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25 Aug 05 - 10:52 AM (#1549431) Subject: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,moongoddess I am putting together a CD for my grandson (one year old) and would like to include some favorite lullabies and children's songs. So far, I have "Prairie Lullaby" from a dear long-time friend, and "You are My Sunshine". Oh, and "Waltzing with Bears", of course. Thanks much! |
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25 Aug 05 - 11:17 AM (#1549450) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,Joe_F The "Lullabies" section of _Rise Up Singing_ includes many good candidates. (Skip over "Abide with Me" & "Goodnight Irene" -- whoever classified the songs in _RUS_ sometimes failed to read them all the way thru.) The first lullaby I heard was "Rozhenkes mit Mandeln"; my mother studied it in the hospital while waiting for me. --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: A science is only a well-made language. :|| |
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25 Aug 05 - 11:28 AM (#1549466) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: MMario take a look at the playlist for the blue bottle special Which is a good bargain in itself! |
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25 Aug 05 - 12:05 PM (#1549500) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: clueless don I'll cast a vote for one. My daughter has a tape which I believe is titled "Favorite Children's Songs", or something like that. It consists of various songs, some of which I know well ("I've been workin' on the railroad", "This Old Man", et al.) and others that I hadn't heard before. One of the new ones (to me) was a lullaby. The lyrics being: The stars are out, the moon is up it's time to go to bed. I'm so glad you have a place to lay your sleepy head. Have a deep and peaceful sleep. Dream away the hours. When you wake, the sun will rise to smile upon the flowers. Go to sleep, my little friend beneath the evening star. You will always have a friend no matter where you are. This lullaby isn't for everyone, I would guess (many might consider it "saccharine"), but it touched me, and I still sing it to my now nine year-old daughter (I usually sing "my little *one*" rather than "my little friend" when singing it to her.) This tape was produced by Disney, and the same singer performs all of the songs. If I get a chance, I will try to dig it up and get more information. Don |
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25 Aug 05 - 12:25 PM (#1549518) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: Paul Burke I used to sing the Kinks' Wonder Boy to Tom when he was that age (really over 20 years ago?): Wonder boy, life's just begun. Turn your sorrow into wonder Dream alone, don't sigh, don't groan Life is only what you wonder. Day is as light as your brightest dreams, Night is as dark as you feel it ought to be. Time is as fast as the slowest thing, Life is only... Wonder boy, Wonder boy. Everybody is looking for the sun. People strain their eyes to see, But I see you and you see me, And ain't that wonder? Wonder boy, some mother's son, Life is full of work and plunder[?]. Easy go, life is not real, Life is only what you conjure. Wonder boy, And the world is joy, every single day. It's the real McCoy, Wonder boy. Everybody is looking for the sun. People strain their eyes to see, But I see you and you see me, And ain't that wonder? Wonder boy, some mother's son, Turn your sorrow into wonder Dream alone, go have your fun. Life is only... Life is only... Life is only... |
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25 Aug 05 - 02:09 PM (#1549600) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,moongoddess Many thanks for the suggestions. I know many children's songs, but songs that have a special meaning would be the ones I'd like to sing and play for my grandson. "Hush Little Baby, Don't Say a Word" was my daughter's favorite along with "Swim, Swim, Swimmy I Swim". Keep 'em coming, folks! |
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25 Aug 05 - 02:27 PM (#1549618) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: MissouriMud Simlar to Hush Little Baby is Say Darling Say - different tune with many of the same verses. Hobo's Lullaby is nice although the verse about the police could be omitted I suppose if there was concern that it might may be confusing to kids. James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James" was always a favorite of mine to sing as a lullaby, although I usually only did the first verse - if the child is young enough they dont ask questions about the "thinking about women and glasses of beer" line. |
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25 Aug 05 - 02:39 PM (#1549629) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: Wesley S Hobo's Lullaby is one I still sing to my four year old. And even tho it isn't considered a childens song I used to sing "My Creole Belle" also. |
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25 Aug 05 - 04:13 PM (#1549694) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: frogprince Looked in the D.T., and googled, but couldn't find one I have heard by Rosalee Sorrels that goes "At the gates of heaven, they sell shoes for the angels; little barefoot angels, come and buy, come and buy." Just stunning, IMO. |
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25 Aug 05 - 04:26 PM (#1549704) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: black walnut I love Chatter with the Angels, Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley, If I Could Have a Windmill, Mama's Gonna Buy Me a Little Lap Dog, and a zillion others. ~b.w. |
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25 Aug 05 - 04:28 PM (#1549707) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: PoppaGator If you like "My Creole Belle," you'll probably also like Mississippi John Hurt's one and only true "chirrun's song," C-H-I-C-K-E-N, discussed to death in this thread. |
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26 Aug 05 - 07:35 AM (#1550146) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: Le Scaramouche Daddy Fox. Grey Goose. Over the Hills. Dance to Your Daddy. Froggy Went a-Courtin' (also known as the Frog's Wedding). Goodnight Little Arlo, Goodnight. Hey Diddle Diddle. The Tailor and the Mouse. The World Turned Upside Down. There's a Hole in My Bucket. Drunken Sailor. Blow the Man Down. Malbruck Has Gone to the War. The Sow Took the Measles. |
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26 Aug 05 - 09:21 AM (#1550217) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: clueless don Following up on my post of 25 Aug 05 - 12:05 PM: The tape is titled "Children's Favorite Songs, Vol. 1", 1979 by Walt Disney Records. Performed by Larry Groce & the Disneyland Children's Sing-Along Chorus. It has 25 songs. 21 are standards, one is "The Hokey-Pokey", and three are originals by Groce. One of those originals is "Friends Lullaby", whose lyrics I posted before. A brief sound sample is available at this site: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001M6D/002-5301304-3304049?v=glance Don |
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26 Aug 05 - 09:22 AM (#1550219) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,Wherriebob Coorie Doon by Matt McGinn (melody is on DT) Chorus : Coorie doon, Coorie doon, Coorie Doon, my darling, Coorie doon the day. Lie doon, my dear, and in your ear, To help you close your eye, I'll sing a song, a slumber song, A miner's lullaby. Your daddy's doon the mine my darling, Doon in the Curbly Main, Your daddy's howkin' coal my darling, For his ain wee wean. There's darkness doon the mine my darling, Darkness, dust and damp, But we must have oor heat, oor light, Oor fire and our lamp. Your daddy coories doon my darling, Doon in a three foot seam, So you can coorie doon my darling, Coorie doon and dream. Another favourite Scots Lullaby is "Ally Ally Ally Bally Bee" When our children were young they absolutely loved Pete Seeger's recitation of the Giant tale "Abby YoYo" |
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26 Aug 05 - 09:41 AM (#1550235) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: Le Scaramouche Aiken Drum. |
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26 Aug 05 - 09:55 AM (#1550245) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,Wherriebob ABIYOYO Story by Pete Seeger traditional African music arranged by Rev. HCN Williams and JN Maselwa Chorus: Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo Once upon a time there was a little boy who played the ukelele. He'd go around town, 'Blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, bImp blmp blmp, blmp blmp, blmp!' Grown-ups said "Get that thing out of here!" Not only that, the boy's father was a gettin' in trouble. He was a magician. He had a magic wand. He could go 'Zoop! Zoop!' make things disappear. But the father played too many tricks on people. Somebody doing a hard job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt', up comes the father with his magic wand, 'Zoop!' no saw. Come to someone about to drink a nice cold glass of something, 'Zoop!' the glass disappears, He'd come to someone about to sit down after a hard day's work, 'Zoopl' no chair. People said to the father, "You get out of here, too. Take your magic wand and your son!" The boy and his father were ostracized. That means they made them live on the edge of town. Now in this town they used to tell stories. The old people used to tell stories about the giants that lived in the old days They used to tell a story about a giant called Abiyoyo. They said he was as tall as a house and could eat...people... up. Of course, nobody believed it, but they told the story anyway. One day, one day, the sun rose, blood red over the hill. And the first people got up and looked out of their window, they saw a great big shadow in front of the sun. And they could feel the whole ground shake. 'Stomp, stomp'. Women screamed, 'Ahh!' Strong men fainted "Ohh!" - "Run for your lives! Abiyoyo's coming!" He came to the sheep pasture, grabs a whole sheep, 'Yeowp!' Comes to the cow pasture, grabs a whole cow, 'Yeowp!' Daniel, "Grab your most precious possessions and run! Run!" Just then the boy and his father woke up "Hey, Paw, what's coming over the field?" - Oh, Son, that's Abiyoyo. Oh, if I could only get him to lie down, I could make him disappear." The boy said "Come with me, Father." He grabs his father by one hand. The father gets the magic wand, the boy gets the ukelele. They run across the field. People yelled, "Don't go near him! He'll eat you alive!" There was Abiyoyo. He had long fingernails cause he never cut 'em. Slobbery teeth, cause he didn't brush them. Stinking feet, 'cause he didn't wash 'em. He raised up with his claws, the boy whips out his ukelele and starts to sing. Chorus Well, you know the giant had never heard a song about himself before, and a foolish grin spread over the giant's face. And the giant started to dance "Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo," the boy went faster, "Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo. Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo," The giant got out of breath. He staggered. He fell down flat on the ground 'Zoop!, Zoop!' people looked out the window, Abiyoyo disappeared. They ran across the fields. They lifted the boy and his father up on their shoulders. They said, "Come back to town. Bring your damn ukelele, we don t care anymore!" And they all sang: Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo (Oh, you sing it with me,) Abiyoyo Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo ©1963,1964 (Renewed) Fall River Music, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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26 Aug 05 - 10:50 AM (#1550266) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: KT I love "The Castle of Dromore," especially the last verse. "Take time to thrive, my ray of hope, in the garden of Dromore. Take heed, young eaglet, 'til thy wings are feathered, fit to soar. A little rest, and then the world is full of work to do. A little rest, and then the world is full of work to do ." I sang it at my regular gig, to my son when he was about to leave for college. |
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26 Aug 05 - 02:31 PM (#1550449) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: frogprince Melvina Reynold's "Magic Penny". |
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26 Aug 05 - 02:46 PM (#1550457) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,Sandra I've always sung the first verse of Roy Orbison's "In Dreams" to my grandson, it always calmed him and he'd ask me to sing it over and over.... A candy colored clown they call the Sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper Go to sleep, everything is allright. |
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26 Aug 05 - 02:50 PM (#1550463) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,Sandra Oh, and sometimes I'd add the next verse too, it's not all that 'romantic'.... I close my eyes, then I drift away Into the magic night, I softly say A silent prayer, like dreamers do, Then I fall asleep to dream My dreams of you. |
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26 Aug 05 - 06:04 PM (#1550582) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST My own Son is 4+1/5, and our treat at night is for Dad to sing him some songs, this has being only going on now a few months. His favourite I'm afraid to say is 'Whiskey in the Jar' - I'm already corrupting him. All in all he has his repertoire of about 6 songs that he sings the words to me. Two little boys Spanish Lady Rattling Bog - a particular fav. of his is this one Dublin's fair city Whiskey in the Jar - His constant request Puff the magic dragon I know they might not exactly be lullabies - but he gets great fun from them.Yet when signing them during the day - our 18 mth old daughter always stops what she's doing to listen...maybe they are OK ?? Beyond that Dad's own repertoire is exceptionally limited anyway ! But 'Summertime' 'Silent night' or 'The little drummer boy' make their occassional sounds... Rgds Diesel |
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26 Aug 05 - 06:05 PM (#1550584) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: diesel Oops - that last one was me - Now I'm logged again ! D.. |
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26 Aug 05 - 06:46 PM (#1550598) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: Bainbo I've been keeping my nephews, aged three and five, highly amused by teaching them a song I heard from Jim Couza. But a work colleague from Kent, UK, also reckons he heard it from an aunt of his. When I was just a wee, wee tot They took me from my wee, wee cot And put me on my wee, wee pot To see if I would wee or not And when they saw that I would not They took me off my wee, wee pot And put me in my wee, wee cot And there I wee-weed quite a lot The appeal for kids is obvious! |
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27 Aug 05 - 03:59 PM (#1550979) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: Mary in Kentucky moongoddess, there is a similar thread here. A list of threads will soon be at the top of this thread, (not sure how they do that), but in the meantime, this should keep you busy. |
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27 Aug 05 - 04:41 PM (#1551017) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: akenaton "John o' dreams" ............Garnet Rogers "Garton mothers lullaby".............Lorna Campbell |
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28 Aug 05 - 04:50 AM (#1551387) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: van lingle "Green Rocky Road", "Tennesee Waltz" and "Jock O'Hazeldean" all make good lullabyes, the latter two in spite of their adult subject matter. Gary Davis' "Candy Man" goes over well with kids especially if you throw in some funny voices a la Dave Van Ronk. Also Woody Guthries' "Take You riding in my car" "I'm gonna write myself a letter" (those are the first lines if not the titles) which are probably in the DT. |
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22 Jun 10 - 08:32 AM (#2932583) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,Joe McDonogh Beautiful new modern lullaby: http://www.normanhedgehog.com/#/the-hedgehog-lullaby/3523506 |
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22 Jun 10 - 11:07 AM (#2932665) Subject: RE: Favorite Lullabies and Children's Songs From: GUEST,Big Ballad Singer Hobo's Lullaby - Woody Guthrie Aiken Drum (Scottish folk song) The Gypsy Rover |