Patience (Herbert the Snail)

There was a snail called Herbert who was so very slow
He caused a lot of traffic jams wherever he would go
The ants were always getting mad and the beetles, they would fume
But Herb would always poke along and sing this little tune

Chorus:
Have patience, have patience
Don't be in such a hurry
When you get impatient, you only start to worry
Remember, remember that God is patient, too
And think of all the times when others have to wait for you

When Herbert was much younger, he often got in trouble
Forgetting that he was a snail, he did things on the double
He'd crash through every spider web and with crickets he'd collide
'Til one day Herbert's father took his speeding son aside

Chorus

As you can well imagine, there's a moral to this tale
Some of you may find yourselves behind a creeping snail
So if you get impatient and you're easily disturbed
Think about this little song and take a tip from Herb

Chorus

Bright Stars

Bright stars shine over the world as it sleeps.
Shepherds watch over their little white sheep.
The lighthouse is shining for ships out at sea,
And God keeps the night watch for you and for me.

So sleep, sleep in peace and rest,
Don't be afraid of the darkness.
All's well for over the land and the sea,
God's keeping the night watch for you and for me.

So sleep, sleep in peace and rest,
Don't be afraid of the darkness,
All's well for over the land and the sea,
God's keeping the night watch for you and for me.


Jim Reeves The Night Watch

Background
Jonathan and a group of his family friends taught me this song the first year I joined them on their annual week-long camp-out in August on a small island in a lake in Northern Maine. They sang it every night at the close of our evening worship as the last song before parting ways for bed. I quickly fell asleep and knew that this would be my children's night time/lullabye song. We sing this as Lauren's night time lullabye every evening just before putting her down to sleep and I hope it becomes a special song to her someday as it is to Jonathan and me.

Note: This song is actually titled "The Night Watch" by Jim Reeves, and the actual lyrics are slightly different than the version that Jonathan and his friends know. I prefer their version, so that's the one I typed up, but the original lyrics can be found here.

It's Nap Time Now

It's nap time now. We're all tired out.
We'll feel much better if we take a nap now.
It's nap time now. We're going to lay down.
It's nap time. We're going to rest now.
Yeah, it's nap time. We're going to rest now.

It's nap time now. Time to wind down.
We'll have fun a bit later, but it's time to slow down.
It's nap time now. Time to lay down.
It's nap time. It's time to rest now.
Yeah, it's nap time. It's time to rest now.




Background
When I lived in Maine I looked after two little boys several times a week. When we watched shows on Disney Jr., these videos with these two verses of this nap time song would periodically be shown in between shows. I'm not usually typically interested in much of the things Disney produces, but I thought this song was catchy in its simplicity in a lullaby sort of way and it stuck with me. When I was trying to think of a song to sing to Lauren before putting her down for naps, this one came to me and it's kind of stuck. If I find a good one with a Christian theme, similar to our Bright Stars bedtime song, I might switch to that, but for now this one is working for us.

Pat-A-Pan

Willie, get your little drum,
Robin, bring your flute and come.
Aren’t they fun to play upon?
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan;
When you play your fife and drum,
How can anyone be glum?

When the men of olden days
Gave the King of Kings their praise,
They had pipes to play upon.
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan;
And also the drums they’d play,
Full of joy, on Christmas Day.

God and man today become
Closely joined as flute and drum.
Let the joyous tune play on!
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan;
As the instruments you play,
We will sing, this Christmas Day.




Sources:
Song information on Wikipedia

Fum, Fum, Fum

On December five and twenty
Fum, fum, fum.
On December five and twenty,
Fum, fum fum.
Oh, a child was born this night
So rosy white, so rosy white
Son of Mary, virgin holy
In a stable, mean and lowly,
Fum, fum, fum.

On December five and twenty
Fum, fum, fum.
On December five and twenty
Fum, fum, fum.
Comes a most important day
Let us be gay, let us be gay.
We go first to church and then we
Have the sweetest buns and candy,
Fum, fum, fum, fum, fum, fum.

God will send us days of feasting
Fum, fum, fum.
God will send us days of feasting
Fum, fum, fum.
Both in hot months and in cold
For young and old, for young and old.
We will tell the holy story
Ever singing of his glory,
Fum, fum, fum.




Sources:
Song information on Wikipedia