emeraldjoy Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 It is Well With My Soul You are my Sunshine My own version of classical lullabies (my own lyrics) Pink Floyds...."momma loves her baby....and daddy loves her too....though the see may look warm to you baby.....etc....I think it may be called Baby Blue. This one is bad, I know, but the tune was lullaby-ish....Sublime's Santaria. Mockingbird; my own All to Thee. I really love this thread by the way. e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 The chorus to "Goodnight Swetheart". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirch Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Margaritaville or Volcano. She learned left and right from Fins. Mine was Son of Sailor and Little Miss Magic. :D I also Amazing Grace. Still do, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Most constant was a made up counting song, different words same tune each night. I would make up verses about the things we had done or were planning to do. Years later my oldest dd (music lover) said she had looked and looked for her favorite lullaby and could not find it. I had to tell her I had made it up. :lol: The other songs were; folk tunes - Clementine, Puff the Magic Dragon, Camptown Races etc old style hymns - Old rugged cross, Rock of Ages, Amazing Grace, I walked in the Garden Alone Last year when college girl took an American Folk Songs history course she said she was the only one who recognized most of the old hymns. If I recall correctly, she ending up singing Old Rugged Cross to the other kids because they didn't know it. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 This thread is making me miss rocking babies :crying:. I still rock my 7 yr old, and I'm not ashamed to say it! : ) She asks to be rocked, too. It's soothing and a good part of her sensory diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Amazing Grace, I'll Fly Away, Swing Low, Oleana, Shield and Son, As the Deer, A'wen de Ya ho, Puff the Magic Dragon, Daisy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakblossoms Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Twinkle Twinkle little star with some hand motions I made up...or that Don't worry about a thing song by Bob Marley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I sang Mockingbird, Now and Then (Kenny Loggins), Winken and Blinken and Nod (Doobie Bros), Sometimes (Jonathan Edwards), I will sing unto the Lord, He has shown thee, oh man... Basically anything I could remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I usually sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow or You Are My Sunshine to my oldest. When the youngest came along I added, I Love You So Much from a Discovery Toys CD and a mostly made-up lyric to Brahms Lullaby. Nice walk down memory lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenangelcat Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 It was different for each kid. Goodbye My Lover-James Blunt You Are My Sunshine Rock a Bye Baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akmommy Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Each of my kids have a song that was sung just to them. Oldest's was Goodnight, My Angel by Billy Joel, the middle's was Sara by Journey, and DS's was My Little Man by Ozzy Osborne. Some others I sang to them were Hush Little Baby, You are my Sunshine, House at pooh Corner, baby Mine, and pretty much anything that was soothing and I could remember more then a couple lines of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 "Summertime" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) I used to sing "On the day that you were born" (Close to You) to my oldest. I still cry when I hear it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTnjS4tv9R8 Edited June 5, 2011 by Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 The 3 standards for both my kids were: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Ba Ba Black Sheep Rock a by baby followed by Hush Little Baby Then followed by songs made up using their names. Ds had a song to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and dd has one to the tune of Hush Little Baby. Sometimes they still let me sing to them. Ds is 13 and dd will be 11 in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Usually the standard "Rock-a-Bye Baby", but sometimes I'll sing "Come, Ye Disconsolate" (especially if they are sad) or "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarreymere Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I sang Mockingbird to all of mine, but I made up my own words for most of it, at first because I couldn't remember the real words then later because I liked my words better. My DD age 25 wanted to sing the same song for her first baby but she couldn't quite remember all of the words I sang so instead of asking me she looked the words to Mockingbird up online.......then called me to let me know she is feeling quite deceived! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellaMama Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 "Goodnight baby" from the Signing Times with Alex and Leah DVDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annandatje Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 This Land is Your Land All My Trials We Shall Overcome All My Life is a Circle One of These Days (by Peanut Montgomery) Various Scots-Irish tragic ballads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Catch A Falling Star (and put it in your pocket) Castle On A Cloud various hymns when they came to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Old hymns You Are My Sunshine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogMom5 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Silent Night and songs I made up. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I used to sing "On the day that you were born" (Close to You) to my oldest. I still cry when I hear it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTnjS4tv9R8 My sister, who is 12 years older than I am and more like my mother, sang me to sleep with that song as long as I can remember. It makes me feel like a small child when I hear that song. I sang "Daddy's Little Girl" and changed the words to "Mommy's little boy" for my boys, You are My Sunshine, Jesus Loves Me, and sometimes I just hummed. I had one son that I had to sing "As the Deer" to - he would say, "Pantin for, Mama." It makes me miss him to think about it, now that he's grown and far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorMama Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Am I the only person who always blanks on lullaby-appropriate songs when they're put on the spot? I can never seem to think of any sweet, soothing songs I know all the words to when confronted by a crying child. My almost 3yo still asks me to sing him 'the train song' when he's upset. 'The train song' is Folsom Prison Blues. I was really sleep deprived when he was a baby and it was the only song I could seem to remember.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) For my oldest it was always Brown Eyed Girl (a few lines edited, of course). :lol: In fact, when it comes on the radio I'll always turn it up and tell her that her song is on. If you ever need a break from singing, get Kenny Loggins Return to Pooh Corner and More Songs From Pooh Corner CD's. They are wonderful and I still love those songs. Many of them are very relaxing for baby (and mom). Edited June 5, 2011 by ~AprilMay~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I sang Sweet Baby James, Pete Seeger's A Hobo's Lullaby, Silent Night, All the Pretty Little Horses, and whatever else I could remember at the moment :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Sweet Baby James by James Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I always sang Amazing Grace to all of my children. For my last child, I started singing Jesus Messiah and he couldn't fall asleep w/out it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 John Lennon's Goodnight I never even knew this song until my DH started singing it to our DD. Now it is always the lullaby I think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 John Lennon's Goodnight I never even knew this song until my DH started singing it to our DD. Now it is always the lullaby I think of. This one is also on the Kenny Loggins CD. It's a sweet song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceinMD Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 The Tallis Canon ("All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night") over and over and over. And over. All verses. And over. (Plus a few I made up just for ds.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I have no imagination. I sang "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and the freakin' ABCs! I also would sing "Rockabye Baby" but change the end to, "And mommy will catch you, don't worry at all." Pretty much it. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgilli3 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 To them all, I sang Hush Little Baby,and another little ditty I made up. For Griffin,his favourite by far is Mr Sandman by the Chordettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnsinkableKristen Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 For all of them I sang the traditional ones, but I end up having one song I sing to each of them exclusively. For T, I sang "You've Got A Friend" For D, I sang "No One" by Alicia Keys (sounds weird, but low and slow it is such a lovely lullaby and I could only remember the chorus and one verse) For A, I sing "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Good Night Sweet Darlin'" I wonder what I'll sing to N?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfaring Stranger Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I have a different song for each of the kids. Eliza's is "Where O Where are You Tonight" from Hee Haw. I started singing that when Jennifer was gone and noticed that Eliza would stop crying when I got close to the raspers part. Elias' is "I Went Down to the River to Pray" from the "O' Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack. Pearl's is a true lullaby that starts out "Go to sleep go to sleep go to sleep you little baby, when you wake have some cake and ride them pretty little horses." Nika's song, "Wayfaring Stranger", is an old song from the Southern Mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Amazing Grace, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (and its variations -- the alphabet song and Baa Baa Black Sheep), Brahms Lullaby, Hickory Dickory Dock (and some made up variations), on On Eagle's Wings occasionally During the Christmas season they get carols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Baa Baa Black Sheep and Jesus Loves Me for all 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwickimom Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 "You are My Sunshine" My mom sang it to me when I was young and it was just natural to carry on :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenneinCA Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 "Take me out to the Ball Game" and none of them like baseball now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EppieJ Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Aside from making up my own, I would often sing "Away in a Manger". Ds was born in October so it was sort of "that time of the year", but I sang it year round. It's just so soothing and I love the message! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacie Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Bind Us Together, We Shall Assemble, Sanctuary, there is one other that I cannot remember the title of right now... Bind Us Together was my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls Sweet Baby James by James Taylor All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan When I'm 64 by the Beatles Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants We are a strange family!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I used to sing "On the day that you were born" (Close to You) to my oldest. I still cry when I hear it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTnjS4tv9R8 I sang this to my son, too! And, now I'm a bit weepy just thinking about how fast those precious years slipped by.. Also, I "composed" songs for each of my kids. I'm neither a composer nor a singer, so of course they are songs only a sleepy, very young child could love ;), but they are so special to me, and occasionally, I still try to sing them to my older kids (if for no other reason than I don't want to forget the words...), but, alas, they don't seem as receptive to my off-key singing voice as they were when they were toddlers and preschoolers :lol: :::sigh::: My youngest still likes me to sing to her----in addition to "her" song, I sing "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," an occasional pop/alternative song, and seasonal music. Oh, and I do take requests! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 For all 3 I sang Disney's La la lu and my little girl liked the ABC song in English and Arabic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 As I was putting my baby girl down for a nap today, singing her to sleep, I realized that I have sang the exact same songs to put my all 3 of my kids to sleep over the years. How about you? What songs do you sing to your little ones as a lullaby? Have you used the same ones for all your kids? My standbys are: Amazing Grace, I'll Fly Away, Mockingbird Hey! I thought I was the only one using a song that is not traditionally a lullaby! I've used I'll Fly Away. But the one I used the most for DS (and plan to use for DD) is one I don't hear a lot "In God's Green Pastures Feeding" http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/c/52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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