Toddler Lullabies

It's time to add to our night time song collection. You can only sing Wimoweh so many times before going a little batty.  


So here are the new ones:

• Little Drop of Rain
• The Itsy-Bitsy Spider 
• Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
• I'll Love You Forever (more of a poem)
• Rock-A-Bye Baby (but not the rather morbid version where the baby falls out of the tree)
• Golden Slumbers (also a poem)
• I'm a Little Teapot
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• Silent Night (Yes, Christmas is a year-round event in this house)
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Grand Old Duke of York
• My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
• Hickory Dickory Dock
• Are You Sleeping (Frère Jacques)
• I've Been Working on the Railroad
• Baby Mine (Dumbo)
• The Sun Has Set Not Long Ago (a book, but one that is read frequently so it fits in well here)
• Power of Two (Indigo Girls)
• The Star Spangled Banner
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow
• Edelweiss (Sound of Music)
• Do-Re-Mi (Sound of Music)

And here are the songs in our original song book:

• The Hippopotamus Song (Mud, mud, glorious mud!! Toddler appropriate, yes?)
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Amazing Grace
• Puff the Magic Dragon
• Turn Around
• This Old Town (Nancy Griffith)
• Wimoweh
• You Can Close Your Eyes (Still need to work on this one - not my best)
• Tender Shepard
• You Are My Sunshine 
• Angel From Montgomery (John Prine)
• Do Re Mi  (Nancy Griffith)(I should remove this one - can’t sing it to save my life)

All they lyrics can be found after the break. 

xo, 

Sonja

Little Drop of Rain

Oh a little drop of rain hit the ground, 

and another drop of rain hit the ground, 

and another

and another

and another

and another

and pretty soon you have a different sound

splish splash! 

The Itsy-Bitsy Spider 

The itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One for my master,

One for my dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane.

I'll Love You Forever

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be 

Rock-A-Bye Baby

Rock-a-bye baby

Here in my arms

Watching your sweetness

And all your charms

As the night breaks

The baby will lay

Safe in his cradle

Until the new day today

Golden Slumbers

Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles await you when you rise.
Sleep,
Pretty baby,
Do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby.

Cares you know not,
Therefore sleep,
While over you a watch I'll keep.
Sleep,
Pretty darling,
Do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby.

I'm a Little Teapot

I'm a little teapot

Short and stouts

Here is my handle

Here is my spout

When I get all steamed up

I just shout

Tip me over and pour me out

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, 

How I wonder what you are. 

Up above the world so high, 

Like a diamond in the sky. 

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, 

How I wonder what you are! 

When the blazing sun is gone, 

When there's nothing he shines upon, 

Then you show your little light, 

Twinkle, twinkle, through the night. 

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, 

How I wonder what you are! 

In the dark blue sky so deep 

Through my curtains often peep 

For you never close your eyes 

Til the morning sun does rise 

Twinkle, twinkle, little star 

How I wonder what you are 

Twinkle, twinkle, little star 

How I wonder what you are 

Silent Night

Silent night! Holy night!

All is calm all is bright

Round yon virgin mother and child

Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace!

Sleep in heavenly peace!

Silent night! Holy night!

Shepherds quake at the sight

Glories stream from heaven afar

Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah

Christ the Saviour is born!

Christ the Saviour is born!

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream.

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

If you see an alligator,

Don't forget to scream.

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the river.

If you see an polar bear,

Don't forget to shiver.

Grand Old Duke of York

Oh, the grand old Duke of York,

He had ten thousand men;

He marched them up to the top of the hill,

And he marched them down again.

And when they were up, they were up,

And when they were down, they were down,

And when they were only half way up,

They were neither up nor down. 

He marched them to the left

He marched them to the right

He even marched them upside-down

Now isn’t that a sight!

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

My Bonnie lies over the ocean
My Bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me

Bring back, bring back
Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my Bonnie to me

Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean
And blow the winds o'er the sea
Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean
And bring back my Bonnie to me

The winds have blown over the ocean
The winds have blown over the sea
The winds have blown over the ocean
And brought back my Bonnie to me

Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock,

The clock struck one

The mouse ran down,

Hickory Dickory dock.

Hickory Dickory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock,

The clock struck two

And down he flew,

Hickory Dickory dock.

Hickory Dickory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock,

The clock struck three

And he did flee,

Hickory Dickory dock.

Are You Sleeping (Frère Jacques)

Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques,
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines
Ding ding dong, ding ding dong.

English Version:
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping?
Brother John, Brother John?
Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing
Ding ding dong, ding ding dong.

I've Been Working on the Railroad

I've been working on the railroad

All the live-long day.

I've been working on the railroad

Just to pass the time away.

Can't you hear the whistle blowing,

Rise up so early in the morn;

Can't you hear the captain shouting,

"Dinah, blow your horn!"

Dinah, won't you blow,

Dinah, won't you blow,

Dinah, won't you blow your horn?

Dinah, won't you blow,

Dinah, won't you blow,

Dinah, won't you blow your horn?

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah

Someone's in the kitchen I know

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah

Strummin' on the old banjo!

Singin' fee, fie, fiddly-i-o

Fee, fie, fiddly-i-o-o-o-o

Fee, fie, fiddly-i-o

Strummin' on the old banjo.

Baby Mine by Dumbo

Baby mine, don't you cry

Baby mine, dry your eyes

Rest your head close to my heart

Never to part, baby of mine

Little one when you play

Don't you mind what you say

Let those eyes sparkle and shine

Never a tear, baby of mine

If they knew sweet little you

They'd end up loving you too

All those same people who scold you

What they'd give just for

The right to hold you

From your head to your toes

You're not much, goodness knows

But you're so precious to me

Cute as can be, baby of mine

The Sun Has Set Not Long Ago

The sun has set not long ago.

Now everybody goes below. To take a bath in one big tub with soap all over, scrub, scrub, scrub.

They hang their towels on the wall.

And find pajamas big and small.

With some on top and some beneath, they brush, and brush and brush their teeth.

And when the moon is on the rise, they all go up

… to exercise.

Now down once more, but not so fast. They’re on their way to bed at last.

The day is done. They say goodnight. And somebody turns off the light.

The moon is high. The sea is deep. They rock, and rock, and rock to sleep.

Power of Two

Now the parking lot is empty 

Everyones gone someplace 

I pick you up and in the trunk I've packed 

A cooler and a 2-day suitcase 

‘Cause there's a place we like to drive 

Way out in the country 

Five miles out of the city limit we’re singing 

And your hands on my knee 

Cause we’re okay 

We’re fine 

Baby I'm here to stop your crying 

Chase all the ghosts from your head 

I'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed 

Smarter than the tricks played on your heart 

We’ll look at them together then well take them apart 

Adding up the total of a love that's true 

Multiply life by the power of two

The Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high

There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream,

Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.

Where troubles melt like lemon drops,

High above the chimney tops,

That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow

Why, oh why can't I?

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high

There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream,

Really do come true.

Edelweiss

Edelweiss, Edelweiss

Every morning you greet me

Small and white clean and bright

You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow

Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss,Edelweiss

Bless my homeland forever.

Small and white clean and bright

You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow

Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss,Edelweiss

Bless my homeland forever

Do-Re-Mi 

Let's start at the very beginning

A very good place to start

When you read you begin with A-B-C

When you sing you begin with do-re-mi

Do-re-mi, do-re-mi

The first three notes just happen to be

Do-re-mi, do-re-mi

Doe, a deer, a female deer

Ray, a drop of golden sun

Me, a name I call myself

Far, a long, long way to run

Sew, a needle pulling thread

La, a note to follow Sew

Tea, a drink with jam and bread

That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)

Favorite Things - Sound of Music

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels

Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles

Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings

These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes

Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes

Silver white winters that melt into Springs

These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites

When the bee stings

When I'm feeling sad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don't feel so bad.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things

Farewell - Sound of Music

There's a sad sort of clanking

From the clock in the hall

And the bells in the steeple too.

And up in the nursery an absurd little bird

Is popping up to say cukoo!

Cukoo! Cukoo!

Regretfully they tell us

But firmly they compel us

To say goodbye to you.

So long

Farewell

Aufwiedersehn

Goodnight

I hate to go and leave this pretty sight

[ Lyrics from: 

So long

Farewell

Aufwiedersehn

Adeiu

Adeiu Adeiu

To yieu and yieu and yieu

So long

Farewell

Aufwiedersehn

Goodbye

I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye

Goodbye!

I'm glad to go I cannot tell a lie

I flit I float

I fleetly flee I fly

The sun has gone to bed and so must I

So long Farewell

Aufwiedersehn

Goodbye--

The Hippopotamus Song

A bold hippopotamus was standing one day

On the banks of the cool Shalimar

He gazed at the bottom as he peacefully lay

By the light of the evening star

Away on the hilltop sat combing her hair

His fair hippopotami maid

The hippopotamus was no ignoramus

And sang her this sweet serenade

Mud, mud, glorious mud

Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood

So follow me follow, down to the hollow

And there let me wallow in glorious mud

Like thunder the forest re-echoed the sound

Of the song that they sang when they met

His inamorata adjusted her garter

And lifted her voice in duet

Chorus

Now more hippopotami began to convene

On the banks of that river so wide

I wonder now what am I to say of the scene

That ensued by the Shalimar side

They dived all at once with an ear-splitting sposh

Then rose to the surface again

A regular army of hippopotami

All singing this haunting refrain

Chorus

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Swing low, sweet chariot

Coming for to carry me home,

Swing low, sweet chariot,

Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see

Coming for to carry me home?

A band of angels coming after me,

Coming for to carry me home.

Chorus

If I get there before you do,

(Coming for to carry me home)

I'll cut a hole and pull you through.

(Coming for to carry me home)

Chorus

If you get there before I do,

(Coming for to carry me home)

Tell all my friends I'm coming too.

(Coming for to carry me home)

Chorus

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost but now am found,

Was blind, but now I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.

And Grace, my fears relieved.

How precious did that Grace appear

The hour I first believed.

Chorus

Through many dangers, toils and snares

I have already come;

'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far

and Grace will lead me home.

Chorus

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,

And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess within the veil,

A life of joy and peace.

Chorus

When we've been here ten thousand years

Bright shining as the sun.

We've no less days to sing God's praise

Than when we've first begun.

Chorus

Puff the Magic Dragon

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff, 

and brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. Oh

Chorus

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail

Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail,

Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came,

Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name. Oh

Chorus

A dragon lives forever but not so little boys

Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.

One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more

And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.

Chorus

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,

Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.

Without his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave,

So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave. Oh

Chorus

Turn Around

Where are you goin' my little one, little one?

Where are you goin' my baby my own?

Turn around and you're two

Turn around and you're four

Turn around and you're a young boy

Going out the door

Turn around

Turn around

Turn around and you're a young boy

Going out of the door

(Turn around and you're a young man

With babes of your own)

Where are you goin' my little one, little one?

Little marbles and toy trains, where have you gone?

Turn around and you're tiny

Turn around and you're grown

Turn around and you're a young man

With babes of your own

Chorus

Where are you goin' my little one, little one?

Where are you goin' my baby my own?

This Old Town

This old town should've burned down in 1929

That's when we stood in line

Waiting for our soup

Swallowing our pride

This old town should've burn down in 1931

When the rain refused to come

Air filled up our bellies

Dust filled up our lungs

And we thought our time had come

This old town was built by hand

In the dust bowl of the Mother Land

There must be rock beneath this sand

Oh' I'll be damned

This town still stands

This old town should've burned down in 1944

When the last men went to war

They came back different

If they came back at all

This old town should've burned down in 1956

That's when the twister hit

And all our hopes were buried

Beneath the boards and bricks

And we almost called it quits

Somewhere in the distance

The city lights do shine

The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams

That call from time to time

When my children's children

Ask me why didn't I go

They say the heart of any town

Is the people that you've known

They'll always call you home

Wimoweh

In the jungle, the mighty jungle 

The lion sleeps tonight 

In the jungle the quiet jungle 

The lion sleeps tonight 

Near the village the peaceful village 

The lion sleeps tonight 

Near the village the quiet village 

The lion sleeps tonight 

Hush my darling don't fear my darling 

The lion sleeps tonight 

Hush my darling don't fear my darling 

The lion sleeps tonight

You Can Close Your Eyes

Well the sun is surely sinking down, 

but the moon is slowly rising. 

So this old world must still be spinning around, 

and I still love you. 

So close your eyes; 

you can close your eyes, it's all right. 

I don't know no love songs, 

and I can't sing the blues any more. 

But I can sing this song, 

and you can sing this song 

when I'm gone. 

It won't be long before another day. 

We're gonna have a good time. 

And no one's gonna take that time away. 

You can stay as long as you like. 

Tender Shepard

Tender shepherd

Tender shepherd

Let me help you count your sheep

One in the meadow

Two in the garden

Three in the nursery

Fast asleep

Tender shepherd

Tender Shepherd

Watches over all his sheep

One say your prayers

And two close your eyes 

And three safe and happily

Fall asleep

You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine

My only sunshine. 

You make me happy 

When skies are grey. 

You'll never know, dear, 

How much I love you. 

Please don't take my sunshine away 

The other nite, dear, 

As I lay sleeping 

I dreamed I held you in my arms. 

When I awoke, dear, 

I was mistaken 

And I hung my head and cried. 

Chorus 

Angel From Montgomery 

I am an old woman named after my mother

My old man is another child that's grown old

If dreams were lightning, thunder was desire

This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Make me an angel that flies from montgom'ry

Make me a poster of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing that I can hold on to

To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy

He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man

But that was a long time and no matter how I try

The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

Chorus

There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing

And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.

How the hell can a person go to work in the morning

And come home in the evening and have nothing to say.

Chorus

Do Re Mi

Well, thousands of folks back east they say

Are leaving home most everyday

They’re beating the hot ole dusty way

To the California line

Across the desert sands they roll

A-gettin' outta that ole dust bowl

They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl

But here is what they find

The police at the port of entry say

You're number 14,000 for the day

If you ain't got that Do Re Mi boys

If you ain't got that Do Re Mi

Oh, you better go back to beautiful Texas

Oklahoma, Georgia, Kansas, Tennessee

California is a garden of Eden

It's a paradise to live in or see

Believe it or not you won't find it so hot

If you ain't got that Do Re Mi

Well, if you wanna buy you a home or farm

That can't deal nobody harm

Or take your vacations by the mountains or the sea

Don't swap your old cow for a car

You'd better stay right where you are

You better take this little tip from me

Cuz I look through the want ads every day

And the headlines in the papers always say

Chorus