Folk-Songs and Other Songs for Children

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Folk-Songs and Other Songs for Children
Editor: Jane Byrd [McCall] Radcliffe-Whitehead (1861-1955)
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1903

This entire song book is available for download here at Art Song Central: Folk-Songs and Other Songs for Children

Contents:

  • America (God save the King)
  • And We’re a’ Noddin’
  • Annie Laurie
  • Arthur of Bradley
  • At Summer Morn
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Austrian National Hymn (Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser)
  • Baa! Baa! Black Sheep
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • Begone, Dull Care!
  • Birds’ Duet
  • The Blue Bells of Scotland
  • Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie
  • Brave of Heart
  • By the Moon’s Pale Light (Au clair de la lune)
  • La Cachucha
  • Caller Herrin’
  • The Campbells are Comin’
  • Chairs to Mend!
  • The City Rat and the Country Rat
  • The Clear Cool Pond (Les trois princesses)
  • Cockles and Mussels
  • Come, Aurora (Viens, Aurore)
  • Come, Lasses and Lads
  • Cradle Song (Wiegenlied)
  • The Dairy (La Luisella)
  • Dixie’s Land
  • Dodo, Baby, Do (Do do, l’enfant, do)
  • Dormi (Sleep sweet babe)
  • The Dove (La Paloma)
  • Dream-Baby (Schlaf’ in gute Ruh’)
  • Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
  • Duke Marlborough (Marlbrough s’en va-t-en guerre)
  • Fair Gabrielle (Charmante Gabrielle)
  • Farmyard Song
  • Father O’Flynn
  • The First Nowel’
  • The First Primrose (Mit einer Primula veris)
  • The Fir Tree (O Tannenbaum)
  • Flicker, Flicker, Fire-Sprite (Der rothe Sarafan)
  • The Flowers of the Forest
  • The Foxhunt
  • Friar John
  • Funiculi, Funicula
  • The Garden
  • Gin a Body Meet a Body
  • The Good Comrade (Der gute Komerad)
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Good Night
  • Greeting (Gruss)
  • Guardian Angels (Kinderwacht)
  • Have You Heard the News?
  • Hedge-Roses (Heiden-Röslein)
  • He That Will Not When He May (J’ai un long voyage à faire)
  • A Highland Lad My Love was Born
  • Home, Sweet Home
  • How Can I Leave Thee? (Ach, wie ist’s möglich dann)
  • The Hunt is Up
  • In the Spring (Sur le pont d’Avignon)
  • I Rode Away to Mandalay (Je m’en allay à Bagnolet)
  • The Jolly Miller
  • John Peel
  • Krakoviak (No. 1)
  • Krakoviak (No. 2)
  • Ladybird (Marienwürmchen)
  • The Lass of Richmond Hill
  • The Last Rose of Summer
  • Lavender’s Blue
  • The Little Cock-Sparrow
  • Little Cossack
  • Little Man and Maid
  • The Little Red Lark
  • Loch Lomond
  • Lord Lovell
  • The Loreley (Die Lorelei)
  • The Lost Chicken
  • Lovely Minka (Schöne Minka)
  • The Low-Backed Car
  • Lucy Locket
  • The Maiden’s Wish
  • The Manger Throne
  • March of the Men of Harlech
  • The Marseillaise (La Marseillaise)
  • Meeting (Gaudeamus igitur)
  • Merry May the Keel Row
  • The Mill (In einem kühlen Grunde)
  • The Miller’s Flowers (Des Müllers Blumen)
  • The Minstrel Boy
  • Morning (Steh’ nur auf, du Schweizerbu’)
  • The Mulberry Bush
  • My Dame Has a Lame Tame Crane
  • My Love’s and Arbutus
  • My Normandy (Ma Normandie)
  • My Old Friend John
  • My Trooper (Mein Schatz ist ein Reiter)
  • The Nightingale
  • O Can Ye Sew Cushions
  • O Hush Thee, My Baby
  • Oh, Charlie is My Darling
  • Oh! Dear, What Can the Matter Be?
  • Oh, Who Will O’er the Downs so Free
  • Old King Cole
  • Orioles (O yi caroli)
  • Peace of Night (Frieden der Nacht)
  • Pomona
  • Regimental March
  • Remembrance
  • The Return (Le Retour)
  • Riego’s Hymn
  • Rowing (La notte è bella)
  • Roy’s Horse Enjoys a Gallop
  • A Safe Stronghold (Ein’ feste Burg)
  • Santa Lucia
  • Scotland’s Burning
  • The Sea Breeze (Marianina)
  • The Shepherd Maiden (Il était une bergère)
  • Skye Boat Song
  • Sleep, Baby, Sleep (Schlaf’, Kindlein, schlaf’)
  • Soldier Song (Soldatenlied)
  • Sounds of Spring
  • The Star Spangled Banner
  • Stilly Night, Starry and Bright! (Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht)
  • Summer Is a-Coming In
  • The Swallow
  • Swallow, Good Bye (Liebchen, ade!)
  • Sweet and Low
  • Three Blind Mice
  • The Three Kings of Orient
  • The Three Little Kittens
  • The Three Ravens
  • Twilight Musing
  • Two Stars
  • The Watch on the Rhine (Die Wacht am Rhein)
  • We Praise Thee, Lord
  • When All the World is Young
  • When Christ was Born
  • When I was Shepherd (Lorsque j’étais petit)
  • White Sand and Gray Sand
  • Work (O sanctissima)
  • Youth Has Gone (Plus ne suis ce que j’ai été)

Notes:
I had scanned this volume several years ago, but did not initially post it here as a source because it not meant for public performance and is geared toward children. Still, it has a number of songs which are popular and may be useful for beginning students.

Songs from this volume will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.