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Becky’s question du jour
Posted by on Friday, January 19, 2007 at 4:38 am

What’s your favorite song to sing to the little kids in your life?




23 Comments on “Becky’s question du jour”

  1. Rebecca Loy Says:

    I was singing rock a bye baby to one of the babies at work yesterday and he was all drooly and happy. Very cute. :)

  2. Melissa Says:

    Anything by Laurie Berkner. My favorite is We Are the Dinosaurs.

  3. AO Says:

    I realize this comment may hurt my street cred, but if I had little kids in my life, I would sing “Golden Slumbers” by the Beatles to them.

  4. NEBRASKA 94 95 & 97 Says:

    “Juicy” The Notorious B.I.G.

    “Spread love is the Brooklyn way”

    Kids here that music and the struggle to go from bad to good and it just soothes them

  5. Anonymous Says:

    A lap dance is so much better when the stripper is crying by the bloodhound gang

  6. Jay Johnson Says:

    Rocky Top. Definitely Rocky Top.

  7. gahrie Says:

    I croon “I Used to Lover Her” by G’n'R

  8. Anonymous Says:

    I prefer “Night Train” if you’re gonna do GNR.

  9. Anonymous Says:

    “100 bottles of Beer on the Wall”

  10. Marty West Says:

    I have a 3 year old son who loves Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jack Johnson.

    The Curious George soundtrack is pretty legit. It’s Jack Johnson and a bunch of others like G. Love and Ben Harper.

    My person fave is “the 3 R’s” aka “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” I would highly suggest this CD for the 4 and under crowd. The “Sharing Song” is another good one.

  11. Marty West Says:

    Also…

    “Bitches Aint Shit but Hoes and Tricks”

    Kids love it.

  12. MumZ Says:

    Sing what I sing
    Sing after me
    Be my echo
    If you can be
    Sing Tra La La (echo)
    He he he (ehco)
    Ha ha ha (echo)
    Be be be (echo)
    Sing like a birdie and sing afffter me…!

    and to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle..
    Twitter Twitter little bird
    Isn’t eating crumbs absurd
    Try a ham and cheese on rye
    And a piece of cherry pie
    If the crumbs are all you want
    Don’t come to my restaurant!

  13. Kristin Says:

    “You Are My Sunshine”

    My great-grandma always used to sing it to me.

  14. Jessica Cowans Says:

    Ditto Laurie B., the Elmo Echo song, Jack Johnson and anything by Biggie/Puffy. :)

    My personal fave: Ladybug Picnic, a la Sesame Street.

    OH, and my kids LOVE the Steve Miller Band greatest hits. Love. It.

  15. Texasyank Says:

    “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”

  16. Brendan Loy Says:

    This is the song that doesn’t end
    Yes, it goes on and on, my friend
    Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was
    And they’ll continue singing it forever just because
    This is the song that doesn’t end
    Yes, it goes on and on, my friend
    Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was
    And they’ll continue singing it forever just because
    This is the song that doesn’t end
    Yes, it goes on and on, my friend
    Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was
    And they’ll continue singing it forever just because
    This is the song that doesn’t end
    Yes, it goes on and on, my friend
    Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was
    And they’ll continue singing it forever just because…

  17. Brendan Loy Says:

    P.S. I like the version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” that starts with the word “me”…

    Me out to the ballgame, take
    Me out with the crowd, buy
    Me some peanuts and cracker jack, I
    Don’t care if I never get back, and it’s root, root
    Root for the home team, if
    They don’t win it’s a shame, and
    It’s one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old ballgame, [blank syllable]

  18. Angrier and Angrier Says:

    I used to sing an Americanized version of “Alouette” using my kid’s nickname. Don’t ask me how, but it worked.

  19. PenguinSix Says:

    The ND fight song is always good, but I’ve noticed the other day while watching the rock opera “Tommy” that Pinball Wizard got the little guy bouncing up and down.

    Of course it was Elton John singing and not Roger Daltry so maybe I should start hiding all the pink things in the house….

  20. kcatnd Says:

    Holy weirdness, I would say “Golden Slumbers” too.

  21. Leanna Loomer Says:

    I’m taking care of you
    Taking good care of you
    For once I was very little too
    Now I take care of you
    — Fred Rogers
    You won’t even remember this song, Brendan, but it was always the best.

  22. Andrew Says:

    You are My Sunshine!

  23. Timugen Says:

    Any David Allan Coe song.

    Seriously though, my favorites to sing to my son are “This Old Man” and “The Wheels on the Bus.”


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