Strange question re. sleep singing

[Pennies]

Can anyone explain this to me...

DH cannot sing. He's pretty much tone deaf. He never sings voluntarily when awake. He's from Yorkshire and and has no Celtic connections. He can't do any accents or impersonations at all.

Why then does he sing songs, which seem to have a good tune, with a broad northern Irish accent and with quite a good hearty voice, when he's asleep??

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pmsl no idea, my dh laughs hysterically in his sleep sometimes, but is a moody swine when awake.

Hey pennies, maybe he's had a past life

Dunno but sounds fascinating! Can you make out the words or is it a Father Jack mumble? Does he listen to any Pogues or Irish bands in the daytime? Do you ever sing along?

I can make out the words and the other night I made a conscious effort to try and remember what he had sung and the tune he's sung it to but I went back to sleep and had forgotten it by the time I woke up!

Only Irish band he listens to is U2!

Has he got any Irish relatives? An Irish babysitter when he was a baby? Does it wake you up?

No Irish connections whatsoever! He hasn't got any Irish friends and noone he works with is Irish either! Yes it does wake me up!!

Keep a tape recorder by the bed.

Maybe he's not tone deaf, just too inhibited to sing when he's awake. I can't explain the accent though.

DH laughs, moans, talks - even gives driving lessons in his sleep!

(snore, snore - at the bottom of this road we'll be turning right at the lights. What should you be doing? snore, snore)

Iklboo - is your DH a driving instructor?

He is pennies, so THAT doesn't worry me.

He did once sit up in bed and say in a very theatrical voice "And OFF into obscurity!" and pointed to the window. The he lay down again and carried on sleeping

My mum, my sister and me all laugh and shout in our sleep, and I will have long, illogical, conversations with myself or with anyone who tries to talk to me while I'm asleep. Dh conducts orchestras in his sleep, or (when we have a newborn) searches anxiously for babies in or beside the bed, and tries to bottle-feed them but can't get the teat into their mouths.

So your dh sounds perfectly normal to me .

Do try to tape him, and ask him about it in the morning. Would be fascinating to know. You could also try waking him mid-song and asking him immediately what he's dreaming right then.