View Larger
Rate it!
Avg: 4.0 (8 ratings)
- Date Released: January 1, 1959
- Genre: Soundtracks/Other
- Style: Children's
- Label: Smithsonian Folkways
-
They Say...
Pete Seeger recorded a number of children's albums in his early solo career, some of which suffered from overt cuteness or too-elementary presentation. Perhaps this was consciously aimed at somewhat older kids, but those problems aren't a factor on this straightforward collection. The instrumentation (just Seeger and banjo) and recording (sometimes live, and often with spoken intros and outros) is basic, but the performances are respectfully enthusiastic and the selection of material diverse. Some of the songs are kiddie record staples ("Skip to My Lou"), "On Top of Old Smokey" and "Goodnight Irene," of course, were big numbers in Seeger's Weavers days, "Dayenu" is a Jewish religious number known to virtually everyone in that faith, and "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" and "John Henry" are traditional tunes hardly limited to children's music sets. The brief song satirizing a "Pepsi-Cola" jingle doesn't have currency now that the commercial is long in the past, though.
“ The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.”
Rolling Stone
eMusic Tip
Paid downloads are counted towards an album discount but free downloads are not.
COMPLETE FOR FREE!
You can download the rest of the tracks from this album for free! Just click the Complete Album button.
We’re sorry this album can only be downloaded using paid subscription download credits.
We recommend you Save it for Later by clicking the Save for Later button shown just above this message. For a list of related albums you can download right now, check out these recommendations.
We'll give you 12 additional free credits to download this album and start your paid subscription.
Get 12 bonus credits on us if you download this album. Sweet!
| 01. |  |
Skip to My Lou |
2:20 |
|
| 02. | |
Blow the Man Down |
1:10 |
|
| 03. |
Weave Room Blues |
0:40 |
|
|
| 04. | |
The Farmer Is the Man (Who Feeds Us All) |
1:10 |
|
| 05. | |
Wood-Chopping Song |
2:34 |
|
| 06. | |
Four Pence a Day |
1:14 |
|
| 07. | |
Vigndig a Fremd Kind |
1:01 |
|
| 08. | |
Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield |
2:59 |
|
| 09. | |
Pepsi-Cola |
0:58 |
|
| 10. | |
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child |
3:16 |
|
| 11. | |
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho |
2:03 |
|
| 12. | |
Oh, Worrycare |
5:32 |
|
| 13. | |
On Top of Old Smoky |
1:27 |
|
| 14. | |
Irene (Goodnight Irene) |
2:17 |
|
| 15. | |
John Henry |
4:30 |
|
| 16. | |
Dayenu |
1:35 |
|
| 17. | |
It Could Be a Wonderful World |
2:46 |
|
17 Total Tracks, 37:32 Total Length
Loading...
Playlists If you like Pete Seeger, check out these member playlists
Credits
- Pete Seeger - Banjo // Pete Seeger - Banjo // Pete Seeger - Guitar // Pete Seeger - Guitar // Pete Seeger - Vocals // Pete Seeger - Vocals // Pete Seeger - Engineer // Pete Seeger - Engineer // Pete Seeger - Main Performer // Pete Seeger - Main Performer // Pete Seeger - Adaptation // Pete Seeger - Adaptation // Moses Asch - Producer // Ned Berndt - Production Assistant // Pete Reiniger - Mastering // David Gahr - Cover Photo // Mary Monseur - Production Coordination // D.A. Sonneborn - Production Supervisor // Jacob Love - Editing Assistant
Choose from over 7 million
music downloadseMusic features legendary and emerging artists in every genre: classic rock to classical,indie to international, soundtracks to spiritual, jazz to country and many more.
MP3 downloads work on any digital media player
With eMusic, you OWN your music without any restrictions. Burn music to a CD, play it on your computer, mobile phone or any digital media player - including iPod®, Zune® and Walkman®.
Songs available for 50¢ or less
eMusic subscriptions start at just $11.99 a month for 24 downloads - that's just 50¢ per song! And it gets better from there - our plans go as low as 42¢ per song!
Music Discovery
eMusic is about discovery. We make finding new music fun again with music recommendations from our award-winning team of music experts, member playlists and new music features.
Cancel anytime
With all the great music and site features we're pretty sure you will love eMusic. If not, no problem. You can cancel at any time and keep the music you have downloaded.
© 1992 - 2009 All Media Guide, LLC