So Early in the Morning: Irish Children Songs (Cover Artwork May Vary)

The Clancy Children | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tradition Records
• ASIN: B0000058RG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,931 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #68 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Irish Folk

Track Listings

1. Mitty Matty Had A Hen

2. Shelly Kee Bookey

3. A Big Ship Sailing

4. Rain, Rain

5. When I Was Young

6. Three Gray Geese

7. Tom, Tom

8. The Red Fox

9. Frosty Weather

10. Oliver Twist

11. Mammy, Mammy

12. Seotin Seo

13. Frog In The Well

14. See Saw

15. She Didn't Dance

16. As I Went Up An Apple Tree

17. Around To The Butcher's Shop

18. Paddy On The Railway

19. Oh Rodger Rum

20. There Was An Old Man At The Fair

See all 46 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

From Parents' Choice®

This collection of 46 (yes, 46!) Irish children's songs, rhymes and singing games is unique and utterly charming. Collected between 1955 and 1961, mainly from members of the Robert Clancy family of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, the individual selections are performed by different generations of the same family. Each is presented with such engaging simplicity that listeners will be quickly transported to an Irish kitchen where family members sit around the table singing through the days, weeks and years of their closely interwoven lives. Extensive liner notes supply a cultural context, but the songs-passed from mouth to mouth over the centuries-speak for themselves...as universal and timeless as childhood itself. A 1998 Parents' Choice® Gold Award.

Reviewed by Kristi Beavin, Parents' Choice® 1998

From the Label

For this album, the Clancy clan has collected songs which they learned from their mums–songs which have been passed down through countless generations of Irish children. Features contributions by the Clancy children and some of the elder Clancys along with Seamus Ennis on Uillean pipes and penny whistle. Recorded in 1962.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enchanting voices, learn new insights to irish people, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: So Early in the Morning: Irish Children Songs (Cover Artwork May Vary) (Audio CD)

This CD is really helpful if you would like to learn new songs for children, the voices are full of laughter and fun ( even when singing about war or the devil) If you collect children's music, or children, this is a must for your collection. With 46 traditional songs on the recording you can't miss.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real Irish experience for your child, September 16, 2010

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This review is from: So Early in the Morning: Irish Children Songs (Audio Cassette)

What can I say? This was pretty much the only album in our irish-american household in the late 50s/early 60s - before we discovered rock and roll. We would march around to the songs while our Irish grandparents clapped along with us. How wonderful to know and love the same songs they grew up with in the 1800s. Many Irish-Americans hear nutty bar-room songs and think they know the culture. But as the previous poster noted, you will know it so much more through the laughter and love of the Clancy family as they sing these simple, but captivating songs. Some are even in gaelic.

The children in our family continue to be drawn to these ditties, and I have sung them to youths of all cultures who are equally mesmerized. Particularly, Soldier Soldier, Paper of Pins, and Rattlin' Bog never fail to entertain. It is such a treasure to have this available on CD.