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Apples And Bananas
"Apples and Bananas" or "Oopples and Boo-noo-noos" is a traditional North American children's song that plays with the vowels of words. The first verse usually begins unaltered: I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas. I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas. The following verses replace most or all vowels with one given vowel sound (the letters A, E, I, O, and U, except for "Y" (which is sometimes a vowel or consonant). It is usually each of the long vowels sounds of ⟨a⟩ (), ⟨e⟩ (), ⟨i⟩ (), ⟨o⟩ (), and ⟨u⟩ (), although potentially any English vowel can be used. For example: Ay lake tay ate, ate, ate ayples aind bah-nay-nays. Ay lake tay ate, ate, ate ayples aind bah-nay-nays. Scottish musicians Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise in 1981 on their album and book "The Singing Kettle and later Canadian musician Raffi released a version of the song on his album ''One Light, One Sun'' (1985). This version only changed the stressed vowels; that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Music
Children's music or kids' music is music composed and performed for children. In European-influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment and educational functions. Children's music is often designed to provide an entertaining means of teaching children about their culture, other cultures, good behavior, facts and skills. Many are folk songs, but there is a whole genre of educational music that has become increasingly popular. History Early published music The growth of the popular music publishing industry, associated with New York's Tin Pan Alley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to the creation of a number of songs aimed at children. These included 'Ten little fingers and ten little toes' by Ira Shuster and Edward G. Nelson and 'School Days (1907 song), School Days' (1907) by Gus Edwards and Will Cobb . Perhaps the best reme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |