I’m pretty sure if I have to listen to any more variations of the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” I will lose it! There’s the traditional version, the jazzy version, the rock version. Enough is enough!

But, we like having music on for Miss H throughout the day. It’s just, well, some kids music can be pretty bad/annoying/obnoxoius/repetitive. Especially if you’re listening to a Pandora kids’ station – over the course of an hour or two you will hear multiple versions of the same song. A song you didn’t even like the first time around!

Which brings me to the Okee Dokee Brothers. Their music is folky, upbeat, and better yet – parent and kid friendly. I can actually sit and enjoy the music and the lyrics while also knowing that everything is a-ok for Miss H’s ears. Their most recent album (the one we have) Can You Canoe? won the 2013 Grammy for Best Children’s Album of the Year.


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Some of my favorites from this album include Mr. and Mrs. Sippy and Rosita. Both songs are catchy and upbeat, and I especially love Mr. and Mrs. Sippy because for the longest time I didn’t even catch on to the sippy cup reference (as it just sounds like Mississippi). Read along with the lyrics and you’ll see what I mean…or better yet, check out the CD and you’ll hear what I mean!

Mr. and Mrs. Sippy
Mister and Missus Sippy
Got married in the fall
Left the church that very same day
For their honeymoon in St. Paul

M-I-Double S-I-double S-I-P-P-I
M-I-Double S-I-double S-I-P-P-I

Mister and Missus Sippy
They rambled and they roamed
But when got down to St. Louie
They made themselves a home

Mister and Missus Sippy
Were traveling south bound
Had some kids and raised ‘em
In good old Memphis Town

Mister and Missus Sippy
Had no place left to go
So they drifted down past New Orleans
To the gulf of Mexico

You can’t find me 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3
4 Mississippi, 5 Mississippi, Olly Olly Oxen Free!

Sing it backwards I-P-P-I-Double S-I-Double S-I-M
Sing it forwards

Rosita
Rosita the skeeta
Aint no skeeta sweeta
But she’s a man eata
Rosita the Bug

I tried keeping her away with bug spray galore
But she kept on coming back for more
So now I’m covered from head to toe
With kisses from a mosquito (named)

Do I itch the scratch or scratch the itch
I never can tell which one’s which
But I think I’d be doin fine
If I could take a bath in calamine (cuz)

Fly around my pretty little miss fly around my daisy
Fly around my pretty little miss ya almost drive me crazy

Do you have some favorite children’s music that is fun for both you and your LO?