Soundtrack of "The Little Colonel" (1935)

Songs, dances, and musical numbers included in the soundtrack of the 1935 movie The Little Colonel. See also more about the movie The Little Colonel (1935) and about other movies with tap dancing scenes organized By Title and By Year.

Songs, Dances, and Musical Numbers

Love's Young Dream
Lyrics by Thomas Moore
Played on harp and Sung by Evelyn Venable (dubbed)
Later Sung by Shirley Temple

Oh! Susanna
Music by Stephen Foster
Played during the opening credits
Played on the harmonica by Avonne Jackson

My Old Kentucky Home
Music by Stephen Foster
Danced by Bill Robinson and (near the end) by Shirley Temple
VIDEO: YouTube

Wade in the Water
(also known as "God's Gwinter Trouble De Water"
Traditional Negro spiritual
Sung by a group of Negro workers

The Sun Shines Brighter (When You Go Singing Along)
Lyrics by William Kernell
Music by Louis De Francesco
Sung by a group of Negro workers

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Written by Wallis Willis
Sung a cappella by Hattie McDaniel

(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land
Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett
Played by a band during the Technicolor section of film near the end