Sings for Children: Leadbelly: Amazon.ca: Music

1. More Yet
2. Boll Weevil
3. Little Boy, How Old Are You?
4. Skip To My Lou
5. Red Bird
6. Sally Walker
7. Ha Ha This A-Way
8. Grey Goose
9. Christmas Is A-Coming
10. Blue-Tailed Fly (Jimmie, Crack Corn)
11. Polly Wee (The Frog Song)
12. Pig Latin Song
13. When A Man's A Long Way From Home
14. Good Morning Blues
15. By And By When The Morning Comes
16. Every Time I Feel The Spirit Swing Low, Sweet Chariot They Hung Him On The Cross
17. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
18. Rock Island Line
19. Cotton Fields
20. Old Man
See all 28 tracks on this disc

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Leadbelly wasn't exactly the Raffi of the Roosevelt era. Convicted of attempted murder and murder, the man born Huddie Leadbelly on January 20, 1888, in Mooringsport, Louisiana, began forging a career as a performer in the 1930s after his discovery by John and Alan Lomax. By then he'd developed an enormous repertoire as well deft vocal and instrumental skills. Despite his sordid past, Leadbelly won over adults and children alike; this generous 28-song collection demonstrates the source of his pied-piper appeal. While the master of the 12-string guitar drew upon traditional kid fare ("Skip to My Lou", "Blue-Tailed Fly"), he recognised that plenty of goodies from his adult bag of songs appealed to tykes too. Consequently, blues, work songs and prison numbers turn up in this gratifying collection, which consists of a 1960-released children's LP in its entirety, plus selections from two other records and a previously unreleased radio track. --Steven Stolder

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant album for all ages, Feb 15 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sings for Children (Audio CD)

In many ways, this album is an oddity. First, it is a blues album. The blues are supposed to be about sadness and hard times, yet this a remarkably upbeat album, Second, it is a children's album, except that it may be better appreciated by adults. I have not played this album to children, so I can't say what today's children will make of this album.

There are some traditional children's songs here, including Skip to my Lou, Grey goose and Blue-tailed fly (Jimmy crack corn), but there are other songs which you are more likely to find on standard albums, including Swing low sweet chariot, Rock Island line, Cotton fields, John Henry and Midnight special.

The songs here are sequenced such that all the genuine children's songs are at the front. After all of those come the blues and spirituals. Then come the work songs. Finally, you get some of Leadbelly's best-known songs. This last category confuses things slightly. After all, Cotton fields (included in the work songs) and Pick a bale of cotton (included in the famous songs) fit both categories. If anything, Cotton fields is the more famous of the two. Still, the order in which the songs appear is really not that important, although it was wise to put the real children's songs up front.

I have several children's albums, all carefully selected. This one definitely appeals to adults and serves as a great introduction to Leadbelly's music.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An album to all of the family!!, Sep 8 2001

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Ricardo Neves Gonzalez (Petr�polis-R.J. Brazil-bluesfan@ig.com.br) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sings for Children (Audio CD)

I'm a bluesfan and have a daughter at age of 11,and since she was a baby the blues was ever a sound listened in my home.So,she likes the blues,and when i 've brought this Leadbelly album,she becomed so interested in that kind of music and it touched me inside.I've explained her all of the history of blues,specially in the person of Leadbelly,his own history too,the hard days at Angola prison,his lyrics asking for liberty,the poverty of that days,and specially the capacity of that suffered man to change all of his own life,when he decided to do what he really knows better,just to play and to sing.Then i could explain her that the man can changes the reality,just with some educative activities,and the music ,is one of that.
So, i really recomends this album for all of the families,as a good way to start new relations between all of this families members! We must believe in the capacity to change our lives with good intentions and with actions to reach all we want.
The cover art of this cd reveals the envolvement between an experienced bluesman,and that younger audience,linked by just the great music that echoes from Leadbelly guitar!
This is a historical set of musics for adults and childrens everywhere.To the family!

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5.0 out of 5 stars pure gold--if your tastes run this way, Aug 30 2001

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I resolved to have them play Jimmy Crack Corn at my funeral--it might be the only way I can every get anyone to listen to this tune. It's sublime.
Leadbelly is ineffable. If you have only heard his blues, I don't think you've really heard the whole man. You must buy this record!
Singing and talking to kids brings out his incredible sweetness. No wonder he got those governers to spring him from prison!

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5.0 out of 5 stars rockin' the cradle
The songs on this CD are delightful. Not being an educator nor a parent, I won't speculate on the efficacy of this CD for young people. Read more

Published on Jan 20 2001 by katja_r

5.0 out of 5 stars I wholeheartedly agree
If I have kids, this is probably the only"children's" album that I will play for them (with theexception of Alan Lomax's "American Folk Songs for Children,"... Read more

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