“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” is a traditional nursery rhyme identified as Roud Folk Song #19132. It was first published in 1744 in “Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book” and was probably popular because this rhyme was included in subsequent editions, too. This particular arrangement is …
This sheet music for “Nila, Nila, Odi Vaa”, a traditional children’s song in Tamil from India, is arranged for easy violin. Only a few fingerings for violin are marked, and both versions are played on the G and D strings. I have two versions written out in the file: A …
This sheet music for Daisy Bell, by Henry Dacre, is arranged for a beginner violin player and thus in a very sensible G major. (I should probably have a horizontal version for the 4-year-olds, because they benefit from larger notes in their sheet music.) As usual for beginner music I …
Reuben and Rachel is a children’s song with music by William Gooch and words by Harry Birch. It is not as old as some, being published in 1871, but it is not an unknown song. I have only encountered it a handful of times myself. According to the wiki, this …
Paper of Pins, also known as If You Will Walk With Me or The Keys of Canterbury, is a traditional English folk song known under Roud Folk Song Index #573. It dates to at least 1849. The children’s versions are usually missing a few verses or may use only the …
Playmate, Come Out and Play With Me is a traditional children’s song. This version is an easy piano piece for beginners. The student does not have to change hand positions at all; the hand position is what I commonly hear referred to as “Middle C position”. However, to make this …
The sheet music offered here is for “Sleep, Baby, Sleep”, a traditional children’s song, hymn, and lullaby. It is arranged for easy piano. Like many other lullabies, this one is short and simple. This version has both hands in C 5-finger positions. The chords may confuse students at first, but …
The sheet music offered here is for “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”, a traditional children’s song under Roud Folk Song Index #4439, arranged for easy violin with the lyrics attached. The melody is a variation of the French Ah! vous dirai-je, maman, an extremely popular melody that is also used for Twinkle, …
The sheet music offered here is the traditional nursery rhyme or song “Polly Put the Kettle On” arranged for easy piano. This children’s song is under Roud Folk Song Index #7899. This arrangement requires moving the right hand around at times and stretching for notes, so I do not consider it …
The sheet music offered here is for “Ring Around a Rosy”, a traditional children’s song, arranged for very easy violin with the lyrics attached in A major. It was first in print in 1881, but we are mostly certain that there was already a version of it around, sung if …
