Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories

Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories
Studio album by Pete Seeger
Released	1958
Genre	Folk;
Length	41:19
Label	Folkways Records
Pete Seeger chronology
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Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories is a studio album by American folk singer Pete Seeger. It was released in 1958 by Folkways Records. It was later re-released in 1967 under the name Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for Children by Smithsonian Folkways.[1]

Album

On this children's album, Pete Seeger devotes himself to putting small children to sleep, first by telling them stories, then by singing to them. The LP's first side contains two stories with music. Side two features child-oriented songs, concluding with the a cappella song "One Grain of Sand."[2] The album was recorded by Moses Asch. The illustration for the original release was done by David Stone Martin and the design for the reissue was by Craig Mierop.[3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]

Allmusic awarded the album five out five stars and said "The songs, from the ballad-like story song "Sam the Whaler" to the downright silly "Where Are My Pajamas?," are played with easy grace and humor by Seeger, who treats each song exactly as he would a song that was putatively for adults. Never condescending to his audience or affecting a cutesy demeanor, Seeger pulls off the effective trick of treating kids not as kids, but as human beings. The result is that Abiyoyo is one of those extremely rare children's albums that's likely to please adults as well."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sam, the Whaler"	11:25
2.	"Abiyoyo"	9:45
3.	"Sweet Little Baby"	2:33
4.	"Sweepy, Sweepy, Sweepy"	2:24
5.	"Where Are My Pajamas?"	1:10
6.	"Green Grass Grows All Around"	4:50
7.	"One Grain of Sand"	9:12

References

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[1] ttps://folkways.si.edu/pete-seeger/abiyoyo-and-other-story-songs-for-children/american-folk/music/album/smithsonian

[2] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/sleep-time-songs-stories-mw0000884213

[3] ttps://www.discogs.com/Pete-Seeger-Abiyoyo-And-Other-Story-Songs-For-Children/release/7795725

[4] ttps://www.discogs.com/Pete-Seeger-Sleep-Time-Songs-Stories-By-Pete-Seeger/release/2203674

[5] Staff, Rovi. "Pete Seeger - Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for Children". AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2019.

Pete Seeger
Studio albums	American Folk Songs for Children American Industrial Ballads American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 Gazette, Vol. 1 Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories God Bless the Grass Dangerous Songs!? Rainbow Race At 89 Pete Remembers Woody
Live albums	We Shall Overcome
Compilations	Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big) If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle
Songs	"The Bells of Rhymney" "Gotta Travel On" "If I Had a Hammer" "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus" "Little Boxes" "My Rainbow Race" "Pittsburgh Town" "Turn! Turn! Turn!" "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy "We Shall Overcome" "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" "God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You"
Almanac Singers	Songs for John Doe Talking Union Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads Sod Buster Ballads Songs of the Lincoln Battalion Dear Mr. President
The Weavers	The Weavers at Carnegie Hall The Weavers at Carnegie Hall Vol. 2 The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!
Other	Union Boys Precious Friend (with Arlo Guthrie)
Related	Discography People's Songs Rainbow Quest Sing Out! Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Hudson River Sloop Clearwater The Great Hudson River Revival We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Family	Toshi Seeger (wife) Mika Seeger (daughter) Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (grandson) Charles Seeger (father) Ruth Crawford Seeger (stepmother) Mike Seeger (half-brother) Peggy Seeger (half-sister) Alan Seeger (uncle) Ewan MacColl (brother-in-law) John Cohen (brother-in-law) Kirsty MacColl (stepniece)