Their Own Lullaby

We sing a lot of songs at bedtime in this house.  'Baby Mine', 'Silent Night' at Christmas time, 'Twinkle, Twinkle', etc.  But I wanted the girls to each have a song of their own...a song that was special just for them.  After some good long thinking and a little tweaking, each of my girls was sung 'their' song just after they were born. 

Little M's song is 'O Danny Boy'....except I changed it to 'O Meredith'

Oh Meredith, the pipes, the pipes are calling



From glen to glen, and down the mountain side


The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying


'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.


But come ye back when summer's in the meadow


Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow


'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow


Oh Meredith, oh Meredith, I love you so.



Baby C has her own sweet song too.  Hers required no changing...it is Amazing Grace.  This is her song because Grace is her middle name. 
 
 
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.


I am so glad I did this, that each of my girls has a special song I sing to them that is all their own.

Do you have a song that is your child's song?

Comments

  1. LindsayMarch 6, 2012 at 10:11 AM

    I do for my fur babies - I'm still figuring out what Barney's is (he has a lot of songs), but Ollie's is "Baby Mine," though I've changed the words to "Ollie mine." We snuggle every night before bed and I sing it to him.

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  2. SkipperMarch 6, 2012 at 10:05 PM

    I think I may have publishing rights to "Oh Meredith" I wrote the lyrics on a napkin 2 months ago. I'm pretty sure this blog now owes me $1,200.

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  3. MindyMarch 7, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    I love Amazing Grace, it is one of my all time favorite songs. I don't know if there is one song in particular that is Cecilia's, but she loves singing "Jesus Loves Me" before bed. There is a song called "Cecilia", but I have never heard it...

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