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Songs from a Parent to a Child

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Songs from a Parent to a Child
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 1997
Recorded1997
GenreFolk
Length36:01
LabelColumbia
ProducerArt Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel chronology
Across America
(1997)
Songs from a Parent to a Child
(1997)
Simply The Best
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Songs from a Parent to a Child is the eighth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel and his first new studio release since Lefty nine years earlier. Released as a concept album in 1997, it features his son, wife and a host of celebrity musicians, and was built on the concept of children's songs. The cover photograph was taken by Douglas Foulke on Bow Bridge, Central Park, New York City.[2] The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Album for Children.

Track listing

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  1. "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?" (Traditional) - 1:51
  2. "Morning Has Broken" (Eleanor Farjeon) - 2:53
  3. "Daydream" (John Sebastian) - 2:44
  4. "Baby Mine" (Ned Washington, Frank Churchill) - 3:39
  5. "Secret O' Life" (James Taylor) – 3:36
  6. "The Things We've Handed Down" (Marc Cohn) - 4:37
  7. "You're A Wonderful One" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) - 3:12
  8. "Good Luck Charm" (Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold) - 2:26
  9. "I Will" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:17
  10. "Lasso The Moon" (Billy Simon, Lowell Alexander) - 3:28
  11. "Dreamland" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) - 3:10
  12. "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (Reprise)" (Traditional) - 1:41
  13. "The Lord's Prayer / Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" (Albert Hay Malotte/Traditional) - 3:52

Personnel

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Notes

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Musical Maps". Retrieved 2021-05-05.