Here’s a lullaby CD that Heidi and I made for our girls. Almost every song has a reason it belongs on here;

1. Till There Was You – The Beatles – Live at the BBC
2. Halfway Down the Stairs – Robin the Frog – Muppet Show
3. Yuma, AZ – Damien Jurado – Waters Ave S.
4. Girl – The Beatles – Rubber Soul
5. Dance Hall Places – Mint Royale – Dancehall Places
6. (They Long To Be) Close To You – Carpenters – Singles 1969-1981
7. Edelweiss – Charmian Carr & Bill Lee – The Sound Of Music
8. Stay Awake – Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
   
9. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – Raffi – One Light One Sun
10. My Jesus I Love Thee – E-Pop – Mars Hill Church Music
11. Jesus Loves Me – Bobby Pinson – Man Like Me
12. Be Thou My Vision – Pedro the Lion – The Only Reason I Feel Secure

Till There Was You is a song that Heidi has always loved and sings to the girls every night.

Halfway Down the Stairs is a song that I grew up with and knew my whole life that it was one I’d sing to my kids, I also put it on the first mix I made for Heidi a few days after we met. It’s kind of obscure, but certainly worth learning for your kids.

Yuma, AZ is one that I first heard in college and thought it’d make a good lullaby. Eve calls it the “dancing with grandpa song.”

Girl is one of Heidi’s. It’s just another song she loves.

Dance Hall Places started out as a ringtone I made for Heidi’s phone that Evelyn started asking for.

I’ve always felt that (They Long to Be) Close to You sounds like a song that should have come from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But, it’s one of Heidi’s favorite songs to sing to the girls.

I was in The Sound of Music in High School and had to learn Edelweiss and it just sort of stuck around.

When my sister and I were real little, my parents put a tape recorder next to the mono-speaker for our TV when Marry Poppins was on and recorded Stay Awake. We wore that tape out. I think the RIAA might not like that my parents did this, but the evidence has vanished.

What’s there to say about Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?

Eve loves singing all the songs from Mars Hill. My Jesus I Love Thee was chosen for this mix due to it being one of the mellowest songs we have from church.

It is next to impossible to find a decent version of Jesus Loves Me. I’ve never actually heard of Bobby Pinson until tonight, but his version is pretty good. Someone out there have a Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson version?

Heidi always closes her lullaby set with Be Thou My Vision, and Pedro the Lion is pretty relaxing, so it works. I fell asleep listening to him tune up once at TOM Fest.

At some point I’ll make a muxtape of this album. But I need to convert some of the files as a few are protected and some are just in the wrong format. There are also a few songs that didn’t make the cut. Maybe I’ll make a b-sides some day.

But, I’m interested to know what you sing (or will) to your kids. Have you made a mix for them?

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