''Nursery Rhyme Parade!'' is a children's album by American singer-songwriter

Lisa Loeb Lisa Anne Loeb (; born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress. She started her career with " Stay (I Missed You)" from the film '' Reality Bites'', the first number-one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 10 ...

Release and reception

This album continues a series of

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recordings that Loeb has made, mixed in with music intended for adult audiences. ''Nursery Rhyme Parade!'' was produced by

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and accompanied by a 30-minute music video version shot in Hasting Studios for

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. Loeb also promoted the release with live

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performances for families. The album was reviewed by Nick Maslow of ''

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'', who called it a collection that children "are sure to love" for Loeb's "new spin" on the familiar songs.

Track listing

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Jack and Jill "Jack and Jill" (sometimes "Jack and Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations as number 10266, although it has been set to severa ...

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The Muffin Man "The Muffin Man" is a traditional nursery rhyme, children's song, or children's game of England, English origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7922. Origins and meaning The rhyme was first recorded in a British manuscript circa 1820, ...

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This Old Man "This Old Man" is an English language children's song, counting exercise, folk song, and nursery rhyme with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3550. Origins and history The origins of this song are obscure and possibly very old. There is a ver ...

Intro" (Declan) – 0:10 #"This Old Man" – 1:58 #"

It's Raining, It's Pouring __NOTOC__ "It's Raining, It's Pouring" is an English language nursery rhyme and children's song of American origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16814. Origins The first two lines of this rhyme can be found in ''The Little Mother Goos ...

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Itsy Bitsy Spider "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" (also known as "The Incey Wincey Spider" in Australia or "Incy Wincy Spider" in the United Kingdom, and other anglophone countries) is a popular nursery rhyme, folksong, and fingerplay that describes the adventures of a s ...

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Little Bo Peep "Little Bo-Peep" or "Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6487. Lyrics and melody As with most products of oral tradition, there are many variations to the rhy ...

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London Bridge The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman Britain, Roman times. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 197 ...

" – 0:58 #" Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" – 0:42 #"

Sing a Song of Sixpence "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is an English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. The sixpence in the rhyme is a British coin that was first minted in 1551 and became obsol ...

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is an English language nursery rhyme and a popular children's song, of American origin, often sung in a round. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19236. Lyrics The most common modern version is often sung as a roun ...

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Skip to My Lou "Skip to My (The) Lou" (Roud Folk Song Index, Roud 3433 and 3593) is a popular American folk song and partner-stealing dance from the 1840s. Carl Sandburg, poet and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln, writes that "Skip-to-my-Lou" was a ...

" – 1:44 #" Pop! Goes the Weasel" – 0:54 #"

Peter Piper "Peter Piper" is an English-language nursery rhyme and well-known alliteration tongue-twister. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19745. Lyrics The traditional version, as published in John Harris' ''Peter Piper's Practical Principles of ...

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Mary Had a Little Lamb "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is an English-language nursery rhyme of nineteenth-century American origin, first published by American writer Sarah Josepha Hale in 1830. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 7622. Background The nursery rhyme was firs ...

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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" (also titled "Mulberry Bush" or "This Is the Way") is an English nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7882. It uses the tune which Nancy Dawson danced into fame in ''The ...

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Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle, and is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from ...

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The Farmer in the Dell "The Farmer in the Dell" is a singing game, nursery rhyme, folksong, and children's song. It probably originated in Germany and was brought to America by immigrants.I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Singing Game'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985) ...

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I Had a Little Nut Tree 'I Had a Little Nut Tree' is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3749. The song mentions a visit by the daughter of the King of Spain to request nutmeg and a pear. James Orchard Halliwell suggested that t ...

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Baa, Baa Black Sheep "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme, the earliest printed version of which dates from around 1744. The words have barely changed in two and a half centuries. It is sung to a variant of the 18th-century French melody "''Ah! vous di ...

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Ring Around the Rosie "Ring a Ring o' Roses", also known as "Ring a Ring o' Rosie" or "Ring Around the Rosie", is a nursery rhyme, folk song, and playground game. Descriptions first appeared in the mid-19th century, though it is reported to date from decades ...

" – 0:19 #" Three Little Kittens" – 1:50 #"

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is an English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19626. Lyrics The most common ...

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Hey Diddle Diddle "Hey Diddle Diddle" (also "Hi Diddle Diddle", "The Cat and the Fiddle", or "The Cow Jumped over the Moon") is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19478. Lyrics and music A version of the rhyme is: Hey diddle did ...

" – 0:39 #" Hickory Dickory Dock" – 0:25 #" A-Tisket A-Tasket" – 0:51 #"

Pease Porridge Hot "Pease Porridge Hot" or "Pease Pudding Hot" is an English children's singing game and nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19631. Lyrics The lyrics to the rhyme are: :Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, :Pease porridge i ...

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There Was a Crooked Man "There Was a Crooked Man" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 4826. Origin The rhyme was first recorded in print by James Orchard Halliwell in 1842: There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, H ...

" – 0:14 #" Diddle Diddle Dumpling" – 0:43 #"

Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a traditional song and nursery rhyme, the early versions of which predate the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today. It is the state song of the U.S. ...

" – 0:39 #" Star Light, Star Bright" (Lyla) – 0:23 #"

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor (poet), Jane Taylor, "The Star". The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in ''Rhymes for ...

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Hush, Little Baby "Hush, Little Baby" is a traditional lullaby, thought to have been written in the Southern United States. The lyrics are from the point of view of a parent trying to appease an upset child by promising to give them a gift. Sensing the child's appr ...

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Little Boy Blue "Little Boy Blue" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. Lyrics A common version of the rhyme is: Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn. The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn. Where is ...

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Personnel

– guitar, vocals *Rich Jacques –

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*Luke Joerger –

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and production for video release *Renee Stahl – vocals * Ekaterina Trukhan – cover art

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Review from Celebrity Parents Magazine
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