Zhitkov's How I Hunted the Little Fellows by Boris Zhitkov

Read by Pete Seeger With Children's Folk Songs sung by Pete Seeger in concert

Folkways Records - FC 7527

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Children's
[Tracklist]
A1 How I Hunted The Little Fellows (13:38)
B1 Once There Was a Man / Little Bird Fly thru the Window / Strawberry Roan (8:19)
B2 Billy Barlow / I Know an Old Lady (6:40)
B3 When the Saints Go Marching In / Most Parents are People Too (2:44)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/vocals)
Cover Artwork: Paul O. Zelinsky
[Notes]
Pete Seeger (1919–2014) had a long and productive career as both a folksinger and social activist; he was a giant of our time. And overall, he appears on an astonishing total of 123 Smithsonian Folkways recordings. The first track of this recording is devoted to Pete's reading of a short story by Russian writer Boris Zhitkov (1882–1938). In the story a little boy ultimately yields to the temptation to do something he knows is likely to get him into trouble—he becomes convinced that a model boat he has been warned by his grandmother not to touch contains a tiny crew attempting to keep out of sight, and he is determined to spot them. The remaining three tracks of the recording are from a children's concert recorded in Town Hall, New York. The children frequently join with Seeger in singing a variety of well-known and not-so-well-known songs appropriate for children.