folk songs, english

A songbook of African folk songs and music with pictures and captions.

Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins.

Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins. Includes instructions for making a wriggling, tickling spider out of pipe cleaners.

An illustrated version of the traditional folk song in which a father promises the world to his restless baby daughter.

Presents a variation on the traditional song about the old lady and the fly with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all the sea creatures that the old lady swallows. Includes a CD with both a sing-along version and a karaoke version of the featured song.

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a tasty slug, a poached roach, and a squirmy worm are part of the feast for a rather unusual old lady.

Set in the jungle, this variation on the traditional, cumulative rhyme looks at the consequences of a monkey's strange diet.

In this old English Christmas carol the friendly stable beasts tell of the gifts they have given to the newborn Jesus.

Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins.

Provides a history and words to ten verses of the folk song, "The Farmer in the Dell, " as well as simple instructions for making a musical instrument and playing the traditional game.