I know I started a thread on this once before, but more people here now:

Favorite one that you remember from your own childhood? That you enjoyed singing to your babies? That, in your private moments, still might have the power to soothe you today?

I sang GirlWho to sleep with Edelweiss from The Sound of Music and May the Circle Be Unbroken. Both songs, in their own ways, are about belonging and home, and are very comforting to me.

Is it bad that I don't have any recollection of any lullabies from childhood? My husband recalls "Do Re Mi", which I think is cute for some reason. I think because it seems perky for a lullaby.

But I could use suggestions, especially those which match my three-note singing range.

Don't be embarassed - I was in that same position when my son was born. I had only one lullaby in my repertoire - "Tum Balalaike".

I used to sing "Beautiful Boy" by John Lennon to my beautiful boys. I also sang Edelweiss, and Stevie Wonder's "You are the Sunshine of My Life."

Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins was the song I sang to Smudge in the NICU, so it's one of my favorites. That and I Don't Want To Live On the Moon (the version I know is Shawn Colvin and Ernie).

I love hearing Sailor sing Wagon Wheel from the other room. I lullabied a bunch of Jimmy Buffet songs for Mo. Max got a lot of Beatles and showtunes. Actually I sang Glory from Rent to Max quite a bit.

Max was a baby that liked to be put in his crib and left the f*ck alone so I didn't get to sing to him often. And now whenever I sing Max comes running shouting "No singing Mommy! No singing!" He's just like John Lithgow from Footloose.

I'm with McGlory, we sing I don't want to live on the moon to Buddy B all the time, and Burn One Down by Ben Harper, although I realize it is grossly inappropriate...

The two I sing most often to babyluv are the ones that I remember hearing as a child - You Are My Sunshine from my grandmother, and Hush Little Baby from my mom.

When we were in the hospital, and he was finally able to leave the NICU and stay with me in my room, I was so hopped up on painkillers that the only things I could remember were christmas carols, like Silent Night and O Holy Night, and show tunes! He loves Amazing Grace.

And my grandma always used to sing me "Goodnight Irene" which makes me cry.

You Are My Sunshine is the song I sang to all three of the boys- I still do.

The Beatles' "In My Life" (she calls it "the places song"), "You Are My Sunshine", and "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly", which is an awful lullaby. We've also sung "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" and Ben Harper ("Forever"? I can't remember if that's the name).

You Are My Sunshine and Amazing Grace (actually sung in harmony when PF was around).

Amazing Grace can still make me cry since, even though I'm not a religious person, I often feel that PF and the boys are a gift I can't deserve but have changed my life forever.

I've used the ABC song as a soother for both girls since O was born. A nurse suggested it while removing my staples, and well, it works. And she knew it by age 2, even if she couldn't pronounce all the letters correct.

I sometimes use "Good Night" by the Beatles.

ALso, my mother used to say somtehing to me every night before bed, and now I do it to both girls:

Mommy loves you,
Daddy loves you
[your sister's name] loves you,
God loves you [your name]
so relax and get a good night sleep, OK?

I sang Think About A Lullaby(Merle Haggard) to both kids. I sang Godspeed(Dixie Chicks) to 1st kid.

I sing You Are My Sunshine to the boys. Also, they both love (especially A) the themesong from the original Scooby Doo series and the Speedracer themesong.

And this one from my mom--I've only ever heard her sing it to boys, so I don't really know if there's a different girl version:

(child's name, child's name) I've been thinkin'
what a nice world it would be
if the boys were all transported
far beyond the Northern Sea.

I know it sounds kind of awful, but that's the sort of people we are. It actually worked really well with both the boys when they were infants.

I loved 'Baby Mine' as a child...although we didn't have the types of parents that sang to us. I am also tone deaf, and can't sing very well, but I can hold it together long enough to sing 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' as well. But only if the baby monitor is off. I have the comfort of knowing the Little Miss probably won't remember this, but AlphaGeek could be scarred for the rest of his life!

I've always used "Asleep" by The Smiths (big surprise, huh?)

Kid A has always calmed immediately from any crying fit when I sing Hey There by Rosemary Clooney. I only know the first couple of lines and they are probably wrong, but they work. He is 3 1/2 and still asks for "The Stars In Your Eyes" when he needs extra loving.

His all time, still works bedtime song is Souljacker Pt.1 by the Eels. It is grossly inappropriate, expecially now that he sings along.

I don't remember any singing from my childhood. I was, apparently, a huge Beegees fan. *Shame*

"On Top of Spaghetti"

Seriously. Not joking. It's a remnant from my childhood that has followed me into adulthood.

DGB - I starting singing On Top of Spaghetti to my daugher the other night, and daddyluv looked at me like I had sprouted another head. He had never heard it! Did not think that was possible!

"Sweet Baby James" does it every time.