What songs do you sing to your DGC?

Golden slumbers, used to sing it to my son when he was a baby, if I hear it being sung now I;always cry, my son not with us anymore.

You are my Sunshine, I used to sing it to my children when they were little, and now my daughter sings it to her children.

Cos I am ‘saucy grandad’ they all love:

“Nobody loves me, everybody hates me,
Fink i’ll Go out and eat worms”

I learned in the Scouts.

I do sing with a fun groupnat the library, mostly sixties pop songs, puppet on a string, bare necessities, do Ron Ron Ron, etc. But the grandchildren seem to prefer Granddad’s daft songs

The Runaway Train. my grandson loves it, in fact he sang it at his preschool leavers assembly, they were stunned he knew the words. We also sing the crossing the road song which I used to sing with my dad.
When you cross the road by day or night
Beware of the dangers that looooom in sight
Look to the left and look to the right
And you'll never ever get run over!
Granddaughters love music too, especially the old favourites. I bought the down load of Tommy's Tape. the tape Anneka Rice did for challenge Anneka as my children loved it but we no longer have a cassette player in the 'modern' world so down load it is. I take one of my granddaughters to a singing group now she loves it

The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers and Agadoo, both while bouncing on my knee!

Reading through these I realise many DGC are tiny, mine are all grown now but putting a baby on my head and singing Rod Stewart’s “Sailing” always used to settle them down for bed. I don’t know if I have a voice or not and i RrEALLY don’t care, suggest we ALL make a gladsome noise as singing is. rEALLY good for the morale of the troops - ask any old serg’t major

We had lots of songs we sang in the car, and my DS sing them with their own children now. Until they were teenagers, we would sing "Bill Grogan's Goat" whilst doing the washing up.

In the car with DGC they told me and DH any word and we would sing a song with that word in it. Surprising how many songs most people know. Any failure became "How much is that .......... in the window, lots of laughter!

'I can sing a rainbow' to my daughter and 2 grandchildren to get them to sleep + 'If you were the only girl in the world' to D and GD

When my six-year-old grandson was young, I used to sing (I've written this in phonics to aid your understanding of whatever it is I am singing ..) - tar rar a bumdy ay, tar rar a bumdy ay. Any idea what it is?

I always have to sing the whole of the Ugly Duckling

Have to laugh here ...when my daughter was smallm
, aged ,very MiL's sister ( East End born and bred !) taught her to sing Knees Up Mother Brown in all its glory ,,,,,,the teachers at her little private school were not amused !!!!! had to hide in shame ....

You are my sunshine, Happy Pumpkin, A chipmunk song, and I love you

vickya I haven't heard Baby's Gorn Down the Plughole' for many years. It was often sung or recited in pubs on a Saturday night with accompanying responses from the audience.

inishowen ignore what your unkind teacher said. You sing away to your hearts content. Sing along with the TV or radio to gain confidence and don't ever be afraid to join in with carol singers or a choir. Just go for it! Everyone has a singing voice and we shouldn't be afraid to use it.

I used to sing everything from nursery rhymes to rock 'n roll to my sons when they were little and many of the songs mentioned here. I was a member of a church choir for several years. Sadly constant use of asthma inhalers ruined my voice which is now deeper and gravelly. Consequently my grandchildren (and their parents) now tell me to Shut Up if I start singing! Though it doesn't stop me singing along with Songs of Praise, or in church, or with carol singers and I don't care what anyone else thinks.

VIOLETTE That's funny, I can just picture that! My youngest son used to sing Any Old Iron with all the accompanying acting and a strong Cockney accent when he was little, and was often the 'star turn' at family gatherings. You can guess who taught him that He still has a very London accent and peppers his vocabulary with rhyming slang which is not always appreciated in the posh area they live in!

My daughter was taught all the first world war songs like 'It's a long way to Tipperary' by her class teacher. She loved them! I sing 'When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old'. 'Golden Slumbers', and also some rousing choruses of 'We all live in a yellow submarine' with the GC. We often accompany ourselves on the piano. None of us can play.

I used to sing a lot to DDs and GD1. All the nursery rhymes, Train whistle blowing, On Ilkley Moor, On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese - and lots more, GD1 and I went to a baby and toddler music group every week. When DDs were small we had some lovely tapes and a record that were played a lot, often at teatime which was a light meal for us (I wish I lived in a caravan, A frog he would a-courting go/Anthony Rowley etc). Happy days!

“The three little kittens that lost their mittens” was a favourite with my GD. Had to look it up as I couldn’t remember the words.
Also “Miss Polly had a dolly.”

Oh gosh! my mother never sang to us that I can remember, except for "You are my sunshine" which she sang when she was ANGRY with us! Honestly, you've never heard anything more threatening, we all used to hide. My grandparents, however, were great enthusiasts for the Music Hall, especially Marie Lloyd, and sang all the songs to us, so those are what I sing. Eldest granddaughter could be instantly soothed by a couple of verses of "Oh, oh, Antonio."

neilspurgeon0, my Uncle James was the ‘ naughty’ one. He taught us this;

Mrs Maguire pee’d in the fire,
The fire was too hot, she pee’d in the pot.
The pot was too wide, she pee’d in the Clyde,
And a’ the wee fishes ran up her backside.

And;( translations in brackets!)

McTavish had a wee wee dug (dog),
Oh my, but it was braw ( lovely)
It luftit ( lifted) up its wee bit leg,
And pee’d against the wa’ ( wall)
And when it saw the steam rise up,
It thocht ( thought) it was a fire.
So it luftit up its wee bit leg,
And pee’d a wee bit higher!

Oh, and here’s ‘ Ta-ra-ra_ Boom-de-ay

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BBbevan and pensionpat, we used to sing that song in our family but our last line was 'And hair like barbed wire'!

Golden Slumbers
I Love You a Bushel & a Peck
Pop Goes The Weasel
I Had a Dream (ABBA)

How lovely that 'Golden Slumbers' is popular - that gentle little song has endured. Was the tune a classical composition or have imagined that?

I always sang to me GD1&2 years old , I was singing You are my Sunshine, but when it came to the line Please don't take my sunshine away , DG1 burst in to tears at the thought that some one may take her sunshine away, Priceless moments , she is 11years old now and sings away to girl bands ,