Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

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All the Pretty Little Horses (A Traditional Lullaby)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Linda Saport

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All the Pretty Little Horses (A Traditional Lullaby) (SBWE long w chords)
Traditional Words and Tune
To view or print this page, click here:
All the Pretty Little Horses SBWE (long w chords)

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All the Pretty Little Horses (A Traditional Lullaby) (SBWE long no chords)
Traditional Words and Tune
To view or print this page, click here:
All the Pretty Little Horses SBWE (long no chords)

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All the Pretty Little Horses (A Traditional Lullaby) (SBWE short w chords)
Traditional Words and Tune
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All the Pretty Little Horses SBWE (short w chords)

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All the Pretty Little Horses (A Traditional Lullaby) (SBWE short no chords)
Traditional Words and Tune
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All the Pretty Little Horses SBWE (short no chords)

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Ancient Rhymes (A Dolphin Lullaby)
Words and Music by John Denver and bob Samples
Illustrated by Christopher Canyon
This book includes a CD with the song sung by John Denver

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Angels Watching Over Me
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Julie Durango
Illustrated by Elisa Kleven

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Angels Watching Over Me (for SBWE)
Traditional Words and Tune
This song sheet corresponds to the illustration by Elisa Kleven, with words adapted by Julie Durango
Guitar chords adapted by ELEG for SBWE
To view or print this sheet, click here:
Angels Watching Over Me for SBWE (w chords) DurangoKleven

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Are You Sleeping
Words Adapted by Debbie Tafton O’Neil
Illustrated by Benrei Huang

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Beautiful Dreamer
Words and Music by Stephen C. Foster (1864)
Adaptation for Ukulele by ELEG for SBWE
Illustration by Linda Bleck
From A Children’s Treasury of Lullabies

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Beautiful Dreamer (w chords for SBWE)
Words and Music by Stephen C. Foster (1864)
Adaptation for Ukulele by ELEG for SBWE

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Birds, a Poetic Companion (Inspired by Jack Prelutsky’s “Bird Lullaby”)
Music by Jack Prelutsky
Photos of birds found online and by Erika Edelberg

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Brahams Lullaby
Music and Lyrics by Johannes Brahms
Illustrated by Deborah Colvin Borgo
Published by Publications International
As Featured in: Bedtime Songs (Play-a-Song)

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Bye Baby Bunting
Traditional Music and Lyrics
Illustrated by Deborah Colvin Borgo
Published by Publications International
As Featured in: Bedtime Songs (Play-a-Song)

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Day is Done
Words and Music by Peter Yarrow
Illustration by Melissa Sweet

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Dreamcatcher
Words and Music by Anne Hills
Illustrated by Liz Pazson

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GOODNIGHT BUNNIES
Traditional Music and Lyrics
Sing to the Tune of GOODNIGHT LADIES
Illustrated by Deborah Colvin Borgo
Published by Publications International
As Featured in: Bedtime Songs (Play-a-Song)

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Goodnight, My Angel (a Lullabye)
Words and Music by Billy Joel
Illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert

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Halfway Down
Poem by A. A. Milne
Music by Harold Fraser-Simson
Illustration by Various Artists

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Halfway Down
Poem by A. A. Milne
Music by Harold Fraser-Simson
Illustration by Leigh Grant
From Childcraft Poems and Rhymes, Volume 1 (1976), p. 172
This sheet is for home, library or classroom use only.

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Halfway Down
Poem by A. A. Milne
Music by Harold Fraser-Simson
Illustration by Ernest H. Shepard
To view or print this sing-along sheet, click here:
halfway down milne shepard color
This sheet is for home, library or classroom use only.

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Halfway Down
Poem by A. A. Milne
Music by Harold Fraser-Simson
Illustration by Tasha Tudor
From: Childcraft, Volume 1, The Poems of Early Childhood (1954)
To view or print this Singable Poem, click here:
halfway down childcraft tasha tudor
This sheet is for home, library or classroom use only.

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“Halfway Down“ from,

When We Were Very Young
Poems by A. A. Milne
Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
Dutton Children’s Books, New York, 2009
ISBN 978-0-525-47930-7

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Hush-a-Bye Mountain
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Illustrated by Leanna Leithauser

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Hush, Baby Ghostling
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Andrea Beaty
Illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre

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Hush, Little Alien
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Daniel Kirk
Illustrate dby Daniel Kirk

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Hush, Little Baby
Traditional Rhyme and Tune
Illustrated by Marla Frazee

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Hush, Little Baby
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Sylvia Long
Illustrated by Sylvia Long
(This adaptation has a wonderful “non-material” theme where the mother offers the gift of viewing  lovely things in nature)

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Hush, Little Baby
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

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Hush, Little Baby
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Jeanette Winter

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Hush, Little Baby
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Margot Zemach

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Hush Little Digger
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Ellen Olson-Brown
Illustrated by Lee White

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Hush, Little Dragon
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Boni Ashburn
Illustrated by Kelly Murphy

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Hush, Little Horsie
Traditional Tune (Sing to the tune of, “Hush Little Baby“)
Words by Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson 

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Hush Little Polar Bear
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Jeff Mack
Illustrated by Jeff Mack

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Hush, Little Puppy
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by Susan Winter

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Jennifer’s Rabbit
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Illustrated by Elizabeth Miles

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Jennifer’s Rabbit
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Illustrated by Wallace Tripp

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Jennifer’s Rabbit
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Illustrated by Donna Ayers

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Last Song (A Lullaby)
Poem by James Guthrie
Music by Emily Everson Gleichenhaus and Paul Raiman
Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
Sing-Along with Emily:

http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/last-song

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Last Song, a page for the Sing Books with Emily SINGABLE ADVENT CALENDAR

Last Song (A Lullaby)
Poem by James Guthrie
Music by Emily Everson Gleichenhaus and Paul Raiman
To view or print this page, click here:
SBWE Advent Calendar Last Song
Sing-Along with Emily:

http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/last-song

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Last Song
Poem by James Guthrie
Music by Emily Gleichenhaus and Paul Raiman
Pictures Assembled by Emily Gleichenhaus
To view or print this book, click here:
last song book eleg sbwe
Sing-Along with Emily:

http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/last-song

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May the Stars Drip Down
Words and Music by Jeremy Chatelain
Music by the Band Cub Country
Illustrated by Nikki McClure

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Mockingbird
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Allan Ahlberg
Illustrated by Paul Howard

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Moon Song
Poem by Mildred Plew Meigs
Illustrated by Chris Conover
Sing along with Ginger Sands’ excellent vocals, Track 1, or instrumental, Track 11 on her album “Gift of Make-Believe”:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Gift-of-Make-Believe/dp/B0019VU8QU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1267562676&sr=8-4

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Now the Day is Over
Hymn Words and Music by Sabine Baring-Gould
Illustrated by Preston McDaniels

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Once: A Lullaby
Words and Music by bp Nichol
Illustrated by Anita Lobel
This book features printed music.

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One Drowsy Dragon
Sing to the tune of “Five Little Ducks”
Words by Ethan Long
Illustrated by Ethan Long

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Pajama Time
Words by Sandra Boynton
Music by Michael Ford
Illustrated by Sandra Boyton
(I suggest trying to find the large format board book version of this song, as it also comes with a sing-along CD with Adam Bryant performing the song.  This song can be found also in Sandra Boynton’s book “Philadelphia Chickens“)

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Pillowland
Music and Lyrics by Laurie Berkner
Illustrations by Camille Garoche

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Silent Night
Traditional Words and Tune by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber
Words Adapted by Juliet Groom
Illustrated by Tim Warnes

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Sleeping Bunnies
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Yu-Hsuan Huang
Published by Nosy Crow “Sing along with me!” Series

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Starry Night Lullaby for SBWE (with chords)
Adaptation by Emily Gleichenhaus for Sing Books with Emily
Sing to the Tune of SILENT NIGHT
To view or print this page, click here:
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Starry Night Lullaby for SBWE (no chords)
Adaptation by Emily Gleichenhaus for Sing Books with Emily
Sing to the Tune of SILENT NIGHT
To view or print this page, click here:
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Sweet Baby James (a Pop-Up Lullaby)
Words and Music by James Taylor
Art by Mark Devlin and Michael Caputo
Paper Engineering by Michael Caputo
Cover Design by Mark Devlin and Holling C. Holling

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Sweet Dreams
Words and Music by Jewel
Illustrated by Amy June Bates

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There’s a Train Out for Dreamland
Music and Lyrics by Frederich H. Heider and Carl Kress
Illustrated by Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer
ISBN 978-0-06-058022-3

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Poem by Jane Taylor
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
(This gorgeously illustrated book gets a gold star for using the mostly unacknowledged FULL text of the poem)

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Traditional Tune
Words Adapted by Rosemary Wells
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells

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Twinkle, Twinkle, You’re My Star
Traditional Tune
Words Adapted by  Sandra Magsamen
Illustrated by Sandra Magsamen

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When You Wish Upon a Star
Music by Ned Washington
Words by Leigh Harline
Illustrated by Eric Puybaret

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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND (with Guitar Chords by ELEG for SBWE)
Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Traditional Tune
To hear the tune for singing this poem, click here:

https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-has-seen-the-wind-eleg-1
To view or print the SBWE Singable Poster Sheet with Chords for “Who Has Seen the Wind,” click here:
Who Has Seen the Wind ELEG SBWE w eleg guitar chords

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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND
Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Traditional Tune
Illustrated by Jane Dyer
From Talking Like the Rain (a First Book of Poems)To hear the tune for singing this poem, click here:

https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-has-seen-the-wind-eleg-1

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A page for the Sing Books with Emily SINGABLE ADVENT CALENDAR,
WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND

WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND (by ELEG for SBWE  Singable Advent Calendar)
Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Traditional Tune
To hear the tune for singing this poem, click here:

https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-has-seen-the-wind-eleg-1
To view or print the SBWE Singable Advent Calendar sheet for “Who Has Seen the Wind,” click here:
SBWE Advent Calendar Who Has Seen the Wind

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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND (Song Sheet by ELEG for SBWE)
Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Traditional Tune
To hear the tune for singing this poem, click here:

https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-has-seen-the-wind-eleg-1
To view or print the SBWE Singable Poster Sheet for “Who Has Seen the Wind,” click here:
Who Has Seen the Wind ELEG SBWE

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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?
Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Traditional Tune
Illustration by Marion H. Matchitt
To hear the tune for singing this poem, click here:

https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-has-seen-the-wind-eleg-1
To view or print the SBWE Singable Poster Sheet with Illustration by Marion H. Matchitt for “Who Has Seen the Wind,” click here:
Who Has Seen the Wind Matchitt SBWE

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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?
Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Traditional Tune
Illustration by Eric Kincaid
To hear the tune for singing this poem, click here:

https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-has-seen-the-wind-eleg-1

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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?
Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Traditional Tune
Illustration by Gyo Fujikawa
To hear the tune for singing this poem, click here:

https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-has-seen-the-wind-eleg-1

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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?
Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Traditional Tune
Illustration by Eloise Wilkin
To hear the tune for singing this poem, click here:

https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/who-has-seen-the-wind-eleg-1

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Poem by Eugene Field
Music by Various Artists (Including Carly and Lucy Simon)
Illustrated by David McPhail

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Poem by Eugene Field
Music by Various Artists (Including Carly and Lucy Simon)
Illustrated by Giselle Potter

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Poem by Eugene Field
Music by Various Artists (Including Carly and Lucy Simon)
Illustrated by Fern Bisel Peat

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Poem by Eugene Field
Music by Various Artists (Including Carly and Lucy Simon)
Illustrated by Susan Jeffers

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Poem by Eugene Field
Music by Various Artists (Including Carly and Lucy Simon)
Illustrated by Johanna Westerman

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