Need a song

[Shay]

I have a boy and girl, and I sing to both of 'em, too.

I sing Elton John's "This song's for you," or whatever the actual title is, to both my kids. The one that goes, "And you can tell everybody that this is your song, it may be quite simple but now that it's done, I hope you don't mind, (I hope you don't mind) that I put down in words... how wonderful life is, now you're in the world..." Always a nice sentiment, I think. LOL, Sir Elton was also a guy singing to another guy, though probably not the way you had in mind.

There's also a country song by George Strait, that has the lyrics: "Let me tell you a secret, about a father's love... a secret that my daddy said was just between us... Daddies don't just love their children every now and then, it's a love without end, aman." (Damn, I'm getting teary just thinking about it!)

My kids like upbeat songs- my son favors country, my daughter favors Broadway... I don't worry too much about the gender of the songs so much as whether it puts them to sleep- my oldest daughter would be out within a couple bars of "Uninvited' by Alanis Morrisette, my son's a sucker for "Part of Your World" from, of all things, the Little Mermaid.

[Southern Breeze]

Theres always the Barney song.

[bubba]

Theres always the Barney song.

You lookin ta git shot??

[Southern Breeze]

You lookin ta git shot??

I can't help it,I've still got Dreads version in my head.

[Dreadbelly]

I can't help it,I've still got Dreads version in my head.

I love you... You love me... Lift my, er wait a minute these are songs for children for crying out loud.

[Shane]

The first song I sang to my son was Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) by John Lennon. It was used in the movie Mr. Holland's Opus. It's a great song and it teaches a few good lessons as well.

Shane



Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
by John Lennon


Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monster's gone
He's on the run and your daddy'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
'Cause 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

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
Darling, darling, darling
Darling Sean

[Southern Breeze]

I love you... You love me... Lift my, er wait a minute these are songs for children for crying out loud.

I KNOW! THATS WHY IT'S MAKING ME NUTS!!!!!!

[Archangel]

My mum always sang me hymns but she hated religion/church so sang rude versions. I have trouble keeping a straight face in church sometimes.

My kids like "Blue eyes crying in the rain" or "A froggie would a wooing go".

[jfellrath]

For some reason, I started singing "Jug of Punch" as sung by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem to my son, and he loves it. It's a nice little ditty and the repetitious chorus ("Tora lora low, Tora lora lay") really calms and comforts him.

Of course, I've also re-written several songs and put his name (Duncan) into them. It's fun to play around with that stuff.

I'd guess that you will probably just start singing something to him and he'll just take to it - there's something about hearing your papa sing that makes a kid happy. I loved hearing my dad sing, and he couldn't carry a tune in a supertanker.

[chasem]

I always enjoyed hearing the song "Forever Young" sung to me by my father when I was little.

Edit: By Rod Stewart