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Woody Guthrie offered some sage advice in his liner notes to this collection of children's tunes. "Don't just buy this record and take it home so your kids can listen to it while you go off and do something else," the legendary folksinger counsels. Folk-music fans won't find it difficult to follow those directions. First released in 1956, Songs to Grown On, with its infectious spirit, is likely to prove irresistible to mom, pop, and 4- to 6-year-old tot alike. The likes of "Grassy Grass Grass," "Swimmy Swim," and "Wash-y Wash Wash" (detecting a trend here?) are as spontaneous and nonsensical as baby babble, and almost as delightful. So do as Woody suggested: pull up a chair and a kid or two and enjoy. --Steven Stolder
Product Description
Beautifully remastered vintage recordings with vocals, acoustic guitar, and rattles. Includes counting songs 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and One Day Old, playful songs Wash-y Wash and Pick It Up, and songs of adoration Little Sugar and Eat You Up. "Songs meant for you to sing with your children as parents have done for generations." - Long Island Parenting News
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child" is aptly titled. The first listen disappointed me sorely. The second pass through wasn't much more satisfying. Now, I love it.
Sometime between "Did I waste my money?" and now, I crossed the barrier to "Hey, hey, hey/Little Sack of Sugar/Ho! Ho! Ho!/Little sack of sweet." At first you will tolerate the songs, but in time, you'll catch yourself, as I have, humming the tune, mumbling the lyrics under your breath. Other songs, like "Swimmy Swim" will sneak into your heart. So will "I want My Milk (I Want it Now)."
Woody Guthrie's relaxed rural voice does his songs justice. These aren't "This Land is My Land" songs with the flavor of patriotic pride. These are children's songs with a folk-tint. Guthrie set out to write children's songs and accomplished that. They sound as if Woody himself took a recorder out to his porch some sunny Saturday and sang to his own children.
Fans of "The Wheel on the Bus" will love the repeating lyrics, and the simple music behind the songs. In fact, in many of the songs, like "I'll Eat You, Ill Drink You" have only a soft drum. It could just as well be a cardboard box he is strumming. Any parent will find singing these as afternoon a cappella playtime songs comfortable.
I fully recommend "Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child."
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com
Sometime between "Did I waste my money?" and now, I crossed the barrier to "Hey, hey, hey/Little Sack of Sugar/Ho! Ho! Ho!/Little sack of sweet." At first you will tolerate the songs, but in time, you'll catch yourself, as I have, humming the tune, mumbling the lyrics under your breath. Other songs, like "Swimmy Swim" will sneak into your heart. So will "I want My Milk (I Want it Now)."
Woody Guthrie's relaxed rural voice does his songs justice. These aren't "This Land is My Land" songs with the flavor of patriotic pride. These are children's songs with a folk-tint. Guthrie set out to write children's songs and accomplished that. They sound as if Woody himself took a recorder out to his porch some sunny Saturday and sang to his own children.
Fans of "The Wheel on the Bus" will love the repeating lyrics, and the simple music behind the songs. In fact, in many of the songs, like "I'll Eat You, Ill Drink You" have only a soft drum. It could just as well be a cardboard box he is strumming. Any parent will find singing these as afternoon a cappella playtime songs comfortable.
I fully recommend "Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child."
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I was looking for fun songs to sing with my 7 month old, and was tired of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I igonored the "4-6 year old" recommendation on this, and I am so glad! My baby loves to listen to this, and we dance and sing along. The songs are easy to learn and fun to sing, with a beat that he can bounce to. When we dance to "I want my bottle" he laughs and laughs! I totally recommend this!
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By tigerpaws
Format:Audio CD
my children are 23 and 25 years old now. when they were wee ones, i used to dance them around the room to THIS ALBUM! somehow, along the way, it disappeared into the ether. now i have found it just in time to send to my 1-year old nephew. throughout these past 20 years or so, my husband and i have often burst out singing "swim, swim, swimmy, i swim" while in the shower or other appropriately wet places. these tunes stay with you for life! i'm getting my saka sugar a copy of this for our 32nd anniversary!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Songs To Grow On For Mother And Child
I gave this CD to my twin granddaughters 16 years ago and they loved it. I just sent another copy to a great grandson last month and hope he will enjoy it as much as my... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ellen Gray
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cute set of ol' folk songs
Woody Guthrie, champion for worker's rights and the everyman, singing to the childrens. It's fun to hear him singing simple lyrics and catchy ol timey melodies to our little one. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Erik C. Deurmeier
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wonderful music to raise your child to
Woody Guthrie, "Songs to Grown on for Mother and Child" Woody Guthrie is a wonderful, world class folk singer - his recording of songs for children is a classic, and are a joy to... Read more
Published 7 months ago by P. Evans
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I grew up on these songs
I grew up on these songs and am thrilled to share them now with my little one! He loves them too.
Published 11 months ago by SFMama
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LOVE these songs!
My 4-year-old loves this album! The songs get stuck in your head, though ;) The only down-side is the sound quality
Published on November 4, 2010 by Moe&LydMama
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heartwarming, Endearing Masterpiece!
Enchanting. Historic. Humorous. Infectious. Masterpiece. Heartwarming. Magical. I could go on and on with the adjectives. Read more
Published on October 2, 2010 by Eric Tuten
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WOODY GUTHRIE SONGS TO GROW ON FOR MOTHER AND CHILD
I LOVE THIS CD, MY DAUGHTER LOVES THIS CD AND MY 19 MONTH OLD GRANDSON LOVES THIS CD
Published on May 22, 2010 by Kathleen Walsh
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utterly charming.
We first got to know "bling blang" with the help of a library book and my toddler's little music class. Read more
Published on August 16, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
A timeless hit--childlike but not patronizing to children
Like other reviewers, on the first listening, it was rough going for me. In retrospect, I can say I thought it too hoakey. Read more
Published on March 4, 2009 by Gjdada
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great music for children
I am a huge Wilco fan, and they had a huge influence on my also becoming a Woody Guthrie fan. Woody was such a wonderful songwriter and had a special talent with kids' songs. Read more
Published on December 12, 2008 by N. Pecora
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