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    Wednesday
    Oct152008

    Train Songs (Updated)

    It's "Transportation Week" at Little Boy Blue's preschool, so I decided to put together a CD of transportation-related kids music to be played in his class.

    Man, was that hard work.

    I don't have anywhere near all my kids' CDs loaded on my hard drive, and even then, I had waaaay more good music than I could fit on a CD. (And, really, 2 CDs would've been overkill.)

    So I've decided to update my list of train songs for kids.

    If you've got more (and I know there are, there was only so much I could do), list 'em in the comments.
    "Catch That Train!" - off of Dan Zanes and Friends' (DZ&F) Catch That Train!, of course
    "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" - also try DZ&F's Catch That Train!
    "Wabash Cannonball" - many, try DZ&F's House Party
    "Guysborough Railway" - try DZ&F's Night Time
    "Rock Island Line" - try DZ&F's Family Dance
    A whole bunch of songs on DZ&F's Parades and Panoramas
    "Freight Train" - try Elizabeth Mitchell's You Are My Flower, also on Enzo Garcia's Breakfast with Enzo and the Saltminers' version on Family Hootenanny compilation
    "Little Red Caboose" - many, try Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb's Catch The Moon (also Laurie Berkner)
    "I've Been Working on the Railroad - many, try Laurie Berkner's version on Buzz Buzz
    "New River Train" - try Raffi's version
    "Choo Choo Train" - try Ralph's World's debut Ralph's World
    "The Little Engine That Could" - try the Hollow Trees' self-titled debut
    "Big Locomotive" - Peter Apel (I've Got A Dinosaur On My Head!)
    "Train" - try Erin Flynn's version on Dreamers of Dreams)
    "Fast Train to Grandma's" - Frances England (Family Tree)
    "Aidan's Train" - Hipwaders (Educated Kid)
    "Eastbound Freight Train" - try Johnny Bregar's version on Hootenanny
    "Caboose" - Lunch Money
    "The Train Song" - Medeski, Martin & Wood (Let's Go Everywhere)
    "Choo-Choo Train" - Ralph's World (self-titled debut)
    "Chugga Chugga Choo Choo" - Abby and the Pipsqueaks
    "Train Medley" on Yosi's Under A Big Bright Yellow Umbrella that includes some (if not all) of the songs listed above.
    James Coffey has an entire CD of train-related songs called My Mama Was a Train
    John Denver did a train-themed album called All Aboard

    Reader Comments (2)

    I am searching for a train song my father gave me when I was a young child (early 1950's). It is about a toy train that wanted to be a big train. It went through a tunnel, and came out a big train. The work was so hard, it wanted to be a little train again. Do you know the name of that song?Thanks Bruce n9bh@svs.com
    July 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBruce
    I have been searching for 16 years - a medley of songs starting with the sound of a chugging train (one way ticket)- all 50's songs includibg OH Carol, Quantanamerah etc. sung by male and females and orchestra backed. would pay anything to get it.
    July 25, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPuru

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