Voggy's Recorder Songbook

This book features some of the most popular children's songs and folk songs for the descant recorder in the key of C. All songs have been arranged for the beginning recorder player and -if necessary- slightly simplified to make playing them even more fun. There are even fingering diagrams for the recorder in the appendix.

Titles included:

Funny Tunes:

Camptown Races

Hickory Dickory Dock

Jack and Jill

Skip To My Lou

J.J.J. Schmidt

There’s a Hole in the Bucket

Once a Man

99 Bottles

Polly Wolly Doodle

Mixed Bag:

A Tisket, a Tasket

Amazing Grace

Clementine

Down By the Station

Lavender’s Blue

He’s Got the Whole World

London Bridge Is Falling Down

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Marianne

My Bonny Is Over the Ocean

When the Saints Go Marchin’ In

She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain

This Little Light of Mine

If You’re Happy

Oh Susanna

Can Can (Offenbach)

Row, Row, Row

Michael Row the Boat Ashore

Kum ba yah

Men and Aninals:

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Bingo

Pop Goes the Weasel

Teddy Bear

Crawdad Song

Eentsy, Weentsy Spider

Hey, Diddle, Diddle

Little Green Frog

Old McDonald Had a Farm

This Old Man

One Elephant Went Out

It’s Raining

Going to Bed and Waking Up:

Brahms Lullaby

Hush-a-Bye, Baby

Brother John

Good Morning

Goodnight Ladies

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Hush, Little Baby

Sleep Baby, Sleep

Sleep Tight

Christmas and Celebration:

Jingle Bells

Silent Night

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Jolly Good Fellow

Olde to Joy (Beethoven)

Appendix:

Caring for Your Recorder

A Word About Practicing

Meter

The Notes on Your Recorder

Key Signatures

Fingering Chart