# Identify song from obscure clue: Father sings about his daughter. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143 "2006-02-26T03:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/1 "2006-02-26T03:19:19Z")
And how fast she has grown up. I overheard someone mentioning this song. Apparently it’s a golden oldie predating by some years the song “Turn, Turn, Turn”, relevant because. . . . Apparently the some of the lyrics have something to the effect of “I turn around and she’s five” for example. Anyway, the father/narrator mentions several times that “he turns around and she’s [some age]” as she is growin up so quickly. Those are all the details I know. (The fellow in question mentioned using it as a background song for a photo montage of his daughter and her family.) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/2 "2006-02-26T03:27:40Z")
It could be the utterly glurgy “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlyle, one of my least-favorite songs ever. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/3 "2006-02-26T03:32:09Z")
I believe it’s called “Turn Around”. It was written by Harry Belafonte (and a couple others) and has been recorded by several artists including Belafonte, the Kingston Trio, Sonny & Cher, and others. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/4 "2006-02-26T03:33:34Z")
[Lyrics](http://www.nomorelyrics.net/song/176374.html) (I didn’t see any popups, but lyrics sites are well known to have them.) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/5 "2006-02-26T03:40:12Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I believe it’s called “Turn Around”. It was written by Harry Belafonte (and a couple others) and has been recorded by several artists including Belafonte, the Kingston Trio, Sonny & Cher, and others. Sounds like it. Thanks a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/6 "2006-02-26T03:42:03Z")
> [@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker](#): > > Sounds like it. Thanks a bunch. Glad to be of service. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/7 "2006-02-26T03:44:22Z")
Speaking as the father of two daughters, I hate that song. Of course, I hated it before I had kids too. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/8 "2006-02-26T03:48:40Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Speaking as the father of two daughters, I hate that song. > > Of course, I hated it before I had kids too. It’s about as bad as “Watching Scotty Grow”. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/9 "2006-02-26T04:09:27Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > It’s about as bad as “Watching Scotty Grow”. And neither are anywhere near as cool as “Scotty Doesn’t Know” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/10 "2006-02-26T07:22:12Z")
You should check out the sugary coated wretchedness of “The Man in my Little Girl’s Life”, ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/11 "2006-02-27T13:33:02Z")
It was used in Kodak camera commercials for a while–showing all the photos as Belafonte sang. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-song-from-obscure-clue-father-sings-about-his-daughter/346143/12 "2006-02-27T17:57:20Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > And neither are anywhere near as cool as “Scotty Doesn’t Know” Or the Dead Milkmen’s masterpiece “Watching Scotty Die.”