“He sang to children as saints speak to birds”
Tom Glazer
Tom Glazer wrote the children’s classic, “On Top of Spaghetti”, but that song is only a footnote to the many recordings he made for youngsters during the 1940’s and 1950’s. This edition of the Treasure Ivan program features songs carefully selected from the many concert recordings Glazer made with young people over the years.
Glazer was also a regular contributor to Young People’s Records/Children’s Record Guild productions, including “Let’s Go to the Rodeo,” also heard on this show. Listen for the part where he says “Indians, real Indians” — proof that not everyone in the 1950s subscribed to the reigning American legend of Cowboys vs Indians.
On Top of Spaghetti
Tom Glazer
Come Down the Aisle
Tom Glazer
The Wheels on the Bus
Tom Glazer
Three Crows
Tom Glazer
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Tom Glazer
Honk-Hiss-Tweet-GGGGGG
Tom Glazer
This Old Man
Tom Glazer
Let’s Go to the Rodeo
Let’s Go to the Rodeo
Tom Glazer
A Robin Sat in a Cherry Tree
Tom Glazer
Haul Away Joe
Tom Glazer
I Know an Old Lady
Tom Glazer
Jimmy Cracked Corn
Tom Glazer
Jenny Jenkins
Tom Glazer
Put Your Finger In the Air
Tom Glazer
The Frog Went A-Courtin’
Tom Glazer
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You
Tom Glazer