R.I.P. Ella Jenkins

Folk singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins has died age 100...

From NPR

You may have grown up hearing one of Ella Jenkins' signature tunes, like "You'll Sing A Song and I'll Sing A Song." And you may have then played her music for your own children. Jenkins, who was known as "the first lady of children's music," died on Saturday at her residence in Chicago. She was 100.

Her death was confirmed by John Smith, associate director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, her longtime record label. She recorded 39 albums for Folkways, according to a statement from the label, over a career that spanned nearly 70 years.

Jenkins was inspired by a lot of things — the folk tradition, the civil rights movement, the church.