Song, Heritage, and Bambini

[browngirl]

So, I sing to my small redheaded roommates a lot. In general little children like being sung to, and both of these particular children are very musical (J sings quite beautifully already).

I often sing while staring into a gaping baby maw trying to soothe an angry child, so I sing whatever comes first to mind, which is usually one of the hymns I learned when I was Joshua's age or a bit older. I feel a little guilty about this, since their parents are raising them as Jewish, so I figured I should learn some other songs to have in my mental queue when trying to calm a hollering baby.

I could certainly look up some songs from Hanukkah and beyond, but I wanted people's perspectives on this (what should I do, what should I not do, etc), so I thought I'd post something.

Comments

[pagawne.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry too much, I had rather odd songs sung to me, Hawaiian War Chants, the Aggie War Chant(strictly football), etc, and I survived nicely.

One old one my grandmother sang often was By By Low, I know I used that often for my girls. Folk music works nicely. Many of the Jewish folk songs I remember hearing were very gentle, although I have no idea what was being said, they sounded gentle.