If you want a heart-warming version of this classic that will tickle your little one’s funny bone, this is it! It opens with a tuba introducing the familiar melody, and then the piano takes over with the tuba doing the oom-pah-pah bass line. There is a sprinkling of light bells and a flute playing descant above a little snare drum. You can almost hear the old farmer galumphing around the fields accompanied by a parade of little farm animals. This one, literally, has all the “bells and whistles”!
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Frere Jacques – Bed
In this traditional French children’s song we hear the playful melody carried by a warm bell like instrument. A subtle pulsing groove provides a trance-like atmosphere. Later, the introduction of harpsichord, cello and flute injects an unexpected element of the traditional mixed in with the contemporary electronic instruments.