NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOLKSONG REPOSITORY archive
The Historic Electronic Online Archive of Children's Folksongs,
and indigenous playground poetry.
A Public Folklore Project built by the children of the United States.
Integrate Literacy, Music, and Technology into the classroom.
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2007
- Jack Knife - David Labowitz Philadelphia
- K-I-S-S-I-N-G (followed by) Amalama Cumalama Connecticut
- We're Gonna Go Go Go - Anna Stange
- Inky Dinky Parlez Vous - WWI "The War to End All Wars" song remembered - anon * Bawdy Song Policy
- Ms. Shirley Temple sings Polly Wolly Doodle.
- China Man - collected from 1976 Buffalo, NY - hand clapping
- Two Lips - collected from 1976 Buffalo, NY - hand clapping
- Happy Birthday Song - Philly, PA known in my family since the 40's.
2006
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- Rub-a-dub-dub
- Old King Cole
- Georgie Porgie
- Little Jack Horner
- Diddle Diddle Dumpling
- Jack Sprat
- Also see and read the previous 7 songs
- Deedle Deedle Dumpling - Philly, PA
- The More We Get Together - Hilda, Betty, & Gloria in
Philly, PA - Child of God - Ashley and Della in Twin Falls, Idaho
- Fudge Fudge - Anon, Philly, PA
- Honey Bunch - Anon, Philly, PA
- My Boyfriend's name is Fatty - Annon, Philly, PA remembered from Baltimore 1950's
- Fuzzy Wuzzy - Ed, Philly, Pennsylvania
- If You're Happy & You Know It - Lea,Philadelphia, PA
- Tell Me What Do I See - Anon, N.J.
- Worms Crawl In the Worms Crawl out - Anon, ?
2005
- Paddy Works On The Railway Dan Cassidy San Francisco CA
- Whoopie Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Doggies Dan Cassidy San Francisco CA
- Eenie Meenie - Adam Benson, Camden NJ
- One Two - Adam Benson Camden NJ
- My Little PlayMate - Kathy, Harrisburg, PA
- Mary Mack - Sylvia, Philly, PA
- Taffy Was a Welshman - Jacquie, Harrisburg, PA
- White Cliffs of Dover - Anon, Philly, PA
- Happy Birthday - Sarah, Philly, PA sung in Hebrew
- Happy Birthday - Beth, Philly, PA
2003
- Going to Kentucky - Brimm Medical Arts High School Camden, NJ 11/13/03
1978
- Ding Dong - Ricardo Richards School St. Croix, USVI [Word ]
- Down In The River - Ricardo Richards School St. Croix, USVI [Words]
1970 Collected by Bernie DeKoven Philly, PA
- Zoodio
- I've been told
- All the boys
- Dumpty
- Girl Scout
- I woke up saturday morning
- Jack Be Nimble
- Mary
- Pizza
1954
- Here We Go Zoodio - all the kids from a record (33 1/3 rpm LP) entitled "The Florida Folk Festival: The First 25 Years."
- Sissy in the Barn - all the kids
Carver Elementary School White Springs, Florida
1939 Collected by Allan Lomax on a road trip
- Little Sally Walker
- Here Comes Uncle Jesse
- Shove It Over - Zora Neale Hurston sings a lining out rhyme
Recorded early 1900's know when recorded.
- Grandma's advice by Mrs. Price who learned this from her mother who used to ride horseback around Iowa County to give music lessons back in
1878 The first recording of a human voice in history on a phongraph.
Frank Lambert was a French - American inventor. Lambert was born in Lyon, France and then moved to the United States in 1876 and became a citizen in 1893. Lambert is currently in the Guinness World Book of Records for the oldest playable recording on a machine called the Phonograph. Lambert was also famous for inventing the modern typewriter.
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