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GUEST,2feathers (for Mrs. Duck and for Caitrin) Songs Your Mother Sang to You (126* d) RE: Songs Your Mother Sang to You 18 Apr 01


Hi, Mrs.Duck, My mother also sang the same song and the words go: Hush my babby, my curly headed babby Just rest your head on Mommy's breast while she sings a lullaby, -y -y. Hush my babby, my darling little babby The yellow sun has gone to rest and the stars are in the sky - y - y Does you want the moon to play with? Or the stars to run away with? They's come if you don't cry So lula, lula, lula, lula bye-bye In mommy's arms you're creepin' And soon you'll be a-sleepin' so-o Lula, lula, lula, lula bye.

And Caitrin, here's a bit more of the chorus of "TODAY" Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine, I'll eat your strawberries and drink your sweet wine, a million tomorrows will all pass away, ere I forget all the joy that is mine today." I can hum the intro line, but can't remember another word tonight!

My mom sang all the time. I remember asking for the funny sounding ones like "Jada, jada, jing jing jing" and (can you believe another song with the same silly jada jada wrods?) "In the land of San Domingo, lived a girl called Oh, By Jingo, Ja Da Jada Jada jing, jing, jing. From the fields and from the marshes, came the young and old by goshes, Ja Da, Jada, jada jing,jing jing. They all spoke a diffeent lingo, but they all loved Oh, By Jingo, and every night, they'd sing in the pale moonlight: Oh, By Jingo won't you be our love?, Oh, by jingo be our turtle dove We will build for you a hut You will be our favorite nut We'll raise a lot of little Oh By Gollies And we'll put them in the follies! By jingo said by gosh by gum by gee Oh, by jiminy please don't bother me So the all went away saying oh by gosh by gum by jimminy By Gee You're the only gal for me.

The next verse began Oh, by jingo had a lover He was always undercover Ja Da jada jada jing jing jing.... And then my mind cuts out! Of course, I could ask my mom to sing it now. She is 99 years old, but remembers every song she ever learned - possisbly thousands and thousands of them!


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