Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes ( (Audio Cassette): Pete Seeger: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Fly Through My Window
2. I Had a Rooster
3. Come All You Bold Sailormen
4. Old Grey Mule
5. Alligator, Hedgehog
6. Frog Went A-Courting
7. Raccoon's Got a Bushy Tail
8. I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed a Fly)
9. Ground Hog
10. Mister Rabbit
11. Grey Goose
12. Teency Weency Spider
13. Old Hen
14. Skip to My Lou
15. My Little Kitty
16. Little Black Bull
17. Leatherwing Bat
18. Keeper and the Doe
19. Darby Ram
20. Mole in the Ground
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Folk music represents the best of Americana, and nobody performs folk music better than Pete Seeger. This charming collection of animal songs, remastered from two Seeger LPs originally recorded in 1955, will delight children and parents alike. Comfortable, well-known titles such as "I Had a Rooster", "Frog Went A-Courting", "Skip to My Lou", and "I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed a Fly)" allow for great family sing-alongs. This album is an excellent example of the simplicity of traditional folk music, with Seeger's warm, friendly vocals and a single yet finely picked banjo as accompaniment. Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes would be an excellent choice for car trips as well as for feeling right at home in your living room. --Deborah Moore

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5.0 out of 5 stars For my children too, April 3 2003

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My parents borrowed this record from the library and recorded it to casette to listen to on our first long car trip.I was probably four years old. It quickly became a family favorite. Somewhere a long the way the tape was lost. Two decades had passed when just the other day I happend to catch a snippet of Froggie Went A Courtin on a public radio station. All of those memories came flooding back. Now I am buying it for my own children. I don't know what speaks more powerfully for this album than that.

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5.0 out of 5 stars For my children too, April 3 2003

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My parents borrowed this record from the library and recorded it to casette to listen to on our first long car trip.I was probably four years old. It quickly became a family favorite. Somewhere a long the way the tape was lost. Two decades had passed when just the other day I happend to catch a snippet of Froggie Went A Courtin on a public radio station. All of those memories came flooding back. Now I am buying it for my own children. I don't know what speaks more powerfully for this album than that.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A reminder of my early school days, Mar 1 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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For me, this is pure nostalgia - it brings back memories of the fifties. It seems from reading other reviews that today's young children get as much pleasure from this music as those of my generation did, although I can't imagine anybody recording music this way now.

I don't remember all the songs, but I recognise several of them. I know an old lady is immediately recognisable from the title, but I recognised others immediately upon hearing them again, including The keeper and the doe - it has the (for me) immortal chorus lines

hey down hoe down derry derry down
among the leaves so green-o.

Of course, in the age we now live, some of these songs are not politically correct and some may not appeal to vegetarians, but I don't ever remember hearing much about vegetarians until the eighties. Before then, there were very few of them around. I don't mind such people, but Pete could hardly have been expected to consider them when these songs were recorded.

I read another review where somebody complained about Pete's imitations of animal noises. I'm sure that a modern recording of such songs would use authentic animal noises, but again, this music must be seen as a product of its time.

So, this is a fun album, not to be taken too seriously, which can be enjoyed by young children, or by adults trying to remember when they were young children themselves.

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3.0 out of 5 stars NICE SONGS BUT SOME LITTLE THINGS!
The songs are good on the most part but a few things take away from the general enjoyment of the music. 1] the first song has a section that is in 7/8. Read more

Published on Feb 23 2000 by 18Rabbit

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous CD for kids!
I bought this CD because I liked the title and we listen to it everyday because we love the style and songs. Read more

Published on Dec 5 1999 by Laurel