An appreciation / Carl Sandburg -- Preface / Lilla Belle Pitts -- How the book grew -- Why American folk music for our children? -- Singing the songs -- imporvising on the words -- Using the songs at home -- Using the songs at school -- Tone play and phrase repetition -- Accompanying the songs -- Nonsense.
Yonder she comes -- Down came a lady -- Who's that tapping at the window -- Such a getting upstairs -- Toodala -- How old are you? -- Jimmy Rose he went to town -- What shall we do when we all go out? -- Goodbye Julie --Goodbye, Old Paint -- Oh, oh, the sunshine -- Sweet water rolling -- The wind blow east -- Rain, come wet me -- It rained a mist -- Rain or shine -- One cold and frosty morning -- By'm bye -- Jim along Josie -- There was a man and he was mad -- Riding in the buggy, Miss Mary Jane -- Billy Barlow -- The juniper tree --Old Joe Clarke -- Down by the Greenwood Sidey-O -- Roll that brown jug down to town -- As I walked out one holiday -- She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes -- Juba -- Run, chillen, run -- All around the kitchen -- I'm going to join the army -- Scraping up sand in the bottom of the sea -- Old Mister Rabbit -- Old Molly hare -- Oh, John the rabbit -- The little pig.; Bought me a cat -- Hop, old squirrel -- My horses ain't hungry --Did you go the Barney -- Have a little dog -- Frog went a-courtin' -- Little bird, little bird -- Free little bird -- Poor old crow -- Ducks in the millpond -- Jim crack corn -- Eency weency spider -- Dog tick -- Who built the ark: Noah, Noah -- Mary wore her red dress -- Pretty little girl with the red dress on -- This lady she wears a dark green shawl -- Walk along, John -- Do, do, pity my case -- Hanging out the linen clothes -- Lula gal -- Old Aunt Kate --What did you have for your supper -- Baby dear -- Johnny, get your hair cut --I got a letter this morning -- Rose, Rose, and up she rises -- What'll we do with the baby? -- Hush, little baby? -- Pick a bale of cotton -- This old hammer -- The train is A-coming -- The little black train -- When the train comes along --John Henry -- Every Monday morning -- Going down to town.; Sailing in the boat -- Blow boys, blow -- Fire down below -- Sally go round the sunshine -- This old man -- Skip-a to my Lou -- When I was a young maid -- The closet key -- Built my lady a fine brick house -- Where oh where is pretty little Susie? -- Jingle at the windows -- Adam had seven sons -- Here sits a monkey -- Go to sleepy -- Monday morning go to school -- Hush 'n' bye --Turtle dove -- Mary had a baby -- Jesus borned in Bethlea -- The cherry tree carol.
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