Name That Song! (For Free Stuff!)
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You Are My Sunshine…
That’s my song, my favorite childhood song; my dad used to sing it to me.
Now I sing it to my babes, but I replace “sunshine” with their names.
Do you have a favorite childhood song? Do your kiddos?
Would you tell me for free stuff?
Tommy Nelson, super-cool-Jesus-kiddo-stuff, has something fun up their sleeve this holiday season and they want you to be a part of it…
“One of our favorite things about kids is there lack of any inhibition whatsoever – especially when it comes to singing. Little ones will belt out their favorite song, or whatever pops into their head, whenever they feel it coming on. They have little regard for tone or pitch, but throw their whole hearts into every note! In honor of their fearless vocal stylings, Tommy Nelson is kicking off the Christmas Countdown with a week of singing.”
What’s up for grabs this week?
Each day this week Tommy Nelson is giving away a different Bible story and song book from the Grammy award-winning Stephen Elkins. On Friday they are giving away a prize pack with an iPod and an Elkins full library!!!
To be entered into this giveaway…
- Leave a comment with your favorite childhood song
For extra entries…
- Follow Tommy Nelson on Twitter
- Become a Facebook Fan
Leave a separate comment for each thing you do!
The low-down: ReTweet @TommyNelson’s daily giveaways to be entered to win a different Elkin’s book with CDs every day this week. Comment here to enter the big Friday giveaway – an iPod and full Elkin’s library.
Let’s see if we can come up with 100 songs! Here’s a start:
- You Are My Sunshine
- Jesus Loves Me
- The Barney Song
- The songs Grandma always hums
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- The songs they make up with their friends
- The Alphabet Song
- Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- Your Turn!
What was/is your favorite kid song/songs…
umm I didn't grow up in a christian-type home– we had johnny mathis and rock n roll- cats in the cradle was my favorite song. and I had NO IDEA what it meant:P
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All Through The Day.
It was on a Kids Praise album when I was growing up. I sing it every night to my kids as a protective blessing before they go to bed.
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My favorite is also you are my sunshine i sing that song to Elianna everytime she gets upset or doesn't feel good and she seems to love it and often coos along with it… its so adorable!
Amanda! I need to see that sweet little babe of yours soon…oh, and you too of course! ;)
We have a lot of favorites but probably our top two are Jesus Loves the Little Children & Our God is so big. Thanks!!
I don't know why, but I always loved "Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah…" I sang it all the time!
My girls love it when I sing "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" – only I substitute their names for "Bonnie". I began singing it to them after my 2nd one was born and it would get both of them to sleep at the same time. It's my miracle song. lol
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My curly-haired, baby girl Sydney would sing the "You are so beautiful to me…can't you see?" We sang this to her everyday, especially her daddy, so even though we were singing about HER, she wanted to sing it about OTHER people too! She is still a generous, kind spirit at age 16!
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We're teaching our 2yo lots of songs right now, and his current favorite is "Praise Him, Praise Him." For some reason, he especially likes the second verse:
Serve Him, serve Him
All you little children!
God is love.
God is love.
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Jesus Loves me….. A classic… Love it and sing it to my kiddos all the time.
A Bushel and a Peck is my favorite!
I had young parents who watched MTV
So mine was Jump by Girls Aloud
80's Song
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At good news club, I liked singing The B-I-B-L-E.
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I always liked "Jesus Loves Even Me"
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"You are my Sunshine" is probably my favorite to sing to my kids and now, my granddaughter. My Dad used to sing a country song to us – may have been called "That's How Much I Love You, Baby". I always loved that. My granddaughter's favorite is "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", and believe it or not, "Amazing Grace". We also sing songs together that I've written.
Oh – by the way, I am already a follower on Twitter and a fan on Facebook!
I am following on Twitter. Thanks for hosting this!
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And one of my favorite songs is "Joshua Beat the Battle of Jericho." :)
I used to love listening to the Music Machine record. We played it all the time and my mom always sang the "Have Patience" song to us. I still sing that to my kids today and they're teenagers (although there is a lot of eye-rolling involved when I sing it now!)
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Had to come back a second time and tell you that we also sing The Doxology. When my hubby was deployed, and I was alone in Germany with 2 little ones, I would sing it as I paced the floor with a newborn in the middle of the night, or just when I'd had a crazy day… Brings comfort and peace to a long day…
"Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye Heavenly Host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen."
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Definitely Brahm's Lullaby — you all know that tune, right? Okay, well, my mama always tucked me in at night (from the very earliest I can remember) and sang it to me with her very own words: "Lullaby and goodnight, go to sleep my Melissa, see you in the morning time, when the sun comes back up! But for now, go to sleep, see you in the morning; but for now, go to sleep, my Melissa Joy."
Yep. My mother. The lyricist. :)
It's still my favorite song. And I love that my son's baby toys all seem to play it. :)
My favorite as a kid was:
I Am A Promise – Bill Gaither
My son's favorite:
Awesome God – Rich Mullins
Second son's favorite:
Bushel and a peck
Daughter's favorite:
Jesus Loves Me
New Daughter's favorite:
Hero – Skillet
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My favorite childhood song is Jesus Love Me. We like to sing A Bushel and Peck to our children now.
Jesus Loves Me is what I sing to both my girls before bed. My 4 year old can now sing along with me, and sings it to her little sister, and to her dollies when putting them down for a nap.
My dad always sang
'would you like to swing on a star'
'Picnic Time for Teddy Bears'
'Catch a falling star'
'Mares eat oats'
He is deceased now..great memories
The song from Bye Bye Birdie only put the kids name in it…
I love you __________ oh yes I do. I love you _______ and I'll be true. When you're not with me, I'm blue. Oh ______ I love you.
=)
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I'm In The Lord's Army
Still love this one and my girls do, too!
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As silly as it may sound, my favorite song as a kid was the theme song to the Elephant Show (which I think was on PBS). Loved that song! The show was on every day at 11, lived for that time of day from age 4 to probably 9!
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Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning
It's time to rise and shine
Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning
I hope you're feeling fine
The Day is dawning just for you
There's so much out there for you to do
Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning
It's time to rise and shine! ….
So rise and shine and give God the glory, glory
Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory
Rise! and shine! and give God the glory, glory!!
Children of the Lord.
[Does anyone know the origin of this song? And is it one song or a combo of two? My mom would sing it to me every morning. I also loved, "I am a Promise" from the Gaithers "Kids under construction" LP! teehee.]
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I loved Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer as a kid. My children love Jesus Loves Me and Oh will you Wear Red Oh My Dear Oh My Dear…
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One memorable song which comes to mind is 'Don't Worry Be happy'. When visiting my Aunty in New Zealand one year she gave us a book with pictures to illustrate each verse of the song. the book also came with a CD. The Cd however only had the one song on it! So we had heaps of fun for a couple of hours working out how many times, we could sing 'Don't worry be happy' until our next destination! Even now when I hear the song I think about wonderful days, touring the New Zealand countryside singing 'Don't Worry be Happy'. Now my faith has matured more, I find the song reminds me to cast all my cares on God 'To worry about nothing, rather with prayer and petition cast all my cares on Christ'
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When my kids were little I always sang "Hush little baby don't say a word, papa's going to buy you a mocking bird.". Not sure of the title but that is the first line.
My husband says his mom sang this little light of mine. My grandfather used to sing "When you wish upon a star" to me!
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Heavenly Sunlight was a favorite of mine growing up!
row row row your boat and london bridge were my favorite! my daughter currently loves jesus loves me! i hope this is open for international bloggers too..
Awwww…so sweet. I sing "Sunshine" to my kiddos too. It's our fave. It always brings a little tear to my eye when my youngest crawls into my lap and says "Sing Sunshine, mama."
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