This book features in the following series: A& C Black Songbooks, Songbooks .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Sheena Roberts started compiling baby songs to sing with her own young children. Like many parents she needed a reminder of the songs her own parents had sung to her. Sheena is a children's song writer and editor, specialising in educational music.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Lick yu mouth and get ready fe eat: Jamaican alphabet; Tantie Mary; coconut woman; cane; dip an fall back; dumplins; mangoes; cerasee. Part 2 Praise god together: freedom; dip dem, bedward; Zion, me wan go home; rivers of Babylon; let us break bread together. Part 3 Some a dem a halla some a bawl: chi-chi bud oh!; tonga layo!; Ol Mas Charlie; humming-bird; ratta madan-law; sly mongoose; jackass wid him long tail. Part 4 Pull away, me boy: good morning, Missa Potter; Sammy dead oh; hill an gully; pull away, me boy; Hosanna!; bring me half a hoe - Angelina; day oh!. Part 5 Dis long time, gal, me never see yu: water come a me eye; under the coconut tree; Janey gal; the twelve days of Christmas; dis long time, gal. Part 6 Come mek we dance an sing: Christmas a come; sing an jump up for joy; Charley Marley; river to the bank, Covalley; Manuel Road; brown girl in the ring; banyan tree. Part 7 Anancy, the magic spiderman: Anancy the spiderman; Anancy, monkey and tiger; Anancy and Dora; how monkey shame Anancy; Anancy and Fee Fee.