what songs do you sing to your baby?

I sing "You are my sunshine" to Flynn and have done since he was a newborn - it now acts like a wonder drug! Talk about music soothing the savage beast!

The nicest thing about this is my mother sang it to me as a baby!

So what songs do you sing your babies, and what are the lyrics if you don't mind sharing. Here is "You are my sunshine":

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The other night dear
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear
I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried.

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know dear
How much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

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When Kameron was a baby it was "Hey Baby" by DJ somebody or other LMAO. Not great lyrics for a boys since it is "I wanna know if you'll be my girl" rofl. But when it used to be on the Video Hits if he was upset he would stop.

When Lachlan was a baby I used to walk around the house holding him singing "hey big spender" by peggy lee. But I would just sing the following bits.

" The minute you walked in the joint,
I could see you were a man of distinction,
A real big spender,
Good looking, so refined.

Hey, big spender, spend...
A little time with...me...me...me!"

Ashton I haven't had a song for. But I haven't had to walk around the house trying to settle a screaming baby either ........ yet ;) he usually stops crying when he is picked up.

Love

I made up a song to sing to Gabriella, words of which are pretty daggy but it went for around 4 verses plus chorus! Chorus was:

Gabriella, Gabriella The most beautiful girl
Who lives in the world, The most beautiful girl.
She has a mummy and a daddy who love her so much
And a doggy called Bonnie who loves to touch...

The verses were about other family members...she seemed to love it!:D Also used to sing that song from Young Talent Time although I can't quite remember it all now -"Keep smiling, keep shining? Knowing you can always count on me, for sure - thats what friends are for. In good times and bad times I'll be on your side forever more...thats what friends are for"!

As for Alex I just hum along to the tune that plays on his Fisher Price aqaurium thingy.Maybe I will have to make up a song for him too!

I have always sung the "Pushbike Song" to Riley from the start... I usually sing it when he's getting his nappy changed and move his legs to the words - he loves it!! It always gets a smile! :)

When we are soothing him or trying to get him to sleep we sing "4 and 20 Blackbirds" or "Row Row Row Your Boat" (not sure of the real names of the songs?!) and both of those seem to do well. :)

The "Pushbike Song" words I sing (not sure if they're exactly right) are:

Riding along on my pushbike honey
When I noticed you
Riding along on my pushbike honey
Down South Avenue
You looked so pretty
As you were riding along
You looked so pretty
As you were singing this so-ooo-onngggg
Down up peddles down up down
Gotta get across to the other side of town
Before the sun goes down
Hey hey hey
Oooh chuuchuu oooh ahhh
Oooh chuuchuu oooh ahhh

:) Gawd, lucky you can't hear me out loud and lucky Riley seems to be tone deaf...haha!! ;)

Haha, Gabysmum...we have done the same for Riley, although the words may change a little each time we sing it but it's always similar stuff to your song. (and we even have a dog named Bonnie!)

LOL sherie i have a friend who remembers her dad singing the pushbike song to her as a baby ! I vaugely remember being a baby and my parents singing 99 red balloons to me :o)

I sing "most beautifull" by frente

Wide open eye
you serious?
you delirious?
kissing
chaos
have you got a heart?
you could really lose it
in the
super - people - mart
you are the most
beautiful thing i know
and the most beautiful thing is
when i hear your heartbeat...beat...beat

and

Inanay capuana Inanay capuana,
eh eh eh ula
ula ula
ula eh yippee eh yippee eh
gooana gooana gooana gooana gooana choo
gooana gooana gooana gooana gooana choo

which i think is an australian aboriginal song not sure what it is about but T loves it

When Aidyn was younger we would sing a lot of songs that we made up ourselves eg. to the 'Hey there blimpy boy' song/tune that Homer sings, we would sing 'Hey there, darling boy' etc etc. And there were a few more that we made up...

These days I sing him the 'I love you' song from Barney (even though I hate Barney!) and I sing him the Moon song (which I got off Playshool):
Moon, moon, shiny and silver.
Moon, moon, silvery white.
Moon, moon, whisper to children,
Sleep through the silvery night.
There there, there there.
Sleep through the silvery night.

Does Twinke Twinkle count ?? ;) Sorry, I'm not someone who really sings to their babies. unless we are stuffing around and dancing around the house.

Don't want to subject me babies to my voice, it sure wouldn't put them to sleep LOL.

I sing 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' and 'Three Little Ducks' to Maddy. *L* I'm not much of a singer, my DD is 'music critic' it appears, and I'm not sure warbling along to my Westlife albums counts! *L*

I am the worst singer in the world but Sophia doesn't care! I tell DH that I want as many children as possible cause my baby is the only person who actually likes my singing.

I'm not sure what the song is called but it goes, "My Bonnie lies over the ocean..." except that I've changed it to say "Sophia lies over the ocean...". She loves it. We also sing others at bed time but that's her favourite.

I'm a terrible singer but Cooper seems to like "Incy Wincy Spider". I sing this to him while changing his nappy (if he's fussing) or at other times when he's getting cranky. He always smiles.

Or I just say the line "Elmo is soooooooooooo big" which is from a book I read to him every night. I can just say that line now and he'll smile so much - even without seeing the pictures (it's got a pop up Elmo at the end).

Jesse has a playgro little sun mirror hangy thing i got from my sister, when pressed plays the tune you are my sinshine. I sing it to him then. Otherwise i sing Rock-a-By Baby or Beautiful Boy by John lennon:
Close your eyes, have no fear
The monster’s gone, he’s on the run and your daddy's/mummy’s here

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful boy

Before you go to sleep,say a little prayer
Every day in every way, it’s getting better and better

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful boy

Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait, To see you come of age
But I guess we’ll both just have to be patient
Cos it’s a long way to go
A hard row to hoe
Yes it’s a long way to go
But in the meantime

Before you cross the street, Take my hand
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful boy

Yes im a Beatles freak :D

Ooh I love that song Kell... we used to play it for Aidyn when we were trying to settle him when he was a baby :)

I know isnt it. I was hoping when i was pregnant that id have a little boy to sing that to. Its such a beautiful song. :)

I used to sing The Rose alot when she was really unsettled as a small baby. Even as a 14-16mo I found humming it to her settled her at nighttime. This was before Westlife came out with it.... ;)

I sing everything to Jenna, we constantly sing everything from Wiggles songs to nursary rhymes to whatever is on the radio.
Hopefully she can carry a tune

What a great thread!
Faeriegirl, I love that Frente song! That's a great one to sing to baby.
I sing 'This Old Love' by Lior:

We'll grow old together
We'll grow old together
And this love will never
This old love will never die

Also, she gets the hiccups all the time and they inevitably pi$$ her off, so I try to sing to her to distract her. I made up one - 'Oh Hiccupy Baby', but last time I made myself laugh by singing 'My Little Hiccup' to the tune of 'My Little Buttercup' - very sad I know!

My Dad made up a song for my brother when he was a baby. I used it for Alex and now for Ned, and whenever it's sung, Ned puts his head down on your shoulder and snuggles in, and knows he's going to bed. So cute.

Put Neddy to bed for a bye-byes
Put Neddy to bed for a bye-byes
Put Neddy to bed
Poppy's little mate to bed
Put Neddy to bed for a bye-byes.

Put Poppy's mate to bed for a bye-byes
Put Poppy's mate to bed for a bye-byes
Put Neddy to bed
Poppy's little mate to bed
Put Neddy to bed for a bye-byes.

Kellxx - I'm a Beatles fan too - I think my parents got me in young like I'm doing to Lucas. I mostly sing Obla Dee Obla Dah & Elanor Rigby (hope I'm not scarring him with that "all the lonley people") 'cause I know all the words. I love Beautiful Boy - DH did a video when Lucas was 3 days with that song and it always makes me cry.

I also sing to the tune of the Mickey Mouse song:
Who's the baby we all love
We love so very much
L U C Aa S
Lucas Michael B....

And my own invention (such as it is)
Lucas, Lucas he's my favorite boy
Lucas, Lucas he is such a joy
Lucas, Lucas he's my favorite thing
Lucas, Lucas he just makes me sing.

We sing heaps to Abby! She loves it! Songs we sing are:

4 and 20 black birds, rub a dub dub, 5 little ducks, hey diddle diddle, twinkle twinkle, ABCD, 12345 once i caught a fish alive etc.

and a strange little song that my mum and nan useto sing to me... they tell me its a real song but if it is, someone has changed the words over the years as they are very odd. Mum laughs when i ask her about it and tells me its a real song?!

it goes:

(boy voice)
If i give you, a little straw hat
With 7 pounds of sasagues hanging down the back
Will you marry, marry, marry, marry
Will you marry me?

(girl voice)
If you give me,a little straw hat
With 7 pounds of sasagues hanging down the back
I wont marry, marry, marry, marry,
I wont marry you!

(boy voice)
If i give you, a watering can
To water your flowers till the sun goes down
Will you marry, marry marry marry
Will you marry me?

(girl voice)
If you give me a watering can
To water my flowers till the sun goes down
I wont marry, marry marry marry
I wont marry you!

(boy voice)
If I give you, a little motor car,
To ride around the streets with your ma and pa,
Will you marry, marry, marry, marry
Will you marry me?

(girl voice)
If you give me a little motor car,
To ride around the streets with my ma and pa,
I wont marry, marry, marry, marry
I wont marry you!

(boy voice)
If I give you, the key to my chest
And all the money that i posess
Will you marry, marry, marry, marry
Will you marry me?

(girl voice)
If you give me, the key to your chest
And all the money that you posess
I Will you marry, marry, marry, marry
I will marry you!

(this next bit is in a cross talking tone! pmsl)
(boy voice)
Ha, Ha, Ha! Arent you funny!
You dont want me, you just want my money!
I wont marry, marry, marry
I wont marry you!
I told you it was an odd little song! If anyone knowa anything about it, where it came from or the propper words id love to hear about it!!

I sing if you are happy and you know it ...clap your hands/nod your head etc
you know it ;)

Head,shoulders,knees and toes ...

Twinkle ,twinkle little star ...

we have a book with this song

Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.

Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! This I know,
As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee,
Saying, “Let them come to Me.”

Jesus loves me still today,
Walking with me on my way,
Wanting as a friend to give
Light and love to all who live.

I love the Barney song and thanks for the other new ones.

So cute .... pity I can't carry a tune but they still love me.

I always sing Tori the Grand Old Duke of York when she is upset and she smiles and giggles.
I also sing all my loving, althought these are the only real words I know.
Close your eyes and Ill Kiss you, tomorrow Ill miss you- Im sending all my loving to you.....
We also sing her alot of Harry Connick Jnr stuff, because we bought a CDof his on our honeymoon (when Igot preg) and I played it all throughmy pregnancy so she seems tofind those songs soothing

Yay for the Beatles Ali ;)

I also make up stuff like.. Jesse's gonna have himself a bathhhh todaaayyyy! And he loves it.. always knows when its bath time when i break out with that ;)

I always sang "you are my sunshine' to my youngest. He has just turned three and when he wasnt well last month i cuddled him and sang it to him for the first time in ages and he dropped off to sleep in my arms after about 60 seconds. It was a wonderful loving flashback to when he was a tiny baby!