The Singable Songs Collection Raffi

The Singable Songs Collection

Disc 1
1	The More We Get Together 1:07
2	Down by the Bay 2:07
3	Brush Your Teeth 1:11
4	Robin in the Rain 1:54
5	Five Little Frogs 1:40
6	I Wonder If I'm Growing 1:33
7	Aikendrum 1:17
8	Bumping up and Down 1:31
9	Must Be Santa 2:22
10	Willoughby Wallaby Woo 1:53
11	Spider on the Floor 2:14
12	Baa Baa Black Sheep 0:58
13	Going to the Zoo 1:39
14	My Dreydel 0:32
15	Peanut Butter Sandwich 0:58
16	Five Little Pumpkins 0:30
17	The Sharing Song 1:04
18	Mr. Sun 1:16
19	Old MacDonald Had a Band 2:08
Disc 2
1	Six Little Ducks 1:33
2	You Gotta Sing 2:16
3	Les Petites Marionettes 0:58
4	Sodeo 1:44
5	Oh Me, Oh My 1:59
6	Junior Ragtime 1:33
7	Comin' Down the Chimney 1:48
8	Douglas Mountain 1:48
9	Listen to the Horses 1:54
10	Who Built the Ark? 1:50
11	SambalelÍ 2:04
12	Skin and Bones 1:03
13	Shake My Sillies Out 1:04
14	If I Had a Dinosaur 1:06
15	Workin' on the Railroad 1:09
16	New River Train 3:40
Disc 3
1	You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song 1:35
2	Pick a Bale of Cotton 1:22
3	Frère Jacques 1:04
4	There Came a Girls from France 1:07
5	Cluck, Cluck, Red Hen 1:31
6	Boom Boom 1:21
7	Here Sits a Monkey 0:59
8	My Way Home 2:12
9	Les Zombis et Les Loups-Garous 2:38
10	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 1:48
11	Anansi 2:09
12	The Corner Grocery Store 1:51
13	Jig Along Home 2:11
14	Popcorn 0:16
15	Y a un Rat (There's a Rat)/Sur le Pont d'Avignon (On the Avignon Bridge 2:06
16	Going on a Picnic 1:10
17	Rock-A-Bye Baby 1:09
18	Goodnight Irene 2:59

Barnes & Noble

Much is made of the importance of giving kids the right start in everything from playtime options to education. In that regard, parents looking to put their tiny ones on the proper path, music-wise, should invest in this two-album box set without delay. It consists of the first pair of releases by Raffi, still the premier children's performing artist after more than two decades in the business. Those inaugural records are Singable Songs for the Very Young and More Singable Songs, both brimming with kids' classics and Raffi originals; The Singable Songs Collection features all 35 of these essential tunes, in order of appearance on their respective albums. Raffi's own tunes include "Shake My Sillies Out," which provides tykes with an effective (and furniture-safe) method for letting loose excess energy; "Willoughby Wallaby Woo," an irresistible name game easy enough for toddlers to play; and "I Wonder If I'm Growing," another charmer for the sandbox set. Raffi covers plenty of children's favorites in his own good-time way, in such songs as "Six Little Ducks," "Down by the Bay," and "Aikendrum." There are several multicultural offerings as well, such as the island-flavored "Sambalele" and "Petites Marionettes," sung in French. Throughout, Raffi's special bond with young children is emphatically evident. Moira McCormick

All Music Guide

This three-disc set reissued by Rounder Records in 1997 takes children's singer Raffi's first three (and arguably best) albums, Singable Songs for the Very Young, More Singable Songs, and The Corner Grocery Store and More Singable Songs, and packages them all together. The Singable Songs Collections goes through all types of songs -- from traditional to country-inspired, to calypso, to folk, to just silly -- and includes tracks like "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "Down by the Bay," "Goodnight Irene," "You Gotta Sing," "Who Built the Ark?," and "Baa Baa Black Sheep," making for a very appealing collection, music that's fun for kids and their parents alike. Marisa Brown