Keltic Kaleidoscope
Silly Stories in Song
A collection of children's songs many of which have amusing or just plain silly lyrics.
Release date: September 2007
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1
London Bridge Is Falling Down
Yet another version of a famous children's song.
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1:13
2
Get Along Little Dogies
Time for a cattle drive!
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4:28
3
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Its about baseball!
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1:38
4
Camptown Races
Stephen Foster's song about a ramshackle race track and life in a tent city
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2:19
5
The Old Brass Wagon
Traditional American song
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1:54
6
Sailor's Alphabet
'Educational' sea shanty!
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3:29
7
Sir Eglamore (roaring dragon)
Sir Eglamore battles a dragon. This version includes the dragon verbalizing its displeasure at getting poked with a sword.
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3:47
8
Let's Go to the Sea (Vamos a la Mar)
Very percussive Guatemalan children's song
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1:25
9
Reubin and Rachael
A numerous song from 1871. It starts off fairly sane and becomes progressively more ridiculous.
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3:52
10
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Totally absurd song about big floppy ears to the tune of 'Turkey in the Straw'.
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2:29
11
Froggie Goes a Courtin'
Song about a frog marrying a mouse. Talk about absurd!
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2:15
12
Alice the Camel
Alice really wasn't a camel.
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2:36
13
Fooba Wooba John
With Fooba Wooba in the title, one would guess that its a very silly kids's song.
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2:24
14
Goober Peas
A popular Confederate song during the American Civil war. Goober peas are boiled peanuts and became an all-too-common part of Confederate soldiers' diet as the South fell.
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2:37
15
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Song about an epic journey from Missouri to California
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2:57
16
The Cat Came Back
Henry S. Miller is alleged to have written this song around 1897. Its not clear if Henry liked cats or not but its a great song either way.
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3:14
