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    Skip to My Lou – Pete Seeger 02:20
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    Blow the Man Down/Weave Room Blues – Pete Seeger 01:10
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    Weave-Room Blues – Pete Seeger 00:40
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    The Farmer Is the Man – Pete Seeger 01:10
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    Wood-Chopping Song – Pete Seeger 02:34
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    Four Pence a Day – Pete Seeger 01:14
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    Vigndig a Fremd Kind – Pete Seeger 01:01
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    Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield – Pete Seeger 02:59
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    Pepsi-Cola – Pete Seeger 00:58
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    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Pete Seeger 03:16
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    Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho – Pete Seeger 02:03
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    Oh, Worrycare – Pete Seeger 05:32
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    On Top of Old Smokey – Pete Seeger 01:27
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    Goodnight Irene – Pete Seeger 02:17
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    John Henry – Pete Seeger 04:30
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    Dayenu – Pete Seeger 01:35
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    It Could Be a Wonderful World – Pete Seeger 02:46

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. Richie Unterberger, Rovi

  • Genre: Kids, Folk
  • Subgenre: Contemporary Folk, Traditional Folk
  • Category Folk Revival, Kids' Folk, Folksongs, Political Folk, Traditional Folk
  • Release Date: September 24, 2002
  • Artist: Seeger Pete [Folk Singer]
  • Additional Artist: Pete Seeger (Vocals)

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  • Online Item #: 11696846
  • Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-08-8170
  • Made in the USA or Imported