Singing Songs to us

This is a quick list of little songs that she used to sing to us.
She also played the violin in high school.

"Button Up Your Overcoat"
Transcribed from vocals by Helen Kane, recorded 1/30/1929, from the musical "Follow Through,"

* Oddly enough, this page from someone at Cornell has lots more health tips and actually says that the person remembers her mom singing the song to her as a kid too.

* Captain Kangaroo version on YouTube - a bit too cheesy in the delivery....Maybe I heard this on the show and that's why she used to sing it...

* Here's another YouTube of the Helen Kane original....

These were the only two stanzas that Mom would usually sing:

Button up your overcoat,
When the wind is free,
Take good care of yourself,
You belong to me!

Eat an apple every day,
Get to bed by three,
Oh, take good care of yourself,
You belong to me!"

* You Are My Sunshine - she sang this and here is a YouTube of Anne Murray singing it.

Mom would sing this part of the chorus:

"You Are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine

You make me happy - when skies are grey

you'll never know dear

How much I love you

So Don't take my sunshine away."

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, Oh What a Relief it is

Apparently this was one of my greatest hits as a toddler, it's on a tape that I have and have digitized, hopefully I can link to it.