Piano music for children

Travelling the world is the best classroom you can have.
There’s no such thing as an unbiased education, so the next best thing is a multi-biased education.

— John Smart

If you want to realize your potential it is essential to listen to a wide variety of music styles. Here are a selection of 50+ pieces from all over the world that had made a connection with my children.

1. Sur le pont d’Avignon (France. 15th century)
2. A ram sam sam (Morocco)
3. Crawdad hole (USA, 18th century)
4. The Rattlin’ bog (Ireland, 18th century)
5. Frère Jacque (France, 1780)
6. I see the moon (UK, 1784)
7. Wiggle (UK)
8. Gioachino Rossini: William Tell 1812 overture (1829)
9. Skip to my lou (USA, 1840)
10. Ally Bally (Scotland, 1845)
11. Pop goes the weasel (UK, 19th century) – sheet music
12. Johannes Brahms: Lullaby (Germany, 1868)
13. My Bonnie lies over the ocean (UK, 1881)
14. I’ve been working on the railroad (USA, 1892)
15. She’ll be comin’ ’round the mountain (USA, 1899)
16. Ada Louise Metz: Li’l Liza Jane (USA, 1905)
17. Spider song / Incy-wincy spider (USA, 1910)
18. Arthur Willis Colton: There’s a little wheel a-turnin’ in my heart (USA, 1901)
19. Down by the bay (UK, 1914)
20. Verna Hill: The wheels on the bus (USA, 1937)
21. Woody Guthrie: Hey lolly, lolly (USA, 1944)
22. Francisco Damirón: Palo bonito (Dominican Republic, 1959)
23. May there always be sunshine (Russia, 1962)
24. Sweet Potato (Unknown)
25. Shake those ‘simmons down (USA)
26. Tingalayo (Africa)
27. Singing every day (South Africa)
28. All the pretty little horses (USA)
29. Five little speckled frogs (USA)
30. Old brass wagon (USA)
31. Pawpaw patch (USA)
32. The little bells of Westminster (UK)
33. This old man (UK, 19th century)
34. Mary wore a red dress (USA)
35. Rig-a-jig jig (Unknown)
36. A sailor went to sea sea sea (Unknown)
37. See the pony galloping (Unknown)
38. Biddy biddy (Unknown)
39. Ridin’ in the car (Unknown)
40. She sells seas shells (Unknown)
41. They come back (Unknown)
42. Because I sing (Unknown)
43. Tomorrow’s now today (Unknown)
44. Dancing with Teddy (Unknown)
45. Don Alfredo (Unknown)
46. Su la li (Unknown)
47. Sandpiper (Unkown)
48. One little owl (Unknown)
49. Goodbye song
50. Baby shark (20th century)
51. You are my sunshine (USA, 1939) / Boogie-woogie version
52. What shall we do with the drunken sailor (19th century)
53. Bluey main theme – beginner sheet music
54. Bluey theme 2
55. Bluey theme 3
56. Bluey theme 4
57. Bluey theme 5