School is over and summer vacation season is upon us. This week we’ll offer up some great music and stories for young people. We’ll hear Elizabeth Mitchell, Ella Jenkins, Bill Harley, Greg Brown, Dave Fry and others. So gather up the kids and sit down around the old radio or computer for a laugh or two. Some great songs to start the season on a lively note … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Raymond Scott / “The Toy Trumpet” / Restless Nights and Turkish Twilights / Columbia
Elizabeth Mitchell / “Froggie Went a-Courtin’” / Classic Folk Songs for Kids / Smithsonian Folkways
Pete Seeger / “The Foolish Frog” / Children’s Concert at Town Hall / Columbia
David Holt / “I Got a Bullfrog” / I Got a Bull Frog / High Windy Audio

Ella Jenkins / “Miss Mary Mack” / Classic Folk Songs for Kids / Smithsonian Folkways
Bill Harley / “The World of Whickum-Whackum” / cELLAbration A Tribute to Ella Jenkins
              / Smithsonian Folkways
Kathy Kallick / “Bye Bye Kitty Zydeco” / Use a Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Sugar Hill
Dave Fry / “Put Your Finger in the Air” / Playground / Self-produced / Dave Fry Music
Raymond Scott / “Huckleberry Duck” / Restless Nights and Turkish Twilights / Columbia

Dennis Warner / “Cat in the Sink” / Beep Beep / Main Trail
Mike Anderson / “Teaching Fluffy to Fly” / Anna’s Old Boot / Music Works
Taj Mahal / “Fishin’ Blues” / Shake Sugaree / Music for Little People
Greg Brown / “Bath Tub Blues” / Bath Tub Blues / Red House

Andy Offutt Irwin / “I Love to Whistle” / Andy’s Wild Amphibian Show / Community Music
Lou & Peter Berryman / “Ketchup Wasn’t Red” / The Universe: 14 Examples / Cornbelt
Laura Boosinger / “The Little Pig” / Sing It Yourself! / Native Ground
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways