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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Rise Up Singing Songbook

I love this book. This comprehensive collection contains words and guitar chords to nearly 1200 songs arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format. For those of you that want to sing while strumming a guitar or banging out the basic chords on a piano, you won't find a wider variety of fun tunes in one place. I had to buy a new copy because I used my old one till it fell apart.



  • "Folk Revival" favorites by Baez, Seeger, Collins, Peter, Paul & Mary, Dylan, Mitchell, Taylor, Donovan & more

  • Contemporary folk songs from Near, Staines, Williamson, Rogers, Bok & many more

  • Broadway show tunes, Beatles' songs, Motown hits

  • Hymns, spirituals and gospel standards

  • Songs about peace, freedom, labor and the environment

  • Ballads, cowboy songs, chanteys and blues


Available in our store: Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook

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Monday, January 14, 2008

Three is the Magic Number

There are a ton of great resources online for a Schoolhouse Rock nostalgia fix. You can read the lyrics, see the official site or dive into the history.

I like to compare the original songs to more recent remakes. For instance, check out these two versions below, first the original, then the remake.

Three is the Magic Number
Music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough



Three is the Magic Number
Performed by Blind Melon on Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks


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Sunday, January 06, 2008

Lyrics & Chords

Have a sing-along. Check out these web sites for lyrics, notes, chords and all the info on your favorite family songs.

Music for Teaching: Using music to promote learning.
My-Edu Lyrics: Link page for lyrics.
The Ballad Tree: Links to song collections and indexes.
NIEHS Kid's Page: Midi melodies of classic songs with lyrics.
Songs2Play Lyrics-Chords: Directory of chords and lyrics to popular songs.
Judy & David Songbook: World famous online songbook for kids.
Kiddles
Lyrics Links
Becky's Campfire Songbook
Library of Congress
Cowboy Song Lyrics
Sea Shanty Songs
Big Eye Owl
Children's Music.org
Mama Lisa
Hebrew Songs
YMCA Campfire Songs
Guitar Tab Robot
OLGA Tabs
Temple of Tabs

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Sunday, December 02, 2007

Lyrics: Clementine

In a cavern, in a canyon
Excavating for a mine
Lived a miner forty-niner
And his daughter, Clementine

Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Light she was and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals were for Clementine

Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Drove her ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine

Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles soft and fine
But alas, I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine

Oh, my darling, oh, my darlin fe7 g
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Then the miner, forty-niner
Soon began to peak and pine
Thought he oughta join his daughter
Now he’s with his Clementine

Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

There’s a churchyard on the hillside
Where the flowers grow and twine
There grow roses, ‘mongst the posies
Fertilized by Clementine

Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

In my dreams she still doth haunt me
Robed in garlands soaked in brine
Though in life I used to hug her
Now she’s dead, I draw the line

Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Now you scouts may learn the moral
Of this little tale of mine
Artificial respiration
Would have saved my Clementine

Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

How I missed her, how I missed her
How I missed my Clementine
Till I kissed her little sister
And forgot my Clementine

Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

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