Children’s Song Medley: A playlist of classic and popular hits everyone knows
Nursery songs that have been sung for generations.
Many of you may have had your grandmother or mother sing them to you when you were little, or sung them yourselves with gestures at kindergarten, daycare, or school.
In this article, we’ve picked out classic nursery songs, focusing on those that children still love today.
From timeless favorites that evoke nostalgia to relatively new songs that have recently become popular in early childhood settings, we’ll introduce a wide range.
Please enjoy this playlist of nursery songs that will bring back memories of your early years.
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Children’s Song Medley: A Classic and Popular Hit Playlist Everyone Knows (41–50)
Seven-year-old childLyrics by Ujō Noguchi / Music by Nagayo Motoori
It’s a song overflowing with a mother crow’s love for her child.
It was also nominated for the top 10 Japanese children’s songs.
It was released in the Taisho era.
With its relaxed tempo and easy-to-imagine lyrics, it truly represents Japanese nursery rhymes.
[Children’s Song Medley] A playlist of classic and popular timeless hits everyone knows (51–60)
Toy Cha-Cha-ChaLyrics by Akiyuki Nosaka / supplemented by Osamu Yoshioka / Music by Nobuyoshi Koshibe
It’s a fantastical song about toys throwing a party at night after humans have fallen asleep.
It’s dreamy and lovely.
As a child, I used to get excited wondering whether my toys and dolls might come alive at night, moving around freely and having a fun party.
SacchanLyrics by Hiroo Sakata / Music by Megumi Oonaka
This is a song the lyricist wrote while reminiscing about a girl who lived nearby.
When you listen to “Sacchan,” doesn’t it make you remember the “Sacchan” who was close to you? It’s a song full of Showa-era atmosphere.
In the end, it’s a song about seeing off “Sacchan,” who is moving away.
Yaki-imo Goo-Chii-PaaLyrics by Hiroo Sakata / Music by Naosumi Yamamoto
It’s a popular hand-play song for children’s shows and for kindergartens and nursery schools.
As you can imagine from the title, it’s a song that incorporates rock-paper-scissors (gu, choki, pa).
It’s a perfect children’s song for getting familiar with rock-paper-scissors, combining the game with a sweet-potato theme for autumn.
After singing, you can have a fun rock-paper-scissors tournament, making it an ideal song for learning the rules.
Story FingerLyrics by: Yoshiko Kayama / Music by: Akira Yuyama
It’s a fun song that helps you learn the names of the five fingers while singing.
The fingers are imagined as a family, set to a bright rhythm.
Nursery rhymes really contribute a lot to children’s language development, don’t they? It makes sense that the little finger is the baby and the thumb is the father.
Kagome KagomeMonk Gyōchi (around 1751)
I think many of us played while singing this song when we were children.
The “oni” (it) closes their eyes, and the other children form a circle and spin around the oni while singing.
Since the song was created long ago, the lyrics are in classical Japanese.
It’s a song that has been loved by children for a very long time.
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtTaeko Ohnuki
It is said that this song was inspired by the American children’s author E.
L.
Konigsburg’s From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs.
Basil E.
Frankweiler.
It was broadcast on NHK’s Minna no Uta, and because of its nostalgic tone and the clay animation, some children reportedly found it scary.
The singer is Taeko Onuki, well known for the theme song of the film Shall We Dance?