Comments on: Little Songs on Big Subjects

By: Lisa Lobdell

Lisa Lobdell — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:58:16 +0000

previous post should read “Space Songs” not “Science Songs.”

By: Lisa Lobdell

Lisa Lobdell — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:54:43 +0000

The Michael Feinstein Initiative holds the papers of Hy Zaret, the lyricist for Little Songs on Big Subjects. Songs from his other works “Science Songs” and “Experiment Songs” are now available on iTunes with more to come.

By: Usha

Usha — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:14:59 +0000

Dear Mr.Cotler, I am a resident Indian and I was so delighted to find the lyrics of the song “close your eyes and point your finger” which we used to sing in junior school way back in the 50′s at Bangalore, specifically while celebrating UNO day. I am looking for the lyrics of another similar song which has words somewhat like this…”to the wheat fields, to the corn fields, where the yield is all too low; comes a farmer….da da daa daa, daa da daa daa…UNO.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:10:51 +0000

Thanks, Steve. That was a big help.

By: Steve Cotler

Steve Cotler — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:37:26 +0000

It is absolutely NOT in the public domain…it is just out of print.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Do you know if this album is Public Domain?

BTW. Thanks for posting this. It is wonderful!

By: Steve Cotler

Steve Cotler — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:57:25 +0000

You are absolutely correct in your remembrance. I have the MP3.

By: James Young

James Young — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:18:54 +0000

I’m pretty sure the line goes, “you can get good milk from a brown skin cow”

By: eleanor friedman

eleanor friedman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:00:04 +0000

I’m so glad people remember them. I sang them all when they were published in People’s Songs (remember that?).

By: Judith Weiss

Judith Weiss — Sun, 01 May 2011 06:02:04 +0000

I was singing songs from the album tonight and found this website. My brother and I got it from a record club as the monthly offering. My mother took it to my third grade class in 1948, foreshadowing Brotherhood Week. I may have been the only Jewish student in the school. I recall being mortified. I think the song with the line, “You get white milk from a brown skinned cow; the color of your skin doesn’t matter no how,” would be seen as politically incorrect today, though well-meaning. I am happy to know I can hear it again some sixty plus years later.