I do not fancy myself a superb singer. I will never be that girl who sends chills down people’s spines when I hit that one note, because it’s pretty damn certain I won’t ever hit that one note. Believe me, I’ve tried. No crowds will ever fill Madison Square Garden just because I’m there to sing; although I have no doubt that my Rockstar, my brother, and I will fill it when we finally start our band. I can carry a tune, and sound better than about half the people you hear attempting to sing, including Taylor Swift. Nevertheless, I fully intend to sing to my baby once he gets here. I just hope my doing so will not cause more tears than are normally expected from a baby.
The more I think about it, the more I realize that the songs I use as lullabies may very well be the songs my baby uses as lullabies to his own children someday, if he has any. (The continued use of male pronouns in reference to my baby are my way of using osmosis to decide his gender for him. He has no legs yet, so there is no way he has yet sprouted a teeny tiny penis. But I will continue to try to sway him.) Or, if nothing else, they will be songs he fondly remembers as ones his crazy mother sang to him because she loved him. Either way, this is not business that should be taken lightly. Music is the poetry of sound. So instilling in my baby a vast library of musical genres is a must. So far, here is my lullaby list:
For standards, I’ve only yet come up with two:
1. Over the Rainbow
2. Baby Mine from Dumbo
Moving along to somewhat newer music:
3. Let It Be by The Beetles
4. You’re Beautiful by James Blunt (Sidenote: As this James Blunt song is about a girl who is addicted to drugs, I feel that I may only sing the chorus so as not to introduce my babe to such evility prematurely.)
5. Jesus Loves Me
6. Give Me Love by Jasmine Cain (a mostly-independent artist, but a great song)
7. I’ll Be There by The Jackson 5 (or Mariah Carey, if you prefer)
8. True Colors by Cyndi Lauper
9. The Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog (a song my uncle used to sing to me when I was small)
10. Silent Night (a Christmas song, sure, but what better to sing about than the night I hope to have?)
11. Love is Forever by Slaughter
12. Unconditionally by Katy Perry
13. Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers
This is only a start, so I open my lullaby list to those of you in blogland, so speak now. Just know that Rob Zombie and Iron Maiden will have to wait just a year or two.
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