I was in choir for most of my academic career. I started singing in 3rd grade. In 6th grade, I played Fagan in my schools production of Oliver. I had solos in chorus in 7th and 8th grade. When I got to high school, I joined Honors Choir and was in the school musicals as understudy for the lead for 2 years. All of this is a long way to state that I have spent much of my life singing.
I have had many songs in many languages spill forth from my gaping maw. This not only includes songs that were written by various famous song-writers, but also show tunes, TV-theme songs, as well as songs that I've made up on the spot.
It is because of these facts that I find it terribly confusing that when I rock Harper to sleep at night, I am only able to conjure three songs into my mind that contain enough lyrics to be able to sing.
These songs are, in no particular order:
You Are My Sunshine
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
What A Wonderful World
Why these three? I HAVE NO IDEA!! I want to sing songs by Guster, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, Frank Sinatra, Alison Krause, Johnny Cash, and many, many more!
Where are all the songs that I know? Why do they run screaming from my head the minute that I turn the light off, turn on the twilight turtle and humidifier and sit in the rocker? My various choir directors would be so ashamed of me, and deservedly so!
I want to sing to my girls. They want me to sing to them. I need to remember more songs.
I need to remember songs that are not theme songs to Thomas the Tank Engine or Caillou...
Please leave comments with good sleepy time songs that I could sing as well as a complete list of lyrics.
Here's a nice picture.