Songs your family used to sing to you as a child

[IrishEyes]

My family loved to hear me laugh. This was the one my Grandfather and Mother
used to sing to me until I was about 5. I have been searching for this for ages finally found it.

Rufe Davis - The Old Sow Song​

 

[timoc]

A beautiful memory of my Mam singing this.​

"Goodnight Children, Everywhere" (Vera Lynn, 1940)​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWY31G3B58
https://youtu.be/uRGNRBATaQA?list=RDuRGNRBATaQA

 

[IrishEyes]

A beautiful memory of my Mam singing this.​

"Goodnight Children, Everywhere" (Vera Lynn, 1940)​

https://youtu.be/uRGNRBATaQA?list=RDuRGNRBATaQA

That is lovely, what a great memory for you.

 

[IrishEyes]

On a serious note Grt-Granny would hold me in her lap before I was sent to bed
and sing this for me.

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)

 

[WOLF ANGEL]

My Mum used to play the music/ Itinery announcements for the patrons at firstly Butlins, and then Pontins Holiday camps .
As such, she had opportunity to access the latest songsof the day,like...

Moon River ~ Danny Williams
.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

There was a little girl
With a tiny little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead
And when she was good
She was very, very good
And when she was bad
She was horrid

 

[Pinky]

Itsy Bitsy spider
went up the water spout

Out came the rain
and washed the spider out

Out came the sun
and dried up all the rain

Then Itsy Bitsy spider
went up the spout again

 

[IrishEyes]

There was a little girl
With a tiny little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead
And when she was good
She was very, very good
And when she was bad
She was horrid

I had the Irish freckles when young I used to hear Grandpa singing this one
Sheeeee's got freckles on her
BUT
Sheee's pretty (I would get so red hearing that and he'd laugh)

 

[Pinky]

My big sisters used to sing this to me.
Lily is my given name.

 

[IrishEyes]

My big sisters used to sing this to me.
Lily is my given name.

That is a very precious memory!

 

[Aunt Bea]

My Mother used to sing or whistle this song quite often when I was small.

 

[debodun]

I can't remember my mom doing much singing - dad was the vocalist. He also played guitar and had his little ditties.
H you huckle
B you buckle
H you huckle I
H you huckle
B you buckle
Huckleberry pie!

I also remember him singing "Wabash Cannonball", "In the Pines" and there were a few others that escape my memory. Here he is with his guitar and youngest brother - both gone now. Dad was 18 years older than Uncle Richard.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

My mother used to sing this to me when I was little.

 

[feywon]

On a serious note Grt-Granny would hold me in her lap before I was sent to bed
and sing this for me.

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)

My mother, who was Hungarian---Dad was Irish/Welsh, would sing both this and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" to me. She had a beautiful voice.

 

[LoveTulips]

No singers in my family.

 

[Messy]

The owl sat in the elms
At the falling of night
And behind those hills yonder
There the cuckoo called softly:

Cuckoo cuckoo
cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo
Cuckoo cuckoo
cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo

My mom sang it and we sang along. It has backing vocals. One sings the song and the other the chorus at the same time.

But we always sang it wrong. This is how it's supposed to be, but we sang:

there Roocoo (the name of the owl) faithfully keeps watch
Rookoo rookoo LOL I lately looked up the song and then saw the text was different. And an owl doesn't say Rookoo, but hoo hoo. I just hear a rookoo here. That's a pigeon LOL.

 

[Messy]

She sang this for my kids too when we went to the playground.

And then we go to the playground
And we swing so nicely
Until we feel dizzy from spinning
And have had the lemonade
The whole day is a party then
Until we look like a beast
Now that we’ve had a wonderful time at the playground

 

[LoveTulips]

No singers in my family.

My family loved to hear me laugh. This was the one my Grandfather and Mother
used to sing to me until I was about 5. I have been searching for this for ages finally found it.

Rufe Davis - The Old Sow Song​

Hi @IrishEyes not sad, I had a wonderful childhood and my parents /grandparents were fantastic, they just didn't sing to us.