Here Comes a Song

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Here Comes a Song
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 1992
Recorded1992
Genre Children's music
Length43:56
Label ABC
Producer The Wiggles [1]
The Wiggles chronology
The Wiggles
(1991)
Here Comes a Song
(1992)
Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
(1993)

Here Comes a Song is the second studio album by Australian children's music group, The Wiggles. released in 1992 by ABC Music distributed by EMI.

Contents

Track listing

All music by or trad. arr. by M. Cook/J. Fatt/G. Page/A. Field except listed below.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."We're All Friends" 1:52
2."Little Brown Ant" 1:06
3."I Knew a Cricket" 0:16
4."Uncle Noah's Ark" 2:27
5."Dorothy's Birthday Party" 2:28
6."Bert the Wombat" 0:12
7."Here Comes a Bear" 1:25
8."Henry the Octopus" 1:43
9."Poesje Mauw" 1:02
10."I Love It When It Rains" 1:11
11."Three Animals" 1:37
12."Sing a Song of Polly" 1:07
13."Come and Sail the Sea" 1:28
14."A Pirate's Life" 0:22
15."Bound For South Australia" 1:21
16."The Gypsy Rover" 2:13
17."A Family Song" 2:06
18."Daniel and Molly" 2:07
19."I Look in the Mirror" 1:44
20."Fire Engines" 0:43
21."Dungley Wobble" 1:00
22."Lechoo Yeladim" 1:34
23."Dancing Ride" 2:04
24."Whenever I Hear This Music" 1:13
25."Tidy Up Song" 1:56
26."Fly Through the Air" 1:14
27."The Magic Kindy" 1:30
28."Rainy Day" 0:17
29."Glush Swish Mush Nump" 0:20
30."It's Been Raining All Day" 0:17
31."The Dreaming Song"Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, John Field 1:40
32."The Lion and the Unicorn" 1:48
33."Mitten the Kitten" 0:59

Personnel

The Wiggles

Additional musicians

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References

  1. Here Comes A Song booklet ABC/EMI Music: 81434442 1992