Molloy College Music Department Music Therapy Song List

Children's Songs: Old MacDonald, Down by the Bay, This Old Man, Alphabet Song (both versions), The Wheels on the Bus, If You’re Happy and You Know It, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Shake Your Sillies Out, Twinkle Twinkle, Head Shoulders Knees & Toes, The “Train Song,” 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, Baby Shark, We All Sing With the Same Voice (Sesame Street), No One Like You (Sesame Street), You Are Special (Fred Rogers), Sing a Song (Sesame Street), Rubber Duckie (Sesame Street), Songs from Elizabeth Schwartz Book, Levin & Levin Book, NR Repertoire.

Folk Songs: Down in the Valley, Oh Susanna, If I Had a Hammer, Blowin’ in the Wind, You Are My Sunshine, Home on the Range, On Top of Old Smokey, Red River Valley, This Land is Your Land, Greensleeves, America the Beautiful, Happy Birthday to You, Green Green Grass of Home

Spirituals: Amazing Grace, Down by the Riverside, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Go Tell it On the Mountain, He's Got the Whole World, Go Down Moses, This Little Light of Mine

Holiday Songs: Dreidl, O Hanukkah, Let it Snow, Winter Wonderland, Feliz Navidad, All I Want for Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Silent Night, Frosty the Snowman, Jingle Bells

Jazz-Pop: My Favorite Things (Julie Andrews), As Time Goes By (Dooley Wilson), All the Things You Are (Frank Sinatra), When I Fall in Love (Doris Day), The Girl from Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim), Here's that Rainy Day (Wes Montgomery), Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland), When Sunny Gets Blue (Johnny Mathis), My Funny Valentine (Billie Holiday), Days of Wine and Roses (Andy Williams)

Blues: Steam Roller Blues (James Taylor; Elvis), St. Louis Blues (Bessie Smith), The Thrill is Gone (B.B. King), Nobody Knows When You’re Down & Out (Eric Clapton), Everyday I Have the Blues (B.B. King)

Country (Contemporary & Classic): Blue Ain’t Your Color (Kieth Urban), Play it Again (Luke Bryan), Tennessee Whiskey (Chris Stapleton), Better Man (Little Big Town), Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash), As Good As I Once Was (Toby Keith), The Gambler (Kenny Rogers), 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton), Look What God Gave Her (Thomas Rhett), Crazy (Patsy Cline), Love Story (Taylor Swift)

Classic Rock: Yesterday (The Beatles), Ramble On (Led Zeppelin), Somebody to Love (Queen), Don’t Stop Believing (Journey), Paint it Black (Rolling Stones), Candle in the Wind (Elton John), The Longest Time (Billy Joel), Back in Black (AC/DC), How Sweet It Is (James Taylor), Landslide (Fleetwood Mac) Hits from 20’s-40’s: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Five Foot Two, For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow, Ain't She Sweet, Bicycle Built for Two, Sidewalks of New York, In the Good Old Summertime, Good Night Ladies, Goodnight Irene, When the Saints Go Marchin’ In, Yellow Rose of Texas, My Wild Irish Rose, Accentuate the Positive

Hits from the 50’s/60’s: Love Me Tender (Elvis), Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis), Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong), All of Me (Frank Sinatra), Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (The Andrew Sisters), Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell); Hey Jude (The Beatles), The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel), Blue Moon (The Marcels), Earth Angel (The Penguins), I Only Have Eyes For You (The Flamingos), In The Still of the Night (The Five Satins), Stand By Me (Ben E. King), Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino), One Fine Day (The Chiffons), Twist and Shout (The Beatles), Save the Last Dance for Me (The Drifters), Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head (Burt Bacharach), Under the Boardwalk (The Drifters), La Bamba (Los Lobos)

Pop Hits of 70’s/80’s: Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler), You Light Up My Life (Debby Boone), Desperado (The Eagles), The Rose (Bette Midler), Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver), The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand), Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper), Blue Bayou (Linda Ronstadt), Somewhere Out There (Linda Ronstadt), You've Got a Friend (Carole King; James Taylor), I Can See Clearly Now (Jimmy Cliff), Moon Dance (Van Morrison), Three Little Birds (Bob Marley), These Dreams (Heart), Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar), Imagine (John Lennon), Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel), Lean on Me (Bill Withers)

Pop/Rock Hits of the 90’s: Wonderwall (Oasis), Waterfalls (TLC), Hold On (Wilson Phillips), Freedom! ’90 (George Michael), Mr. Jones (Counting Crows), Don’t Speak (No Doubt), Creep (Radiohead), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)

Show/Movie Tunes: When You Wish Upon A Star (Pinocchio), Cabaret (Cabaret), Edelweiss (Sound of Music), Tomorrow (Annie), What I Did for Love, Getting to Know You (A Chorus Line), A Time for Us (Romeo and Juliet), People (Funny Girl), Memories (Cats), Climb Every Mountain (Sound of Music), Where is Love (Oliver), Do Re Mi (Sound of Music), Impossible Dream (Man of la Mancha), On a Clear Day (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever), My Favorite Things (Sound of Music), Let It Go (Frozen), Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz), Alexander Hamilton (Hamilton), My Shot (Hamilton), Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story (Hamilton), She Used to Be Mine (Waitress)

Contemporary 2010s (Top 40): Hello (Adele), Sorry (Justin Bieber), Let Me Love You (DJ Snake & Bieber), Heathens (21 Pilots), Happy (Pharrell Williams), Someone Like You (Adele), Bad Romance (Lady Gaga), Royals (Lorde), Roar (Katy Perry)

Current Pop/Rock (2010—on): Truth Hurts (Lizzo), Anyone (Demi Lovato), Memories (Maroon 5), Adore You (Harry Styles), Rare (Selena Gomez), Bad Guy (Billie Eilish), Thank U, Next (Ariana Grande), Only Human (Jonas Brothers), This Life (Vampire Weekend), Shallow (Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga), I Don’t Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Beiber), Light On (Maggie Rogers), Someone You Loved (Lewis Capaldi), Despacito (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee), You Are The Reason (Leona Lewis), ME! (Taylor Swift) Rap/Hip Hop/R&B: Enemies (Post Malone feat. DaBaby), Old Town Road (Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus), Talk (Khalid), Make It Better (Anderson.Paak feat. Smokey Robinson), Worthy (India.Arie), I Am Light (India.Arie), Breath (The Grouch), What’s Golden (Jurassic 5), Alphabet Aerobics (Blackalicious), The Show Goes On (Lupe Fiasco), Out of My Mind (B.o.B feat. Nicki Minaj), Schizophrenia (XXXTentacion), Stan (Eminem), Insane in the Membrane (Cypress Hill), Mind Playing Tricks on Me (Geto Boys)

Song Books:

Levin, H (1998). Learning through music. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publishers.

Ritholz, M., & Robbins, C. (1999). Themes for therapy. New York, NY: Carl Fischer, LLC

Ritholz, M., & Robbins, C. (2003). More themes for therapy. New York, NY: Carl Fisher, LLC

Schwartz, E. (2012). You and me makes…we: A growing together songbook. Melrose, MA: Center for Early Childhood Music Therapy, LLC

Non-English Language Songs:

Chinese: 茉莉花 (Mo Li Hua), 美丽的草原是我的家 (The Beautiful Grassland is My Home), 山丹丹花开红艳艳 (Red Flowers Blooming over the Mountain), 月亮代表我的心 (The moon represents my heart), 沧海一声笑 (Cang Hai Yi Sheng Xiao) 童年 (Childhood), 青花瓷 (Blue and white porcelain) 千里之外 (Far away)

French: Alouette; Fais Dodo, La Vie en Rose

French Creole: Panamam Tombe, Carolina Caro

Hawaiian: Aloha Oe

Hebrew: Hatikvah, Hine Ma Tov, Shalom Chaverim, Havana Gila, Zum Gali Gali, Numi Numi,

Italian: O Sole Mio, Santa Lucia, Cuando Cuando Cuando

Japanese: Sakura, Furusato (Song of the hometown), Momiji” (Autumn leaves), Yuyake- Koyake

Korean: 아리랑 (Arirang), 고향의 봄 (Spring in My Hometown), 자장가 (Lullaby)

Spanish: De Colores, Los Pollitos Dicen, Arroz con Leche, A La Nanita Nana, Besame Mucho, Guantanamera

Yiddish: Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, Tumbalalaika, Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Raisins and Almonds)

(February, 2020)