what made up songs do you sing to your kids??

[Coddy]

when my nephew was tiny, BIL used to sing -

to the tune of "Dont cry for me argentinA"

"DOnt cry for me Thomas Surname,
the truth is theres nothing wrong with you
so stop your wailing and your complaining
theres nothing to it , so why do it?"

ANy that you lot made up?

Little baby xx-xx
I love you very much
You're full of milky goodness
and silky to the touch

to the tune of Stevie Wonder's Superstition

Stinker Brown, came to town,
needing a new nappy.
Mummy put a clean one and now we're very happy.

The one they like best is to the tune of Little Peter Rabbit (glory glory hallelujah)
Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Daniel (repeated x4)
Dan dan dan dan dan dan. DAN DAN!

The tune is fun and he likes but I guess I could work on the lyrics a bit more....

We like to sing the following to the tune of Smelly Cat by Phoebe in Friends

Smelly bum
Smelly bum
What are they feeding you?
Smelly bum
Smelly bum
It's not your fault!

Only really makes sense if you've seen that particular episode of Friends!

Row Row Row your Boat gently out to sea
And if you see a mermaid there
Give her a kiss from me

(big sloppy kiss over toddlers face)

Sung to my ds Guy to the tune of Copa Cabana (Bazza Manilow):

His name is Gee-Gee
He did a Wee-Wee
And a steaming log too
It was brown and blocked the loo
He is the Gee-Gee boy
My little Gee-Gee boy
With his big brown smelly bot
He's like a hottentot ...

at the Gee-Gee, Gee-Gee Cabana etc etc ad nauseam

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To the tune of Hey Jude, sung at bedtime.

Hey

Don't carry on
Your nap time is on its way
Remember, to rest well my son
And when you are done
You'll feel so much
Better better better better...
Nah, nah nah nah nah nah.... nah nah nah nah hey

Nah, nah nah nah nah nah.... nah nah nah nah hey

I sing to ds in the tune of 'grandma - we love you

Maxi, I love you
Maxi, I do
Even when you're not with me
I think of you
And when I miss you
And you're far away
I know that I will see you later on in the day.

And to the tune of Daisy Daisy

Maxi-mino
I really do love you
You're my hero
In everything you do
I love you with all my heart
Even when we're apart
You look so sweet
When you're asleep
In your lovely snuggly cot!!

He loves them and says 'Gain,Gain!'

To the tune of "there is a Tavern in the Town"

Stick your bottom in the air (in the air)
Stick your bottom in the air
If you don't we can't get your nappy on
Stick your bottom in the air!

I sing a very silly song about feet ('who's got feet with toes on the end of them, who's got feet with toes on the end of them, who's got feet with toes on the end of them, who's my gorgeous girly-whirly-whirl' to a made-up tune.

"Torture session, Torture Session,
Tor-tor-torture-torture torture torture torture session"

"One little two little three little teeth
Four little five little six little teeth
Seven little eight little nine little teeth --
Ten little Cavity-free teeth"
Both used for tooth brushing.

Just for fun:
"Row row row your boat,
gently across the river,
If you fall in you'll get wet
Then you'll start to shiver!"

"Row row your boat,
swiftly 'cross the lake
Pirahnas there will eat you up
and make you Baby steak!"

Northerner has escaped from this thread and burst into song in the middle of Facial Hair....

To the tune of 'Head, shoulders, knees and toes'

When she was a baby, at bedtime:-

Nappy, jammies tittie bed (tittie bed)
Nappy, jammies, tittie bed (tittie bed, oh)
Nappy, jammies, tittie, bed
Nappy, jammies tittie bed (tittie bed)

I occasionally heard my husband singing it all by himself...

As her routine changed it grew to:-

Teeth, bath, jammies, story, bed ... etc.

She still thinks that the owl in The Owl and the Pussycat sings 'oh lovely , oh my love, what a beautiful you are'. We put her name into as many songs as possible, like 'My Bonnie lies over the ocean'.

As soon as she could talk she started to adapt songs and rhymes herself, eg 'we're going on a SOCK hunt, we're going to find some PINK ones'

Marina, love your bathtime anthem...definitely going to use that!

Inch Worm song

Looking at her mummy
Seems to me our wonderful
How beautiful you are

Ommm song

Ommmmmmm NNNaaaMMMMeeee (indicates up down tone!!)
You are the world to me
You are as precious as can be
Ommmmmmmm NNNaaaMMMMeeee

Bath
loves the baaattttthhhh
Yes she/he does
love the baaattttthhhh
Yes she/he do
loves to splish splash
Yes she/he do
loves to splish splash
Yes she/he do

This is Niall's song
And it won't take long
See now its done
That was Niall's song

This is Adam's song
And it won't take long
See now its done
That was Adam's song

Ds twins also sing Old Macdonald but just the e-i-e-i-o, over and over, high and low,loud and quiet!

Prunes and oatmeal
prunes and oatmeal
they taste very good together
hopefully they will make you poop

I like prunes and
I like oatmeal
they taste very good together
hopefully they will make me poop

(to the tune of "Prunes and Oatmeal"

Sweet potatoes,
sweet potatoes,
I like them with chicken
Sweet potatoes,
Sweet potatoes,
they're good on their own

I like any food as long as it's a sweet potato
Mommy will you get them,
cause I want som.

(to the tune of "sweet potatoes"

damn smileys aren't supposed to be there.

Yes, we have issues with eating.

Cod,they're not hilarious... they're all barking!

I love my baby Mary
She is just like a fairy
Sometimes she's quite contrary
But usually she's not.
I love her when she's smiling;
I love her when she's frowning;
I love her when she's happy
And I love her when she's not.

This is adapted from a song my mother made up to sing to me. At the end, I used to ask "What's 'not'?". My mother would explain, "Not happy", but I would forget that when she sang it the next time.

haven't read this whole thread yet but ForestFly!!!

ROFL

Oh very good indeed. Marthamoo, Marina and Eeemie LOL!!!!

We do 'smelly paaaaaants (hey) smelly pants, (REPEAT) to tune of Rock n' roll - Garry Glitter.

I feel almost sane listening to you lot!

we do lots of versions of inchworm and to Brahms lullaby:

squirmyworm, squirmyworm
good morning my squirmyworm
you're a good worm
such a good worm
you're my little squirmyworm
squirmy worm
squirmy worm
what a beeyou tee ful worm
squirmy worm
squirmy worm
what a beee you teeeful worm

you can do it in all kinds of squeaky voices too

then we have our eating songs (which go on for ever) along the lines of:

yum scrum in my tum
oh today I think it's plum
yum scrum apricot
soon you're going in your cot

etc etc ad infinitum

My dp sings to dd

I love my dd(name),
oh yes i do,
when she's not near me,
oh i feel blue,
i love my ddes i do
oh dd i love you!

And;

She's the best girl in the world,.......;(repeated to the tune of-'he's got the whole world in His hands'

To the tune of "Lily of Laguna(?" an Old Time Music hall song I learned at school

She's my Becky Boo
She is my Boo, my Becky Boo,
she's got ginger hair that doesn't curl,
Such a lovely girl, my Becky Boo.
I know she likes me,
I know she likes me, because she says so,
She is my tiny Beckety-Beckster,
A little Becky and a Boo.

And about a ton of other songs made up to suit the moment.