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Animal Fair (Roud 4582 [1]) is a traditional folk song and children's song. It was sung by minstrels and sailors as early as 1898. [ 2 ] The song was referred to in Life magazine in 1941 as a cadence of soft shoe tap dancing .
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (sometimes shortened to Old MacDonald) is a traditional children's song and nursery rhyme about a farmer and the various animals he keeps. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise. For example, if the verse uses a cow as the animal, then "moo" would be used as the animal's sound ...
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
On side one, Hollywood actor Victor Jory narrated Tubby the Tuba, while side two featured Burl Ives performing seven tunes under the title Animal Fair: Songs for Children. The catalog number was JL 8103. One year earlier, Animal Fair: Songs for Children had been presented separately on a two-disc 78-rpm set, using as a catalog number MJV 59. In ...
The "Farmyard Song" (Roud number 544) is a cumulative song about farm animals, originating in the British Isles and also known in North America. It is known by various titles, such as: "I Bought Me a Cat" "The Green Tree" [1] "The Barnyard Song" [2] [3]
Burl Ives' Animal Folk (Disneyland ST 3920, 1963) is one of several albums for children by the folk singer Burl Ives. [ 1 ] There is a full-color booklet inserted between the gatefold covers of this album.
"Bingo" (also known as "Bingo Was His Name-O", "There Was a Farmer Had a Dog" or "B-I-N-G-O") is an English language children's song and folksong about a farmer’s dog. [1] Additional verses are sung by omitting the first letter sung in the previous verse and clapping or barking the number of times instead of actually saying each letter.
The rhyme as illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme, the earliest printed version of which dates from around 1744.The words have barely changed in two and a half centuries.