The series
- Who
- Molly, Mallow and the gang
- Feel
- Calm, nature, comedy
- Length
- About 11 minutes
- Job
- Feelings worked through with the coast, and one song moment in every episode
Coming to YouTube
Sing with Molly & Mallow.
Upbeat folk songs for ages 3 to 7, sung by just the two of them. Old favourites by the sea, songs for every day, and songs about the big feelings.
Two strands, one name
The series is calm. The songs have bounce.
The songs
- Who
- Just Molly and Mallow
- Feel
- Upbeat and faster, with bounce
- Length
- 2 to 2½ minutes
- Job
- Singing along, again and again, on YouTube
The first songs
Twenty songs in four lanes. The old favourites are traditional rhymes in our own coastal arrangements. The feelings songs and the coast songs are ours alone.
Old favourites, by the sea
Traditional rhymes in a coastal folk arrangement.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Molly rows a dinghy up the Staithe creek, Mallow in the bow.
A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea
The fishermen’s huts, the jetty, the open sea.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive
Crabbing off the jetty, then letting the crab go.
Wheels on the Bus
The coast bus along the marsh road.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Stars over the salt marsh from Molly’s window.
Incy Wincy Spider
Rain on the cottage window, then the sun on the creek.
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Happy, sad, cross and scared verses.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Molly and Mallow on the beach.
Every-day songs
The routines parents reach for.
Wellies On!
Coat, scarf, yellow wellies, out of the gate.
Bath Time
Sandy feet after the beach.
Brush, Brush, Brush
Mallow helps. Not very well.
Goodnight, Staithe
Goodnight to the boats, the geese and the moon.
Learning songs
Letters, numbers, colours and opposites.
Molly’s Seaside ABC
A for anchor to Z for zig-zag sandcastle.
Counting Boats
One to ten, coming home on the tide.
Colours of the Harbour
Red buoys, the blue crab boat, yellow wellies.
Tide In, Tide Out
In and out, up and down, big and small.
Feelings and the coast
The songs nobody else has.
Too Small
When you can’t see over the harbour wall.
Scared of the Dark
The storm lantern song.
Waiting for the Tide
A seal pup, its mother, and patience.
Seals on the Sandbank
Counting seals from a safe distance.
Calm by design
Calm is not slow, and it is not sad.
Bright and bouncy
A skipping, clapping pace, on folk instruments: fingerpicked guitar, tin whistle and a warm voice.
Major keys
A feeling can be named, but the chorus lifts and the last chorus is the brightest. No song ends in a sad place.
Short
Two to two and a half minutes. Lullabies are kept for the bedtime compilations, and they are warm, never wistful.
Every song is drawn in watercolour and cut gently, holding on faces and animals rather than flashing between them. Like the songs? In Outloud English your child can sing them back to Molly, and she listens.
How every episode ends
The tide breath
Every episode closes with the same small ritual. Molly and your child breathe in as a wave comes in, and out as it goes back. Three times, while Mallow settles into his white puff. It works at bedtime, and it works in the app.
- In, as the wave comes in.
- Out, as it goes back.
- Three times.