Mainly Mother Goose Explained

Mainly Mother Goose
Type:	Album
Artist:	Sharon, Lois & Bram
Cover:	MainlyMotherGooseCD1984.JPG
Released:	1984
Genre:	Children's music
Length:	47:52
Label:	Elephant Records A&M Records Drive Entertainment Casablanca Kids Inc.
Prev Title:	One, Two, Three, Four, Live!
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show Record
Next Year:	1986

Mainly Mother Goose is the sixth album by popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1984. It has been re-released several times, but the artwork on the front covers remained basically the same.

It was the first album of Sharon, Lois & Bram's to have a central theme throughout the entire album (aka Nursery Rhymes/Mother Goose). Mainly Mother Goose was also the first of the Sharon, Lois & Bram albums to be originally released on CD as well as LP Record and Cassette. A songbooklet with words & music to all the songs was included in the original releases.

Releases

1984 (Elephant Records) (CANADA) LP Record/Cassette/CD
1990 (A&M Records) (USA) LP Record/Cassette/CD
1995 (Drive Entertainment) (USA) Cassette/CD
2004/2005/2008 (Casablanca Kids Inc.) (CANADA) CD

Nominations & Awards

Parent's Choice Award, Children's Recording (1984)
American Library Association Award, Notable Children's Recording (1985)^[1]
Parent's Choice GOLD Award (1985)
Double Platinum

Track listing

1. "Humpty Dumpty"
2. "Move Over"
3. "Simple Simon"
4. "Walking Up the Stair"
5. "Such A Gettin' Upstairs / Old John Rabbit"
6. "Miss Muffet / The Eensy Weensy Spider"
7. "Terrence McDiddler / Three Little Fishies / 'Ishin'"
8. "Riding & Marching Medley"
9. "Diddle Diddle Dumpling"
10. "Old King Cole / Der Rebbe Elimelech"
11. "Bluebird, Bluebird"
12. "There Was A Little Girl"
13. "Cats & Mice Medley"
14. "Five Green Apples"
15. "Food Medley"
16. "Doctor Tinker Tinker"
17. "Pop! Goes the Weasel"
18. "Little Rabbit Foo-Foo"
19. "Tom, Tom The Piper's Son"
20. "Jack & Jill"
21. "Ha-Ha, This-A-Way"
22. "Two Little Blackbirds / Five Little Chickadees"
23. "El Sereno"
24. "Mary Had A Little Lamb"
25. "Rub-A-Dub-Dub"
26. "Jump Josie / Skip to My Loo"
27. "A Riddle"
28. "Rain Medley"
29. "Jumping Joan"
30. "Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?"
31. "Ride a Cock-Horse / Rings On Her Fingers"
32. "Ten Little Fingers"
33. "Arabella Miller"
34. "As I Was Going Out One Day"
35. "Savez-Vous Planter Les Choux?"
36. "Old Woman, Old Woman"
37. "Lavender's Blue"
38. "Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake"
39. "Fais Do Do / Rock-A-Bye, Baby"
40. "I Had A Little Doll"

Notes and References

1. Book: ALA. 978-0-8389-3342-8. Notable children's films and videos, filmstrips, and recordings, 1973-1986. Chicago. 2024-02-15. 1987.