[Astrogirl]

Anyone else sing to their babes? My wimpy repertoire is lacking severely and after 2 years of the SAME 2 songs, I am in dire need of some new suggestions.

 

[Ceinwen]

Barges is my go to song for a lullabye. I started singing it when I was pregnant with dd1, and it's become our tradition (for both dds).

 

[Astrogirl]

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Originally Posted by Ceinwen Barges is my go to song for a lullabye. I started singing it when I was pregnant with dd1, and it's become our tradition (for both dds).

I never heard that before - but i just googled - its lovely!

I also found Edelweiss, which i completely forgot about - adding them both

 

[SeekingSerenity]

We have several "modified" and personalized songs that we sing.

One is "The Heart Song," which is actually a Christmas carol that I sung in high school with my choir. I took a refrain from it and modified it into a lullaby when DS was a baby and around age 2, he named it "The Heart Song." (I believe the song is actually "Candlelight, Angel Light.")

We also do the "Tree Song," which is Rockabye Baby (where Mama catches baby at the end instead of baby falling), the "Star Song" which is, of course, Twinkle, Twinkle... and then the "Firefly Song," which is exactly that. The theme song to the sci-fi show, Firefly. Recently, DD has learned "You Are My Sunshine" and now sings that one to me.

We also say the "Monster Words" to scare off the monsters, but that comes after the songs, LOL.

 

[trinity6232000]

My dd is 8yo and still requests the same two songs before bed, most nights. I sing her "Gracie" by Ben Folds, but I change it from Gracie to Mattie, and "Close to Me" by The Carpenters.

 

[angelamariebee]

There is one song I sing occasionally to DD to help her sleep and it's not even a lullaby. I sing it because it's one of the only songs that is calm enough to sing at bedtime and I know all the words, lol. It's Trolley Wood by Eisley. DD loves it.

 

[zoeyzoo]

I sing Moonshine Lullabye from the musical Annie Get Your Gun and Chanson D'Efance (song for children) from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Aspects of Love. Dh makes up songs.

 

[ann_of_loxley]

Not your typical - but I love it....

Pippins song from Lord of the Rings.

Here. Really crappy video and youll have to turn it up a bit - and I probably don't sing it as well as he does hehe.

 

[Pernillep]

lately I have been asking him what he wants to sing and he is asking for the wheels on the bus. Definitely not a lullaby or a night song but it works

We also do twinkly twinkle and some danish songs from my childhood. However he keeps saying more round and round which of course is the bus.

 

[Theoretica]

I haven't heard Barges in YEARS! Wow...adding that tonight

 

[mamaGG]

My daughter loves Close to You by the Carpenters and You've Got a Friend and So Far Away by Carole King!

 

[Theoretica]

We sing quite a bit from the archives of the great Peter, Paul, and Mary. Simon and Garfunkle gets a good showing as well...

 

[simcon]

My daughter hates repetition (go figure...before kids I always thought that was the key), so our compromise is that I sing her every song I know from the Rise Up Singing! songbook, in order, and then start again from the beginning. We do 3 or so songs/night, and it takes a couple of months to get through that way.

 

[Super Glue Mommy]

MY daughter loves Lullabye by the dixie chicks and sings it with me.

My son asked me to make him up a song about "cars" (the movie) so we sing, every night now:

lightning mcqueen driives reall really fast
lightning mcqueen is in (my sons name)'s class
ka chow ka chow, ka chika ka chika

 

[Ceinwen]

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Originally Posted by Super Glue Mommy MY daughter loves Lullabye by the dixie chicks and sings it with me.

Ahhh! I love that song.

 

[FunkSoulMommy]

we sing a lot of non normal lullabyes at my house... the only real lullaby I think we sing is "irish lullabye" the too ra loo ra song

other than that we sing
Beautiful boy by John Lennon
Godspeed by the Dixie chicks
Yellow by coldplay
halelujah by jeff buckley
this song moonshiner from the movie the songcatcher (yes we sing about illegal alcohol making.... got a problem hehe )

oh & we sometimes sing river lullabye... I guess its a real lullaby... I think its from the prince of egypt, never seen it though so im not sure, & no real religious tones at all if thats not your thing...

 

[kcstar]

The usual trio is "Twinkle, Twinkle", "Spirit of Life", then "Kumbaya". Often I'll extend Kumbaya into starting what I call the "litany of love": "Mommy loves you", "Daddy loves you", "Granny loves you"...

Less "settling", we often find ourselves singing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes", "Itsy Bitsy Spider", telling "This little piggy" and other fingerplay games.

 

[tuck]

We have tons- but every night sing our homemade version of Beautiful Boy, adding things we've done during the day and now its time to go to sleep....ds is six and we MUST sing this one.
We love House at Pooh Corner by Kenny Loggins
This Land is Your Land
Puff the Magic Dragon ( words amended somewhat)
Baa Baa Black Sheep- Raffi version which can go on and on and on to lullrest
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
My Favorite Things from the Sound of Music- also the sound of music/adelweiss ( my favorite movie so I know the words)
hth

 

[momasana]

We sing the poem Long Time Sun everynight.

We use the version sung by Snatam Kaur

 

[FiveLittleMonkeys]

I love Barges! It takes me back to my Girl Scout days. My babies loved it too.

Others I sing:
Beautiful Boy (or girl, as the case may be)
Isn't She Lovely and other assorted Stevie Wonder songs
hymns
America the Beautiful, if I'm getting desperate
I made songs up sometimes

It's been awhile since I've sung to a little one!! I can't wait to rock and sing to the new babe.