| Mrs Pumblechook | 22 Mar 2013 11:53 p.m. PST |
I got these "sing-a-long songs from WW2" from a link, I didn't think I would know any of them, but I am having overwhelming memories of my mum! She used to sing me a couple of these when I was little. YouTube link and these YouTube link YouTube link what did your Mum used to sing? |
 etotheipi  | 23 Mar 2013 6:42 a.m. PST |
Mom: Nava tiesa (Isn't it true – Lativian)
Šuj, māmiņa, man krekliņu (Sew me a shirt – Latvian)
Ko, tētiņ, tu darīji (What do you do – Latvian)
Ved māsu dancot (Take your sister dancing – Latvian)
Roshki da noshki (Horns and hooves – Russian)
U popa byla sobaka (The priest's dog – Russian) Dad: Lord Randall
Barbara Allen
The Wayfaring Stranger Folks songs and other nonsense like that. |
| 15th Hussar | 23 Mar 2013 7:09 a.m. PST |
My mother and older Sister lived for SHOW TUNES!!!!!!! ACK! To this day, I'll be minding my own business and all of a sudden I start humming…"I wanna wash that man right outta my hair" or "Camelot" I yelled at my sister about this last week when she came down for vacation! My only revenge is that me rotten daughter yells at me for the same thing, she's minding her own business and all of a sudden she can't get "Stormbringer" or "Mistreated" out of her head. Still though…SHOW TUNES! UGH! |
| 15th Hussar | 23 Mar 2013 7:10 a.m. PST |
I must admit, I miss the old "Sing along with the bouncing ball" WB travelogue cartoons! |
| Pictors Studio | 23 Mar 2013 7:30 a.m. PST |
My mom knows the lyrics to absolutely no songs. She does sing along with a "Dee, dee, dee, dee" on the ones she likes. |
| zippyfusenet | 23 Mar 2013 8:09 a.m. PST |
Thanks for this thread Chook. I haven't thought about my mother's singing for a long time. When I was very small, she'd sing Pony Boy to me: YouTube link |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 23 Mar 2013 10:34 a.m. PST |
I don't remember my mom singing, but she always listened to big band easy listening. |
| Sue Kes | 23 Mar 2013 12:46 p.m. PST |
My mother mainlined on the old music hall songs (she was an "older mum" – born in 1910) but she also had a repertoire of … interesting … Army songs thanks to my Dad, to which she knew all the rude words. She was a trained concert pianist, and her idea of housework was 5 minutes dusting and half an hour playing popular songs on the piano. Ah, memories… |
| nazrat | 23 Mar 2013 3:29 p.m. PST |
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| Mrs Pumblechook | 23 Mar 2013 5:19 p.m. PST |
Nazrat, it was my Dad who used to sing to me "you are my sunshine" |
| zippyfusenet | 23 Mar 2013 5:36 p.m. PST |
Come to think of it, my mother also taught me Birmingham Jail: YouTube link |
 20thmaine  | 23 Mar 2013 6:41 p.m. PST |
My dad sang : YouTube link which was odd, as all serving family members WWI, WWII and National Service were army (AFAIK) |
| Last Hussar | 24 Mar 2013 4:02 a.m. PST |
Pictors-my mum does that, except she sort of knows a few words, which makes it funnier. She once sung that Dolly Parton hit
"Charlene". I said 'Mum, you only know one word, and that's wrong…" |
| Oddball | 24 Mar 2013 8:47 a.m. PST |
Soft kitty, Warm kitty, Little ball of fur. Happy kitty, Sleepy kitty, Purr Purr Purr |
| Old Slow Trot | 26 Mar 2013 6:52 a.m. PST |
Not that sure if either of them sang to me and my younger bros. But no matter. But heard a few song parodies from my buds. |
