It too incorporates some gibberish lyrics in the chorus, but the story is based on the children's book The Paperbag Princess. I wrote this song near the beginning of my Celtic musical career. It is complete with hand, arm and leg motions that make it fun to act along as well. But it also was designed to be sung while driving in a car. It incorporates an awesome vocal musical style called lilting where you sing the melody of a song with gibberish lyrics. This is an original song I wrote for my daughter Kenzie. I'm pretty partial to the most famous one which lists Belfast City instead of Glasgow or wherever.
This is a street song that's can be found throughout the British Isles. I love my version, but I confess I think Andrew of the Brobdingnagian Bards sings it much faster than mine on the album Songs of Ireland. It's what's known as a “list song” and it lists a bunch of items and get sung faster and faster in most circles. This is probably the most classic example of an Irish kids' song.
You can find all the lyrics to my kids CD here, Irish song lyrics here and the original song lyrics here. Patrick's Day approaches and I thought I'd share some of my favorite Celtic kids' songs. I even podcasted the entire kids album on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I released it in 2015 with some good reviews on iTunes and Amazon. So of course, I made a children's CD called St. It makes it easier for me when someone asks, “What's your best CD?” I can respond by asking them what theme they love best. Nearly all of my albums have some unifying theme. I theme most of my albums from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers to Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion, Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits to Sci Fi Drinking Songs. When my first daughter was born, I had a flood of comments from Gunn Runners asking me when I would release a kids CD.