Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-Ho

1."A pirates life for me"

2."The Simase cat song"


Classic Songs and Animations   October 19, 2002
Virginia Lore (Seattle, WA United States)
This collection includes: Heigh-ho and the dwarves' dance from Snow White, Pooh's exercise song from Winnie-the-Pooh, the theme song to the original Zorro, We're Three Caballeros, a cowboy lullaby song, the Siamese cat song from Lady and the Tramp--all seamlessly introduced by an animated owl teaching about melody. Our two-year-old ask for it "again! again!" and will watch it two or three times in a row if we let her. Adults in the room enjoy the nostalgia induced by these very familiar tunes and a sense of contemporary history, as the songs here are from a span of four decades.

The only caution here (as with many classic cartoons) is that as society has changed, so have our sensibilities about what is appropriate to include in our media. The animations include stereotypes of Asian, Latino and Native American cultures, which can make the politically correct parent cringe.


THE BEST IN ALL TIME CHIDREN'S VIDEO   November 19, 2001
CLEMENT OKAFOR (USA)
I CONSIDER SNOW WHITE SING ALONG HEIGH-HO TAPE A FAMILY FAVORITE. IT BRINGS OUT THE CHILD IN EVERY ADULT. A WONDERFUL ACTION PACKED TAPE FILLED WITH HUMOR AND JOYFUL MUSIC FOR THE YOUNG AND THE OLD. DON'T COME HOME WITHOUT IT.


My Baby's favorite   July 23, 2001
The only thing bad about this video is that it is not long enough. A Cowboy Needs A Horse is one of his favorites, and I can't seem to find that song anywhere else!!!


A Mixed Bunch   October 20, 2000
There are some great songs (Pooh doing his Up-Down exercises, Let's Go Fly a Kite, and of course the Dwarves), some real unknowns that turned out to be good (the little boy's cowboy dream song), and some that I found frankly disturbing (a song by pirates about the fun of pillaging that includes footage of pirates chasing women around a house, and the Siamese cat song--the subtites make it quite clear that it is a very negative Asian stereotype). I fast-forward through these songs....