BABYTIME SONGS & GAMES

Babytime CD cover Since 1994 the Banff Public Library has provided programming which introduces word games and songs to babies and their caregivers. These songs and activities encourage language acquisition and emotional bonding, which help prepare the child for lifelong learning and literacy. In response to repeated requests, and with financial assistance from the Banff Community Foundation and the Alberta Government, we were able to make sound recordings of the songs and games most frequently used in our program.


All songs and word games are in the public domain, with the exception of:
The Canadian Eensy, Weensy Spider © Mary Paston
Wobbly Knees © Alaina Fraser
Your Mama Loves You © Mandi Kujawa

Click on the following links to listen to songs from our Baby Time Songs & Games CD. To download the MP3 file, right-click on the title, select "Save Target As," and save. Also see the Lyrics.

All Through the Night
Do Do L'Enfant Do
Fais Do Do
Your Mama Loves You
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
All the Pretty Little Horses
Lullaby and Goodnight
Frérè Jacques (also sung in English & Vietnamese)
I Gave My Love a Cherry
Ho Ho Watanay (traditional Iroquois lullaby, also sung in French and English)
Shoo Fly
You Gotta Sing
Horsie, Horsie
Sur Le Pont
Two Little Dicky Birds
Baby Bats
Sleeping Bunnies
Jelly on a Plate
Head and Shoulders
Eensy Weensy Spider
I Have a Little Pony
Open Them Shut Them
Grandfather's Clock
Smooth Road
Wobbly Knees
Baby Goes to Canmore
Father and Mother and Uncle John...
Five Eggs
Hana, Hana (Japanese face rhyme)
Two Fat Sausages
Ten Fat Peas

Artists
Piano and sound engineer: Gary Sill
Guitar: Mandi Kujawa
Vocals: Mandi Kujawa, Susan Pierce and Holly Nguyen (Banff Public Library Staff)

Go to Lyrics