A Song From a Father: Little London’s Lullaby

Black Music Month, Day #19

As a young father raising three active kids clustered close in age, one needed survival techniques.  Life was messy, challenging, and rewarding–all that good stuff.  But I knew where to get help, where I always got

Young Dad

it: music.  I wrote a song or a chant for every kid occasion:  a time to go to bed song, a change the diaper song, a time to catch the school bus song, a “quit your belly-aching” song.  Of course, soccer, basketball, swimming, football, baseball, track, crew, etc., was always a constant.  But music was something through which I could share the intangible.

Full Circle: Little London and her "Big G"

I wrote this song in honor of my granddaughter London’s birth.  This scrapbook of father memories–from young, inexperienced dad to “ole head” granddad with the answers charts a life of  pride and wonder.  It’s sung by my youngest daughter Bridget, who is following me in the professional world of music.  I dedicate this personal musical message to all the dedicated fathers out there doing the best they can to make it.   Happy Fathers Day to you all.

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