"Howjadoo" by Woody Guthrie, "This Train" by Ella Jenkins on the new released CD "Seasons for Singing", "What'll We Do When the Baby Cries" and "Who Killed Cock Robin" from Jean Ritchie, and any version of "The Fox" are almost always winners when I lead a folksong class for children. Also any version of "The High Barbary" where pirates confront a beloved captain, "The Darby Ram", and "Once More A-Lumbering Go," are always for sure hits with my male students. All of March and April I heard kids singing "Macnamara's Band" while riding bikes after I taught it at a community sing. At the end of April, I received two additional verses from older adults as presents (verses they had recalled from childhood), and the mothers in town began to complain about the popularity (and rowdiness) of the song! The popularity exceeded my expectations!
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