We are fortunate to have a rich heritage of folk music to use in our teaching. Here are but a few of the folk songs that children (and teachers and parents) love.

These folk songs are available from a variety of albums. 

A Ram Sam Sam– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
A Sailor Went to Sea– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Aiken Drum– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
Ain't No Flies on Us!– Andrew Queen and Karen Stille
Alice the Camel– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Alphabet Song– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Amazing Grace– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Anchors Aweigh– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Animal Fair– Traditional Song
The Ants Go Marching– Traditional Folk Song
Apples and Bananas– Traditional Song
Arabella Miller– Traditional Folk Song
The Bear Went Over the Mountain– Traditional Folk Song
B-I-N-G-O– Traditional Folk Song
Boom Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy– Traditional Folk Song
Brush Your Teeth– Traditional Folk Song
Buffalo Gals– Traditional Folk Song
Clap Your Hands!– Traditional Song
Cockles and Mussels– Traditional Irish Song
Coming 'Round the Mountain– Andrew Queen
Crawdad Song– Traditional Folk Song
Dem Bones– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Did You Eat Your Food?– Traditional Folk Song
Did You Feed My Cow?– Lyrics with Extension Activities from Stephanie Burton
Do Your Ears Hang Low?– Traditional Folk Song
Down By the Bay– Traditional Folk Song
Down By the Riverside – Traditional Folk Song
Down by the River Side– Lyrics Adapted by Mary Miché
Down in the Valley– Traditional Folk Song
The Erie Canal– Traditional Folk Songs
Father Abraham– Traditional Folk Song
Five Green and Speckled Frogs– Traditional Folk Song
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow– Traditional Folk Song
The Fox– Traditional Folk Song
Funga A La Feeya– Traditional West African Folk Song
German Cradle Song– Traditional German Lullaby
The Gingerbread Man– Susan Harrison
Git Along Home, Cindy, Cindy– Traditional Folk Song
Go In and Out the Window– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
Going On A Bear Hunt– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
Grandpa's Farm– Traditional Song Lyrics
Green Grass Grew All Around– Traditional Song
The Green Grass Grew All Around– Traditional Folk Song
Head and Shoulders Baby– Traditional Folk Song
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes– Traditional Folk Song
Hello, My Name Is Joe– Traditional/Andrew Queen
Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush– Traditional Folk Song
Home on the Range– Traditional Folk Song
Hush Little Baby– Traditional Folk Song
I Had a Rooster– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
I Love the Mountains– Traditional Folk Song Lyrics
I Ride An Old Paint– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
If You're Happy and You Know It– Traditional Folk Song
If You're Happy and You Know It– Lyrics with Extension Activities
I've Been Working On the Railroad– Traditional Folk Song
Jenny Jenkins– Traditional Folk Song
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt– Traditional Folk Song
Johnny Appleseed– Traditional Folk Song
Johnny Works With One Hammer– Traditional African-American Folk Song
Kumbaya– Traditional African-American Folk Song
Lavender's Blue– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Little Cabin in the Woods– Traditional Song
The Little Green Frog– Jim Rule
Mama Don't Allow– Sheet Music/Piano Solo Instrumental
Mamma Don't Allow– Traditional Folk Song/Gemini
Michael Finnegan– Traditional Song
Miss Lucy Had a Baby– Traditional Song
Miss Lucy Had a Baby– Traditional Song Lyrics
Miss Mary Mack– Traditional Folk Song
Miss Polly Had a Dolly– Traditional Song
The More We Get Together– Traditional Song
The Mulberry Bush– Traditional Song
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean– Traditional Folk Song
My Country 'Tis of Thee– Traditional Folk Song
My Dog Rags– Traditional Folk Song
My Hand On My Head– Traditional Folk Song
Muffin Man– Traditional Song
The Noble Duke of York– Traditional Folk Song
Oh, Mr. Sun– Traditional Folk Song
Oh, My Darling Clementine– Traditional Folk Song
Oh Susanna– Traditional Folk Song
Old Joe Clark– Traditional Folk Song
Old Joe Clark– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Old MacDonald Had a Farm– Traditional Folk Song
Old MacDonald Had a Farm– With Extension Activities from Stephanie Burton
One Bottle of Pop– Traditional Folk Song
Over in the Meadow– Traditional Folk Song
The Paw-Paw Patch– Traditional Folk Song
Quaherey– Traditional Song/Gemini
Rattlin' Bog– Traditional Folk Song
Reuben and Rachel– Traditional Folk Song
The Riddle Song– Traditional Folk Song
Rise and Shine– Traditional Folk Song
Rock-a-Bye, Baby– Traditional Folk Song
Row, Row, Row Your Boat– Traditional Folk Song
She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain– Traditional Folk Song
Shenandoah– Traditional Folk Song
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me– Traditional Folk Song
Simple Gifts– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Skip To My Lou– Traditional Folk Song
St. Patrick was a Gentleman– Traditional Folk Song
Sweet Betsy From Pike– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Ten in the Bed– Traditional Folk Song
Ten Little Chipmunks– Traditional Folk Song
That's What They Taught Me In School– Traditional/Stephanie Burton
There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
There's a Hole in the Bucket– Traditional Folk Song
This Old Man– Traditional Folk Song
This Trian Is Bound For Glory– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Three Nice Mice– Traditional Folk Song (Updated)
Threw It Out the Window– Traditional Folk Song
Tommy Thumb– Traditional Folk Song
Tony Chestnut– Traditional Folk Song with new lyrics
Tony Chestnut– Traditional Folk Song
We Circle Around– Traditional Arapaho Folk Song
We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands– Traditional Folk Song
What'll I Do With the Baby-O?– Traditional Folk Song/Bob Silberg
The Wheels On the Bus– Traditional Folk Song
When Johnny Comes Marching Home– Traditional Song
When the Saints Go Marching In– Traditional Song
When the Saints Go Marching In– Sheet Music/Piano Solo
Worms– Andrew Queen
Yankee Doodle– Traditional Folk Song
You Gotta Sing– Traditional Song/Gemini

See also: Campfire Folk, Nursery Rhymes and Fingerplays Song Lyrics

Folk Song
Music Products

Coloring Pages:
Folk Songs Vol 1

Coloring Pages:
Folk Songs Vol 2