Includes program notes, durations, and lyrics on insert.
Ella Jenkins, vocals, harmonica, ukulele, drum ; Rita Ruby, guitar, vocals ; with children from Donoghue Elementary and Horace Greely Elementary Schools, Chicago.
Recorded at Chicago Recording Co., Chicago, Ill.
Parents' Choice Award winner, 2011.
NMAF copy 39088019138965 gift of Ella Jenkins.
Contents:
Pick a bale of cotton -- One two three O'Leary -- Calling a square dance -- Black royalty -- Little Sally Walker -- Cotton-eyed Joe -- I want to be ready -- He's got the whole world in his hands -- Swing low, sweet chariot -- Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham -- Standing in the need of prayer -- Amazing grace -- Somebody's talking about freedom -- Sadie complete -- Uncle Flood and the blues -- Milk cow blues -- Summertime -- The cuckoo -- The farmer in the dell -- This is your year, children -- I'm on my way to Canaan land
Summary:
Children's music legend and the first lady of children's folk song, Ella Jenkins offers stories and songs that speak to her youthful years as an African-American child in a multicultural world.