Literature
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Pumpkins in the Cornfield
Pumpkins in the Cornfield is a Hallow’s Eve motion-song to the tune of “Pig in the Parlor.” Published in Normal Instructor and…
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Taps
Taps was first performed at Civil War burial ceremonies in 1862, but its origin and authorship of the music and its…
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The Goblin Man
The Goblin Man was published in Normal Instructor and Primary Plans (October 1922). Score credit: Sallie G. Fitzgerald When the Goblin Man,He comes…
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The Soldier’s Dream of Home
The Soldier’s Dream of Home (1861-65) was a Currier & Ives American Civil War print showing a Union soldier with a…
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The True Meaning of Christmas (recited by Linus)
Linus’ speech about the true meaning of Christmas is the highlight of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Retrieved from The Bible,…
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Winter Sport
Winter Sport was published in the poetry collection, Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys, published by Rufus Merrill in 1850. Down,…
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Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle (1781) is an earlier version of the patriotic song you might also know, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1904). It…
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Bingo
Bingo is an enduring circular rhyme song that continues to delight young children, of unknown English origin. Sing aloud and…
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Brahms’ Lullaby
Brahms’ Lullaby (1868), the cradle song composed by Johannes Brahms, translated from the German, Wiegenlied: Guten Abend, gute Nacht (Good evening, good night).…
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Bye, Baby, Bye: A Lullaby
Bye, Baby, Bye: A Lullaby (1890 was written by Eudora S. Bumstead, composed by Fred C. Hahr. Retrieved from New York…
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