Rocking my Baby with a Lullaby..

We do a set routine with our kids each night before bed. It is something that I love that we do and we started from the time Cole was a small baby. We usually sing primary songs to our kids, which I love! Since I was in primary for so long I came to love those songs we sang.  I have a few songs I remember my parents singing to me too. One is a funny little song, but I sure loved it. It goes like this:

Momma buy me a rocking chair, (repeat 3 times)

Do momma do,

What will we buy it with,

Do momma do,

Sell Father's featherbed,

Do momma do,

Where will father sleep,

do momma do,

Father sleep in the piggy pen,

do momma do,

where will the piggy's sleep,

do momma do,

piggy's sleep in washing machine,

do momma do,

where will we wash our clothes,

do momma do,

Wash our clothes by the river side,

do momma do,

what if our clothes should float away,

do momma do,

Get a little doggie to watch them there,

do momma do,

What if the doggie should run away,

do momma do,

Tie his tail to a hickory stump,

do momma do,

What if his tail should break into,

do momma do,

Put it together with sand and glue,

do momma do.

We also listened to a lot of My Turn on Earth while I was growing up.

 I just love this little song called Angel Lullaby. 

You came from a land where all is light

to a world half day and a world half night.

To guide you by day, you have my love,

To guard you by night, your friends above.

(Chorus)

So sleep, sleep, till the darkness ends,

guarded by your angel friends.

So sleep, sleep, till the darkness ends,

guarded by your angel friends.

There's one stands softly by your bed 

and another sits close with a hand on your head.

There's one at the window watching over the dawn,

and one waits to wake you when the night is gone.

I think children love being sung too. I realized the other day that at night I usually am rocking my almost 4 month Lucy to sleep and my other baby girl still loves to be rocked and held and touched. So I put down my little Lu Lu and held my Day Day close and sang her the Angel Lullaby as tears crept down my cheeks because oh do I love my babies.

Even my little preschooler he asks "Mom will you sing me a lullaby" and it melts my heart.