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Molloy College

Music Department

Music Therapy

Song List

You will demonstrate ​ basic proficiency on voice, , and guitar through accompanying yourself​. Be prepared to sing and play two different songs for piano and for guitar (for a total of 4 different songs prepared). We will choose a minimum of one of your prepared songs for each instrument. If you have a song in mind that is not in the list, please let us know ahead of time at [email protected]

Please choose from the following song list. These are examples of music that might be used in music therapy sessions with a variety of clients:

Children's Songs: Old MacDonald (Thomas d'Urfey), Down by the Bay (Raffi Cavoukian), This ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Old Man (Malcolm Arnold), Alphabet Song (both versions), The Wheels on the Bus (Verna ​ ​ Hills), If You’re Happy and You Know It (Isaak Dunayevsky, revised by Alfred B. Smith), Itsy ​ ​ Bitsy Spider (Iza Trapani), Shake Your Sillies Out (Raffi), Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Jane ​ ​ Taylor), Head Shoulders Knees & Toes (1961 version), The “Train Song” (Tom Waits), Baby Shark (Robin Davies), 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 (), If I Had a Hammer (), Blowin’ in the ​ Wind (), (Jimmy Davis/Charles Mitchell), Home on the Range (Daniel E. Kelly), On Top of Old Smokey (Tom Glazer), Red River Valley (Fred Mendelsohn & Ira Mack), (Woodie Guthrie) , Greensleeves (Henry VIII), (Samuel A. Ward), to You (Patty Hill)

Spirituals*: , 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 *Many of these spirituals were written by people of African ​ descent, therefore we ask that you perform these songs in ways that honor their historical and cultural context .

Holiday Songs: Dreidel (Samuel Goldfarb), Oh Hanukkah (Mordkhe Rivesman) , Let it Snow ​ ​ ​ (), Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard), Feliz Navidad (José Feliciano), All I Want ​ ​ for Christmas ( & ), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Ralph Blane), (Franz Xaver Gruber), (Walter E. Rollins), ​ ​ Jingle Bells (James Pierpont) ​ ​ -Pop: My Favorite Things (Rogers & Hammestein) As Time Goes By (Dooley Wilson), All ​ ​ the Things You Are (), When I Fall in Love (), (Antonio Carlos Jobim), Here's that Rainy Day (Wes Montgomery), Somewhere (Harold Arlend), When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher), () , Days of Wine and Roses (Henri Mancini).

Show/Movie Tunes: When You Wish Upon A Star (Pinocchio), (Cabaret), Edelweiss ​ ​ ​ (Sound of Music), Tomorrow (), What I Did for Love, Getting to Know You (), A Time for Us (Romeo and Juliet), People (Funny Girl), Memory (), Climb Every Mountain (Sound of Music), Where is Love (Oliver), Do Re Mi (Sound of Music), Impossible Dream (), On a Clear Day (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever), (), Alexander (Hamilton), My Shot (Hamilton), Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story (Hamilton), She Used to Be Mine (Waitress)

Blues: Steam Roller Blues (; Elvis), St. Louis Blues (), The Thrill is ​ Gone (B.B. King), Nobody Knows When You’re Down and Out (Jimmy Cox; Bessie Smith), Everyday I Have the Blues (B.B. King)

Country (Contemporary & Classic): Blue Ain’t Your Color (), Wasted Time (Keith ​ Urban), Play it Again (), Whiskey (), Better Man (), (), As Good As I Once Was (), The Gambler (), 9 to 5 (), Look What God Gave Her (), Crazy (), Love Story (), Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ (), For the First Time ()

Classic Rock: Yesterday (), Ramble On (), Somebody to Love (Queen), ​ Don’t Stop Believing (Journey), Paint it Black (Rolling Stones), Candle (), The Longest Time (), Back in Black (AC/DC), How Sweet It Is (James Taylor), Landslide (), The Wind Cries Mary (), Johnny B. Goode ()

Rap/Hip Hop/R&B: Enemies ( feat. DaBaby), ( feat. ​ ​ ), Talk (Khalid), Make It Better (Anderson .Paak feat. ), Extra (Lucky Daye), Worthy (India.Arie), I Am Light (India.Arie), Breath (The Grouch), What’s Golden (Jurrasic 5), Alphabet Aerobics (Blackalicious), Humble (), The Show Goes On (Lupe Fiasco), Out of My Mind (B.o.B feat. ), Schizophrenia (XXXTentacion), Stan (), Backstabbers (Junior M.A.F.I.A.), Insane in the Membrane (Cypress Hill), Mind Playing Tricks on Me (Geto Boys)

Hits from the 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 Marching In, Yellow Rose of , 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 (), All of Me (Frank Sinatra), Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (The Andrew Sisters), Both Sides Now (), (The Beatles), The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel), Blue Moon (), 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 (), One Fine Day (The Chiffons), (The Beatles), Save the Last Dance for Me (), Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (), (The Drifters), La Bamba ()

Pop Hits of the 70’s/80’s: (), You Light Up My Life ​ (), Desperado (The Eagles), (Bette Midler), (John ), The Way (), Time After Time (), Blue Bayou (), Somewhere (Linda Ronstadt), You've Got a Friend (; James Taylor), I Can See Clearly Now (Jimmy Cliff), Moon Dance (), Three Little Birds (), These Dreams (Heart), Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar), Imagine (), Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel), on Me (Bill Withers)

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

Contemporary 2010s (Top 40): Hello (), Sorry (), Let Me Love You (DJ ​ Snake & Justin Bieber), Heathens (21 Pilots), Happy (), Someone Like You (Adele), (), Royals (), Roar ()

Current Pop/Rock (2010—on): Truth Hurts (Lizzo), Anyone (), Memories ​ (), Adore You (), Rare ( Gomez), Bad Guy (), Thank U, Next (), Only Human (), This Life (Vampire Weekend), Shallow (Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga), I Don’t Care ( and Justin Bieber), Light On (Maggie Rogers), (), (Justin Bieber, & ), You Are The Reason (), ME! (Taylor Swift) 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), JajangGa 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)