Songs included "Captain Kangaroo", "The Captain's Place", "Little Mary Make Believe", "Dennis Anyone", "Guess Who I Am", "Little Black Frog", "How Does the Jelly Get in the Donut", "There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea", "Erie Canal", "Horse in Striped Pajamas", "The Littlest Snowman", "Daniel the Cocker Spaniel", "You Can Grow Up to Be President", "Spend Some Time With Your Child", and many more. Carmino Ravosa was a songwriter on the show from 1975 to 1977. Some well-known songs would be interpreted by puppet characters, such songs as "Minute Waltz", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", "On the Good Ship Lollipop", "Yellow Submarine", "I Love Onions", et al. The show also introduced young viewers to actual rock songs, accompanied by proper film or videotaped footage or puppet action, with such songs as "I'm A Train" (Albert Hammond), "Celebrate" (Kool and the Gang), "Private Eyes" (Daryl Hall & John Oates), et al. On the first show of every month, the Captain had a birthday cake for all of the children with birthdays that month.