Songs your child can play in Soitilo
Soitilo uses songs many children already know: nursery rhymes, folk songs and Christmas songs, plus well-known classical melodies. An adult can also add English hymns and carols.
Every melody is in the public domain, so not every favorite is there, but there are plenty to play, and more are coming. Below are the songs of each collection by name.
Children’s songs
Nursery rhymes and play songs from the English-speaking world and beyond.
- Happy Birthday Free
- London Bridge Is Falling Down Free
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- Hickory Dickory Dock Free
- The Muffin Man
All songs: Children’s songs
- A-Tisket, A-Tasket
- Aiken Drum
- Curly Locks
- Dance to Your Daddy
- Did You Ever See a Lassie
- Girls and Boys Come Out to Play
- Go In and Out the Windows
- Happy Birthday Free
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- Hickory Dickory Dock Free
- I Had a Little Nut Tree
- I Love Little Pussy
- Jack and Jill
- Jingle Bells
- Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
- Lavender's Blue Free
- Little Bo-Peep Free
- Little Boy Blue
- Little Jack Horner
- Little Tommy Tucker
- London Bridge Is Falling Down Free
- Looby Loo
- Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
- My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
- O Christmas Tree
- Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow
- Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?
- Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone
- Oh! Susanna
- Old King Cole
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- Oranges and Lemons
- Over the Hills and Far Away
- Pat-a-Cake
- Polly Put the Kettle On Free
- Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
- Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- See-Saw, Margery Daw
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
- Skip to My Lou
- Sleep, Baby, Sleep
- The Farmer in the Dell
- The Muffin Man
- The North Wind Doth Blow
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- There Was a Crooked Man
- Three Blind Mice Free
- Three Little Kittens
- Up on the House-Top
- Yankee Doodle
Folk songs
Traditional songs from Britain, America and the rest of Europe, passed down from one generation to the next.
- Oh! Susanna
- Yankee Doodle
- My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
- Au Clair de la Lune Free
- Lavender's Blue Free
- Over the Hills and Far Away
All songs: Folk songs
- Aiken Drum
- Au Clair de la Lune Free
- Charley over the Water
- Curly Locks
- Dame, Get Up and Bake Your Pies
- Dance a Baby Diddy
- Dance to Your Daddy
- Deck the Hall
- Girls and Boys Come Out to Play
- I Went Walking One Summer Night
- If All the World Were Paper
- Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
- Lavender's Blue Free
- Little Boy Blue
- Little Jack Horner
- Little Man and Maid
- Lucy Locket Free
- Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
- My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
- Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?
- Oh! Susanna
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- On the Bridge of Avignon
- Over the Hills and Far Away
- Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
- Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross
- Ring Dance
- Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf
- See-Saw, Margery Daw
- The Jolly Miller
- The North Wind Doth Blow
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- There Was a Crooked Man
- Three Little Kittens
- Up on the House-Top
- Upon Paul's Steeple
- Warm Hands
- When Good King Arthur Ruled This Land
- Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid
- Widewidewenne
- Yankee Doodle
- Young Lambs to Sell
Christmas songs
Christmas songs for children, which are also among the children’s songs and folk songs. With an adult’s choice, the English hymns and carols join them.
- Jingle Bells
- O Christmas Tree
- Deck the Hall
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
All songs: Christmas songs
- Deck the Hall
- Jingle Bells
- Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
- O Christmas Tree
- O Holy Night
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Up on the House-Top
Classical music
Famous themes by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart and Grieg, as melodies to play.
- Ode to Joy Free
- Für Elise
- In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Morning Mood
- Turkish March
- Pachelbel's Canon
All songs: Classical music
- Air on the G String
- Anitra's Dance
- Another Minuet in G
- Arabesque
- Ave Maria
- Beethoven's Minuet
- Bourrée in E minor
- Candour
- Dreaming
- Drinking Song
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik Free
- Für Elise
- Gavotte in G
- Gymnopédie
- Hallelujah
- In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Jupiter
- Kuhlau's Sonatina
- Largo Free
- Little Heath Rose
- Lullaby
- March of the Wooden Soldiers
- Marche Militaire
- Minuet in G
- Minuet in G minor
- Morning Mood
- Mozart's Minuet
- Musette in D
- Music for the Royal Fireworks
- O Holy Night
- Ode to Joy Free
- Of Foreign Lands
- Old French Song
- Pachelbel's Canon
- Pastorale
- Pathétique Sonata
- Polonaise in G minor
- Schubert's Lullaby
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Sonata Theme in A
- Sonatina in C
- Surprise Symphony
- Symphony No. 5
- Symphony No. 7
- Tambourin
- The Entertainer
- The Stars and Stripes Forever
- The Trout
- Toccata in D minor
- Turkish March
- Waltz in A-flat
English hymns and carols
Christmas hymns and carols for learners with English songs. An adult adds them in the learner’s settings, and they come with a subscription.
- Silent Night
- Joy to the World
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- Away in a Manger
All songs: English hymns and carols
- Away in a Manger
- Good King Wenceslas
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Joy to the World
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- Silent Night
- The First Nowell
Songs on the learning path
The learning path starts with songs such as Hot Cross Buns, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Are You Sleeping? Some of them have sheet music and playing tips on this site too.
Hymns with an adult’s choice
English hymns and carols appear only when an adult turns them on in the learner’s settings. They are off by default.
The choice stays on this device. Finnish hymns and Songs of Zion are offered to learners who use Soitilo in Finnish.
English and Finnish songs
These lists show the songs of the English-speaking repertoire. An adult can also choose the Finnish repertoire for a learner, or more song traditions, which adds songs from other countries.
Why is a song missing?
Soitilo only includes melodies whose copyright has expired: traditional tunes, old tunes by unknown composers, and tunes whose composer died more than 70 years ago. The source and rights of every melody are checked one by one.
That is why many newer children’s songs are not there. We add songs as their rights are checked. The app shows the names and melodies of songs, not lyrics.
When do songs open?
A song opens once the learning path has taught the skills it needs. The free library songs open for everyone after Chapter 1, and a subscription opens every song.
The public Android release comes first; iPhone and iPad follow.