THE PROGRESSIVE MUSIC SERIES
Teacher's Manual, Volume 1, for First, Second and Third Grades, 305 pp.
Horatio Parker, McConathy, Birge, Miessner.
NOTE: The Progressive Music Series has many songs commissioned by Horatio Parker, some from well-known composers.
Silver, Burdett and Company, 1915, 1916, 1919.

Part One: General Suggestions... 9-21
Part Two: Graded Outlines 22-101 (Grades one-three)
Part Three: Folk Dances and Singing Games
Part Four: Additional Rote Songs 129-186
Part Five: Accompaniments for Songs in Book One 187-285
Part Six: Accompaniments for Songs in Primary Song Book 286-300
Glossary of Italian Musical Terms 301
Index of Songs and Dances 302-305

Ace of Diamonds 124 (Danish folk dance)
Afternoon Tea 139
Air and Sunlight 223 (Russian)
Airship, The 218
America 285
At Night When I Have Gone to Bed 219
At the Dance 126
Autumn Leaves 234
Baby Life 221
Baby Sermon, A 254
Babyland 252
Bedtime 158
Bee Song 226
Before and After Dark 218
Benediction 272
Betty and Billy 203
Birds' Breakfast, The 250
Bicking 121 (Swedish Folk Dance)
Boat, The 225
Bubbles 189
Busy Folks 221
Bylo, Baby Bunting 214
Carriage to Ride In, A 263
Caterpillar and the Bee, The 275
Cats of Kilkenny, The 179
Cherries 191
Children's Polka 120
Chimes of Dunkirk, The 119
Choo-choo-choo 132
Chrys Anthemum 155
Circus, The 208
Clap Dance, 125 (Swedish)
Clock, The 255
Clown, The 206 (French)
Creep, Mouse, Creep 264 (English)
Daisy Nurses 180
Dance, Dance Baby 271
Dance of Greeting 119 (Danish)
Dancing Raindrops 228
Dancing Song 127
Dandelion 208
Dandelion, Yellow as Gold 147
Dolly's Lullaby 197 (French)
Eatings 167
Elves and the Shoemaker, The 252
Eskimo Hunter, The 220 (Eskimo)
Evening Lights 207
False Alarm 212
Farmer, The 220 (English)
Farmyard Song 283 (Grieg)
February Song, A 140
Fido and His Master 188
Firefly, The 279 (Mother Goose)
Five Toes, The 260 (Mother Goose)
Flowers' Friends, The 223 (English)
Four Boys 237
Friendly Star, The 244
Frightened Pumpkin, The 119 (Scotch)
Frosting 137
Frown and a Smile, A 276
Garden Song 143
Gingerbread Man, The 248
Goblin, The 169
Good Morning 187
Good-by Song 188
Grasshopper's Ball, The 152
Greedy Mouse, The 146
Gustave's Toast 123 (Swedish)
Gypsy Peddler, The 199 (French)
Hall Clock, The 134
Happy Bee, The 185
Happy New Year 270 (French)
Happy Thought 219 (RLS, English)
Hickory Dickory Dock 244
Hidden Treasures 280
Higgledy, Piggledy 224
Holiday, The 195 (English game)
Honey bee 245
How Many Days Has My Baby to Play 130
Humming Bird 242
I See You 122 (Swedish singing game)
Icicles and Bicycles 165
If 168
I'll Tell You a Story 249 (Mother Goose)
In Wooden Shoes 214 (Swedish)
Indian Song 136
Jolly Holly Farm, The 166
Katydid 222 (Bohemian)
Kind Old Winter 209
King Baby 247
Kittens 211
Kris Kringle's Song 160
Lady Bug 198
Lady Moon 210
Lassies' Dance 120 (Swedish)
Last Night 250
Lingering Leaves 239
Little brook 193
Little Huntsman, The 210 (French)
Little Lady, A 194
Little Miss Patty and Master Paul 145
Little Miss Tulip 184
Little Robin Redbreast 176 (Mother Goose)
Little Seeds, The 133
Little Sister's Lullaby 206
London Bridge 238 (English Game)
Lonely Wind, The 278
Lottie Is Dead 119 (Swedish folk dance)
Lullaby 262 (Rossetti)
Making the Hay 2273
Man in the Moon 131
Mathematics 149
Maypole Dance, The 227 (Swedish)
Mill Wheel, The 230
Miss Rainy Day 172
Mistress Mary 229
Mountain March 123 (Norwegian)
Mud Pies 242
Mulberry Bush, The 199
My Beautiful Doll 138
My Pony 225
My Shadow 245 (English)
Naughty Tulip, The 178
New Soldiers, The 254
Now the Sun Is Sinking 237 (French)
O Christmas Tree 265
Oh, What a Sweet Little White Mouse 204 (Mother Goose)
Oats and Beans 236 (English Dance)
Old Chang, The Crab 268 (Chinese Mother Goose)
On Christmas Day in the Morning 241
One Misty Moisty Morning 154 (Mother Goose)
Oriole's Nest, The 236 (Norwegian game)
Our Friends the Shadows 270 (French)
Parade, The 195 (French)
Peek-a-Boo 232
Pink Pig, The 268
Playing Soldier 209
Polly's Bonnet 189 (French)
Postman, The 190
Prince Finikin 141
Pussy Willows, The 266
Ragman, The 182
Rain 243 (Bohemian)
Raindrops 215
Recipe, The 264
Recipe for a Valentine, A 232 (English)
Riddle, A 277
Ride a Cock Horse 193
Ring a Ring o' Roses 193 (English game)
River, The 235
Robin. The 231
Rock-a-bye, Hush-a-bye, Little Papoose 157
Rooster's Good Morning, The 228 (Russian)
Saint Valentine's Day 249 (Shakespeare)
Scissors Grinder, The 174
See, Saw, Sacradown 261 (Mother Goose)
Shoemakers' Dance 121 (Danish)
Sing a Song of Sixpence 164 (Mother Goose)
Skating Song 240 (Bohemian)

Skipping Rope, The 204 (Bohemian)
Sleep, Little Treasure 213 (Lithuanian)
Snail, The 222
Snowflakes 212 (Russian)
Soap Bubbles 238
Soldier Boys 201
Song of the Wind, The 163
Song Sparrow's Toilet, The 197
Song Without Words, A 231
Squirrel in the Snow, The 269
Strange Lands 259
Street Music 226
Summer Song 258
Surprise, A 200
Swallows, The 205
Swing Song 253
Tantoli 125 (Swedish Dance)
Teddy Bear 246
Telephone Message, A 136
Thanksgiving Day 284 (French)
This Morning 246
Three Little Heads 150
Thunder, The 233
Twinkling Fireflies 192
Umbrella Man, The 170
Upon a Morning Sunny 202
Valentine Song 216 (English)
Wah-wah-tay-eee 267 (Longfellow)
Water Sprite, The 122 (Swedish)
Wee Willie Winkie 272
What I Like 282
When I Was a Schoolgirl 128
When Mother Sings 129
Whippoorwill 196
Wild Geese, The 144
Will You Come with Me 217 (English)
Windflower, The   173
Windy Nights 156
Winter Jewels 167
Winter Roses 274

Primary Song Book

Ants and Bees 294
Bird's Cradle Song 294
Cat-Land Law, A 288 (French)
Dollies' Washing Day 293 (French)
Evening Hymn 295
Farmern in the Dell, The 287
Fire, The 289
Good Day 286
In May Time 291
Jack-o'-Lanterns 300
Jolly Miller, The 288 (English)
Little Bo-Peep 296
Maypole Song 298
My Kite and I 290 (Russian)
My Pansy Bed 299
New Moon, The 293
Night and Morning 297 (French)
Playfellows 296
Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat 292 (Mother Goose)
Robins' Nest, The 290 (Bohemian)
Sleigh-Bells 300
Who Am I? 286
Who Knocks? 292
Wizard, The 299 (English)