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

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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?

And Eemie, did you steal the Owl and the Pussycat song from us? We do that too!!

Loving this thread! (What a lot of poo songs! SM, do you still sing your song to Guy (or Luke)?)

Tell you what though - you should all print it off - we used to sing made-up songs when ours were little and I have forgotten them all

I'm feeling very uncreative now!

Best I can manage is hey, hey Lukey Lucas (as in hey, hey, are you ready for bed now? )

Mind you, Dp has all manner of rude versions of CBeebies theme tunes which he's not allowed to sing when dd is in the room. The mildest is Knob the Builder - just to give you an idea.

My Nan used to sing me a song when I was little, which always made me laugh. Unfortunately I can only remember a couple of lines of it - if it is a 'real' song and anyone knows the rest I'd be grateful for the words (it's really bugging me!)

'dance round the garden in the nude,
pee, poh, belly, bum, drawers'

I can hum the tune, and I'm sure there's a bit about shouting rude words at the vicar. Everyone I've mentioned it to thinks I'm a little strange.......

lol @ "Luke" jan!

you are not mad
here it is

P* P B B D**

Ma's out, Pa's out, Let's talk rude!
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.
Dance round the garden in the nude,
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.
Let's write rude words all down our street,
Stick out our tongues at the people we meet,
Let's have an intellectual treat for
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.

Sunday again on CBC,
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.
And Norman Mailer's coming to tea,
Pee Po Belly Bum Pants!
Alan Ginsberg reads on and on,
But we're having a happening when he's gone,
Come to the party in the John,
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.

Disney's planning a double bill,
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.
Christopher Robin meets Fanny Hill,
Pooh Bear Belly Bum Drawers.
On stage and screen we all work hard,
Throwing toilet rolls in our own backyard,
Who's afraid of the avent garde?
Pee, Pee, Po, Po, Belly, Belly, Bum, Bum, Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.

What gets prizes and wins awards?
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.
What did prince Phillip tell the Lords?
Well, never mind that.
At Oxford and Cambridge, and Yale and all,
At Berkely, they really have a ball,
'cos the higher the brow, the harder they fall,
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers.

another version of the song here...
P* P B B D**

excellent ... I am going to learn it - and revise of course

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

What a star, I think my Nan only ever did the first verse though. I'm now going to go and start singing it to DSs

ROFL! Esp. Papillon. Lots of boring ones 'we're going to change your nappy, nappy, nappy, we're going to change your nappy all day long'

'E for extraordinary
V for valuable
A for adorable
N for new'
and variations...

But my favourite was sung my uncle when I was small...

Little (my full name)
Thought she looked so very posh
With a curler in her hair
Auntie Eileen put it there...

lots of verses but sadly can't remember the rest...

does anyone still sing the one

Ya cannae chuck ya ganny off a bus!!

or

All of a sudden a dirty black puddin came flying through the air......

(or was that just my strange nana!!)

Some Old Scottish Street Poetry

these are hilarious

ScottishStreetPoetry

Word "game"

Chap at the doorie.
(Knocking on the child's forehead)

Keek in;
(Lift the childs eye lids)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lift the latch,
(Pull the childs nose up with the side of his finger)!!!!!!!!

Wipe your feet,
(wipe under the child's nose with the side of your pointer finger)

And walk in
( Poke your fingers gently in the child's mouth as if walking in)

Another one that sent us into paroxysms of delight was the following:

There was an old man who peed in the sea.
The sea was too wide, so he peed in the tide,
And all the wee fishies crawled up his backside.

You canna shove your granny off a bus,
You canna shove your granny off a bus
You canna shove your granny,
Because she's your mammies mammy,
You canna shove your granny off a bus

there are other versions

Angeliz, we do the All of a Sudden song too. And

Its a long way to the bedroom, Its a long way to go, Its a long way to the bedroom, To the softest bed I know. Goodbye to the kitchen, Farewell living room, Its a long way to the bedroom ,But I'll be there soon.

To the tune of Its a Long Way to Tipperary and sung on the way up the stairs to bed. Plus various vile songs about stink pants and nappy contents.

Hows the All of a Sudden song go?

All of a sudden
A great big black puddin'
Came flyin' through the air.
It missed me ma
But knocked me pa
Right off his flippin' chair.

My mum says that her mum used to tell her off for singing it. She used to sing it to me, but I have a feeling that "flippin'" was not the original word!

we sing,

All of a sudden,
a dirty black puddin,
came flying through the air,
it missed me mother
and hit me father
and knocked him ower the chair!!

Badhair, i just know i'm gonna be singing the Tipparary one

Funny that, Angeliz, I'm at work in a college library and have been singing the black puddin' song under my breath all afternoon. Students have all been giving me a wide berth - so I've been able to get on mumsnet - ha ha.

these are great!
DH used to sing to dd when she was little

go to sleep my baby
go to sleep my love
go to sleep my little one
I'll see you in the morning

dd now sings it do her dollies, I didn't know where it came from until I asked him!!

Oh ye can't shove yer Nanna off the bus
Oh ye can't shove yer Nanna off the bus
Oh ye can't shove yer nanna
coz she's yer Mamma's Mamma
Oh yer can't shove yer nana off the bus

Oh i've just read your Papillion oops sorry

I like sausages,
Lovely tasty sausages,
Specially when they're made from toes...

Sung in the bath, to ds's feet, with pretend eating of the 'sausages' amid much hilarity.

Oh, it's dark, dark, dark
In the park, park, park
And we can't see the animals
We can't see the tigers, we can't see the bees
We can't see the monkeys playing in the trees
Oh, it's dark, dark, dark
In the park, park, park,
And we can't see the animals,
We can't see the weasels, we can't see the voles,
We can't see the moles coming out of their holes.
Oh, it's dark etc etc etc
Usually lots of requests from ds for different animals and family members rendered invisible

ie Can't see the weasel, and we can't see the stoat, we can't see grandma, putting on her coat..Oh, it's dark

And zillions of other songs.

We also have 'nappiness, nappiness, the greatest gift that I possess'

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DH sings with dd - "Aye Aye Shepherds Pie - stick it in your mother's eye"
Their other fav is - "Oh where is the moon, oh where is the moon oh where is that big balloon - it's up in the sky way up high, oh where oh where is the moon"

Ha! What a hoot

We sing:

Wibbly Wobbly Jelly
Sitting in my belly
Makes me very smelly
And then I watch the telly

Also
Heydee, Heydeeho
The great big elephant is so slow
Heydee, Heydeeho
The elephant is so slow.

He swings his trunk from side to side
As he takes the children for a ride

Heydee, Heydeeho
The elephant is so slow.

to no particular tune!

Dp reminded me of the 2 Naughty Boys song (to the tune of the Rolf Harris classic of a similar title)
2 naughty boys, had 2 naughty toys, each had a WOOOODDDEEENNN LEEEEGGGGG.
Ds1 came up with the wooden leg bit, and it has to be shouted very loudly.

the latest to the tune of copacbana

" his name was Charlie,
he was a cutie,
his mummy loved him lots nd lots and lots,
even when he had some spots"

ref to chicken pox

a groovy samba number that ds1 hates