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Folk music represents the best of Americana, and nobody performs folk music better than Pete Seeger. This charming collection of animal songs, remastered from two Seeger LPs originally recorded in 1955, will delight children and parents alike. Comfortable, well-known titles such as "I Had a Rooster", "Frog Went A-Courting", "Skip to My Lou", and "I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed a Fly)" allow for great family sing-alongs. This album is an excellent example of the simplicity of traditional folk music, with Seeger's warm, friendly vocals and a single yet finely picked banjo as accompaniment. Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes would be an excellent choice for car trips as well as for feeling right at home in your living room. --Deborah Moore
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
For me, this is pure nostalgia - it brings back memories of the fifties. It seems from reading other reviews that young children get as much pleasure from this music as those of my generation did, although I can't imagine anybody recording music this way now.
I don't remember all the songs, but I recognise several of them. I know an old lady is immediately recognisable from the title, but I recognised others immediately upon hearing them again, including The keeper and the doe - it has the (for me) immortal chorus lines
hey down hoe down derry derry down
among the leaves so green-o.
Of course, in the age we now live, some of these songs are not politically correct and some may not appeal to vegetarians, but I don't ever remember hearing much about vegetarians until the eighties. Before then, there were very few of them around. I don't mind such people, but Pete could hardly have been expected to consider them when these songs were recorded.
I read another review where somebody complained about Pete's imitations of animal noises. I'm sure that a modern recording of such songs would use authentic animal noises, but again, this music must be seen as a product of its time.
So, this is a fun album, not to be taken too seriously, which can be enjoyed by young children, or by adults trying to remember when they were young children themselves.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By H. Jones
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this to have something different for our car journeys - fed up with same old same old.
I think the first tracks are quite strong and upbeat, but it loses its momento in the middle a bit and gets a bit gungy for want of a better word.
I have no problems with the animal noises in the second track other than they are a bit loud compared with the song so it does give you a start when driving and the volume is on quite loud.
My 3 yr old and 1 yr old love the first 2 songs, but so far the rest has not been as great a hit as I had hoped for despite lots of play time. Back to the "same old" for a bit...
But it is quite catchy and I often find myself singing bits of it although the words are sometimes very fast and quite hard to follow. Would recommend for an older age group.
I think the first tracks are quite strong and upbeat, but it loses its momento in the middle a bit and gets a bit gungy for want of a better word.
I have no problems with the animal noises in the second track other than they are a bit loud compared with the song so it does give you a start when driving and the volume is on quite loud.
My 3 yr old and 1 yr old love the first 2 songs, but so far the rest has not been as great a hit as I had hoped for despite lots of play time. Back to the "same old" for a bit...
But it is quite catchy and I often find myself singing bits of it although the words are sometimes very fast and quite hard to follow. Would recommend for an older age group.
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The CD was as described and was a good price. It arrived in time for Christmas. My young newphews love the songs.
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