Sings Honk-Hiss-Tweet-GGGGGGG and Other Favorites

Artist	Tom Glazer
Label Name	Smithsonian/Folkways
Song List	1: Come Down the Aisle (1:45) 2: The Bus Song (1:52) 3: Three Crows (3:11) 4: The Big Rock Candy Mountain (3:05) 5: Honk-Hiss-Tweet-GGGGGGGGGG (1:31) 6: This Old Man (2:52) 7: On Top of Spaghetti (2:41) 8: A Robin Sat in a Cherry Tree (2:13) 9: Haul Away Joe (3:24) 10: I Know an Old Lady (3:19) 11: Jimmy Crack Corn (The Blue-Tail Fly) (2:48) 12: Jennie Jenkins (3:44) 13: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:59) 14: Little White Duck (3:07) 15: Down by the Station (1:50) 16: Skip to My Lou (3:13) 17: The Fox (2:56) 18: Put Your Finger in the Air (2:44) 19: Hush Little Baby (2:48) 20: Come on and Join into the Game (1:59) 21: Little Bitty Baby (Go, I Will Send Thee) (3:29) 22: Now, Now, Now (2:18) 23: The Frog Went A-Courtin' (3:01) 24: So Long (0:43)
Format	CD
Release Date	2008 10 21
Style.Categories	Children's Folk, Sing-Along, Educational, Traditional Folk, Novelty

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The folk singer who popularized "On Top of Spaghetti," Tom Glazer had no lack of irreverent wit, which paid him well in his frequent recordings and performances for children. The reissue compilation Sings Honk-Hiss-Tweet-GGGGGG and Other Children's Favorites finds Smithsonian Folkways reissuing two of his live recordings -- Activity and Game Songs, Vol. 1 and Activity and Game Songs, Vol. 2, both from the early '70s -- in front of a young audience. Although the acoustics aren't great on the earliest performances (no one could have mistaken this auditorium for Carnegie Hall), Glazer's humor and storytelling are infectious. "On Top of Spaghetti" appears, of course, as do loads of age-old children's' favorites like "The Bus Song," "This Old Man," "Haul Away Joe," and "Skip to My Lou." What's more, these are no mere run-throughs -- Glazer teaches children the Scottish burr for "Three Crows," encourages them to scream out "Joe" whenever he approaches it on "Haul Away Joe," and in similar fashion to "On Top of Spaghetti," transforms the lyrics of "Big Rock Candy Mountain" from a hobo's version of heaven to a child's ("There you go to school in a swimming pool; And your fav'rite cowboys teach you/And you ride a horse, it's your own, of course; You're so tall that your Daddy can't reach you"). Although the audio quality is less than stellar for the digital age, the version of "On Top of Old Spaghetti" comes from a different source, and is practically pristine. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide