I was wondering if anyone has any special songs or music that that they play for their baby (not really nursery rhyme stuff but just music that's special to you)? I'd like to put together a CD that I can just have on in the background during pg as well as after the birth. At the moment a song that really means a lot to us is What A Wonderful World/Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel someone-or-other (can't spell his name LMAO!).
I love Gentle Gentle. It is on the McLeods Daughters soundtrack Season 2 It is aimed towards a girl but I love it anyway
chorus
Gentle Gentle
Sing to your child
Your companion for such a long, long time
Beneath your heart
Her heart beats strong
Life of your life
Is safe in your arms
Oh touch her face
You gaver her form
Child of this earth, child of this sky
You are her voice
She has your eyes
This is her gift
The thread of life
Oh give her grace
And give her peace
Let her be strong, let her be kind
She is your soul
And you are her strength
Bless her and guide her
All her life
Oh i also have two CD's full of that stuff that I just remembered might be something there that you may interest you to check out.
Disney Babies Lullabies
1 - When you wish upon a star
2 - Baby Mine
3 - Hush little baby
4 - Dreams are the flowers (that bloom in your heart)
5 - Brahms Lullaby
6 - Stay Awake
7 - Mountain Lullaby
8 - All the Prettly little horses
9 - Golden Slumbers
10 - Fast Asleep
11 - La La Lu
12 - Rockabye baby
13 - Sleep, Daddy, Sleep
14 - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
15 - Sleep Little Child
16 - Sleepytime Skies
17 - Ho Ho Hum
18 - Countin' Sheep
19 - Nighty Night
20 - A dream is a wish your heart makes
Disney Rock a bye baby
1 - Blessed
2 - Why Worry
3 - Isn't she lovely
4 - Baby Baby
5 - Your the first, the last, my everything
6 - You are so beautiful
7 - Farewell and goodnight
8 - Beautiful boy (darling boy)
9 - Hushabye
10 - Dream
11 - The second star to the right
12 - Till there was you
13 - A whole new world
14 - When you wish upon a star.
If I should die this very moment
I wouldn’t fear
For I’ve never known completeness
Like being here
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Loving every breath of you
Still in my heart this moment
Or it might burst
Could we stay right here
Until the end of time until the earth stops turning
Wanna love you until the seas run dry
I’ve found the one I’ve waited for
All this time I’ve loved you
And never known your face
All this time I’ve missed you
And searched this human race
Here is true peace
Here my heart knows calm
Safe in your soul
Bathed in your sighs
Wanna stay right here
Until the end of time
’til the earth stops turning
Gonna love you until the seas run dry
I’ve found the one I’ve waited for
The one I’ve waited for
All I’ve known
All I’ve done
All I’ve felt was leading to this
All I’ve known
All I’ve done
All I’ve felt was leading to this
Wanna stay right here
’til the end of time ’till the earth stops turning
I’m gonna love you till the seas run dry
I’ve found the one I’ve waited for
The one I’ve waited for
The one I’ve waited for
Wanna stay right here
’til the end of time ’till the earth stops turning
I’m gonna love you till the seas run dry
I’ve found the one I’ve waited for
The one I’ve waited for
The one I’ve waited for
I think I have to change the CDs in my car to something more mellow. At the moment, Little Nobba is being soothed by Pearl Jam,
I do, however, have "Songs For Dreaming" on tape in the car. I put it on when I am feeling frustrated. Very soothing. I want to get the same thing on CD to play in the nursery when the baby is sleeping. Will have to have a look for it.
Groovy Kind of Love, by Phil Collins...........I "whisper sing" this to Olivia when we are cuddled up just before I put her to bed........it is my favourite time of day with her.........
When I'm feeling blue,
All I have to do
Is take a look at you,
Then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me,
I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear
Wouldn't you agree,
Baby you and me,
We've got a groovy
Kind of love.
Plus I played loads of Sarah McLachlan, Lisa Stansfield, Norah Jones and Dido when I was pregnant and when we were in hospital together and when we were first at home......and now when I play those CD's I want to cry when I look at Olivia.
Oh Cailin
Lamb are my favourite and that is my most favourite song - our little bean is going to be a lamb fan whether he/she likes it or not!
My husband and i went and saw lamb at the enmore - the best live music ive ever seen - did you go
I like Paul Kelly and he has just been doing a series of four concerts in Melbourne. He was working through an A-Z of his songs. DH and I decided to go to all of them because it will be our last chance for a while. It was on Monday and Tuesday nights of the last two weeks. It was very loud and the baby moved so much that it either loved Paul Kelly or hated him. I guess that we won't find out for a while yet.
There is one song that mentions a woman getting her husband to feel the baby kick in the night. As Paul sang that DH reached over and touched my belly. It was the sweetest thing, I had tears in my eyes.
I am sure that Paul Kelly will always remind me of being pregnant with this baby.
there is an unwritten law son that I really like which i can see myself adapting a bit to sing to bubs, is called cailin, he actually wrote it about his daughter cailin. the first verse is a bit depressing, so i will probably leave that out!
Well it seemed like yesterday
When the world was looking dark
It felt so cold and grey
And why the hell am I even here
What's the purpose, all I feel is guilt and hate and fear
'Til that day you came along
My heart was empty
Like the soul was missing from a song
And I thought I'd loved a few
No one ever made me feel
The way that you do
Hey little girl
Look what you do
Oh, I love you
Hey little girl, I love you
Well I know I'm not always right
And girl it breaks my heart
When I have to see you cry
So many things I wanna say
Now I know that you're the reason
That I'm here today
Whenever you're here
Just stay near
We'll be alright, yeah alright
Hey little girl
Look what you do
Oh, I love you
Hey little girl
Look what you do, and you do
When all my love starts running thin
I got you my own Cailin
Hey little girl, I love you
I'll be alright
But I need you close
Please stay tonight
As long as you're here
Just stay near
We'll be alright, yeah alright
Heather, no I didn't go *wah* I would love to see them though
And min, you wouldn't believe the amount of people that ask me if I know that song! And I even had a guy dedicate it to me once awwwwww...
In fact the other day when I was on the phone to a guy at optus he asked me if I knew that song LOL!
Actually, come to think of it, my Dad used to sing; "You Are So Beautiful" (Joe ****er??) to us as babies. We grew up thinking that the song was written for us (or so Dad said! And we allllll believe what Daddy tells us!!). We were devastated when we found out it wasn't written especially for us. Still, it is one song that I will probably sing/play for Little Nobba.
Make the world safe for you by the Whitlams (I actually played both of these songs and sung them while I was in labour!!)
I know they all want you
With your Desdemona's eyes
I'll keep you from danger
And shield you from prying eyes
I can make the world safe for you
Come and live over here
I can make the world safe for you
Come and live over here
I can make the world safe for you
Nothing bad'll happen now...
I've got a problem
I think you know how I feel
Plans piling up in the corner
Eyeballing me every hour
I can make the world safe for you
Nothing bad at all
You've got no money
So I know how you feel
When you see the glitter
Turn around it's no big deal
Thats the main part- and the other one is
When I see you smile- It is for my DH and Ryley. I cry when i think of it-
Sometimes I wonder
How I'd ever make it through,
Through this world without having you
I just wouldn't have a clue
'Cause sometimes it seems
Like this world's closing in on me,
And there's no way of breaking free
And then I see you reach for me
Sometimes I wanna give up
I wanna give in,
I wanna quit the fight
And then I see you, baby
And everything's alright,
everything's alright
When I see you smile
I can face the world, oh oh,
you know I can do anything
When I see you smile
I see a ray of light, oh oh,
I see it shining right through the rain
When I see you smile
Oh yeah, baby when I see you smile at me
Baby there's nothing in this world
that could ever do
What a touch of your hand can do
It's like nothing that I ever knew
And when the rain is falling
I don't feel it,
'cause you're here with me now
And one look at you baby
Is all I'll ever need,
you're all I'll ever need
Chorus
Sometimes I wanna give up
I wanna give in,
I wanna quit the fight
And then I see you baby
And everything's alright,
everything's alright
Aww girls, you are all so sweet, I have tears from reading the song lyrics. I'm a big one on music too, it brings back so many memories bith good and bad. When I was a baby my dad used to carry me around singing A Little Ray Of Sunshine. So I am told anyway - he passed away when I was 3 months old. So whenever I hear that song I think of him singing to me.
I'm trying to sort out music too to have playing during labour, birth and afterwards, not sure if I want actual songs or just a relaxation cd. What do you think?
Can't say that I really have songs for my boy's I do remember that Mabeline was playing on the hospital radio when Brandon was born though.
Trish, maybe make sure you have enough CDs so that you have both options available to you? You might change your mind about what music you want to listen to once you are actually in labour.
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I do remember that Mabeline was playing on the hospital radio when Brandon was born though.
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