First Song you can remember from childhood.

[Stuart G]

I think my earliest song was "Rudolph the Red Nose Rain deer." (and I am Jewish)

[WhiteTara]

1. How much was that doggie in the window

or maybe Lavender Blue, Dilly Dilly (although I thought the word was Jelly...Lavender Blue, Jelly Jelly, Lavender Green........

[vanlassie]

8. Me too!!

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]

19. I was 5 years old that year

Lavender Blue may have been before that; when I was 3 or 4

[vanlassie]

23. Do you remember this one?

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[LakeArenal]

28. Me too! That and Mr Sandman🎶

[WhiteTara]

41. Bring me a dream

[LakeArenal]

42. Make him the sweetest I've ever seen🎶

[WhiteTara]

43. Mr Sandman, bring me a dream (insert music notes here)

oh that brought up
Three coins in a fountain,
Which one will the fountain bless?

[LakeArenal]

45. Me!!!! I have been entirely blessed!!!

Hope you have been too❣️

[WhiteTara]

48. YES, 37 years with the man I love!

[LakeArenal]

49. 48 years for us!!! I wouldn't say blissful. But made it to retire together.

Having the second best time of our life. Could not ask for more. 🍀🍀🍀

[WhiteTara]

50. We are closer than we were in our

early years. Love grows when it's nurtured.

[marigold20]

52. Yes, that's it

I was four years old. Also Tennessee Waltz.

[Ocelot II]

2. The Teddy Bear's Picnic.

[CarolinaNC]

3. London Bridges

[marble falls]

4. Ride a little pony downtown or old dan tucker or eating goober peas

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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]

5. Itsy Bitsy Spider

At least as far as I remember at the moment...

[Aristus]

34. There are two types of childhoods:

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]

6. Probably the theme

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]

21. Geees, I forgot: the theme to Tom Terrific.

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learned that one pretty young, too.

[Mr.Bill]

22. Another one would be the theme

to Mighty Mouse. "Here I come to save the day!"

[justgamma]

7. One, two, Buckle my shoe

three, four open the door.

[yellowdogintexas]

9. Oh! Susanna. My grandfather sang it to me. nt

[gopiscrap]

10. First songs

Sacred piece: "Grosser Gott" ("Holy God We Praise thy Name&quot

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]

11. Cal Worthington

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]

56. enid602

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]

12. other than nursery rhymes

16 Tons and what do you get...

[Chainfire]

32. That was also my pick. I thought it would be an odd response.

[Emile]

13. You ain't nothing but a hound dog.

[Mad_Dem_X]

14. Hey Jude

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]

15. 🛶

[Nittersing]

16. Little White Duck - Burl Ives

[mitch96]

17. Somewhere over the Rainbow...My Pops would sing it to me b4 bed. I was very small. Life was good. nt

[malthaussen]

18. Possibly "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport."

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]

20. Puff the Magic Dragon for sure and one other gem...

[thatcrowwoman]

24. Brahms Lullaby

My sweet mama sang it to me every night after our “night night” prayers.

Here’s 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]

25. Lone Ranger theme. Much later learned it's William Tell Overture, ROSSINI.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

26. "ABC" by the Jackson 5

[Jilly_in_VA]

27. Probably

"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]

29. On second thought ...ugh....Jesus Loves Me....

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

30. I remember my dad singing Wreck of the Old 97

[rogerballard]

31. Thinking back now...

It definitely was "Cast Your Fate to the Wind"

[Aristus]

33. I'm pretty sure it was "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell.

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]

35. The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle nt

[applegrove]

36. "Day by Day from Godspell. I must have had a nanny who played it again and again because I had such a strong reaction to

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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]

37. Away in a manger

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]

38. I loved that Hymn.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

39. Tennessee Waltz

nt

[OldBaldy1701E]

40. I am thinking there were two around the same time.

'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]

44. I had

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]

46. Bennie & the Jets.

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]

47. When I was very young, perhaps 5 or 6

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]

51. Either Doggie in the Window or Chipmunks

[Jrose]

53. 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'...

and 'Never Grow Up' from the TV play of Peter Pan.

[sanatanadharma]

54. So many replies overlooking the obvious ...

"Happy Birthday to you"

[bucolic_frolic]

55. I Told the Witch Doctor I Was in Love with You

my song.

Man is this website going nostalgia. We sound like a bunch of old people.

[R. P. McMurphy]

57. Mockingbird Hill

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.

[LeftishBrit]

58. Either 'Sleep Baby Sleep' or 'Clementine'