14 January 2009

Name that tune!

At the behest of my wife J-, who conceived this post, I bring you a list of children's songs as identified by my extremely verbal 1-year-old daughter M- (who can sing most of them in their entirety):

• Din Dan Don

• Ants

• Ebbysee's

• My Son

• Weensy Eensy

And finally, the true tiebreaker:

• Tree-Ba's-ful

How many can you recognize? I would be floored if anyone who didn't know her got all six, and very impressed if someone got four.
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27 comments:

  1. Anonymous1/14/09, 3:04 AM

    I have an unfair advantage, so I will refrain from taking part in the contest. I am commenting to say happy birthday to M-! you are two now and I love you to pieces!!!

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  2. Chris M.1/14/09, 4:46 AM

    1- Frere Jacques
    3- The Alphabet Song?
    6- Baa Baa Blacksheep

    I guess?

    -Chris
    Weather Moose

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  3. Ali1/14/09, 5:48 AM

    I'm no good at this--my 6 yr old was never a fan of kids songs, or any other song, for that matter. Except the Star Spangled Banner. He sings that ALL the time!

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  4. unmitigated me1/14/09, 6:01 AM

    Frere Jacques
    Ants Go Marching
    ABC's
    Hickory Dickory Dock? That's a flyer..
    Itsy Bitsy Spider and
    Baa Baa Black Sheep

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  5. Ashley D1/14/09, 7:11 AM

    Happy Birthday to M-!!! I miss you all so much! We need to get together soon!!!

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  6. Anonymous1/14/09, 7:28 AM

    I'll be upset if at least one of those isn't a Hoops and Yoyo song.

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  7. Natalie1/14/09, 7:35 AM

    i agree with all of the others except...number three...mr. sun?

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  8. Natalie1/14/09, 7:39 AM

    ooops sorry...i mean song number 4. mr. sun.

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  9. Seriously Brenda1/14/09, 8:51 AM

    1- Hickory Dickory Dock
    2- Ants Go Marching
    3-ABC's
    4-You Are My Sun Shine
    5- Eensy Weensy Spider
    6- Frere Jacques

    :-)

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  10. Seriously Brenda1/14/09, 8:52 AM

    Sun Shine? Geez, I need coffee. Sunshine.

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  11. Aracely1/14/09, 10:07 AM

    That is exactly how #3 sound around here.

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  12. Anonymous1/14/09, 10:50 AM

    We need a video of her singing one of those songs.......

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  13. Rikki1/14/09, 11:07 AM

    Frere Jaques
    Ants Go Marching
    ABC's
    You Are My Sunshine
    Itsy Bisty Spider
    Baa Baa Black Sheep

    Can you tell I care for kids for a living? ;)

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  14. Kori1/14/09, 11:25 AM

    I think I know a couple of them but am not sure enough to even guess!

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  15. cIII1/14/09, 11:44 AM

    1. "Frère Jacques"
    2. "The Ants go Marching"
    3. "The ABC song"
    4. "Diddle Diddle Dmpling (my son Jon)"
    5. "Itsy-Bitsy Spider"
    6. "Ba-Ba Blacksheep"

    It seems as if M has absconded with the Tater's playlist. Or visa-versa.

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  16. Swirl Girl1/14/09, 2:16 PM

    #1 is "are you sleeping ?" frere jacques?
    #3 is ABC's
    #5 is The Eensy Beensy Spider
    #6 is Baa Baa Blacksheep

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  17. nonna1/14/09, 2:31 PM

    ok, i think i mighta got tree, i mean three or four of those right. i won't bother guessing, because everybody else has already guessed the ones i knew, but i just wanted to say that i love this post and can't wait for the answers!

    oh, how shall i address you? the master of my master? (you do know i am now micro's minion, who is your minion, right??)

    :)

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  18. Renee1/14/09, 3:14 PM

    I am so mad at myself for not checking earlier, so I could post my answers and look smart. The only one I couldn't figure out was Din Dan Don, because my little girl used to sing, "Dinner Gone" in the place of bells chiming. She's going to look like an idiot in kindergarten, because we're too enamored with her to correct it.

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  19. Jenny Grace1/14/09, 3:47 PM

    I'm not reading previous comments, so I'm not cheating:

    Frere Jacques

    The ants go marching one by one

    ABCs

    You are my sunshine

    the itsy bitsy spider

    baa baa black sheep

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  20. beth1/14/09, 5:01 PM

    What do you think about people who cannot think of one?

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  21. Anonymous1/14/09, 10:29 PM

    not reading the other comments:
    ding dong the witch is dead
    the ants go marching
    ABCs
    You Are my sunshine
    Eensy Weensy Spider
    Baa Baa Black Sheep

    OK, off to read the other comments.

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  22. Anonymous1/15/09, 2:17 PM

    I'm not reading what other people wrote...I think I get most of them, but you got me on "My Son"--is it a song about Jesus or something? Very cute. :)

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  23. Leon12341/15/09, 3:59 PM

    Hey, how are you doing?

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  24. How to Party with an Infant1/16/09, 12:51 AM

    Dude, I rocked this.

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  25. LiteralDan1/16/09, 2:58 AM

    Well folks, this competition was way hotter than I ever expected (at the last minute, I turned the last one from Widowmaker to mere Challenge), but still we have one clear winner, and that's cIII with all 6 correct.

    Honorable mentions go to Middle Aged Woman, Rikki, & Miss Grace, who got 5 out of 6; and Seriously Mama & wheelsonthebus, who got 4 out of 6.

    Thanks for playing, everyone!

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  26. LiteralDan1/16/09, 3:32 AM

    As my sister noted above, it was indeed M-'s 2nd birthday, and she already seems to have moved into phase 3 of her plan for world domination.

    So, you know, keep an eye out for a traitorous knife to the shin one of these days.

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  27. The Microblogologist1/18/09, 3:49 AM

    I am seconding the request for music videos starring the now 2 year old M! And you know you've "made it" when your minions have minions!

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