Wind Song (Photo credit: dibytes (back online, will get caught up))
World Wind Day and Ride the Wind Day are June 9th. Wind songs are blowing in! Here’s a few to get you going. Most are target towards older adults though a few are children’s songs and some may be appealing to other generations.
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- Blow Ye Winds in the Morning
- They Call the Wind Mariah
- Oklahoma (“Where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain”)
- Everyone Knows it’s Windy
- Summer Wind
- Four Strong Winds
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- The Windmills of Your Mind
- Candle in the Wind
- Dust in the Wind
- The Sun is a Very Magic Fellow (..the wind is a very fickle fellow)
- The North Wind Doth Blow
- I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles
- Colors of the Wind
- Windy Weather
- Rock-a-bye- Baby (when the wind blows)
- The Windmill Song
Topics for conversation might include discussion on wind energy, sailing, names for the wind, and items people have lost in the wind. Share folktales about the wind.
While few may know “Deep Peace” by Donovan, it is a beautiful and simple piece that mentions the wind and air perfect to close a session of sharing wind songs.
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I’ve got a couple other ideas with Singable Picture Books:
WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? (Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti, Traditional Tune, is illustrated in many children’s poetry compilations)
HOME ON THE RANGE (Poem by Dr. Brewster M. Higley, Music by Daniel E. Kelly, has at least 2 illustrated books)
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND (has a beautiful illustration by Jon Muth)
OKLAHOMA (is illustrated in a darling book by Rosemary Wells)
Hilarious WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND on the Muppets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu_6hdGZ6gU
WIND IN THE WILLOWS (has a few delightful poems in it which have been set to music)
BEST WISHES!! Emily
Ooo! One more…I meant to put in A MERRY NOTE also called WINTER SONG by William Shakespeare (from “Love’s Labour’s Lost”)…”When all aloud the wind doth blow…” it has also been set to music by a number of composers and appears illustrated in its own book by Melanie Hall and many illustrated compilations. BEST
Love ALL your beautiful suggestions, Emily! Singable books are beautiful ways to share songs.
How ’bout: “The Wayward Wind”
Oldie
Ooh, a real classic. Thanks Oldie!
Depending on the “Down in the Valley” version you know, the first verse includes “hear the wind blow.”
A client introduced me to Arlo Guthrie’s lovely “Highway in The Wind”:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Y-x4YgUz4
Great recommendations, Emily.