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@ 2004-11-03 14:45:00
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What filk songs do you know or have written that are appropriate for children?
What filk songs do you know or have written that are appropriate for children? Here are a few that Urban Tapestry performs in our children's concerts:

Banana Slug Song - by Jan Marra
I'm A Believer - by Neil Diamond
The Lollipop Tree
Hockey Monkey Song - by James Kochalka/Zambonis
The Never Song - by Edward Lipton
The Rattlin' Bog
I'm Gonna Make A Rocket Ship - by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Sandwiches - by Bob King
We Are The Dinosaurs - by McGoo
Wild, Wild Party in the Loquat Tree - Indigo Girls
Wind In The Pipes - by Meg Davis

If you have any other suggestions, please post them below or at the bottom of the actual FAQ page for this entry.

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[info]peteralway
2004-11-03 07:17 pm UTC (link)
Well, most of my songs are pretty childish, though they might be of limited filkiness, and one has banned in an elementary school. Hmm, the fact that it had enough kid appeal to have to be banned is a good sign. So here are some horrible songs:

"Barfy the Seasick Hedgehog"
As far as I can tell, this one is actually a hit with the kids who have heard it. My brother Dave even argues that this one is morally uplifting, in a sort of twisted way I have words and a really ditsy rendition of the music here: http://members.aol.com/petealway/Music-Barfy.htm

"Frenobulax"
Frenobulax (where normal folk have twenty-seven toes) includes an audience participation section--"Argle blargle argle blargle blarf blarf blarf" which seems to make adults act childish. I don't have it on the web, but I could correct that.

Pigeon Medley

Words, but not music, are here: http://members.aol.com/petealway/life.html after the microwave Krispie treats recipe but before the rant about the moon. The source toons are refered to by color codes. I guess I could get it its own page.

The Dirt Woman Song
This is certainly childish, but I'm not sure how to measure its child-friendliness. I can't tell if the cheery-ose death reference is tasteless in a good way or a bad way. But here is a link: http://members.aol.com/petealway/Dirt.htm

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[info]pondside
2004-11-03 09:09 pm UTC (link)
One of my personal favorites is Monster's Lullaby Meg Davis

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[info]mdlbear
2004-11-03 11:16 pm UTC (link)
I'm fond of "Waltzing with Bears" (in Rise Up Singing, itself an indispensable book for kids' concerts) and "The Owl and the Pussycat" (as sung by Oak, Ash and Thorn, TTTO "Farewell Sweet Lovely Nancy"). "Never Set the Cat On Fire" by Frank Hayes is a perennial favorite.

Of my own songs, kids seem particularly fond of Bugs

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[info]pbristow
2004-11-04 11:31 am UTC (link)
"Never set the act on fire" (Frank Hayes)

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[info]pbristow
2004-11-04 11:31 am UTC (link)
Oops! Someone already said that one [BLUSH]

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[info]it_aint_easy
2004-11-06 03:10 pm UTC (link)
Top hits in Puzzlebox's children concerts have been:

Never Set the Cat on Fire -- Frank Hayes
Little Fuzzy Animals -- Frank Hayes
Sir Brian -- A.A. Milne & Leslie Fish

Other possibilities:
Urban Legends -- me
If I Had My Life to Live Over -- Meg Davis
It's Better Than That -- Lou & Peter Berryman
Puff the Magic Dragon -- Peter Yarrow

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