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Thread #46497 Message #1142578
Posted By: Joe_F
21-Mar-04 - 09:24 PM
Thread Name: What was your first tune?
Subject: RE: What was your first tune?
My baby book does not pick out any one song as first, but it says (in my mother's hand, ca. 1940),
By 2 1/2 years, knew about 25 nursery rhymes, same most of them, carrying tunes perfectly.
_Hymns_ Lead Kindly Light Jesus Bids Us Shine Blessed Jesus Silent Night
Frere Jacques Au Claire de la Lune Aupres de ma Blonde
Kommt a Vogel Muss i denn Ah wie ist's moeglich Von meinem Bergli Guten Abend Gute Nacht
Oifn Pripitchok Rozhenkes mit Mandeln
Come, Let's Play We're Indians Here Comes the Sandman Lovely May
The first song I ever *heard* was almost surely Rozhenkes mit Mandeln, mentioned above. I have the text, in my mother's hand, that she learned it from while in the hospital to have me.
On my own, I remember that my favorite tune on the jukebox, when I was about 3, was St Louis Blues. It was No. 4 and cost a nickel.