It could not have been an easy task for Peggy Seeger to choose the 22 tracks for this album from the 43 featured in her mother's 1950 publication, Animal Folk Songs for Children. Her mother was the influential musician, educator, and folklorist Ruth Crawford Seeger, who drew on field recordings archived in the Library of Congress for the book. A joyful album for children and adults, the music on this recording tells tales of little brown dogs, old frogs, pretty squirrels, and cross eyed gophers, while the liner notes divulge the songs' intriguing origins and lyrics. Although many of the songs have been passed down through generations with little more than perhaps some hand clapping and foot tapping, Seeger provides simple guitar, banjo, and fiddle accompaniment.

Tracklist:

Little Brown Dog
Oh, Blue
The Big Sheep (The Darby Ram)
Riding Round the Cattle
The Old Cow Died
Raccoon and Possum
Cross-Eyed Gopher
Little Lap-Dog Lullaby
Jack, Can I Ride
Daddy Shot a Bear
The Deer Song
And We Hunted and We Hunted
Mister Rabbit
Peep Squirrel
A Squirrel Is a Pretty Thing
Snake Baked a Hoecake
Old Lady Goose
My Old Hen's Good Old Hen
Of All the Beast-es

UPC: 093070755123
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

Peggy Seeger - Animal Folk Songs for Children (CD)