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Songs from a Parent to a Child
Studio album by Art Garfunkel
Released	June 3, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Folk
Length	36:01
Label	Columbia
Producer	Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel chronology
Across America (1997) Songs from a Parent to a Child (1997) Simply The Best (1998)

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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

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

• Art Garfunkel – vocals
• James Garfunkel, Kim Garfunkel, Merry Clayton, Maxine Waters, Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
• Steve Gadd, Bill Maxwell, Russ Kunkel, Chris Parker – drums
• Lee Sklar, Mark Egan, Freddie Washington – bass guitar
• Warren Bernhardt – piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ B3
• Eric Weissberg – dobro, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Billy Preston – piano, Hammond organ
• John Sebastian - guitar, harmonica, whistling
• Paulinho da Costa, Raphael Padilla – percussion
• Dean Parks, Tony Maiden, Stuart Breed – guitar
• Oscar Brashear – trumpet
• Curtis Amy – tenor saxophone
• Bob McChesney – trombone
• Jeff Mironov – electric guitar
• Dan Higgins, Lisa Edelstein – flute
• Joseph Stone – oboe, English horn
• Jimmy Webb – piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ

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