The 11 songs on this album were specifically selected from an identically titled book anthology of folk songs for children collected by
Seeger's stepmother,
Ruth Crawford Seeger.
Pete Seeger renders them plainly and simply, singing and playing and banjo, on a program designed especially (but not solely) for children between three and seven years of age. "Jim Crack Corn," "Frog Went A-Courting," and "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" are some of the better-known tunes on the record, but not all of them are as overly familiar.