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Arrangement: Ian J. Watts / Mike Wilbury · Singalongasong Band / ClassicRocks
Lyrics
Baby, baby, you're my sweet heart,
Baby, baby, say we'll never part,
Although the skies is dreary and grey, (sing it to me honey)
Promise me that you'll never stray away,
My baby, baby, you're my sweet heart.
Yeah, I like that!
Baby, baby, you're my sweet heart,
I love you, all day through
Nobody else in the great big world for me will do (do) do (do do do do)
That sounded really good!
Traditional lyrics — public domain. Arrangement © Singalongasong Band / ClassicRocks.
History & Background
History & Origin
Baby is a gentle, tender little song created for the youngest listeners in the Nursery Rhymes Collections — a direct, warm address to a baby, full of the quiet love and wonder that parenthood brings.
Songs addressed directly to babies are among the oldest forms of human music. Long before lullabies had fixed texts or melodies, parents improvised gentle sounds and words to soothe and delight their infants. The content was almost always the same: you are loved, you are safe, you are the most wonderful thing in the world. This song stands in that ancient tradition.
What distinguishes the best baby songs is not complexity but sincerity — a melody that moves gently, words that feel natural when sung quietly in a dimly lit room. This recording brings exactly that quality: an unhurried, genuinely warm performance that parents will find as comforting to sing as babies will find it to hear.
