Singable Songs for the Very Young is a music album

Music Album

Music album is the name of:* Music Album , a 1970s Canadian television series* Album, a collection of music tracks...

 by Canadian

Canada

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 children's entertainer Raffi

Raffi (musician)

Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC , better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian-Armenian singer-songwriter, author, essayist and lecturer...

, released in 1976.

The album contains a mixture of traditional and original songs. Simple instrument arrangements and clear, forward vocals make each track easy to follow and sing along with. Despite its recording date, the album continues to be a best seller. Among the musicians appearing on it is Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...

 on mandolin

Mandolin

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.

In "Raffi on Broadway", the front cover of this album was seen on one of the planet-shaped screens during the song, "One Light, One Sun".

Track listing

1. "The More We Get Together" – 1:11
2. "Down by the Bay
   Down by the Bay
   "Down by the Bay" is a traditional children's song. A famous version was performed by Raffi and appears on his 1976 album Singable Songs for the Very Young...
   
   " (traditional) – 2:11
3. "Brush Your Teeth" (adapted and arranged by Louise Dain and Raffi) – 1:15
4. "Robin in the Rain" – 1:56
5. "Five Green and Speckled Frogs
   Five Green and Speckled Frogs
   Five Green and Speckled Frogs is a popular children's song and nursery rhyme sung in many daycare centers. It is also often sung to babies when they are learning how to swim, in "parent and tot" swim classes...
   
   " (traditional) – 1:44
6. "I Wonder If I'm Growing" – 1:36
7. "Aikendrum
   Aiken Drum
   "Aiken Drum" is a popular Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme, which probably has its origins in a Jacobite song about the Battle of Sheriffmuir . It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 2571....
   
   " (traditional - Scottish folk song) – 1:19
8. "Bumping Up and Down" – 1:34
9. "Must Be Santa" – 2:25
10. "Willoughby Wallaby Woo" – 1:56
11. "Spider on the Floor" – 2:17
12. "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (traditional) – 1:01
13. "Going to the Zoo" (Tom Paxton
    Tom Paxton
    Thomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer and singer-songwriter who has been writing, performing and recording music for over forty years...
    
    ) – 1:41
14. "My Dreydel" – 0:35
15. "Peanut Butter Sandwich" – 1:00
16. "Five Little Pumpkins" – 0:33
17. "The Sharing Song" – 1:07
18. "Mr. Sun" – 1:17
19. "Old MacDonald Had A Band" – 2:13

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1999	Top Kid Audio	21