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I think my earliest song was "Rudolph the Red Nose Rain deer." (and I am Jewish)
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)or maybe Lavender Blue, Dilly Dilly (although I thought the word was Jelly...Lavender Blue, Jelly Jelly, Lavender Green........
vanlassie
(5,692 posts)Published in 1952. The year I was born.
How much is that doggie in the window?
The one with the waggly tail
How much is that doggie in the window?
I do hope that doggie's for sale
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)Lavender Blue may have been before that; when I was 3 or 4
vanlassie
(5,692 posts)LakeArenal
(28,858 posts)WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)LakeArenal
(28,858 posts)WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)oh that brought up
Three coins in a fountain,
Which one will the fountain bless?
LakeArenal
(28,858 posts)Hope you have been too❣️
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)LakeArenal
(28,858 posts)Having the second best time of our life. Could not ask for more. 🍀🍀🍀
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)early years. Love grows when it's nurtured.
marigold20
(921 posts)I was four years old. Also Tennessee Waltz.
Ocelot II
(115,898 posts)CarolinaNC
(84 posts)marble falls
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The chorus my granfather taught me was "Supper's all over, the pans are washed - ain't nothing left but a little piece of squash."
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My grandfather used Kentucky militia instead Georgia militia.
RockRaven
(15,026 posts)At least as far as I remember at the moment...
Aristus
(66,478 posts)One in which you learn: "Itsy-Bitsy Spider" and the other in which you learn "Eensy-Weensy Spider".
I had an "Eensy-Weensy" childhood.
Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)from either Captain Kangaroo or Howdy Doody. Another could be the theme to I Love Lucy.
It came from TV, I'm sure.
marble falls
(57,350 posts)learned that one pretty young, too.
Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)to Mighty Mouse. "Here I come to save the day!"
justgamma
(3,667 posts)three, four open the door.
yellowdogintexas
(22,280 posts)gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)Sacred piece: "Grosser Gott" ("Holy God We Praise thy Name"
Children's piece: "Puff the Magic Dragon"
Contemporary: "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
I am not from the US so our music was a bit delayed
enid602
(8,659 posts)If your axle is a draggin go see Cal.
If your wife she is a naggin go see Cal.
I will stand upon my head til my face it turns a red.
Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal.
Upthevibe
(8,082 posts)OMG!
When I was 18 years old (1975) and pregnant, my then husband (chilhood sweethearts) and I were at our first duty station in Long Beach. He had joined the Navy.
I had horrible insomnia due to my pregnancy. I spent many a night on our couch watching T.V. through out the night. The Cal Worthington commercials were on non-stop! I'll never forget the tune to that song.....And don't forget about his dog "Spot."
lapfog_1
(29,228 posts)16 Tons and what do you get...
Chainfire
(17,663 posts)Emile
(23,023 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,572 posts)I just remember standing on the sidewalk in front of my house on a summer day, and that song was playing somewhere (I'm assuming on someone's radio nearby).
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,634 posts)Nittersing
(6,383 posts)mitch96
(13,929 posts)malthaussen
(17,217 posts)I remember it playing on the PA at a swimming pool, but if it's the "earliest" one I can remember, that's hard to say, as all the memories before six or so are kind of jumbled up.
-- Mal
rogerballard
(2,905 posts)thatcrowwoman
(1,229 posts)My sweet mama sang it to me every night after our night night prayers.
Heres an instrumental version from Dave Brubeck, perfect for winding down the busy day.
My sweet daddy taught me The Bear Went Over the Mountain, On Top of Old Smoky, Michael Row Your Boat Ashore, What a Wonderful World, Moon River, and I picked up Goodnight, Irene from him singing it in his workshop. Little pitcher, big ears I was. Always soaking up the music and the words.
Thank you for asking. This took me on a lovely stroll down memory lane.
🕊🩵💫🎶thatcrowwoman
UTUSN
(70,762 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,098 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(10,016 posts)"Solomon Levi", which I called "Solly Leaf" at 2. My mom used to sing it to me. The first radio pop song I remember is this one.
LakeArenal
(28,858 posts)iwillalwayswonderwhy
(2,603 posts)rogerballard
(2,905 posts)It definitely was "Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
Aristus
(66,478 posts)I just have a vague vision in my head as a toddler in our military apartment in Germany in 1970 or so. I can see our living room, the Stonehenge-sized stereo speakers, and the music coming out of them. I couldn't have been much older than two.
Shermann
(7,455 posts)applegrove
(118,837 posts)Last edited Fri Dec 22, 2023, 11:12 PM - Edit history (2)
it when I heard it again at 55. I don't even remember hearing it as a kid but some of the songs in that movie really affect me and I'd never seen the movie or the play or heard the music. So I assume it was a nanny. The timing is right.
zeusdogmom
(999 posts)I also sang it as an impromptu solo at the church Christmas Eve Sunday School program. My mom was busy with my little sister. I slipped out of the pew and joined the other kids in the front saying their memorized pieces and singing songs. They made space for me and I sang my favorite song. I was not quite 3 years old 😄. Still singing 70+ years later - but not solos.
applegrove
(118,837 posts)Dale in Laurel MD
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OldBaldy1701E
(5,174 posts)'Last Train To Clarksville' by The Monkees.
''See Emily Play' by Pink Floyd. (My uncle was a big fan before they made it big in the US and got a friend to send him a copy of the single on a reel to reel. He played it often and it is why I became a Floydian I am sure.)
These are 'pop' songs that one heard on the radio of course. Now, the first music I remember was the Disney story albums I had when I was four. 'Peter Pan', 'Cinderella', 'Sleeping Beauty', etc., they were all musicals to some extent and so I remember those songs as the first ones I ever heard on a regular basis.
ForgedCrank
(1,783 posts)found a record player in the closet and took one of moms records, looked really old (it was).
It was Otis Redding, Dock of the Bay. I must have played it 500 times while studying the record player and trying to figure out how it worked. I can't even remember how old I was, but I was pretty small, maybe 4 or 5 at the most.
Dulcinea
(6,670 posts)I first heard it when I was little, about 6 or 7, & I thought it was the coolest song ever. I still like it!
Niagara
(7,691 posts)I took tap-dancing classes.
During our endeavors as a professional tap-dancers, we performed to the song Be My Baby Bumble Bee. The song was given to us on a vinyl 45. It would have been something similar to this, but with the song sped up for tap dancing. I believe this is the first song that I remember from my childhood.
relayerbob
(6,559 posts)Jrose
(852 posts)and 'Never Grow Up' from the TV play of Peter Pan.
sanatanadharma
(3,740 posts)"Happy Birthday to you"
bucolic_frolic
(43,363 posts)my song.
Man is this website going nostalgia. We sound like a bunch of old people.
R. P. McMurphy
(837 posts)When my mother was happy she would sing as she worked. I couldn't have been more than 3 or 4 when I became aware she was singing that song again. That was in the mid 1960's. Good memories.