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Lyr Req: Hey, Little Brand New Baby

08 Sep 12 - 02:07 PM (#3401703)
Subject: Lyr Req: Hey, Litle Brand New Baby
From: PHJim

I recall seeing a song, I think by either Len Chandler or Tom Paxton, in a Sing Out! magazine in the sixties. It began something like:
Hey Little brand new baby,
I hope you have a wonderful life.

Does anyone recognise this song? I have been asked by a expectant father for some songs to sing to his son. Any other suggestions?


08 Sep 12 - 02:28 PM (#3401708)
Subject: ADD: Little Brand New Baby (Tom Paxton)
From: GUEST,999

I found the following on

http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/iMovie-List/message/17951

LITTLE BRAND NEW BABY
(Tom Paxton)

    CHORUS:
    Hey, little brand new baby
    Your Momma and your Daddy
    Think you're mighty nice
    Hey, little brand new baby
    I hope you have a mighty nice life

Your daddy's lookin' mighty proud
Handin' out cigars all around the town
Grinning like a possum and I think he's gonna crow
And I hope you have a mighty nice life
    Hey, little brand new baby
    Your Momma and your Daddy
    Think you're mighty nice
    Hey, little brand new baby
    I hope you have a mighty nice life

It all lies ahead of you and from this day,
It won't be easy as you travel your way
But here's to your birth and I just want to say
That I hope you have a mighty nice life
    Hey, little brand new baby
    Your Momma and your Daddy
    Think you're mighty nice
    Hey, little brand new baby
    I hope you have a mighty nice life

Copyright (c) 1960, 1988 Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. (ASCAP)


09 Sep 12 - 11:34 AM (#3402010)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hey, Little Brand New Baby
From: Bettynh

Welcome to the world - Si Kahn

Pick me out an old-time song
Sing it right and sing it wrong
Play a tune that's nine months long
Welcome to the World
Take my fiddle and my bow
Play you every tune I know
Keep you dancing while you grow
Welcome to the World

We've got diapers by the pail
Mama's skinny as a rail
Got the whole world by the tail
Welcome to the World
Listen to that baby squall
Must be nearly ten feet tall
And you'd think he'd done it all
Welcome to the World

In my mind I see you clear
Changing through the days and years
And we're glad you're finally here
Welcome to the World
May you grow up proud and strong
May your life be rich and long
May your nights be filled with song
Welcome to the World


09 Sep 12 - 11:41 AM (#3402012)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hey, Little Brand New Baby
From: Bettynh

LITTLE POTATO
Written by Malcolm Dalglish
Oolitic Music, BMI
Recorded on Metamora, Sugar Hill Records, SH-CD 1131

You're my little potato, you're my little potato,
You're my little potato, they dug you up,
You come from underground!

The world is big, so big, so very big!
To you, it's new, it's new to you!

You're my little potato, you're my little potato,
You're my little potato, they dug you up,
You come from underground!

Let's talk about root crops (they dug you up),
And lamb chops (they chew on you),
And things to eat...like apples
and cheese and 'nanas and cream,
Jellies and butter,
it's late at night, I hope this little bottle helps you go to sleep!

They must have grown you wild,
you make a grown man a child,
I'll go and play in the mud
to be with you my spud (potato).
When you came out looking red as a beet,
You had wrinkles on the bottoms of your feet!

Oh, you are so sweet potato!
You're my sweet potato,
you're my sweet potato, dug you up!
You come from underground!

You smile, a smile, a little smile!
The world is small, so small, it's very small!

You're my little potato, you're my little potato,
you're my little potato, they dug you up,
You come from underground!

You're my little potato, you're my little potato,
you're my little potato!

On youtube


09 Sep 12 - 11:50 AM (#3402019)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hey, Little Brand New Baby
From: Bettynh

This thread has lots of suggestions for days when things get tough.