Silly songs at home

by Linda Lee (Subscribe to Linda Lee's posts) Apr 30th 2008 1:30PM

Categories: Newborns, Just For Moms, Babies

I don't know if you've noticed this, but being around very small children can make a grown adult act like a capering, idiotic clown. Witness my daily ritual of singing to my 3-month-old at the top of my lungs during a diaper change:

Did you poop, poop, poop, poop your pants?
Did you poop, poop, poop, poop your pants?
If you're feeling warm and mushy then it's time to check your tushie
If you poop, poop, poop, pooped your pants!

The Poop Poop Poop Your Pants Song is an old family favorite from when my toddler was a baby. We also enjoy the following during baths, sung to the tune of "In The Summertime":

If your figs are clean, then your nuts are very nice
If your figs are clean, then your nuts are very nice
If your figs are clean, you're not stanky you're not stanky anymoooooore

(This is particularly entertaining when accompanied by an Ashlee-Simpson-esque hoedown dance.)

My husband sings an interesting rendition of "Hush, Little Baby" that features his own take on the lyrics:

And if that diamond ring don't shine
Daddy's gonna drink some turpentine
[...] And if that twenty-dollar bill don't change
Daddy's gonna buy you something strange

Riley's heard that song so many times he lustily sings along with his favorite lines: "TUPPENTINE!"

What kind of ridiculous songs are being sung in your household?

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Eva 4-30-2008 @ 1:38PM

"Teeny tiny, teeny tiny, teeny tiny, little [baby's name, three syllables]" sung to "The Ride of the Valkyries" from "Die Walküre"

callistawolf 4-30-2008 @ 1:47PM

We make up songs all the time. One of our oldest but most favorites was a song we made up for our cat "Stinky" to the tune of the "Facts of Life" theme song.

"You take the stink
you take the cat
you take them both
and there you have
the stinky cat.
the stinky cat!"

It goes on from there, the whole darned song. We're pretty proud of it.

Erica 4-30-2008 @ 1:49PM

My daughter loves "Why does the sun shine," and "Clap your hands" by TMBG, so I sing those an awful lot.

I also sing "stinky poop, stinky poop, stinky poopies! stinky poop, stinky poop, stink-key poop-ees!" to the tune of Bonanza whilst changing poopy diapers. Hey, I'm not ashamed... it keeps her from trying to remove herself from the diaper change with extreme prejudice.

biscuit 4-30-2008 @ 5:06PM

Teenage Mutant Big Girls?

AHAHAHAHA that is my guess to what TMBG stands for. ;)

Uly 5-02-2008 @ 1:01AM

They Might Be Giants

RobMonroe 4-30-2008 @ 2:28PM

I used to drive my wife CRAZY with my made up songs. I think she's hooked now. She's even tried to pull it off a couple of times. She's not as familiar with the lyrics of songs as I am.

Before the child came along they always came back to sex or fart jokes. Now they always revolve around baby stuff - poop, milk, crawling.

I started out by covering for lyrics I could not remember. Now it's just a fun game!

CLM 4-30-2008 @ 2:34PM

Mostly fart and poop songs with lyrics made up to go along with whatever inane children's and/or pop song that is floating through my head that day. The William Tell Overture and Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang have also been altered beyond recognition. It used to drive my husband absolutely crazy, but lately he's been complimenting me when I come up with particularly unexpected rhyme combinations.

JJ 4-30-2008 @ 2:33PM

I re-did the Hush littly baby song to make it more boy like.

Shortened version:

New Truck, if it doesn't Go...
a Big back hoe, if it doesn't dig..
a shiney new rig, if it doesn't pull
a rodeo Bull, if it doesn't buck
a Big ol' truck, if it doesn't go- you'll still be the sweetiest baby mommy knows.

Mary 5-01-2008 @ 8:56PM

In our house, when you run out of toilet paper while on the pot, you must sing the "Stranded" song to get someone to bring you a fresh roll:

Stranded, stranded on the toilet bowl,
What do you do when your straded?
And you don't have a roll.
Be Brave!
Take it like a man! (sung in bass)
Wipe it with your hand.

My son (6) hates it, but hey, we had to do it when we were kids and now it's your turn buddy....

Rachel S. 4-30-2008 @ 11:33PM

Sung at lunchtime to the tune of "Macarena"

All of my kids got to eat their macaroni
I say all of my kids got to eat their macaroni
All of my kids got to eat their macaroni
HEEEY MACARONI!
AY!

SleepyNita 4-30-2008 @ 4:16PM

Ahhhh
to the tune of Coming Around the Mountain

If your willy's feeling chilly you need pants
If your willy's feeling chilly you need pants
If your willy's feeling chilly and you're looking kinda silly
If your willy's feeling chilly you need pants (lots of pants!).

Wow, we are ridiculous.

PlannerMom 4-30-2008 @ 4:28PM

To the tune of "My Name Is Luka" by Suzanne Vega...

"My name is Mucous.
I live inside your nose.
I'm made up of dead whoite blood cells.
I make silly sounds when you blow.

If you can't breathe late at night,
& you can't sleep,
tucked in tight,
you might need some saline,
you might need some saline,
I know you don't like the saline"

& then there's my mom's favorite... Sung to "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story...

"I feel Pretty,
Pretty Shi**y,
Feel like murder,
decapitation,
& blood!"... It just gets more graphic

Pam 4-30-2008 @ 8:47PM

We stick to the old favorite:
I see your hiney
all white and shiney
It makes me giggle
to see it wiggle
If you don't hide it
I think I'll bite it
and on and on

biscuit 4-30-2008 @ 5:06PM

My daughter's nickname is Pig Pig + I sing to her:

"Pig Pig's nose it grows n grows!"

Repeat that line over + over + over. . . you get the idea.

It's catchy though. My friend got pissed @ me because I took Maggie over to her house + was singing it to her. She went to work the next day + had the song stuck in her head.

Erica 4-30-2008 @ 5:21PM

TMBG stands for They Might Be Giants : )

biscuit 5-02-2008 @ 5:50PM

just for you, Linda:

http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j3/kellywmars/?action=view¤t=May012020-VID00133.flv

Momma 4-30-2008 @ 5:17PM

When he was little....Here is comes on the run with a booger on his thumb.
Now that he is 6, HE changed the words..... Here he comes on the run with a booger on his tongue. (BTW, he has never eaten a booger, he likes the shock value of the song.

Kris 5-01-2008 @ 11:21AM

there's been some awful made up songs along the lines of "go to sleep you little creep before I shoot you in the head" (I assure you I would never actually shoot my child, but when you're up at 3 am for the umpteenth time you make do with whatever pops into your head)!! and My girls looove loooove looove "you are my sunshine" but after awhile it gets a little monotonous so I change the words alot. whatever fits my mood and makes them giggle.

Heatherlynn 5-01-2008 @ 12:27AM

I thought ours was off, but WOW!

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
How I wonder what you are.
Way up in the sky so fat,
jumping like a water rat.

seems pretty tame now, but still drives the teenager crazy, now that she knows the "Real" words

Heather 4-30-2008 @ 9:32PM

I made up a whole song to the tune of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSE REINDEER to introduce the concept of a 'big boy bed' to my son -- Rudolph the Big Boy Bed is a very pretty blue, and when you look upon him, you're gonna shout yahoo!

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