Penny Songs

Penny Songs, by Janet Stimson songs] and Karen Janes score] are a group of eleven short songs about children that can be done separately, or as a song cycle for a lyric soprano or a light baritone voice. They range in style from the humorous to the serious, and from jazz-influenced to the traditional and can be performed in various settings. They include: A Penny a Song, Baby Bobby's Gone to War, Poor Bear, Red-Haired Hurricane, Wrap You 'Round, Dance Pretty Debby, Charlotte, Rock-A-While, Elizabeth Loves Alexander, I Can Fly, and Come Away.