPBs with fun and sneakily educational content. The kids won’t even know they’re learning!
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/singable-picture-books-with-sneaky-educational-content/
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FOURTH OF JULY AND OTHER HOLIDAYS CELEBRATING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER CITIZENS AND HISTORY
A list of Singable Picture Books celebrating the Fourth of July
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/a-patriotic-list-of-singable-books-for-july-4th/
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PLACES EMILY LOVES
Singable Picture Books related to some of my favorite places on earth!
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/places-i-love-a-collection-of-links-to-spb-posts-featuring-some-of-my-favorite-places-on-earth/
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SONG/BOOK SETS
A page of links containing suggested sets of Singable Picture Books (usually 5-10) on a specific theme or subject.
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/songbook-sets/
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United States STATE CAPITALS Song
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/usa-state-capitals-song/
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SING ALONG RESOURCES AND PRINTABLE MATERIALS
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/sing-along-resources-2/
In putting a package together for a sweet baby to be born soon, I decided to give a copy of, “Frosty the Snowman” among a couple other titles as a “welcome to the world of song” baby gift. In doing to, I noticed that the post did not include a sing-along music suggestion. It is always fun to sing a song, even a-capella, especially with a tune as universally familiar as “Frosty,” but singing with music is always MORE fun.
For a “Frosty” instrumental sing-along, my favorite track is by Smoky Mountain Band on their album, “Christmas in the Smoky Mountains”
If you look for the whole album, “Frosty the Snowman” is on Track 3.
Purchase or preview the song, here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QM8H3O/ref=dm_dp_trk3?ie=UTF8&qid=1339082528&sr=301-2
I’ve got an affinity for this kind of bluegrass country musical arrangement played on these instruments which are exuberant and joyful with a twinge of sorrow.
If you use this track for singing Richard Cowdrey’s illustration (my admitted favorite), you’ll sing the song through twice and sing the “thumpety thump thump” refrain twice at the end.
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Frosty the Snowman
Words and Music by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Illustrated by Richard Cowdrey
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FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/frosty-the-snowman-a-singable-picture-book/
“Over in the Meadow” is a wonderful old folk song that lends itself well to adaptation (you can make up your own words for it, if you like) and kid singers get to learn beginning counting and math skills, rhyming, and the fun of a progressive song.
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Over in the Meadow (Barefoot Books)
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Words Adapted by Jill McDonald
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Illustrated by Jill McDonald
Published by Barefoot Books
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ljGXMMB-g
Over in the Meadow
Sing-Along Video from Barefoot Books:
http://www.youtube.com/user/barefootbooks
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Other notable renditions of “Over in the Meadow”
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Over in the Meadow
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Words Adapted by John Langstaff
Illustrated by Fedor Rojankovsky
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Over in the Meadow
Based on the Original Version by Olive A. Wadsworth
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
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Over in the Meadow
Based on the Original Version by Olive A. Wadsworth
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
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Over in the Meadow (Classic Books with Holes)
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Illustrated by Michael Evans
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Over in the Meadow
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Illustrated by Mary Maki Rae
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Over in the Meadow (A Nursery Counting Rhyme, A First Little Golden Book)
Based on the Original Version by Olive A. Wadsworth
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
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Over in the Meadow (a Counting Rhyme)
Based on the Original Version by Olive A. Wadsworth
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Illustrated by Louise Voce
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Over in the Meadow (An Old Nursery Counting Rhyme)
Based on the Original Version by Olive A. Wadsworth
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Illustrated by Paul Galdone
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Over in the Meadow (A Counting Rhyme by Olive A. Wadsworth)
Based on the Original Version by Olive A. Wadsworth
Words by Olive A. Wadsworth
Music by Mabel Wood Hill
Illustrated by Anna Vojtech
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I also love Raffi’s recording and adaptation of “Over in the Meadow” from his album BABY BELUGA, which you can preview, here:
http://www.amazon.com/Over-in-the-Meadow/dp/B0045PV1A4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339876134&sr=8-1&keywords=over+in+the+meadow%2C+raffi
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Song Information
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This Google Books link refers to Olive A. Wadsworth as the author and Mabel Wood Hill as the composer:
http://books.google.com/books?id=G9RcQgG5FIoC&pg=PT39&lpg=PT39&dq=who+wrote+%22Over+in+the+meadow%22&source=bl&ots=013O9Lc41h&sig=EJ8znYD0pkNDV7SbNpMBni2XuPo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7BzdT_TKCoKT6gH9u9C1Cw&ved=0CFcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=who%20wrote%20%22Over%20in%20the%20meadow%22&f=false
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Kennedy Center’s ARTS EDGE lesson plan page for “Over in the Meadow”:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-k-2/Animal_Habitats.aspx
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An online guide for using “Over in the Meadow” in the Pre-K classroom, here:
http://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/OverInTheMeadow06-07.pdf
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Lyric sheet for Raffi’s adaptation of “Over in the Meadow” can be found here:
http://www.raffinews.com/files/album_lyrics/animal_songs_lyrics.pdf
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Songs for Teaching page for “Over in the Meadow”
http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/overinthemeadowlyrics.htm
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KIDiddles page for “Over in the Meadow”
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/o015.html
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A Rebus Rhyme version of the song from Enchanted Learning:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/Greengrass.shtml
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National Institue of Environmental Health Services page for “Over in the Meadow”
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/childrens/overinmeadowmid.htm
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“Over in the Meadow” lesson plan from Scholastic:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/over-meadow-lesson-plan
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The information above is just a select and small amount of classroom enrichment available “Over in the Meadow.”
Just Google: ”over in the meadow” lesson plan
To reveal volumes of information and classroom materials.
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This song lends itself well to adaptations, for example:
Animal Counting Book (a Little Golden Book)
Traditional Words and Tune
Sing to the tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Scans and lyrics from this book at this blog post:
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2010/12/animal-counting-book.html
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Bedtime in the Jungle
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by John Butler
Illustrated by John Butler
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Deep in the Swamp
Words Adapted by Donna M. Batement
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Illustrated by Brian Lies
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Little Goblins Ten
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow“
Words Adapted by Pamela Jane
Illustrated by Jane Manning
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Out on the Prairie
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow“
Words Adapted by Donna M. Bateman
Illustrated by Susan Swan
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Over in the Castle
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by Boni Ashburn
Illustrated by Kelly Murphy
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Over in the Forest
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by Marianne Berkes
Illustrated by Jill Dubin
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Over in the Hollow
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by Rebecca Dickinson
Illustrated by Stephan Britt
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Over in the Jungle
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by Marianne Berkes
Illustrated by Jeannette Canyon
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Over in the Ocean (In a Coral Reef)
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by Marianne Berkes
Illustrated by Jeannette Canyon
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Over in the Rainforest
Traditional Words and Tune
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by Connie and Peter Roop
Illustrated by Carol Schwartz
The Pout-Pout Fish
Words by Deborah Diesen
Tunes by Various Artists
Illustrated by Dan Hanna
You can sing the rhyming text of this book to the tune of “Over in the Meadow“
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Way Up in the Arctic
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by Jennifer Ward
Illustrated by Kenneth J. Spengler
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Related Posts
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USEFUL TUNES IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/useful-tunes-in-the-public-domain/
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COUNTING
Counting (and math) in Singable Picture Books
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/counting-and-math-in-singable-picture-books/
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EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
A list of SPBs with fun and sneakily educational content. The kids won’t even know they’re learning!
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/singable-picture-books-with-sneaky-educational-content/
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EARTH’S BEAUTY AND BOUNTY, STEWARDSHIP AND BEING GREEN
Celebrate Earth’s beauty and bounty, being green, and environmental stewardship with this lovely list of Singable Picture Books:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/singable-picture-books-with-a-green-theme/
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HALLOWEEN
A list of spooky, fun, funny and evocative songs for our favorite October Holiday
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/halloween-singable-picture-books-ooooooooeeeeeeeee/
