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Topic: Children's songs

Posted by: Cymruambyth

Subject: Children's songs
Date: May 11 10

As I write this, I'm listening to Stuart McLean on CBC's 'Vinyl Cafe', and he's playing songs that were written/performed for children or songs that children have liked over the years - so far he's played 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett', 'Supercalifragelistic', 'Baby Beluga', various counting songs and so on.

What was your favourite song when you were a kid? I liked 'Green Grow the Rushes O' (drove my father nuts singing that one in my less than mellifluous voice all the way from Birmingham to Hereford when I was about eight),'Barbara Allen', and 'Mairzy Doats'.

How about you?



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notaratface 'The Tra La La Song' by the Banana Splits.

Reply #1. May 11 10, 11:14 PM

gillimalta

Kermit the Frog's nephew, Robin, singing 'Halfway Down The Stairs'. I used to love it and drive my folks insane singing it at the top of my voice!

Reply #2. May 12 10, 1:17 AM

psb1969

Ma na ma na by the Muppets, Used to sing it for for hours and drive everyone crazy.

Reply #3. May 12 10, 4:04 AM

REDVIKING57


"Puff The Magic Dragon" - Peter,Paul and Mary.

And

Theme from 'Batman' with Adam West.

And

The William Tell Overture from 'The Lone Ranger'.

Reply #4. May 12 10, 5:30 AM

REDVIKING57


Oh,and the theme song to Fireball XL5 - Steve Zodiac?

Reply #5. May 12 10, 5:46 AM

honeybee4

When my grandson was in pre-school he learned Little Bunny Foo Foo. It was cute but a little violent for pre-schoolers.

Reply #6. May 12 10, 8:11 AM

lesley153 The Ballad of Davy Crockett was a favourite. I remember everyone at school singing it.

It amused my aunt to hear me sing the theme to the TV programme The Adventures of Robin Hood. That's the ancient,cheesy version with Richard Greene at his cheesy best.
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/robinhood/robin_hood.wav
All together now: Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen...

Reply #7. May 12 10, 9:05 AM

salami_swami

Honeybee, I remember that one... :-)

I like the one that goes "my hand on my stomach, what have we hear, that is my bread basket my momma dear"

and "And the green grass grew all around all around and the green grass grew all around. There was a hole, there was a hole, in the middle of the ground, in the middle of the ground, and in that hole and in that hole, there was a tree there was a tree".

Reply #8. May 12 10, 10:48 AM

Cymruambyth

Lesley, all I can think of when I hear the old Robin Hood (starring Richard Greene) theme is"
"Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Dumpty-dumpty-dum
He robs from the poor and gives to the rich...
Silly B*tch!"

Reply #9. May 12 10, 11:08 AM

lesley153 Wonderful Dennis Moore - thank you - I must have blinked and missed that one. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLkhx0eqK5w

Reply #10. May 12 10, 11:51 AM

jolana

I don´t know if I can contribute here as I have never been an English-speaking child and so I didn´t learn any English childen´s songs at the proper age. I am learning them now, though and this one I like most of all, however, I am not sure if this is a song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdR0LXOiEB8

Reply #11. May 12 10, 3:29 PM

Cymruambyth

Jolana, how about Czech songs that you liked ? You could give us the English translations since few if any of us speak Czech.

Reply #12. May 12 10, 4:55 PM

REDVIKING57


Lesley,I remember the Richard Greene 'original' Robin Hood with great affection. Does that make me ancient? And cheesy? :)

No,no......Please don't answer that!

Reply #13. May 12 10, 5:03 PM

martin_cube

I'll have to go for 'Three Wheels On My Wagon' by The New Christy Minstrals. Still makes me smile now.

"Duh, Paw? Are you sure this is the right road?
Will you hush up? You and your maps!"

Reply #14. May 12 10, 5:14 PM

jolana

Cymru, this is a Czech song that I liked. It´s quite a smart but untranslatable song about a ladybug.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcXzw2ky1Vc

Reply #15. May 13 10, 5:42 PM

redwaldo

"Yellow Submarine"-The Beatles

Reply #16. May 13 10, 5:49 PM

Czolgolz Monster Mash.

Reply #17. May 13 10, 9:17 PM

Lochalsh Here's one we sang in grade school. Jolana might like it. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7stnHz7dADI

And here's one that we sang as a round:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKn2EvInugA

I went around singing "Davy Crockett" for months and wore my coonskin cap as I did it!

Thanks to my mother's influence, I learned "Greensleeves" and "Charlie is My Darling" early on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5fijjUbTTw

This is long, but I'm through now. :)

Reply #18. May 13 10, 9:21 PM

Lochalsh I like the song about "Carlitos" so well, I'll post it again. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p-5RloO2HY&NR=1

Reply #19. May 13 10, 9:28 PM

jolana

ROFL, Lochalsh.

Reply #20. May 14 10, 12:14 PM

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