Songs
- A Song and a Smile
- Ah Poor Bird + Hey Ho Nobody Home
- All Night All Day + Swing Low
- Boat Beneath a Sky + Song in the Night + The Duck and the Kangaroo
- Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) + Sidewalks of New York
- Dūno, dūno upė
- Fire Down Below + Keel Row
- Frère Jacques + Three Blind Mice + Three Blue Pigeons
- Farmer in the Dell + Row Row Row
- Good Morning + The More We Get Together
- Good News + Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
- Good Night Ladies + Pick a Little Talk a Little
- Great Mornin’ + Oh I’m Goin’ to Sing
- Home on the Range + My Home’s in Montana
- Hot Cross Buns + Bow Wow Wow
- I Want to Rise + Wake Snake
- Joshua Fit the Battle + Rose Rose + Love Love
- Leron Leron Sinta + Tao Tao Po + Pamulinawen
- Make New Friends + Sailing on the Ocean
- Mary Had a Little Lamb + Sing Together
- Michael Finnegan + This Old Man
- My Paddle’s Keen and Bright + Land of the Silver Birch
- One Bottle of Pop + Don’t Throw Your Junk + Fish & Chips & Vinegar
- Roll That Brown Jug Down to Town + We’re Going Round the Mountain
- Sally Go Round the Sun + Seesaw Margery Daw
- Shake the Papaya Down
- Shalom Chaverim + Zum Gali Gali
- Skip To My Lou + Bow Belinda / Sandy Land + Mulberry Bush + Paw Paw Patch
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child + Wade in the Water
- Sourwood Mountain + Little Red Caboose
- When the Saints Go Marching In + She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain
Thank you for posting all these wonderful songs. I’m a new kindergarten teacher with a music background and I am starting a musical foundation program at my school. Your blog is a wonderful and much needed resource. Thanks again!
So glad to hear it, Gina!
Great collection! Thank you.
This is so great, I’m getting teary-eyed that you took the time to post–and so nicely done.
This is so helpful–and pretty. Thank you!!
Hi! I am trying to track the source for “One Bottle of Pop.” Do you have original source information for this song?
All I know is it’s a folk song. 🙂
Thanks for the great ideas all the time. I nominated you for the Liebster Award. http://musicelementary.blogspot.com/2014/11/liebster-award.html
Very cool; thanks!
I was wondering if you had any songs about toys!
Thank you for all that you share! You are an amazing resource!
Good question! There aren’t many songs that mention toys, but here are a few:
Toyland, Old Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Up on the Housetop, Ya vienen los reyes magos
🙂
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Thank you for this collection of partner songs! I am trying to work out the pairing of sourwood mountain and little red caboose. Did you alter either song at all to make it work? I was trying to make it work by singing sourwood mountain through twice but the second line of little red train really does not seem to mesh well with it at all. I’d love to hear how you paired them specifically.
Hi Whitney!
Yes, I did alter the melody slightly. It’s available for download with a Plus membership. Let me know if you have any questions.
https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/beths-notes-plus
Beth
Thanks for posting these songs.