I have a new grandson! Help me with grownup lullabies.

[nolabear]

What songs do you or have you sung to babies that aren't nursery rhyme songs but great songs for babies and little kids? Here are a few I love and sang to my sons.

[Lochloosa]

1. This

[Glorfindel]

2. How about "Good Night" by the Beatles?

Congratulations on the new grandson, by the way!

[Lochloosa]

3. And this. PP&M are always a good choice.

[nolabear]

7. His dad was so attached to this song I thought I'd go mad! LOL Yes, I love it.

[randr]

4. Here is what I sing to my children grand and all

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[nolabear]

8. Oh that's sweet. Thank you.

[raging moderate]

5. Home on the Range and Red River Valley

My mother always sang those songs with us.

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play, where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the sky is not cloudy all day. Home, home on the range, where the deer and the antelope play, where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the sky is not cloudy all day.

From this valley they say you are going. Do not hasten to bid me adieu! But remember the Red River Valley, and the girl who has loved you so true!

You are My Sunshine is another great one. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are grey. You'll never know, Dear, how much I love you! Please don't take my sunshine away. The other night, Dear, while I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you close by my side. When I awoke, Dear, I was mistaken. So I hung my head and I cried. (When I sang this to my children, I always changed that last verse to So I hurried in and hugged you and kissed you.



Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was written by Amadeus Mozart. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.

[nolabear]

9. Those were in the repertoire when I was little. My grandfather sang them to me.

[lapucelle]

6. Hush...

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[nolabear]

12. Wow, that's great. Thanks! I love new twists on old songs.

[lapucelle]

16. Congratulations on the new baby!

I'm jealous.

[nolabear]

17. Thank you! We're over the moon.

It's been an insanely hard couple of years and this new life and generation makes us feel as though life does indeed go on.

[Croney]

10. I sang this every morning to my grandkids.

They still think of me when they hear it, I’m told.
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[nolabear]

13. That's on my list! I put it on my alarm clock too.

[applegrove]

11. Here is a indigenous Canadian one we sang in public school:

[nolabear]

14. It's beautiful. What do the words mean?

[applegrove]

18. Never knew. There were a series of actions to do with it too. I think it

was from one of the 6 nations. Very tied to Quebec.

[nolabear]

15. Here's another one I love.

[Phentex]

19. Sing Happy Birthday to him as much as possible...

then when his first birthday comes and all these people are singing it AT him, he will smile instead of cry.

Congratulations!!

[MuseRider]

20. My son's love these the best

Sweet Baby James
Oh What a Beautiful Morning
By The Light of the Silvery Moon
Oh Susanna...they really loved the oldies for some reason but I did Oh Susanna like JT, we loved to play that album.

I sang constantly to my son's. It was like the Neighborhood of Make Believe on Mr. Rogers show. Any song they seemed to like I sang and usually added their name to it when they were tiny then later we sang lots of songs together. There is nothing better. Being a musician it was natural for me and now they are grown and professional musicians on their own.

They especially loved the Rolling Stones and Aaron Neville, just about anything I could play for them. One BIG favorite the entire time they required our singing in their lives was Waltzing Matilda. Dunno why but they loved it. Also Splish Splash, we made up a lot of our own lyrics.

Congratulations on the birth of your new grandson! I am eagerly awaiting the birth of my first grandchild, a girl, the end of November. She may be the only for me so she will be very spoiled and considering this son is much like me in many ways and the fact that his wife is a singer they will be adding many songs from the jazz genre that I do not know to the mix.

Have fun! Enjoy him and again, congratulations!

[nolabear]

26. Thank you, and congratulations back!

Great songs.

[applegrove]

21. Golden Slumbers - the Beatles

[nolabear]

27. Yes indeed.

[rurallib]

38. sang "Golden Slumbers" to my kids for years

Now I cry whenever I hear it. They are no longer kids

[applegrove]

39. I used to sing it to myself hoping it would get to my 103 year old grandmother, who at the time was

trying to starve herself she was so tired of living. She had all her emotional and intellectual faculties but was blind, deaf and unable to move much. I'd cry and cry when I played that song and hoped she would get my love through the either. She was someone who took care of her 5 younger sisters as a kid as the oldest girl, became a nurse as a teen, a doctors wife and farmer, a outport nurse when he died, a hospital administrator and then live in ladies nurse and homemaker. She retired at 82. She kept herself busy doing crafts the first 10 years in the nursing home. Then she listened to the radio. We'd all visit once a week each and bring her for dinner on Sunday nights. She was my emotional mentor and light. She told stories in that oral tradition way people talked before radio and tv made everyone sound the same. I owe her everything. And I could not be there for her in the end as I lived away. She was born in 1898 so lived to see three centuries. I love that song because it reminds me of all that she was.

[Ron Obvious]

22. I had a lullaby about a Wifi-enabled smart buttplug.

Sadly, it's been hacked.

[nolabear]

28. You just can't forget, can you?

[Guilded Lilly]

23. "Not While I'm Around" from, of all things, Sweeney Todd.

I sing it still to my four year old grand daughter.

[nolabear]

32. Really! I'll look it up. Thanks.

[SwissTony]

24. A great lullaby

Wendy Waldman - Pirate ships

This works!! I was at work when a female colleague dropped her baby off by the secretaries while she had a brief meeting with a few people (the secretaries were more than happy to look after Bub). But Bub woke up and wasn't happy. Various women tried to soothe him to no avail. So, I asked if I could have a try. Skeptical looks all around cos I'm an untidy, ungentle male (supposedly). They gave me Bub and I started singing to him. To everyone's amazement, Bub went to sleep.

True story.

PS I'm also a Dad to three daughters.

[nolabear]

30. Oh my god that's beautiful! Thank you!

I teared right up!

[csziggy]

25. Congratulations! Jerry Garcia and David Grisman put out a CD of songs

Not for Kids Only is an album of children's songs released by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Most of the songs come from the Southeast region of the United States. It was released by Acoustic Disc.


"Jenny Jenkins" (Traditional) - 4:22
"Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten) - 5:20
"A Horse Named Bill" (Traditional) - 3:04
"Three Men Went A-Hunting" (Traditional) - 3:15
"When First Unto This Country" (Traditional) - 4:01
"Arkansas Traveller" (Traditional) - 3:28
"Hopalong Peter" (Traditional) - 2:37
"Teddy Bears' Picnic" (Traditional) - 4:26
"There Ain't No Bugs On Me" (Traditional) - 4:50
"The Miller's Will" (Traditional) - 3:09
"Hot Corn, Cold Corn" (Traditional) - 4:02
"A Shenandoah Lullaby" ("Oh Shenandoah" and Brahm's Lullaby) (Traditional) - 7:52

It has some of my favorites including Teddy Bear's Picnic:

[nolabear]

29. I loved those two. Thanks!

[csziggy]

34. Those are some wonderful traditional songs

Although the Wikipedia description I quoted calls them Southern, I would say most are more Appalachian.

[madaboutharry]

31. A lot of songs by Van Morrison.

Into the Mystic, Crazy Love, Tupelo Honey, Sweet Thing

[nolabear]

37. Oh yeah. Into the Mystic and Tupelo Honey!

[nocoincidences]

33. This is a lovely lullaby for grownups and babies

[Aristus]

35. For a while when he was a baby, my grandson wouldn't fall asleep for anyone in the house but me.

His favorite song (the one that comforted him, and helped him to go to sleep) was 'Shenandoah'.

I'm not the greatest singer in the world, but I think I did a fair rendition. It's my favorite American folk song.

[Cracklin Charlie]

36. My grandgirl and I love "Listen to the Horses" by Raffi.

Or "Baby Beluga", also Raffi.


Well, anything by Raffi, really.

Congratulations!

[panader0]

40. I wrote and sang my own for my daughters.

Fairly decent finger picking on guitar. My oldest is now 26 and recently asked me to
record her song and send it to her. 'Jessica, She's such a Pretty Girl'.