Rhymes For The Young Folk: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Rhymes For The Young Folk, credited to William Allingham, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Rhymes For The Young Folk by William Allingham. Read in English by Rosslyn Carlyle; heeheekitty; Fiddlesticks; Jill Engle; Lynne Thompson; Julia Layne; Rachel; JP4KJV Popular for his simple, delicate poetry for children, this Irishman wrote these verses for his three children, Gerald, Eva and Henry, and others like them. Typically, they touch on fairies and nature. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Rhymes For The Young Folk
• Author credits: William Allingham
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 47:19

Catalogue topics

• nature
• fairies
• childhood

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 01 - The Fairies — 2:40
2. 02 - The Elf Singing — 1:33
3. 03 - The Fairy King — 1:21
4. 04 - Chorus Of Fairies — 1:19
5. 05 - Robin Redbreast — 2:00
6. 06 - Amy Margaret — 1:01
7. 07 - Jingle Jangle — 0:59
8. 08 - Dreaming — 1:32
9. 09 - I Love You, Dear — 1:11
10. 10 - Seasons — 1:30
11. 11 - The Cat And The Dog — 1:57
12. 12 - Here And There — 3:46
13. 13 - The Bird — 1:40
14. 14 - Wishing — 1:30
15. 15 - I Saw A Little Birdie Fly — 0:56
16. 16 - A Mountain Round — 1:09
17. 17 - The Lepracaun, Or Fairy Shoemaker — 3:12
18. 18 - Yes Or No? — 0:53
19. 19 - Sleeping — 1:09
20. 20 - A Swing Song — 1:31
21. 21 - Birds' Names — 2:05
22. 22 - Down On The Shore — 1:53
23. 23 - The Bubble — 1:09
24. 24 - Nick Spence — 0:38

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