to burst into tears when singing Puff The Magic Dragon to my dcs??

[LucyOnTheSchoolRunWithDiamonds]

I ended up making dd cry too.

...and have just remembered another one that always sets me off... "Father and Son" by the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens

Father
Its not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

I was once like you are now, and I know that its not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
Its always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Father
Its not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
(son-- away away away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
Its hard, but its harder to ignore it.
If they were right, Id agree, but its them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(father-- stay stay stay, why must you go and
Make this decision alone? )

blub...now must go and do the school pick up plus sunglasses....

Have had to stop reading this thread cos of tears in my eyes, but in case anyone hasn't mentioned it yet, I vote for Cilla's "Oh you are a mucky kid.."

Not cos anyone dies in it or anything (although bit about "you'll gerra belt from yer da"), but because it's just so poignant about little toddlers/kids and makes you realise how quickly they grow up.

And I like the way she sings the bit: "Oh you have your father's eyes" cos my DDs both do.

Very underrated singer, Cilla...

sorry can't read all of thread, as crying too much, has anybody mentioned Danny Boy?

I used to cry my little heart out at a record I had of Pinky & Perky singing 'Daydreamer' - the David Cassidy song!!

Although I haven't heard it since I was about 5 I suspect that if I did it may have the same effect...

Came home one day to find DH singing
this song to our 3 girls.

A little ray of sunshine has come into the world
A little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl....

She can make you feel good,
She can make you feel that it's all worthwhile,
Only by her smile, only by her smile, only by her smile ...

Not a sad song but the thought of him sitting singing it to them just makes me well up.

My dad used to sing Nobody's Child - made me howl every time. Also John Denver's one - I'll walk in the rain by your side, I'll cling to the warmth of your hand. (For Baby)

DD sings Golden Slumbers to her dolly, tis very cute and brings a lump to my throat.

puppymonkey I agree! I used to sing Cilla to my DD

thunderduck Barbers Adagio for strings gets me going too (have you read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold?)

Elton John's Tiny Dancer always gets me a bit dusty in the eye, too...

I always cry at bright eyes. I remember watching Watership Down at school and having to be led out of the hall in front of the whole school sobbing uncontrollably. Still makes me blub!

I always cry at 'Hushabye Mountain' on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (such a sad tune!), and also 'Little Mister Roo' in Disney's Heffalump, as I look at my little boy growing up so fast:

Little Mister Roo
Reaching for the moon
So many things you've got to do
And no time for dreaming

Little Mister Roo
Let the stars shine over you
Don't grow up too fast too soon
Save some time for dreaming
Settle in, settle down
Let me see that sleepy yawn on your face
Close your eyes
I will love you completely
And always

Little Mister Roo
The moon shines silver over you
No one knows you like I do
And little Mister Roo
Reaching for the moon
Don't grow up too fast
Too soon

Both my DC when they were little babies would go weepy when I sang rock a bye baby to them - so it's not always the lyrics that stir up emotions, it's the actual melody. My DD (19 months) sobs when I sing her that now and I'm sure she still doesn't really understand the words properly!
It's really strange how a simple melody can effect how you feel.
(With A Child's Heart and Music and Me by Michael Jackson always gets me too - and that's before he died!)

Me too at Bright Eyes Chica31!
That's on my top five list of sob songs! Lol!

I started singing 'My Favourite Things' from the Sound of Music to DS this afternoon and it choked me up a bit.

Think it's the thought of a child having to find a way to steel themselves and get through something sad or horrible

This song makes me cry. How hard does life have to be that you sell leeks in yor back garden?

How you gonna take this? like a Man or a bitch?
you gon' get it on nigga or you gon' snitch?
I represent niggas in the hood gettin' rich
man, I stack chips and I unload clips
after 3 Summers in the joint I thought life was hard
some niggas started fightin', some niggas found God
you know me, started sellin' leek in the yard

and this:

Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go shawty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like it's yo birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't give a fuck
It's not your birthday!

Basically he is telling some poor person that it's their birthday and then telling them that it's not their birthday after all. So wrong

I am steeled to Hushabye Mountain 'cos DD wanted it sung to her for months. But it's still very sad.

Couldn't do "Bright Eyes" for love nor money though

Nearly all of the ones mentioned set me off. I often am sobbing quietly in the front of car while listening to the kids' cds!
Luther Vandross - Dance with my Father is also guaranteed to make me cry as is this:

When You Are Old
by Gretchen Peters

When you are old and tired and gray
And wear your overcoat on sunny days
When your brave tales have all been told
I'll ask for them when you are old

When you are old and full of sleep
And death no longer makes you weep
When your body aches with cold
I'll warm your heart when you are old

And you'll still be the same to me
A comfort and a mystery
And I will be old too, you see
I'll need someone to comfort me

When you are old and pale and gaunt
And a gentle hand is all you want
I will give you mine to hold
I'll be here when you are old

I wish I hadn't clicked on this thread. I've been sobbing loudly and inelegantly. Some people can get emotional and look romantic, I find that my nose runs and I make honky sounds.

Could I ask a (probably daft) question. It's about the Morning Town song.

Why is it sad? (we have quite jaunty version on an ELC song dvd) I hadn't really thought about the words until now, but (perhaps naively) think they are about children going to sleep for one night, then waking up in the morning. What am I missing?

onepieceoflollipop, agree that MorningtownRide isn't sad in terms of just the words, but for me it's just the memories associated with it, and probably just the Seekers version. We had a version by the Wiggles, which I could listen to without being a snivelling wreck!

Have been thinking about sobworthy Xmas songs - "I Believed in Father Christmas" and "A Spaceman came Travelling" anyone? (the latter one of my favourite songs since I was little, despite being by Chris de Burgh!)

I can answer that I think. It's because most of us who had seventies parents or caregivers murdered the fuck out of the song on the fecking tin whistle whilst simultaneously doing whatever the opposite of "attachment parenting" is.

It terrified me as a toddler that I'd be off on that train to the awful people my real parents were

I wouldn't sing it to my DC even though they know their place is with me, it represents utter horror despite the pretty melody

you are my sunshine (and dd sings it so beautifully too!)

And the last chapter of Winnie the Pooh...

I think I cry at Morningtown Ride as my Dad had the original "Seekers" version and the harmonies etc are so, so sad sounding. All Seekers songs sound sad to me!

Plus when I was little I thought the children were being taken away from their parents - first time I heard it I was 6 and had just heard about evacuation in WW2.

'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda' by the Pogues, reminds me of my first boyfriend who died v young.

'Don't Cry Daddy' by Elvis. It is shamelessly emotionally exploitative and my younger self would be horrified, but I heard it when DD was tiny and couldn't stop thinking about what would happen to her if something happened to me...

And In the Ghetto, especially near Christmas. In fact just about any song near Christmas. Or actually just about any song where people are a) really happy b) really sad c) a bit wistful at the moment as I'm pregnant and a snivelling mess after this thread.

Dumbo - for some stupid reason I tried to describe the scene where the mother is rocking the baby through the bars at a meal out the other week and had to leave the table sobbing...

weegiemum that's interesting that you mention the evacuations in WW2. It's something that I have been thinking about recently (I can't think about it too much as imo it must have been so traumatic and it makes me quite distressed.) Yes, I know that the alternative may have been to stay in the cities and be potentially killed, but what a terrible choice a lot of parents had to make.

I can't get as far as thinking what I would do in that position now.

Thanks for the other replies too.

The whole of Les Mis I find really moving. I went to watch it with my Mum the first time, and there was a french man behind us who sobbed solidly from the opening, all the way through. I kid you not. Any break in the music and you could hear him catching his breath, just before the next lot of tears. Bless.

The line near the end, when the girls are singing "to love another person is to see the face of God". I always think of this line when looking at my DCs.

Thank you for mentioning Hushabye Mountain. I started to sing this with my coach, but had to stop.

There is also a song called Rubies and Gold, written by Tori Amos, I think. I sang this at my friends wedding, and the words are ust lovely. Always moves me, because I had a stinking cold and made a real hash of it.

Rubies and gold
Star of my moonlight
Warmer then roses in spring
The kingdoms were sold
To hold their beauty, well
I'd sell my life anyway
Just to say I held their heart in my arms
There's strength in my soul

Rubies and gold
Are you to me
You're a jewel upon my chest
Warming my heart with your kisses,
A peaceful way to rest
Fulfilling my life long wishes

And silently you're watching me
Stroking my cheek with your hand
Your eyes are deep yet filled with tears
I've never seen so much love in a man

Rubies and gold
Star of my moonlight
Warmer than roses in spring
The kingdoms were sold
To hold their beauty, well
I'd sell my life anyway
Just to say I held their heart in my arms
There's strength in my soul

Rubies and Gold
You are to me

Found it - need the tissues now!