Mainly Mother Goose

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Mainly Mother Goose
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Studio album by
Released1984
Genre Children's music
Length47:52
Label Elephant Records
A&M Records
Drive Entertainment
Casablanca Kids Inc.
Sharon, Lois & Bram chronology
One, Two, Three, Four, Live!
(1982)
Mainly Mother Goose
(1984)
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show Record
(1986)

Mainly Mother Goose is the sixth album by popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1984. It has been re-released several times, but the artwork on the front covers remained basically the same.

Contents

It was the first album of Sharon, Lois & Bram's to have a central theme throughout the entire album (aka Nursery Rhymes/Mother Goose). Mainly Mother Goose was also the first of the Sharon, Lois & Bram albums to be originally released on CD as well as LP Record and Cassette. A songbooklet with words & music to all the songs was included in the original releases.

Releases


1984 (Elephant Records) (CANADA) LP Record/Cassette/CD
1990 (A&M Records) (USA) LP Record/Cassette/CD
1995 (Drive Entertainment) (USA) Cassette/CD
2004/2005/2008 (Casablanca Kids Inc.) (CANADA) CD

Nominations & Awards

Parent's Choice Award, Children's Recording (1984)
American Library Association Award, Notable Children's Recording (1985) [1]
Parent's Choice GOLD Award (1985)
Double Platinum

Track listing

  1. "Humpty Dumpty"
  2. "Move Over"
  3. "Simple Simon"
  4. "Walking Up the Stair"
  5. "Such A Gettin' Upstairs / Old John Rabbit"
  6. "Miss Muffet / The Eensy Weensy Spider"
  7. "Terrence McDiddler / Three Little Fishies / 'Ishin'"
  8. "Riding & Marching Medley"
  9. "Diddle Diddle Dumpling"
  10. "Old King Cole / Der Rebbe Elimelech"
  11. "Bluebird, Bluebird"
  12. "There Was A Little Girl"
  13. "Cats & Mice Medley"
  14. "Five Green Apples"
  15. "Food Medley"
  16. "Doctor Tinker Tinker"
  17. "Pop! Goes the Weasel"
  18. "Little Rabbit Foo-Foo"
  19. "Tom, Tom The Piper's Son"
  20. "Jack & Jill"
  21. "Ha-Ha, This-A-Way"
  22. "Two Little Blackbirds / Five Little Chickadees"
  23. "El Sereno"
  24. "Mary Had A Little Lamb"
  25. "Rub-A-Dub-Dub"
  26. "Jump Josie / Skip to My Loo"
  27. "A Riddle"
  28. "Rain Medley"
  29. "Jumping Joan"
  30. "Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?"
  31. "Ride a Cock-Horse / Rings On Her Fingers"
  32. "Ten Little Fingers"
  33. "Arabella Miller"
  34. "As I Was Going Out One Day"
  35. "Savez-Vous Planter Les Choux?"
  36. "Old Woman, Old Woman"
  37. "Lavender's Blue"
  38. "Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake"
  39. "Fais Do Do / Rock-A-Bye, Baby"
  40. "I Had A Little Doll"

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  1. Notable children's films and videos, filmstrips, and recordings, 1973-1986. Chicago: ALA. 1987. ISBN   978-0-8389-3342-8 . Retrieved 2024-02-15.