Well, here's another home-grown lullaby. Someday we'll have the knack of sharing tunes easily, as well as words! I may be able to get a midi version if anyone wants to try it. Or I can try some kind of formatted notation, similar to Bert's attempt. The tune's kind of nice.

This was made up (not written) when I was out of town with my 3 or 4 year old son and he couldn't get to sleep in a strange room. I just tried to put together all the pretty, pleasant images I could think of. It worked well on many nights until he started thinking he was too old for such "baby stuff." The order of verses is arbitrary, except for the first verse.

JELLYBEAN LULLABY

If I had a bag of jellybeans,
I would save all the red ones for you
And if I had a visit from the Queen,
I would bring her in to say goodnight to you.

Chorus: And if I had a big soft bed
I'd let you lay down your sleepy little head
And If I had a bag of jellybeans
I would save all the red ones for you

If I had a stairway to the stars,
I would climb up the Milky Way with you
And if I had a ticket on a rocketship to Mars
I would fly through the sky with you too. (chorus)

Well, if I had a little baby pony
I'd bring it home and take you for a ride
And if I had a pony and its mommy
We could go for a ride side by side. (chorus)

If I had a garden full of worms
I'd dig up all the fattest worms for you.
And if I found a worm with a very funny squirm,
I'd keep it in a bucket for you. (chorus)

Now if I had the rainbow in the sky
I would climb up the rainbow with you.
And if I thought you'd give it a try
We could slide down the other side too. (chorus)

Last Chorus: And if I had a big soft bed,
I'd let you lay down your sleepy little head,
And If I had a bag of jellybeans,
I would save all the red ones,
and the pink ones and the blue ones,
I would save all the purple ones for you

Copyright Rita Ferrara, 1986