folk songs, english

This variation on the traditional, cumulative rhyme, "Little Old Lady Who Swalloed a Fly," looks at the consequences of a pirate's strange diet.

Illustrates the well-known folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.

A folk song with cumulative verses that describe the sounds made by different animals, including a cat, a duck, a cow, a pig, a sheep, a lion, and a baby. Includes an audio CD.

In this cumulative nursery rhyme, a farmer and his wife prepare for a new baby as their animals secretly meet at night to plan a surprise of their own.

The countryside of New England is depicted in the pictures accompanying this folk song in which a fox travels many miles to get dinner for his wife and ten cubs.

A family welcomes a young visitor in this illustrated version of the familiar American folk song.

As Liza instructs Henry how to fix a hole in the bucket, Henry gives her all the reasons why he can't. An illustrated version of a humorous old folk song.

While his master is not looking, Tingalayo the donkey sneaks off to dance and sing at the fair. Includes the musical notation to this Carribbean folk song.

Old and new verses for a popular folk song about hunting and capturing an animal--and then letting him go.

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a feisty woman tries roller skates, a bicycle, and even a rocket to reach a star.