NYSings!
A song list for and by New Yorkers
Complied by The NYSSMA Classroom Music Committee
Title
A Ram Sam Sam
All Night, All Day
Alouette
Alphabet Song, The
Amazing Grace
America The Beautiful
Anchors Away
Auld Lang Syne
Aura Lee
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Bingo
Buffalo Gals
Camptown Races
Canoe Song
Cassions Go Rolling Along, The
Clementine
Danny Boy
De Colores
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Dem Bones
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Do, Re, Mi
Don Gato
Dona Nobis Pacem
Down By The Bay
Down By The Riverside
Down By The Station
Erie Canal
E-R-I-E is a Rising, The
Ezekial Saw the Wheel
Farmer in the Dell
Genre
Traditional
Spiritual
Folk
Traditional
Hymn
Patriotic
Patriotic
Traditional
Folk
Patriotic
Folk
Traditional
Folk
Minstrel
Folk
Patriotic
Folk
Folk
Folk
Anthem
Spiritual
Traditional
Theater
Ballade
Traditional
Folk
Spiritual
Traditional
Folk
Regional
Spiritual
Folk
Song Origin
Morocco
USA
France
France
USA
USA
USA
Scotland
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Canada
USA
USA
Ireland
Spain
Texas
USA
USA
USA
Mexico
Europe
Unknown
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Tonality
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Minor
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
M-m
Major
Major
Minor
Major
Major
Major
Major
m-M
Major
Major
Major
Meter
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Harmonic
I-V
I-V
I-V
I-IV-V
I-IV-V
I-IV-V
I-IV-V-vi
I-IV-V-vi
I-IV-V-vi
I-IV-V
I-V
I-IV-V
I-V
I-IV-V
i-v
I-IV-V
I-V
I-ii-IV-V-vi
I-IV-V
I-V
I-V
I-V
I-IV-V
Other
Game, canon
I-V
I-IV-V
I-IV-V
I-V
Latin text; Round
Echo song
I-IV-V
I-V
I-V
November 2015
Foreign language
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep/ Twinkle Twinkle
Historical, Pentatonic, Newton
Geography, historical, Bates
US Navy; Zimmerman/Miles
Seasonal, Burns
Adapted by Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Civil War, dotted eighth and sixteenth, Steffe/Howe
Burl Ives
Subtraction song, spelling
Western expansion, Minstrel shows, NY
Foster
Partner with Land of the Silver Birch, syncopation
"The Army Goes Rolling Along"; Edmund Gruber
Western expansion, Ballade
Frederic Weatherly
United Farm Workers Anthem, foreign language
Camp song; Turkey in the Straw
WW II history; Rodgers/Hammerstein
Similar to Alouette
New York State History
New York State History
Game, sequence
NYSings!
A song list for and by New Yorkers
Complied by The NYSSMA Classroom Music Committee
Title
Genre
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Folk
Frere Jacques
Folk
Frog Went a Courtin'
Ballade
Fum Fum Fum
Seasonal
Funga Alafia
Folk
Give My Regards to Broadway Theater
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Folk
God Bless America
Patriotic
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Traditional
He's Got the Whole World
Spiritual
Home on the Range
Anthem
Hot Cross Buns
Seasonal
Huron Carol, The
Seasonal
I've Been Working on the RailroadFolk
I've Got Rhythm
Jazz
If You're Happy and You Know It Traditional
Itsy Bisty Spider
Traditional
Jingle Bells
Seasonal
Jump Josie
Traditional
Kookaburra
Folk
Kum Bah Yah
Spiritual
La Cucaracha
Folk
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Hymn
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Anthem
Little Brown Jug
Folk
Little Liza Jane
Traditional
London Bridge
Traditional
Make New Friends
Folk
Marines' Hymn, The
Patriotic
Mary Ann
Folk
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Traditional
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Spiritual
Song Origin
USA
France
England
Spain
USA
USA
USA
USA
Unknown
USA
Kansas
England
Canada
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Australia
USA
Mexico
USA
USA
USA
USA
England
USA
USA
Caribbean
USA
USA
Tonality
Minor
Major
Major
m-M
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Minor
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Meter
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Multimetric
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Harmonic
i-III-iv-v
I-V
I-IV-V
i-iv-V
I-V
V/V
I-V
I-IV-V-vi
I-V
I-V
Other
African American, ELA connection, symbolism
Foreign language; Round
Ballade
Seasonal, Foreign language
New York History, Cohan
Instrumental music connection
Nationalism, Berlin
Gospel
Dotted rhythms, Kelley
I-V
Instrumental music connection
Native American
I-ii-IV-V
History
Rhythm Changes Musical theatre, syncopation, Gershwin
I-IV-V
I-V
Fingerplay, ascending and descending
I- IV-V
I-IV-V
Play party
I-V
Round, sixteenth notes
I-IV-V
Camp song
I-V
Foreign language
V/V
History
I-IV-V
American history, jazz, Miller
I-V
I-V
Game
I-V
Girl Scouts, round
I-IV-V
American history, military
I-V
I-V
Instrumental music connection
I-IV-V
Civil War, African-American
November 2015
NYSings!
A song list for and by New Yorkers
Complied by The NYSSMA Classroom Music Committee
Title
Genre
Miss Mary Mack
Traditional
Mister Sun
Traditional
Muffin Man, The
Traditional
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Folk
New York, New York, Theme fromTheater
Oh Canada
Patriotic
Oh Sinner Man
Spiritual
Oh Susanna
Minstrel
Oklahoma
Theater
Old Dan Tucker
Minstrel
Old Joe Clark
Folk
Old McDonald
Traditional
Over the Rainbow
Theater
Over the River
Folk
Over There
Patriotic
Peace Like a River
Spiritual
Polly Wolly Doodle
Traditional
Pop Goes the Weasel
Traditional
Puff the Magic Dragon
Folk
Ring Around the Rosy
Traditional
Rocky Mountain
Traditional
Roll On Columbia
Folk
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Minstrel
Scotland's Burning
Traditional
Seventy-Six Trombones
Theater
She'll Be Comin' Round the Mtn. Spiritual
Shenandoah
Traditional
Shoo Fly
Folk
Sidewalks of New York, The
Regional
Simple Gifts
Folk
Skip to My Lou
Folk
Sometime I Feel...Motherless Child
Spiritual
Song Origin
England
Unknown
England
Scotland
USA
Canada
USA
USA
USA
USA
Tennessee
England
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
England
USA
England
USA
USA
USA
England
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Tonality
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
M-m
Dorian
Major
Major
Major
Mixolydian
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Minor
Meter
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Triple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Harmonic
Other
Clapping song
I-IV-V-II
Verse/refrain
Kander/Ebb
V/V
I-IV-V
I-V
I-VII
I-V
I-IV-V
I-IV-V
I-V-I
I-IV-V
I-IV-V
I-V-I
I-V
I
Foster
Rodgers/Hammerstein
WW I
Seasonal
WW I
New York State History
Game
Lipton/Yarrow
Game
Guthrie
Round
Canon
Good Night My Someone/ The Music Man
I-IV-V
I-V
Shanty
Spanish -American War, Teddy Roosevelt
I-V (simplified)
I-V
NY History Appalachin Spring, Shaker, Copland
Play party
November 2015
NYSings!
A song list for and by New Yorkers
Complied by The NYSSMA Classroom Music Committee
Title
Sourwood Mountain
Star-Spangled Banner
Swanee River
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
There Was an Old Lady
This Land is Your Land
This Little Light Of Mine
This Old Man
Three Blind Mice
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
USAF Song, Wild Blue Yonder
Waltzing Matilda
Water is Wide, The
We Shall Overcome
Wheels on the Bus,The
When Johnny Comes Marching
Where is Thumbkin
Yellow Rose of Texas
You're a Grand Old Flag
Genre
Regional
Patriotic
Minstrel
Spiritual
Traditional
Patriotic
Spiritual
Folk
Traditional
Traditional
Patriotic
Folk
Folk
Anthem
Traditional
Patriotic
Traditional
Minstrel
Patriotic
Song Origin
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
England
England
USA
Australia
England
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Tonality
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Minor
Major
Major
Major
Meter
Duple
Triple
Duple
Duple
triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Triple
Duple
Duple
Duple
Harmonic
I-IV-V
I-IV-V
I-IV-V
I-V
I-IV-V
I-IV-V
I-V
I-V
I-V
V/V
I-IV-V-vi
I- IV-V
V/V
I-V
i-V-III
I-V
I-IV-V
V/V
November 2015
Other
Bluegrass
American history
History
Symbolism
Sequence
History, Guthrie
Dixon
Counting song
Sequence
Mozart; Alphabet Song/Baa, Baa
American History, Civil Rights anthem
American History, Civil War, Gilmore
Fingerplay; same melody as Frere Jacques
Texas History
Cohen