Thursday, January 28, 2010

Think Weird Al for babies

Going through the junk drawer yesterday, I came across a scrap of paper with a list scribbled on it. Inspecting it more closely, I remembered that sometime last summer I decided to write down a bunch of "songs" that I liked to sing to the babies at the time. Each was based on a rock/pop hit, but I'd tweaked the lyrics to entertain the Fab Four (and my sleep-deprived self). If you came over to help us when the babies were small, you might remember hearing me sing/say:

"Let's burp! Put on your red shoes and burp the blues" (to the tune of "Let's Dance" by David Bowie) or "Gimme a burp!" (said like Janet Jackson says, "Gimme a beat!" in "Nasty") when the babies were hard to burp ...

"All I want is some poop; just gimme some poop" (to the tune of "Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennon) when Isaac was constipated ...

"Dirty Lucia-ah" (to the tune of "Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson) when changing Lucy's poopy diapers ...

"Let's get, let's get, let's get washed!" (to the tune of "Let's Get Rocked" by Def Leppard) or "Pour some water on meeeee, in the name of love" (to the tune of "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard) when I was giving the babies a bath ...

"Who's sad?" (said like Michael Jackson says, "Who's bad?" in "Bad") if a baby was crying ...

"They say that waking up is hard to do-oo; now I know, I know that it's true-oo" (to the tune of "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" by Neil Sedaka) if a baby woke up crying, or ...

"Here I come, baby; comin' to getcha!" (lifted from "Foxy Lady" by Jimi Hendrix) when I was on my way to pick up a baby—for any reason.

Ted and I have come up with more silly parodies in the months since I made this list, but I don't even remember what they were anymore. I'm glad I recorded my greatest hits from the early days!

6 comments:

Christine said...

Too funny. We had one to the tune of "Dancing Queen"

You can cry, you can whine -
You'll just move up you bedtime!
Oooh, see those girls make a scene,
they are the drama queens!

Sometimes you must do something to amuse yourself or you'll lose your mind.

BTW, there was much hilarity in our house over the fridge-opening video. One of these days we really must get these kids together. Especially Julia. She is totally obsessed with babies these days and would hardly be able to contain herself.

jen cox said...

Those are all way better than my Macaroni & Cheese song sung to the tune of "It Had to Be You."

Suzy said...

I have been humming "Drama Queens" and "Macaroni and Cheese" ever since I read these comments. :)

Christine, maybe this summer we can go to a park or something together!

Beth said...

Too funny! I do this all the time too. I still often use the "Here I come baby. Comin' to getcha!" I'm constantly putting the babies' names into songs. It's nice having a Drew- rhymes w/ you which is in almost every song. He will grow up surprised that most songs do not actually contain his name. LOL.
If we don't entertain ourselves, who will?

The Cochran Crew said...

Love it!!! So funny!

The Middletons said...

That is HILARIOUS!! I love it!! Hahaha!! :o) I do "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Frankie Valli!! Lila laughs hysterically...must be momma's beautiful voice! :o)

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