Popular Children's Songs
This popular children's song from 1859 is set on a farm, and children often delight in mimicking animal sounds.
What is Old MacDonald Had a Farm?
Jesus was born "Far away in a certain place." (1887)
What is "Away in a Manger"?
This song written in 1800 is one of the most popular songs at funerals.
What is "Amazing Grace"?
1894 song is about a person working to build the locomotive tracks across the country.
What is "I've Been Working on the Railroad"?
This song (1893) is sung for people's birthdays around the world.
What is "Happy Birthday to You"?
This opening line of this (1869) song is about getting rid of annoying flying insects.
What is "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me"?
What is "Joy to the World?"
This song (1896) is often sung when celebrating All Saints Day on November 1st.
What is "When the Saints Go Marching In"?
This bugle call (1890) is recognized as "wake up!"
What is "Reveille"?
This is a popular lullaby in which the baby falls from a tree. (1884)
What is "Rock -a -bye Baby"?
A famous line from this song written in 1865 is, "have you any wool?"
What is "Baa, Baa Black sheep"?
"Small shiny things making sounds" (1857)
What is "Jingle Bells"?
This Spiritual (1872) speaks of being carried to heaven in a chariot.
What is "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"?
This man wrote many Patriotic marches that are still performed today at the US Capital.
Who is John Philip Sousa?
The first verse of this song from 1844 reads, "Fly in the buttermilk, shoo fly shoo."
What is "Skip to My Lou"?
"It came in the middle of a clear night" (1850)
This Christmas Song (1868) is entitled the small place where Jesus was born.
What is, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"?
This famous Sousa March from 1897 is also considered our National March.
What is "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?
This song from 1881 is about the movement of a contraption that floats down a gentle stream and is often sung as a cannon.
What is "Row, Row, Row your Boat?
"Lo, the messenger celestial beings are music-ing." (1855)
What is "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"?
This (1860) tune was the South's National Anthem during the Civil War.
What is "Dixie" or "Dixie's Land".