Fairport Convention’s version of Maddy Groves
Fairport’s version of John Barleycorn
and Jethro Tull’s Hunting Girl as well as various other Fairport and Tull songs, mostly because I know the lyrics.
Davy Crockett- “Born on a mountain top in Tennessee etc.” The only song that would comfort my colicy kid.
Daisy- “Daisy, Daisy tell me you answer do, I’m half crazy all for the love of you…”
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I have a tendency to sing my daughter showtunes. They’re getting slightly more appropriate as she gets older. When she was little it was Goodnight and Thank You and Oh What a Circus from Evita. She was also a huge fan of Little Priest from Sweeny Todd, which got me such a look from my husband the first time he heard me sing it. Nowadays she gets Defying Gravity or For Good from Wicked. The folk songs are a good idea, my mom and I used to sing some of those when I was little. I should start trying them.
Does this count as a zombie thread? Well, I’m resurrecting it. This thread was full of such great ideas that it gave me a great idea for a baby shower gift. We have several babies due in the next months to young parents, and my daughter and I are collaborating on a Lullaby Project. We’re creating a CD or two of these songs: some of the traditional ones in our family, and some of the ones you guys came up with, finishing with “Goodnight, Demonslayer”. We’re also creating a lyric book that goes along with the songs, so that the newbie dads can learn the songs. I’m having a ball creating the book, which we’re designing with ribbon binding so that it will lay open flat, and personalized for each family. If anyone is looking for a Christmas gift for a young family – this would be a good one!
Well, if you want to add one more, the latest unorthodox tune I’m singing is “Pancho & Lefty”.
My favorite part is the “he wore his gun outside his pants / for all the honest world to feel” bit. Pure poetry.
The only thing that would calm the youngest Kerrkid when he was an infant – not put him to sleep, because for God’s sake he never slept, but stop him from crying – was “Smashing a Perfectly Good Guitar” from John Hiatt.
It came on the Napster rotation once and he was soothed. It was amazing.
He’s now 9 and he loves Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett and The Cars. I can’t decide whether to be thankful or worried. But at least now he sleeps!
JK
What are the lyrics to that?
“Lullabye / and goodnight / Close your big bloodshot eyes / la da da da / la da da/ la da da da da.” Awesome.
Since this thread has resurfaced, I forgot the standard “for the love of god, please stop crying” song… (To the tune of Elvis’ “That’s Alright”)
*You’re alright, baby
You’re alright today
You’re alright baby
But you’re cryin’ anyway
You’re alright
You’re alright
You’re alright
You’re alright
You’re alright now baby, why you got the blues?
Don’t you know your momma loves you?
Your daddy loves you too
Everybody loves you
Even when you cry and poo
You’re alright
You’re alright
You’re alright
You’re alright
You’re alright now baby, why you got the blues?*
Your project sounds great, schnucki
New discovery: mine settles down to “You’ve Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby”. Which is slightly odd, considering she’s at least three years from kindergarten, but it works.