Cute Parenting Moment: Good night songs.
@DaddyOfTheRose (2934)
United States
January 1, 2009 10:12pm CST
To the tune of "Where is Thumbkin" or "Brother John."
Daughter: (singing in her room) "Where is Daddy, Where is Daddy? I want you. I want you."
Daddy: (singing in response) "I am here my darling, go to sleep I love you. Go to sleep. Go to sleep."
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Really, we just made that one up, my daughter and I. Reflecting upon it, I was motivated to think about lullaby songs in general. For example, we all know "Rock a-bye baby" with babies falling from trees. There's even a melody lullaby that sounds like, "Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep little baby. Go to sleep, now, go to sleep..." I don't know if the song itself really has words or not.
Wikipedia has an entry for Brahm's Lullaby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahms%27_Lullaby
I don't really know if that's the same melody or not.
Apparently, there was a version in "Brother Where Art Thou."
Anyone have sweet melodies or memories of bedtime songs to share?
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@mzplased (255)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I didnt really sing a particuliar song to my kids when they were young. I do remember rocking them in the rocking chair all bundled up and I would rock and hum and sing "oh my sweet sweet " (what i used to call them ) and kiss their little eye lids so they had to keep them closed until they drifted asleep. One of my fondest memories is of rocking them in that rocking chair. My 15 year old son when he was youngeger loved to sing "You are my sunshine" I rememeber that he couldnt resist singing it even when he didnt really want to, all anyone had to do was start singing it and he would join in. i have in on video, a very gurmpy little boy being stubborn and not wanting to sing, so i started singing it and paused and sure enough he finished the song..with the same grumpy expression..LOL it was classic! Thanks for the memories, and how sweet that you made up a song just for you and your daughter!
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
7 Jan 09
That is very cute! We Barney some of our songs. Meaning we use familiar tunes and personalize them. My daughter seems to enjoy them that way.
An example you are my Sunshine my only Sunshine you'll never know(insert childs name here) how much mommy loves you, please don't take my sunshine away.
@DaddyOfTheRose (2934)
• United States
7 Jan 09
At one point, I had come to believe the term for that was "Filk" and I thought it was an oral tradition of old folk songs that had different words but the same melody to enable the audience to be immediately familiar with the tune and assist in singing along.
There is, I must add, some similarity with how games are made from movies and movies from games. Both allow the person playing or watching to become familiar with the work before participation even begins. There is a certain similarity with my idea of Filk.
However, in researching this idea.. to type about what is known instead of repeating the half-remembered and unproven.. I find this use of Filk to be contested. Filk, as I have learned today, is a sort of parody of music often popular at Science Fiction conventions. Think of it as a sort of Weird Al method of taking a tune and putting new words to it for humorous intent.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
2 Jan 09
My daughter has recently started joining in on the singing of bedtime songs. She signs along with Rock-a-bye baby while rocking one of her baby dolls. We sometimes do Ittsy Bittsy Spider, but her favorite by far is Twinkle Twinkle. She will request which song we sing and which one goes next. After about a dozen rounds of Twinkle Twinkle I tell her it is time to go to sleep.
