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A children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that children invent and share among themselves or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home or education. Although children's songs have been recorded and studied in some cultures more than others, they appear to be universal in human society. [1]
"Children, Go Where I Send Thee" became further distanced from its English ancestor with The Golden Gate Quartet's 1937 commercial recording of the song for RCA Victor's Bluebird label. [8] This recording features further lyrical and stylistic developments worth noting.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm. " 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 ...
Zacchaeus, sometimes Zaccheus, or Zacchaeus Was a Wee Little Man, or other variations, is a traditional Christian children's song. The song recounts the story of Zacchaeus as reported in Luke 19:1–10. As the song tells of Zacchaeus's attempts to see Jesus by climbing a sycamore tree, there are a series of hand motions that accompany the song.
Señor Don Gato. " Señor Don Gato " is a children's song about a cat who is sitting on a roof reading a letter from his true love who has agreed to marry him. In his excitement, he falls off and injures himself. The veterinarian is unable to save him and he dies. However, as his funeral procession passes through the market, the scent of fish ...
Songwriter Septimus Winner created an elaborated version of the children's song, called "Ten Little Injuns ", in 1868 for a minstrel show. [1] Ten little Indians standin' in a line, One toddled home and then there were nine; Nine little Indians swingin' on a gate, One tumbled off and then there were eight. Eight little Indians gayest under heav'n.
The More We Get Together. " The More We Get Together ", now regarded today as a popular English-language children's song, of American origin, [1][2] was originally written by Irving King as the anthem of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers, to be sung to an old Viennese tune, "O du lieber Augustin". Sheet music of the drinking song and a ...
A typical verse from a standard version of the rhyme is: This old man, he played one, He played knick-knack on my thumb (or drum). With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home. [3] Subsequent verses follow this pattern, rhyming the continually increasing numbers with other items, such as "two" with "my shoe ...