Lullaby

Over at defective yeti, it’s time to get the new baby off to sleep:

I know the melodies to most of the classics, but I can usually only remember the first verse of words; after that I have to resort to improv. I figure it doesn’t matter what I say, as long as I sing it softly and keep the beat. Unfortunately, this philosophies results in calamities like the Brahms Lullaby sung as:

Lullaby
And goodnight
La la blah blah
Blah something
I think this song
Is in German
Eins zwei drei vier funf
Bratwurst
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The great thing about this strategy is that you can tailor your lyrics for the situation.

[Fifteen minutes and six made-up “Brahms Lullaby” verses later:]

No, for real
Go to sleep
Or we’ll sell you
On E-bay …

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