Raffi Down By The Bay YouTube

[@ramenadventure]

I was at one of his live concerts as a child. My mom yelled "encore!" at the end and I was convinced she alone got Raffi to come back out and sing another song. It was magic.

[@cg0825]

The guy that probably has the most fun and rewarding job ever. All the smiles he put on kids faces over the years

[@crimestopp3r]

I never grew up with Raffi, but stumbled upon this song because my son requested this song. Honestly, so good, we listen to it on repeat.

[@bajorekjon]

This man is a national treasure. He brought joy to millions of kids and that's priceles

[@twizz420]

I remember going to see Raffi in concert as a kid... I loved it. He's actually still touring and doing shows... That seems crazy to me... That's a long time and a lot of childrens' songs for an adult to play and not lose their mind

[@MKW288]

what makes you think he hasn't lost his mind??

[@geraldanderson3328]

Nlhipi

[@dashiellpreven285]

Blippi

[@ericturcotte8385]

Even today?😢

[@oluwaseyiadesanya3165]

Wow Raffis concert was the best I could ever seen ❤😊

[@matteasr]

"Did you ever see a COW with a green eyeBROW" My Dad sang it to me when I was little..I'm nearly 80 now and still love it. Thanks Raffi

[@nitrous_god]

yeah the math aint adding up there. was it an older song that Raffi brought into the mainstream? not attacking you or anything, just genuinely curious now.

[@mostaza1464]

This man is a legend. Generations remember and will remember his songs!

[@HHHAAA111222]

It’s funny you use that word, legend. But if you’d have asked my daughters in 1991 if he was or not, they would’ve agreed!

[@dashiellpreven285]

Beautiful day today

[@dashiellpreven285]

Yes

[@dashiellpreven285]

No

[@dashiellpreven285]

Maybe

[@chadandersen2774]

Wore out my Raffi cassette as a kid. Now I play these for my kids, they love the music and dancing kids

[@ferny198]

My heart melted when I heard the children sing along at the beginning, this was so sweet💚

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

Was feeling down today… cooking some dinner, and thought that maybe a childhood song could bring me up. Thanks Raffi.

[@michaels.52]

33 years young punk kid and still come back to good ol' Raffi to heal my soul😊

[@amalau2825]

It brings tears of joy! So many happy memories of my daughters childhood. 🥰

[@daligztivi5545]

This man was my childhood, teenage years, and to this day remains one of my favorite song singers

[@diane1564]

I can’t believe I remember all his songs at least 22 years later! He was my favorite musician for my kids to listen to and I’m sure we had all the CDs. I just thought about him while making up my own songs for musical improv. What a great influence for recent generations!

[@lilybashon2611]

I was working at a grocery store, and it randomly popped into my head yesterday. My grandma used to sing this song to me when I was a kid. I’m now 20 today.

[@exoticcar5482]

"Have you ever had a time when you couldn't make it rhyme?" That line was such lyrical genius

[@djcrobo2877]

This song was my childhood! 31 now and every time I asked someone what the name of this song was, I would only really remember the chorus, but they wouldn't know what I was talking about. Can't get enough of this song!

[@mohitbadhan4025]

If this song doesn’t randomly pop up in your head from time to time, U had no childhood 😤 i remember singing this in elementary school all the time, good times man

[@fabiolanavadeherrera3443]

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[@fabiolanavadeherrera3443]

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[@fabiolanavadeherrera3443]

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[@escabasket153]

It constantly pops into my head. I’m 34 now.

[@ChanceIchio]

Me at 34, thinking of this song, thought up a short film adaptation of this song, I would be thrilled to make it one of these days.

[@positivelyradiant9655]

When your 44 and still singing songs with Raffi and your adult kids look at you twisted!

[@user-xd9kr1cb5d]

This is ALL me ❤😂🎉

[@markeldamgaard]

I grew up listening to him

[@rikarao4266]

Same

[@jodiheydt9131]

I did too

[@schemer1991]

Same My voice sounds just like him when I sing his songs

[@uke4eva283]

Same here. He's great.

[@LiveLaughLoveJohnnieGuilbert]

Same 😭 he’s my childhood

[@CanadianWarMachine]

When you're 28 and find yourself singling along with Raffi

[@sarahbellum380]

I’m 27 and singing Raffi in front of my fiancé lol

[@theuglyqutezal3498]

@@sarahbellum380 yhes

[@griseldaantonio1994]

Are you kitting me

[@sarahbellum380]

I have a working theory that Raffi brainwashed all of us as children to return to him in our late-20s.

[@bug7059]

CanadianWarMachine I’m 13 and I grew up with him

[@IFledFromKansas]

20 some odd years later, this still makes my heart feel good.

[@Krisna_K]

I was already a teenager when he became big with the kids. But I have 3 younger sisters who loved him and his music especially when his specials were on cable tv! So, I got to know the songs too. lol

[@dashiellpreven285]

Singing 😊

[@bluebxrrymochi2091]

I didn’t grow up to listening to him but listening to this makes my smile so much and I don’t even know why 😊😊

[@bananaboygaming8825]

Same

[@suzum.9713]

Same. I never heard of him until I became a pre-school teacher. Love him.

[@dashiellpreven285]

No

[@dashiellpreven285]

I’m joking

[@rickyvaughn2868]

I haven’t heard this in 30 years and I remember every damn word

[@jamesshaler4710]

This brings me back to my childhood, in the 1990's! It's been my favourite song by Raffi since then! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😌😌😌😌😌

[@benfrizzell1244]

Just took my senior pictures today... Needed to go back and watch this.

[@sarajean1861]

I still love to sing Rafi songs to my nephews and nieces ♡♡

[@oipuma2356]

I am genuinely convinced raffi is one of the most talented music artists in the last 50 years, amazing nostalgic verses, catchiest and most creative choruses you'll hear, I love this man thank you raffi for making everybody heres childhoods!!

[@HubLocationSound]

Been singing this to my sons for the last couple of years. Heard it when I was 5-ish about 33 years ago. Classic.

[@BowzKnows]

Raffi is Love, Raffi is Life.

[@caroleschmidt9492]

The Hook blippy

[@dashiellpreven285]

Hu

[@Shwee113]

Born in 1991 and this song still gets stuck in my head every 2 or 3 months

[@alex7081]

Raffi you magnificent bastard…

[@disfiguredfetus1809]

Hey keep it wholesome

[@hoatzin7964]

Confused Boy And he did

[@truthmatters_7772]

😂😂😂

[@johnmarek4208]

😂

[@devinpaul9026]

@@disfiguredfetus1809 Username che-- actually no. No it doesn't.

[@kinleyyoung9482]

When I was little I had a CD I'd listen to everyday in my room. I had forgotten all about it until I ran across one of these videos. As it turns out, most of the songs were sung by him!

[@ciarara_creates]

Would always listen to this guy when I was younger:)

[@nbenefiel]

We took the kids to a Raffi concert 40 years ago. They still remember it. Their kids are bigger now than they were then. I used to sub with a kindergarten class waynback. I always brought my video of Raffi’s cncert for children.

[@mistybyker7757]

Omg remember listening to this when I was child now 42 yrs old and now showing with my younger children

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

Man, this and "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" bring me so much nostalgia...

[@BrotherJohn8484]

I'm an 84 baby and I remember singing this song in school. And now me and my family sing it on road trips ❤🙌

[@makeitkindentertainmentglo3386]

i am 85 baby

[@aydivg]

Loved this song. My grandson sings this all day long.

[@jennakeith5711]

I love this song! My sister and my cousin will always break out and sing this in the car! We make up our own verses on the fly and laugh our heads off

[@luzconcepcion6828]

Holla jenna Keith

[@dashiellpreven285]

Si

[@danielacostarelo6145]

34 years old and still love my Raffi!!!

[@princesskristan]

This man was my childhood!

[@drob1iviouz94]

can i be part of your adulthood?!damn you cute

[@princesskristan]

Savage Klown I'm good thanks

[@stitchthepoet6392]

yaaaaas !!

[@plushbatfan]

princesskristan Do you like Barney the Purple Dinosaur?

[@exoticcar5482]

@@drob1iviouz94 Don't think about it too much too much too much too muuuuch

[@emirojas92]

I learned this song through a cool/rocker substitute teacher my class had (in elementary over 20 yrs ago).That whole week we learned so many songs.

[@3Pedal13]

Who didn't love Raffi !!!

[@nadetomirkova4943]

BRAVO RAFFI ! THE CHILDREN ARE VERY, VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH YOU ! GOD BLESS YOU ! YOU LOVE THE CHILDREN ENDLESS ! THE CHILDREN LOVE YOU ENDLESS, TOO ! THIS IS FANTASTIC ! BRAVO ! ALL WE LOVE THE CHILDREN ENDLESS ! THE CHILDREN IN ALL WORLD ARE WONDERFUL ! GOD BLESS THE CHILDREN ! WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND LIGHT Mrs N.Mirkova from Sofia - Bulgaria

[@yerusalemabreha4578]

My sister was the one who first taught me this song after she learned it at elementary school. Fondest memories

[@roycostilla3104]

My favourite version! Our Amaru loves it so much! Thanks Raffi for sharing the love in your heart.

[@wallflower15875]

Another childhood favorite of mine. So much nostalgia.

[@isaaccollins8643]

I remember singing this in kindergarten. This video makes me happy 😂

[@Solasgon]

Fr

[@dashiellpreven285]

Yip😊

[@pvt.rickert4002]

My daughter loves this song🥰 I love singing along 38!!!

[@Cherry_blossomtart]

I love this song I’m 10 but in kindergarten there was 3 classes going to sing this at the assembly and we all sang it and it gives me so many memories of my old teacher

[@Connor-wt5go]

Same man I’m 11 but I sang this in kindergarten And at camp fires

[@amelia4545]

My children are 15 - born yesterday and will all grow up with Raffi in their life. Thank you for introducing me to Nelson Mandela.

[@saltyninja]

The king of punk rock.

[@katiarici3622]

I’m 19 now and this song came to my mind from my childhood :) ❤️

[@TheRosieBoy]

20 or so years ago, we would sing this on the bus, going on field trips ♥️ im singing at the top of my lungs. I LOVE this song and have been teaching my son. He didnt learn it in school 😔 or SKUNK IN THE BARNYARD, PEEYOU, SOMEBODY ATE IT, THATS YOU!

[@PedroLopez-ep5fq]

I love all these songs interpreted by Raffi. I am only a kid A 35 year old kid.

[@caseycat]

When i was a toddler in the early 90s, i named a stuffed giraffe of mine "Raffi" because I loved Raffi so much

[@daviddavidson5523]

Most wholesome stuff on the internet

[@Himothy.Baggins]

I saw a comment someone said they’re 28 & was singing along. That comment was from 4yrs ago. It’s 2023, I’m 25 & I just randomly wanted to hear this song. I haven’t heard it in 20yrs. Life is wild. If you’re reading this years from now, tag me in your comment.

[@patrick2912]

Also 25 and just thought of him for the first time in probably 20 years! I remember my father had a Raffi cassette he would play in the car

[@8cto1]

grew up with this man

[@glen-kun]

When you are 45 and thanking God you found Raffi for the first time to help you entertain your little one. We had Sharon, Lois and Brahm up in Canada!

[@sp4gtt3y_19]

my little cousin absoulutly loves this song, thanks :)

[@brandygoldey5361]

I loved Raffi now my kids do too

[@ALEXIP1003]

there's no end to this song

[@sourbat]

I loved this song as a child

[@antisepticblep3825]

This song was my childhood honestly

[@U4Eye]

My kids grandkids and I love Rafi

[@plumeriasboutique]

I never heard this song until I played it on piano

[@taraandrea3726]

Man's a national treasure ❤

[@schemer1991]

I seen raffi in concert in 1994 at age 3

[@eliottjimenez8430]

32 and this song is still a hitter.

[@ChickenLiver911]

I remember driving on road trips to this song.

[@Rave779]

Really digging the folk influence.

[@gabbytarlue1561]

I miss those days. Parents were so interactive with their kids. Look at all those parents and kids. Now parents are just too busy to play with their kids.

[@karlahernandez2547]

Me gusta mucho la canción de Raffi DOWN BY THE BAY

[@dashiellpreven285]

He is beautiful

[@zitchellmufelt]

can you imagine a mosh pit at a raffi concert

[@Anguss1313]

Mitchell Zufelt q

[@Anguss1313]

Q

[@plushbatfan]

Anguss1313 This is my most favorite simple song too. I actually increase my chances of winning loads of tickets (by seventy-five percent) in dozens of arcades.

[@ashleyObeth]

Mitchell Zufelt q

[@MothershipBrotha]

1:32 Don't have imagine, this kid's doing it!

[@inosuke2429]

1:33 that kid is having the time of his life right now.

[@chispychisp1690]

I remember this song!!!

[@charnayturner8504]

this takes me back to my childhood and I'm now 17 But woooooooo YEAH I'm lovin' it bruh. I'm also a female behind that.

[@johncole273]

I love that song

[@cmswofford1995]

Came here after reading a Rediit thread. I'm pretty sure I had a cassette tape of this and some others as a kid. I was born in '95, but CDs weren't really a thing in my house until about 2005.

[@Peguinwithhats]

"Did you ever see a Goose kissing a Moose?" Golden

[@mattshields1283]

I love the way you can sing along to baby Beluga

[@jamieschwartz7165]

Raffi is a legend

[@mastersadvocate]

I used to hear this song when I used to babysit my neighbour's kids! I loved this song! (still do) :-)

[@Shante1019]

This song literally just popped up in my head out of nowhere, and I still remembered some of the lyrics from the years I was in elementary.. 😅

[@TheRayneRider]

OG Banger! Bars for days!

[@Life-Row-Toll]

This was my favorite song in preschool:)

[@superfuntoysandsongs662]

Rafi is just awesome 😀

[@jodiheydt9131]

I like his songs

[@vermillion_sicdvyn651]

Such nostalgia

[@AngryCanadian1971]

Fond, fond memories.

[@brileyshaffer14]

I love this song

[@raghuvirj]

today my sun wouldn't eat. jut played this song, I sang along and in minutes he finished it all.

[@j.elizabeth4621]

I’m pretty sure if you played any of his songs in a room full of early-mid 30-somethings we’d all channel drunk 20-year-old freshmen singing Part of Your World.

[@dashiellpreven285]

Hi

[@moonflower5553]

I remember singing this song in music class in elementary school but had such a tough time figuring out what it was. All i could remember was watermelons

[@danielcelano5570]

Now what would a kid be doing at 1:33? Running around in a circle, I suppose.

[@bonhamsmith]

Daniel Celano XDDDDDDDDDDD

[@connerfranklin1528]

Circle pit

[@traprepublic1817]

Spun out wook foundling

[@dashiellpreven285]

No: yes.

[@CinematicTechnologies]

I remember watching this on a VHS tape. It seems like now days kids are on iPhones, cursing, and having "fun" means something completely different. So much for innocence. I feel old!

[@drob1iviouz94]

sad isnt it😔

[@rigginp]

I love introducing my little GS all these old songs. They have never heard them and think I am some kind of a musical genius. We sing Down by the Bay on every road trip. I have one girl who would sing it for hours if the rest of us would let her. LOL! I don't believe for a second that kids have changed all that much. They may face a different world but they still want all the same things we wanted as kids. They mostly want a little attention from some one who is willing to care about them. Peace!

[@HubLocationSound]

well luckily there is youtube, so continue to share the song. different technologies - same heart. it isn't sad at all. don't get old.

[@nurideenabdur-rahman2805]

Ethan Swords I know right phones are bad for children mentally I would rather a child play a console then a game to be honest

[@nurideenabdur-rahman2805]

Paula Riggins and that’s the thing kids act off the environment they come frome

[@royale_shelby1876]

I’m in this video when I was 7