Click to listen to audio verson of “Songs My Father Taught Me“. It is music only.
The written version follows.
Singing songs together on the highway of life…
He whistled the harmony that made us a family
And taught us songs from his younger days.
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Sung by Anne Reburn
Written in 1931
By Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt
with lyrics by Gus Kahn
First recorded by Ozzie Nelson 1931
You are My Sunshine
Sung by Music Travel Love 2019
Copyrighted by Paul Rice in 1937
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
Sung by Reckless Kelly 2014
First published in 1894 in a book of Princeton University Songs
First recording was in 1927 by the Sandhills Sixteen on Victor Records
Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah
Written in 1830 in London sung to the tune of “Goodnight Ladies”, 1847
Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now
Sung by Viola Wills 1979
Written by Milton Kellum Published in 1951
Reached number 11 in 1956 by Patience and Prudence
Sugartime
Sung by the McGuire Sisters in Concert
Whose version topped the Most Played charts in 1958
Written by Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols Published in 1957
Moon River
Sung by Audrey Hepburn 1961 in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song
Composed by Henry Mancini
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Ozzie Nelson 1931