Move to the Sound
of World Music

This collection of 64 songs from around the world is a great addition to any general music classroom. These songs can be coordinated with the popular series Movement to Music in Confined Spaces (MLR-188) which concentrates on rhythm development through physical movement.

These diverse tunes will be sure to get students’ legs tapping and fingers snapping! Appropriate for any age level.

Contents: Linstead Market (Calypso, Trinidad) • Cielito Lindo (Folk song, Mexico) • The Entertainer (Ragtime, U.S.) • Choucoune (Calypso, West Indies) • The Stars and Stripes Forever (March, U.S.) • Hafinjan (Folk song, Israel) • Children’s Tune (Folk dance, Brazil) • Nine Red Horsemen (Folk dance, Mexico) • Habemos Llegado (Folk song, Puerto Rico) • Tortilla Vendor (Folk song, Chile) • Itsy Bitsy Spider (Play song in reggae style, U.S.) • Gary Owen (Folk dance, Ireland) • Hill and Gully Rider (Soca/call and response, Caribbean) • Ticky Tacky Houses (Reggae, U.S.) • Go to Sleep (Lullaby, Sweden) • Water Come a Me Eye (Calypso/call and response, Trinidad) • Let’s Go Blue (Dixieland/football cheer, U.S.) • Raisins and Almonds (Lullaby, Israel) • Mexican Hat Dance (Folk dance, Mexico) • Habañera (Bequine style, France) • Kingdom Coming (Minstrel song, U.S.) • Jamaica Farewell (Calypso style, U.S.) • Banuwa (Highlife, Ghana) • A la Nanita Nana (Carol, Spain) • Ging Gong Gooli (Folk dance, Guiana) • Tumbalalaika (Folk song, Israel) • Cobbler, Cobbler (Reggae, Jamaica) • Blues Call and Response (Jazz/Blues, U.S.) • African Farewell (Folk song, Sierra Leone) • When the Saints Go Marching In (Spiritual in a Dixieland style, U.S.) • Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Folk song, Nigeria) • Sit Down, Sister (Spiritual, U.S.) • Tarantella Napoletana (Folk dance, Italy) • Scarborough Fair (Folk ballad, England) • When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Folk song, Ireland/U.S.) • Aye, Aye, Aye (Salsa, Caribbean) • The Irish Washerwoman (Folk dance, Ireland) • Matarile (Polka, Mexico) • Katyusha (Folk tune, Russia) • Drunken sailor (Sea chantey, Ireland) • Skye Boat Song (Lullaby, Scotland) • Un, Deux, Trois (Cajun folk song, U.S.) • Rig-a-jig-jig (Folk song, England) • Looby Lou (Folk song, U.S.) • El Jarabe (Folk dance, Mexico) • Partner Folk Songs (Country/folk, U.S.) • Finnish Runne (Folk, Finland) • Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Folk song, U.S.) • Sambalele (Folk song, Brazil) • Shining Young Moon (Folk tune, Russia) • Tinga Layo (Calypso, West Indies) • Semper Fidelis (March, U.S.) • Mary Ann (Calypso, Trinidad) • Latin Blues (Afro-Cuban, Cuba) • Yankee Doodle (Folk song, Holland/England/U.S.) • God Save the Queen/America (Samba style, England/U.S.) • Greensleeves (Folk song, England) • He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Spiritual, U.S.) • Sansa Kroma (Folk tune, Ghana) • Echen Confites (Folk song, Mexico) • London Bridge (Folk song in a rock style, England) • Cheerio March (March, U.S.) • Desde Mexico He Venido (Folk ballad, Mexico) • Scotland the Brave (Folk song in a rock style, Scotland)