Multicultural Music & Diversity Songs

Add some interest to your Social Studies curriculum by supplementing your lesson plans with Multicultural Songs!  Whether you need educational music for teaching about diversity, songs from around the world or songs for embracing our differences, you'll find a varied selection below. These Multicultural Songs are for children of all ages... and many will also appeal to grown-ups.

These song lyrics about diversity are available from a variety of albums:

Songs About Diversity and Embracing our Differences
A Train Ride to the Great Wall – Ella Jenkins
All Over This World – Two of a Kind
All the Children Sing - Wendy Rollin
Asikatali - Children of Africa – Traditional Folk Song
Because We're Friends – Music with Mar.
Brown Boy Brown Girl –Kymberly Stewart
Chotto Matle Kudasai – Ella Jenkins
The Colors of Earth – Two of a Kind
Come on Board! – Paulette Meier
Culture Everyday – Culture Queen
Different – West Los Angeles Children's Choir
Different! – Andrew C. Germain's's Life-Skills
Everybody Has a Story – Lorraine Bayes
Everyone is Differently Abled – Lorraine Bayes and Danny Deardorff
Family Feeling – Jan Nigro
German Cradle Song – Traditional German Lullaby
Going Down The Road – Little Miss Ann
I Am Building My House – Joe Crone
I Like The Me I See – Culture Queen
I Love My History – Culture Queen
I'm Not a Christmas Celebrator – Ants on a Log
In The People's Republic of China – Ella Jenkins
It Doesn't Matter If You're Little – Prue Whoo
It's OK To Be Different – Prue Whoo
Jalapeno Bagels – Sam Jones
Learning Languages – Greta Pedersen & Pam Donkin
Lift Every Voice and Sing – Culture Queen
Love Makes A Family – Two of a Kind
More Love – Vivi Melody & Family
Multicultural World – Joyce Paultre
No Two Alike – Mrs. Music
(Older People Have) So Much to Share – Jan Nigro
One Family – Two of a Kind
One World – Keystone Creations
Our Multicultural School – Songs for Positive Schools
Pieces of a Quilt – Lauren Mayer
People Song – City Love
Red, White and Blue – Two of a Kind
Respect – David Woodward
School Song – Kathleen Wiley
Sing! Sing! Sing! – Silly Goose & Val
Slide  – Alphabet Rockers
Some Rights in this World – Jan Nigro
Tear Down the Walls – Jan Nigro
Tell Me Your Story – Two of a Kinds
Under One Sky – Two of a Kind
Upendo – The Wise Channel
Walls and Bridges – Two of a Kind
We Are A Patchwork Quilt – Two of a Kind
We Are All Alike – Hap Palmer
We Are The Children of The World – Donna & Andy
We're All Different – Caroline and Danny
We're All Make of Stars – City Love
We're All The Same – SNOOKNUK - 1 Tribe Collective
We're Just Like Crayons – Stephen Fite
What Does Peace Mean? – Paulette Meier
The World is a Circle – Rita Gold

Multicultural Songs from Around the World

All Around the World – Rachel Sumner
All the Way Around the World – Katherine Dines
Hello – Two of a Kind
Hello 'Round the World – Two of a Kind
Hunk-ta-bunk-ta Chants (full album) – Katherine Dines
Learning Languages – Greta Pedersen & Pam Donkin
Ni hao, Jambo, Hola – Liz Buchanan
'Round The World With Ways To Say Hello – Hap Palmr
Sing! Sing! Sing! – Silly Goose & Val

Traditional & Original Songs from Africa
Asikatali - Children of Africa – Traditional Folk Song
Che Che Kooley – Alina Celeste
Che Che Kule – Greta Pedersen & Pam Donkin
Che Che Kule  – Susan Salidor
Funga A La Feeya
Funga Alafia Traditional – Greta Pedersen & Pam Donkin
Funga Alafia– Rachel Sumner
Funga Alafia– Traditional - performed by Suzi Shelton
Kye Kye Kule
Mtoto Mzuri (feat. Ahadi)   – Jabali Afrika - 1 Tribe Collective
Sleep My Baby (Nigerian Lullaby) – Hap Palmer
Speaking Swahili

Traditional Songs from Europe
Funiculì, Funiculà – Traditional Folk Song (Italy)
Mango, Mango – Traditional Folk Song (Norway) - performed by Suzi Shelton
Peter's Brook (Peter's Brünnele) – (Austria) Greta Pedersen & Pam Donkin

Traditional Songs from Japan & China
Bamboo Flute (Chinese Lullaby) – Hap Palmer
The Frog Song – Greta Pedersen & Pam Donkin
Under the Big Chestnut Tree (Ooki na Kuri o Ki no Shita de) – Traditional Folk Song (Japan) - performed by Suzi Shelton

Traditional & Original Songs from Hawaii, Polynesia & the South Sea Islands
Aloha Song – Tria
Good Luck – Little Miss Ann
Hoku Light – Tria
Stars On The Island – Little Miss Ann

Songs from or about the Middle East
Assalam Aleykum – Daria
Ki Va Moed – Hap Palmer
Light Rises Over Darkness (Divali) – Katherine Dines
Ramadan – Katherine Dines
Saba il Xheer – Stuart Stotts
Salaam Shalom – Daria
Zum Gali Gali – Traditional

Traditional & Original Native American Songs
Apache Exercise Song – Music, Movement & Magination
Chippewa Lullaby – Hap Palmer
Hey, Hey Watenay – Songs for Teachers
Keemo Kyemo! – Katherine Dines
Native American Counting Song – Music, Movement & Magination
Pow Wow – Jack Hartmann
We Circle Around – Traditional Arapaho Folk Song
Ya Ha Haway – Songs for Teachers

Traditional & African American Songs
Down by the Riverside  – Daria
Down by the Riverside  – Songs for Teachers
I'm Gonna Let It Shine (full album)  – Bill Harley
Follow the Drinking Gourd  – Songs for Teachers
Get on Board Little Children  – Tickle Tune Typhoon
Hambone  – Susan Salidor
Little Liza Jane– Traditional - perfomed by Suzi Shelton
When I Was a Little Fish  – Susan Salidor

Traditional Songs in Spanish
A La Nanita Nana – Hap Palmer
Cielito Lindo
El Colás
Debajo de un Botón – Alina Celeste
De colores
Dormite Niñito (Lullaby from El Salvador) – Hap Palmer
Elena la ballena
LaGranja – Greta Pedersen & Pam Donkin
La Lechuza – Traditional Folk Song (Mexico) - performed by Suzi Shelton
Las Mañanitas
La Mariposa (Traditional song from Bolivia) – Rachel Sumner
Los Laureles
Los Pollitos– Alina Celeste
La Raspa
Vaca Lachera– Alina Celeste

Traditional Songs in French
Alouette, gentille alouette
Frère Jacques
Savez-vous planter les choux?
Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds

See also:  Friendship Songs, American Folk Songs, Anti-Bullying and Character Education Songs and songs for teaching Chinese, French, German and Spanish