Thursday, May 12, 2011

The American Songbook

Ask your children what they are singing in elementary school these days. When I was in elementary school, children all over the United States learned the same songs. Here is one of those songs:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kentuckyderby#p/u/7/SryB2Cgb-SY

Of course, the Kentucky Derby is an American tradition, the one horse race that millions of Americans watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQsMgu9rr1k

I was at the San Diego Zoo recently and saw a bird which reminded me of another song that we used to sing in elementary school:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Uq6AB_4hM

Shall we try it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1fO1je3Oxg&NR=1

1 comment:

  1. Dear Mr.R,
    I have watched the elementary choir, and I wish one day my daughter could join the choir like children in the video.
    Dung

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