Singing My Song, Even if it sounds terrible. Options

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As I've become an Auntie recently, I've been having to dig into my archive of songs I know that are fun to sing, so that I can get the little one to sleep when her mama isn't able to.

So, What is a song that you love to sing? What songs do you love to sing just because you think they're flattering to your voice? If you had to sing a baby to sleep, what song would you choose? Is there a certain song you always find yourself singing in certain situations? A go-to favourite that you sing in the shower or while doing dishes?

For me, I sing Go To Sleep Little Baby from O' Brother, Where Art Thou? when trying to get Scarlett to calm down. I sing Lean on Me at work when I try to start a fast-food sing along. And when I'm by myself and in a singing mood, I go to Hallelujah. And I'd have to say I choose all of them because I have a very deep voice and none of those songs have any super-high notes that I'd have to strain to hit. I sing them just because I think they make my voice, as untrained as it may be, sound decent.

So

What about you?

[Yannick]

Haha, I walk around and sing a lot. Pretty much anything on my mind. This leads to some awkward moments. I was singing Teenage Kicks the other day while walking into a classroom, and I was at the "I wanna hold you wanna hold you tight, get teenage kicks right through the night!" part, while opening the door, the teacher is just like "0.o".

Songs stuck in my head recently: Sex and Candy, Comfortably Numb, Teenage Kicks, Mr. Tambourine Man, She Shook Me All Night Long, Hazel's Den.

Songs you should sing to the little one: Mr. Tambourine Man, The Elements Song, the song that's like "Baby shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, baby shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, baby shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, baby shark. Mama shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, mama shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, mama shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo mama shark." (Don't forget the hand motions! We were singing this during lunch the other day, I might be able to get my friends to do it again if you don't know it.), Big Bang Theory Theme Song, Weird Al's Star Wars song, or any songs from commercials.

Oh, The Trooper is always a go-to song in History if we're learning about anything extra gory. My hair was made for this sort of thing. The Trooper + air guitar + head banging. It's awesome when you get like 6-7 people to do it together, or in a harmony. Usually get through like a verse before the teacher calls it off.

[Hobbes]

the song that's like "Baby shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, baby shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, baby shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, baby shark. Mama shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, mama shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo, mama shark doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo mama shark." (Don't forget the hand motions! We were singing this during lunch the other day, I might be able to get my friends to do it again if you don't know it

Funny... I read this and thought of a song my sister does with her Brownies (USA: Girl Scouts), but thought that Yannick ^ had done too many 'doo's. But, in searching for it, found a different version which matches the above lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqV1O5eeA9Y

My sister and her girls sing pretty much the same words, but to the Mahna Mahna song from The Muppet Show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M52a37B6hP4

i.e: Baby Shark, do dooo do do do. Baby Shark, do do do do. Baby Shark, do doooo do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do do do do-do do.

(obviously)

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I pretty much spend a vast proportion of my day singing random songs. Sometimes it is whatever is on the radio, sometimes the last song I heard as I get to work, sometimes a song pops into my head from nowhere and I begin to sing that. And, more often than not, I make up stupid songs to do with whatever is going on. According to my sister, I used to do this when I was little too - making up songs about the things I could see ("Theeeeeeere's a lamp post out the wiiiiiindow").

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As for singing to children, my own favourites as a child were "Puff The Magic Dragon", and "Two Little Boys".