Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger

by Pete Seeger

Overview

This 1960 recording is one of about ten children's music albums Seeger issued on Folkways, and offers no particular surprises or themes. It's just Seeger on guitar and banjo, as usual, delivering standards like "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain," "Skip to My Lou," "I've Been Workin' on the Railroad," and "Little Sally Walker" with enthusiasm and an eye for kiddie humor. "Captain Jinks," with its implorations to move in certain ways "for that's the style in the army," sounds a little odd coming from someone who worked so hard for peace in the 20th century, unless it was intended ironically. Probably that's reading too much into what is an innocent record, after all, emphasizing songs that are easy to sing along with. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	08/28/2001
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074502327
Rank:	153651

Tracks

1. Go in and Out the Window
2. She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
3. Skip to My Lou
4. Here We Go Loopy-Lou
5. Goin' to Boston
6. Little Sally Walker
7. I've Been Workin' on the Railroad
8. Let Us Come In
9. Birthday Polka
10. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder
11. Captain Jinks
12. Bob-A-Needle
13. Mary Wore Her Red Dress
14. Redbird
15. Ha, Ha, This-A-Way
16. Soon as We Cook Sweet Potatoes

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Pete Seeger   Primary Artist,Banjo,Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Moses Asch   Producer,Original Release
Traditional   Composer
Lead Belly   Composer
Jean Ritchie   Composer
Mary Monseur   Production Coordination,Reissue Production Coordination
Pete Seeger   Composer
Pete Reiniger   Mastering,Reissue Mastering
Huddie Ledbetter   Arranger
Alan Lomax   Composer
Malvina Reynolds   Composer
D.A. Sonneborn   Reissue Production Supervisor
Public Domain   Composer
Alan & John A. Lomax   Arranger