Oliver Sings the Classics

Oliver falls asleep to us singing him songs. There are a few classics like 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,' and 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat,' but for the most part he prefers it when we make up songs right out of thin air. I'm guessing he just wants us to keep up our improv skills.

What will happen is, we will be halfway through a standard song, and he will spike up in bed, open his eyes, and say something like:

'Baby song!'

'Read a book song!'

'Fast slide song!'

'Mommy song!'

And our current favorite, based on a shockingly impacting episode of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, 'Minnie bouncy ball throw it on the moon song!'

Most of these songs are exactly what you would expect them to be. We assign a random, shifting melody to a stream-of-consciousness set of lyrics. 'Oh, we read a book and it was great! Oliver liked it a lot but then we had to go to bed, and maybe we can read it later when we wake up,' etc, etc, ad infinitum.

There are maybe two or three songs that have consistent lyrics. The 'Nana Papa Song' is set to 'If You're Happy and You Know It,' and is about how they're the best because they love their crazy Oliver.

Or there's the Mommy song. Also referred to as the Daddy song, or the Baby song, it is set to the tune of 'Frere Jacques,' and goes like this:

"I love Mommy / I love Daddy / Spyro too / Spyro too / And my baby brother / And my baby brother / Yes I do / Yes I do"

Pretty basic stuff, but nothing memorable. Right?

Right?

Then last night while we were winding down for the night, Oliver busts forth with this little gem for his little brother:



Rock. And. Roll.