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25
Children's Gold Standard Songs
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Sure, "Big Rock Candy Mountain" talks
about the joys of cigarette trees and streams of alky-hol trickling down
the rocks, but hey! It's such a colorful, catchy song, no wonder the
kiddies like to memorize it.
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What else? Animals and people chow down
on each other: A boa constrictor swallows you whole as you sing the
song. An old lady swallows an entire menagerie, including a horse. (She
dies, of course.)
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Parental advisory: Some of these
songs may subvert your best parenting efforts...
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YR |
SONG TITLE |
GENRE |
SONGWRITER(S) |
1928
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Big Rock Candy
Mountain
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Folk/Roots
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McClintock, Harry; REC: Burl
Ives; Dorsey Burnette
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1962
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Boa Constrictor
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Folk/Roots
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Silverstein, Shel; REC: Shel
Silverstein; Johnny Cash;
Peter, Paul & Mary
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1963
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Chim Chim Cher-ee
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Musical/Film
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Sherman, R. M., & Sherman,
R. B.; REC: Dick Van Dyke &
Julie Andrews; John Coltrane;
Duke Ellington; Wes
Montgomery
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1929
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Christopher
Robin At
Buckingham
Palace
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Musical/Film
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Fraser-Simpson, H., & Milne,
A. A.; REC: Anne Kinney
Stephens; Petula Clark
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1939
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Ding-Dong! The
Witch Is Dead
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Musical/Film
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Arlen, H., & Harburg, E. Y.;
REC: Judy Garland & Billie
Burke; Rosemary Clooney;
Ella Fitzgerald; Maureen
McGovern
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1959
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Do-Re-Mi
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Musical/Film
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Rodgers, R., & Hammerstein,
II, O.; REC: Julie Andrews
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1954
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Happy Wanderer,
The
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Folk/Roots
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Moller, F. W., & Ridge, A.;
REC: Louis Prima; Frankie
Yankovic; Frank Weir; Henri
Rene; Tommy Leonetti
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1949
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Hokey Pokey, The
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Folk/Roots
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Leprise, L., Baker, T., &
Macak, C.; REC: Ray Anthony
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1970
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House At Pooh
Corner, The
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Folk/Roots
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Loggins, Kenny; REC: The
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Loggins
& Messina; Mike & Carleen
McCormack; Jim Harmon
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1952
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I Know An Old
Lady Who
Swallowed A Fly
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Folk/Roots
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Mills, A., & Bonne, R.; REC:
Alan Mills
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1939
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If I Only Had A
Brain
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Musical/Film
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Arlen, H., & Harburg, E. Y.;
REC: Ray Bolger; Harry
Connick, Jr.; Julie Lavender
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1946
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Mail Myself To
You
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Folk/Roots
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Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody
Guthrie
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1943
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Mairzy Doats
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Musical/Film
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Livingston, J., Hoffman, A., &
Drake, M.; REC: The Merry
Macs; Burl Ives; Spike Jones
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1934
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On The Good
Ship Lollipop
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Musical/Film
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Whiting, R., & Clare, S.; REC:
Shirley Temple; Ruth Brown
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1968
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Pony Man, The
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Folk/Roots
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Lightfoot, Gordon; REC:
Gordon Lightfoot
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1963
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Puff, The Magic
Dragon
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Folk/Roots
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Yarrow, P., & Lipton, L.; REC:
Peter, Paul, & Mary
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1963
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Spoonful Of
Sugar, A
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Musical/Film
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Sherman, R. M., & Sherman,
R. B.; REC: Julie Andrews
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1963
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Supercalifragilist-icexpialidocious
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Musical/Film
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Sherman, R. M., & Sherman,
R. B.; REC: Julie Andrews
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1967
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Talk To The
Animals
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Musical/Film
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Bricusse, Leslie; REC: Rex
Harrison; Louis Armstrong;
Bobby Darin
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1932
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Teddy Bears'
Picnic, The
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Folk/Roots
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Bratton, J. W., & Kennedy, J.;
REC: Rosemary Clooney
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1960
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Tie Me Kangaroo
Down, Sport
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Folk/Roots
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Harris, Rolf; REC: Rolf Harris
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1962
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Unicorn, The
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Folk/Roots
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Silverstein, Shel; REC: Shel
Silverstein; The Irish Rovers;
Bill Anderson
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1939
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We're Off To See
The Wizard
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Musical/Film
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Arlen, H., & Harburg, E. Y.;
REC: Judy Garland, Bert Lahr,
Jack Haley, & Ray Bolger;
Victor Young ; Jewel
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1940
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When You Wish
Upon A Star
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Musical/Film
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Harline, L, & Washington, N.;
REC: Cliff Edwards; Glenn
Miller; Wynton Marsalis
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1960
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You've Got To
Pick A Pocket Or
Two
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Musical/Film
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Bart, Lionel; REC: Ron Moody;
Stanley Holloway
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