Lullabies

When Benjamin was younger I always sang while I rocked him. I figured it was mostly for me, but whatever works. Lately I have only been singing to him when he is really fussy or having trouble falling asleep, and lately I recognize it actually is for both of us, he does respond to it and it passes the time for me. I sort of have a set line up by this time.


First I sing "Castle on a Cloud" from Les Miserables:

Then I move on to a shortened rendition of "When You Dream" by Barenaked Ladies:

After that, its "Under the Quarter Moon", but I always can only remember the first verse. Sometimes I sing the first verse & chorus ten times in a row, its so relaxing.

Usually I am done by now, and he is asleep, but if not, I will sing Tin Soldier. My rendition is much slower than the original:

There are a couple other songs I occasionally throw in. A slow version of "You are my sunshine", "let it be" by the Beattles, or "Lovely Agnes"

And that pretty much completes my lullaby line up. Do you sing lullabies?