This-A-Way, That-A-Way

by Ella Jenkins

Overview

Ella Jenkins' This-a-Way, That-a-Way finds the famous folksinger leading a group of school children in fun call and response numbers and singalongs that are as energetic and sunny as they are educational. Jenkins leads her charges on the title track and "Miss Mary Mack," and has them snap along with her rhythm on "Do You Know Your County?" "I Know a Tom" is alliterative and funny, while "Please Is a Pleasant Expression" illuminates the word in numerous languages over a lilting, almost Hawaiian guitar line. Jenkins is masterful at keeping things simple, fun, and easy to follow, yet never patronizing or tiresome. Whether she's singing, calling out words, or playing an instrument, it always seems like she's simply having a conversation with the children, not to mention any grownups who might find themselves caught up in her particular easygoing magic. This-a-Way, That-a-Way is for laughing as much as it is for learning. ~ Johnny Loftus

Product Details

Release Date:	07/13/1992
Label:	SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
UPC:	0093074500224

Tracks

1. This-a-Way That-a-Way
2. Miss Mary Mack
3. I Like the Way That They Stack the Hay
4. Do You Know Your County?
5. I Know a Tom
6. Miss Sue
7. Please Is a Pleasant Expression
8. The Cuckoo
9. The Jolly Bus Line
10. I Love to Ride
11. Goin' to Kentucky
12. Turkey in the Straw
13. Sing Me a Song Again, Ella

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ella Jenkins   Primary Artist
The Children from Tennessee   Guest Artist
Earl J. White   Fiddle
Guy Guilbert   Guitar,Sound Effects

Technical Credits

Ella Jenkins   Composer,Adaptation to CD
Joanne Taylor   Script,Lettering
Bernadelle Richter   Composer,Photography
Toby Mountain   Digital Remastering
Traditional   Composer
Stu Black   Engineer