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Old 11-23-2014, 07:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Lullabies/Memories of childhood

Do you have any favourite lullabies you remember from when you were little? Or, if you have kids, are there any favourite songs you sing to them? I have very vague memories of my childhood, but one thing that does stand out is when we used to sleep in one of the big upstairs rooms of my aunt's house, where we were living at the time. The room had an open fireplace and I remember my mother holding up newspaper against the hearth, fanning the flames so they'd catch. Then I would lie back and watch the flames dance on the walls and the roof, while the sounds of night trains would pass in the distance.

Two lullabies I recall she used to sing to us:

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