- "The Farmer in the Dell"
- "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
- "The Wheels on the Bus"
The other day I heard singing coming from our two-year-old son's room. I peeked in the door, and there he was holding the storybook version of "The Farmer in the Dell" and belting out "the cheese stands awone!" with happy abandon.
So, of course, I ran to the computer to find the chords for the guitar accompaniment. Usually, my first stop for chords is Ultimate-Guitar.com, but I recently ran across StorytimeSongs.com, which has a lovely index of almost every children's song you can remember.
The arrangements—chords and lyrics only, no tabs—are simple, which is great for this novice. Sometimes an arrangement doesn't sound quite right—like maybe one chord is off—but the Web site is still a great free resource when you have a song emergency.
Within minutes, I was banging out "The Farmer in the Dell" like it was an old habit, and our son was singing merrily along. This was a big moment, as not so long ago, he would run away screaming when I pulled out the guitar. Hopefully, this doesn't mean I've ruined his musical ear forever!
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