Jan Siberechts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Animal songs are usually great fun and at the same time they suite easily lessons for English learners.
For this reason, I made a collection of the animal songs we have in our repertoire. In our Piano Marvel Library we find a total 76 songs. Additionally, I include some of my favourite songs.
Piano Marvel Library
First find the songs from Piano Marvel ordered by Level:
| # | Title | Composer/Arranger | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Was a Little Lamb | Aaron Garner | 1 |
| 2 | Harmonization #3 | Baa, Baa, Black Sheep | 1 |
| 3 | Fish Scales | Richard P. Anderson | 1 |
| 4 | Pg. 33 Old MacDonald | Traditional | 1 |
| 5 | Old MacDonald Had a Mouse | Dennis Alexander/Martha Mier | 1 |
| 6 | Old MacDonald Had a Dog | Dennis Alexander/Martha Mier | 1 |
| 7 | Ear Training No.4 (Old MacDonald) | Piano Marvel | 1 |
| 8 | Old MacDonald | Traditional | 1 |
| 9 | Old MacDonald (slow) | Traditional | 1 |
| 10 | Lion Soup | Aaron Garner | 1 |
| 11 | Ten Little Teddy Bears Rhythm | Aaron Garner | 1 |
| 12 | Scat Cat | Aaron Garner | 2 |
| 13 | Mad Cat | Aaron Garner | 2 |
| 14 | That Bat's Bad | Aaron Garner | 2 |
| 15 | Black Cats Waltzing (primo) | Dennis Alexander | 2 |
| 16 | It Will Catch You | Aaron Garner | 2 |
| 17 | Pg. 10 Cat Mouse and Fish Rock | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 18 | Pg. 7 Cat and Fish (Part 3) | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 19 | Pg. 5 Cat and Mouse (Part 3) | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 20 | Pg. 66-67 Itsy Bitsy Spider | Traditional | 2 |
| 21 | Pg. 22 Mary Had A Little Lamb | Traditional | 2 |
| 22 | Pg. 9 Cat Mouse and Fish (Part 2) | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 23 | Pg. 8 Cat Mouse and Fish (Part 1) | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 24 | Pg. 7 Cat and Fish (Part 2) | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 25 | Pg. 6 Cat and Fish (Part 1) | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 26 | Pg. 5 Cat and Mouse (Part 2) | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 27 | Pg. 4 Cat and Mouse (Part 1) | Greg Genter | 2 |
| 28 | Butterfly | Dennis Alexander/Martha Mier | 2 |
| 29 | Catch That Frog! | Dennis Alexander/Martha Mier | 2 |
| 30 | The Caterpillar | Let's Play Music | 2 |
| 31 | The Farmer in the Dell | Let's Play Music | 2 |
| 32 | Alley Cat Song | Words by Jack Harlan Music by Frank Bjorn | 3 |
| 33 | Little Lamb Boogie | Marcie Smith | 3 |
| 34 | Caterpillar Cousins | Let's Play Music | 3 |
| 35 | Reading (I, V7) Ten Little Teddy Bears | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 36 | Mary's Little Lamb (F) | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 37 | Shoo Fly | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 38 | Shoo Fly (slow) | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 39 | Ten Little Teddy Bears | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 40 | Ten Little Teddy Bears (slow) | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 41 | Mary's Little Lamb (G) | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 42 | The Bear Went Over the Mountain (slow) | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 43 | Mary Had a Little Lamb | American Nursery Song | 3 |
| 44 | The Honeybee | Bohemian Folk Song | 3 |
| 45 | Mary Had A Little Lamb | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 46 | Mary's Little Lamb | Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 47 | The Bear Went Over the Mountain | Arr. Piano Marvel | 3 |
| 48 | The Ghost of Cleopatra's Cat | Judy East Wells | 4 |
| 49 | That Halloween Cat! | Kevin Costley | 4 |
| 50 | Watch Out for the Witch's Cat! | Timothy Brown | 4 |
| 51 | Baby Elephant Walk | By Henry Mancini Arrange by Mona Rejino | 4 |
| 52 | Itsy Bitsy Spider | Piano Marvel | 4 |
| 53 | Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone (slow) | Piano Marvel | 4 |
| 54 | Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? | Arr. Piano Marvel | 4 |
| 55 | The Wobbly Old Witch and Her Cat | Anne Shannon Demarest | 5 |
| 56 | Black Cats Waltzing (secondo) | Dennis Alexander | 5 |
| 57 | Cat on the Prowl | Elizabeth W. Greenleaf | 5 |
| 58 | Black Cat Boogie | Dennis Alexander | 5 |
| 59 | Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer | Words and Music by Randy Brooks Arranged by Jennifer Linn | 5 |
| 60 | Chase the Squirrel | Traditional | 5 |
| 61 | Bear Dance | Vladimir Rebikoff | 5 |
| 62 | Pg. 38-39 Old MacDonald | traditional | 5 |
| 63 | Pg. 32 The Farmer in the Dell | Traditional | 5 |
| 64 | The Swan with Chords | Camille Saint-Saens | 5 |
| 65 | The Bear | Vladimir Rebikov | 5 |
| 66 | Dreamer | Piano Marvel | 5 |
| 67 | Pg. 65 I Saw a Bear | traditional | 6 |
| 68 | Pg. 17 The Itsy Bitsy Spider | Traditional | 6 |
| 69 | Spider Dance (6E) | Aaron Garner | 6 |
| 70 | The Merry Farmer (Op. 68, No. 10) | Robert Schumann | 6 |
| 71 | The Swan (F Major) | Camille Saint-Saens | 7 |
| 72 | The Swan (G Major) | Camille Saint-Saens | 9 |
| 73 | Flight of the Bumblebee Rock (6E) | Aaron Garner | 9 |
| 74 | An Old Deserted Farm (Op. 51, No. 8) | Edward MacDowell | 10 |
| 75 | REINDEER RAG | By JOSEPH F. LAMB Arranged by Phillip Keveren | 11 |
| 76 | ALLEY CAT | By FRANK BJORN | 12 |
Tabea's collection
Addicional, I include some songs that I like very much:
| # | Title | Composer/Arranger | Level | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idea No. 7 - The Deer | Tabea Hirzel | 4 | |
| 2 | Mary Had A Little Lamb | Traditional | 2 | |
| 3 | Pig on her head | Laurie Berkner | 4 | https://youtu.be/mgFntDofMwQ |
| 4 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Raffi | 4 | https://youtu.be/u4tNoh_Wjos |
| 5 | Going On a Bear | Greg and Steve | 4 | https://youtu.be/WzIcu6tbEko |
| 6 | Gray Squirrel | Dr. Jean | 4 | https://youtu.be/kDl2fgi8JtY |
| 7 | The Goldfish | Laurie Berkner | 4 | https://youtu.be/Cg-wnQKRHTs |
| 8 | Five Little Ducks | Bounce Patrol Kids | 4 | https://youtu.be/x-KQvzuxtMc |
| 9 | Mmmm Ahh Went the Little Green Frog | Jbrary | 4 | https://youtu.be/NwU3beZ9kcw |
| 10 | Five Green & Speckled Frogs | The Kiboomers | 4 | https://youtu.be/ziGG_L9C12o |
| 11 | Herman the Worm | The Learning Station | 4 | https://youtu.be/0-rg7EIt1x4 |
| 12 | 5 Little Monkeys | Jbrary | 4 | https://youtu.be/b0NHrFNZWh0 |
| 13 | Butterfly Driving a Truck | Caspar Babypants | 4 | https://youtu.be/8rRpcSN1F0g |
| 14 | Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz) | Laurie Berkner | 4 | https://youtu.be/jcdtJVTJmxY |
| 15 | Two Little Butterflies | Jbrary | 4 | https://youtu.be/q31_IrnxmP8 |
| 16 | Here is the Beehive | Alina Celeste | 4 | https://youtu.be/_ZKdRCrePww |
| 17 | The Cat Came Back | Laurie Berkner | 4 | https://youtu.be/OE8gsYejpQc |
| 18 | B-I-N-G-O | The Learning Station | 4 | https://youtu.be/OxU2ocEOCNA |
| 19 | Three Little Kittens | The Wiggles | 4 | https://youtu.be/2vQUTjUGiR8 |
| 20 | Bunny Hop | Patty Shukla | 4 | https://youtu.be/DjFd-Wj0OSs |
| 21 | Baby Beluga | Raffi | 4 | https://youtu.be/CDx9zqDpSik |
| 22 | Slippery Fish | Charlotte Diamond | 4 | https://youtu.be/0C9HSOlb4qI |
| 23 | Baby Shark Dance | Pinkfong | 4 | https://youtu.be/XqZsoesa55w |
| 24 | Penguin Song | Jack Hartmann | 4 | https://youtu.be/EBHtpU1tB3E |
| 25 | Animal Farm | Nancy Kopman | 4 | https://youtu.be/7PrPVDklWF0 |
