Singalong Songs from Scotland
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The Singing Kettle: Singalong Songs From Scotland is a record containing 17 children’s songs. This is The Singing Kettle
The Singing Kettle
The Singing Kettle is a folk music group who are well known for performing traditional children's songs with a distinctly Scottish flair.-Career:...

's first recording to be widely distributed outside the United Kingdom. The songs are performed by Cilla Fisher, Artie Trezise and Gary Coupland. Also joining in on this recording are Kevin MacLeod and Jane Fisher.

Performer Credits

  • Artie Trezise - Guitar, Vocals, Arranger, Compilation, Compilation Mastering, Photography, Producer
  • Cilla Fisher - Vocals
  • Gary Coupland - Keyboards, Harmony Vocals, Saxophone
  • Kevin MacLeod - Vocals, Voices
  • Jane Fisher - Vocals
  • Norman Chalmers - Vocals, Whistle (Human)
  • Gegor Reid - Autoharp
  • John McGlynn -Drums
  • Stuart Anderson -Accordion, Keyboards
  • Allan Barty - Fiddle, Mandolin
  • Lindsay Porteous - Jew's-Harp
  • Mark Murphy - Bass

Production credits

  • Roy Ashby - Engineer
  • Robin Morton -Engineer
  • Dan Sheehy - Production Supervisor
  • Pete Reiniger -Compilation Mastering
  • Mary Monseur - Production Coordination
  • Carla Borden - Editorial Assistant
  • Stephanie Smith - Producer, Liner Notes, Annotation, Compilation
  • D.A. Sonneborn - Production Supervisor
  • John W. Young - Photography
  • Caroline Brownell - Design, Illustrations

Track listing

  1. Three Craws
  2. Aiken Drum
    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....

  3. Picnic Treat (P. Trezise/Gary Coupland)
  4. Ten in the Bed
  5. No Pyjamas On (Ewan McVicar)
  6. Buy Me a Banana
  7. Down on the Funny Farm (P. Trezise/Gary Coupland)
  8. Bunny Fou Fou (Artie Trezise)
  9. The Green Grass Grew All Around
  10. Air Guitar
    Air guitar
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     (P. Kennedy)
  11. Opposites
  12. Apples and Bananas
    Apples and Bananas
    Not to be confused with the instrumental "Apples and Bananas" on a Lawrence Welk TV show taped in January 1965. It is Stephen Bowen's song. He owns it....

  13. Five Wee Monkeys
  14. The Ants Went Marching
  15. My Boy's a Cowboy
  16. Boa Constrictor
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     (Shel Silverstein
    Shel Silverstein
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    )
  17. Friends Like You (Jane Fisher/P. Trezise/Gary Coupland)

External links

  • http://www.folkways.si.edu/AlbumDetails.aspx?itemid=2994
  • http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2519237,00.html
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