I may just have to add to this post as more things come to mind, but I thought I'd do a post on all the funny lyrics I hear out of the mouths of my boys. They both LOVE to sing, it's almost constant when we're in the van, although Luke would prefer it if Samuel and I didn't sing along. I hope you know some of these!
"Wings of an Eagle" a la Luke: "We will not grow weary, we will not grow far, on the wings of an easel we will rise!!" Yesterday he asked me, "mom, what does 'wings of an easel' mean?" Good question!
"Baa baa black sheep" a la Luke: "Baa baa black sheep have you any wool, yes sir yes sir flee flags flull."
"Baa baa black sheep" a la Sam: "Baa baa back sheep ya ya ya ya wool, yes sir yes sir..."
We were singing some song with the word "hosanna" in it, and then Luke says to me yesterday in the van, "what's that one that goes hosanna don't cry for me?" I thought for a long time and finally figured it out: "Oh Susanna, oh don't you cry for me..."
Luke also likes to make up some of his own songs. He's big on the word "strength" for some reason. His songs are often along the lines of "God is our strength! He is so mighty!" And now Samuel has started to sing "God is mighty. God is mighty" over and over again. Let's just say that sometimes even a van seems small. I can only take so much repetition.
Luke loves singing in church and often belts out the choruses that he is familiar with. It's quite cute - I can see him thinking during the verse part, wondering if he knows the song, and then if he does he is completely oblivious to the volume at which he joins in during the chorus. It's awesome. Some of his faves are "Shout to the north and the south. Sing to the east and the west..." I think he just likes that he can sing the word 'shout'. He and Sam also sing "How marvelous, how wonderful, and my song shall ever be..." over and over again. Although sometimes Luke mixes up the order of the marvelous and wonderful, and today when he was singing it, he did it in this order: the wonderful, marvelous, then remembered the wonderful was supposed to come afterwards and sang the wonderful part again, just tons higher. That's always a treat in a confined space.
More to come as memory and moments arise...
2 comments:
i love your writing style corinna!
Two posts!! Yeah! I wish Ben had the affinity for singing that your boys do. The most he "sings" is la da hmm tee etc. to classical music that Steve is always humming or a few lines from the Sound of Music hits. :) But only in our house and only in front of us...no one else is allowed to see or hear it. My self conscious little boy. :( Sam's Baa Baa Black Sheep made me laugh out loud...I could totally hear him singing.
Sheri-Lee
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