Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child

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| name = Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child

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| artist = Woody Guthrie

| cover = Songs-to-Grow-on-for-Mother-and-Child 2.jpg

| released = 1956

| recorded = 1947

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| genre = {{hlist|Folk|children's music}}

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| label = Folkways Records

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| caption = The 1991 reissue cover.

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|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r80891}}. {{retrieved|accessdate=2012-08-29}}

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Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child is a collection of children's music by folk singer Woody Guthrie. Recorded in 1947 and first released in 1956 by Folkways Records, a remastered recording was issued by Smithsonian Folkways in 1991.[http://www.folkways.si.edu/woody-guthrie/songs-to-grow-on-for-mother-and-child/american-folk-childrens/music/album/smithsonian Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child (SFW45035)] from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. {{retrieved| accessdate= 2012-08-29}}

Several songs in the collection are instructional, helping children learn to count. Others are songs of adoration written by Guthrie with his own children in mind. For example, "Goodnight Little Arlo" was written for his son Arlo Guthrie, who was born in 1947, the same year the album was recorded. Guthrie said "I really did try to slant these songs at all of your citizens from 4 to 6, but I spilled over a little on every side."[http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/smithsonian_folkways/SFW45035.pdf Liner Notes] from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. {{retrieved| accessdate= 2012-08-29}}{{cite web |url=http://woodyguthrie.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TWGS&Product_Code=CDGMAC&Category_Code= |title=Songs To Grow On For Mother & Child CD |accessdate=2007-06-12 |format= |work= woodyguthrie.org}}