Its nice to have familar artists (and some familiar songs! I immediately broke into singing Senor El Gato like we had never left the first grade) on this album. The songs are cute and silly (Funky Butt is ironically funny for parents) and fun to sing.

I will buy this for any friends or family who have children.

PS- Godfrey is not about a pedophile, but rather about a cranky old, homeless wannabe magician who is perhaps crazy but harmless. its a silly song and maybe one of my favorite tracks on the CD.

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One of the best  Dec 24, 2005 By Alina V
There are two reasons why I decided to make this my first review of a product ever:

1. This is probably the BEST children's music CD out on the market and it is most enjoyable to listen to over and over again (as we parents do when our kids like a particular collection of songs and request them time and time again). This CD is a unique collection of oldies and some new goodies; each and every one of them a gem. I am a music enthusiast that has been rather disappointed with many of the children's music being mass prduced today and found this one to be exceptional. It features a group of Chicago musicians and is released by an independent record label in Chicago, Bloodshot Records, who need to start working on their next chilren's album...

2. To the person who thinks that Godfrey is about a pedophile (not to trivialize your concern):
a) please listen to the words and do not overread the simplcity of the lyrics.
b) accept Godfrey as what he is, a crazy, cranky, old, "sickly, unemployed, amateur magician" who hangs around the playground because his only captive audiences for his gross (BUT NOT SUGGESTIVE) tricks are schoolchildren.

Thank you for reading my first review and I hope it inspires you to add this album to your children's (or your) music collection...

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I Love This, and I Don't Even Have Kids!  Jan 21, 2003 By Jennifer Barger
I'm still not sure if I want kids, but this CD will be the first thing I play for them if I do! This pastiche of alt-country songs from the fab label Bloodshot includes Kelly Hogan's silly (sexy even!) "Rubber Ducky" and Trailer Bride's lovely "Lullaby." Original tunes by masters like Alejandro Escovedo mix well with standards like "Rockin' Robin." Equally good for cocktail parties and little tots' birthday soirees.

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Outstanding album for children of all ages  Apr 20, 2003 By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan"
It seems an unlikely idea - alternative country singers getting together to do a children's album - but it works brilliantly.

Rosie Flores opens the album in great style with her cover of the classic song Red red robin. It sets the tone of the album, which is almost relentlessly upbeat, fun music, with just the occasional slow song like It's not easy being green, performed by Rex Hobart and the misery boys. Yes, this album is occasionally slightly silly, but nothing to make you squirm or run away from.

Apart from Red red robin, perhaps the most famous songs here are Camptown races (done as an instrumental), I am my own Grandpa (sung here by the Asylum street spankers), Three billy goats gruff (narrated by Carolyn Mark) and The fox (sung by the Waco brothers). Snowball is a new song by the Handsome family, set to the tune of the classic train song Wabash Cannonball. Likewise, On top of spaghetti, with new lyrics sung by Jane Baxter Miller, uses the music from On top of Old Smokey.

Many of the other songs are completely new, specially written for this project. All the contributors clearly enjoyed themselves. Buy this album and join in the fun.

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Bloodshot hooks 'em while they're young'uns  Jul 09, 2003
What happens when an alternative label figures out that their acts and the fans are all growing up and having kids? A little something for those in this next generation growing up with the belief that a guitar is still a machine that can kill facists, that's what. Wonderful childhood standards, like "on Top of Spaghetti" and "The Crawfish Song" are covered with a fabulous sense of whimsy. "Rubber Ducky" is given the joyful respect it's come to deserve. And folks like Alejandro Escovedo show that they can still write like a ten year old, in the best possible sense of being ten. This album is a great mix of old favorites, new standards, and completely original songs, all of which are perfect for the completely original individuals we're trying to raise. It's good to know that in the 21st century, a modern kind of folk music is getting to the kinderfolk. Thanks Bloodshot, and thanks Uncle Pete.

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