My friends John and his wife, Sarah, recently had a baby named Henry. About two months before the due date I asked a number of the musicians on my record label to record lullabies that I could gather and put on a CD for baby Henry.
I got back 12 tracks, which was an amazing response. And all of them are so cute. Some original works. Some covers of traditional lullabies.
I sent the CD to John and Sarah the day after baby Henry was born. They listened to the CD over dinner and have already added it to mommy Sarah’s iPod.
I wanted to make the lullabies CD available for free download. So if any of you, or your friends, have newborns, or you just love falling asleep to calming lullabies, feel free to download and burn your own DFTBA Lullabies CD:
click here to download the DFTBA Lullabies CD.
The track list is below. But first, thanks to all the wonderful musicians and friends who recorded a lullaby for this little compilation. John and Sarah were very touched and send their thanks. As does baby Henry, I’m sure.
1. “Lullaby” by Alan Lastufka
2. “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” by ALL CAPS
3. “Pretty Baby” by Tom Milsom
4. “Cow Town” by Hank Green
5. “Candy Canes” by Alex Day
6. “Somewhere Wonderful” by Caitlin Sky
7. “Don’t Want To Live on the Moon” by Craig Benzine (of Driftless Pony Club)
8. “Sentiments” by Dr. Noise
9. “Peace, Love and Understanding” by Katherine Green
10. “Three Is A Magic Number” by Molly Lewis
11. “Baby Child” by Paige Harwood
12. “Why Does the Sun Really Shine” by Charlie McDonnell
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My sister’s nephew-to-be just turned 1 this weekend. I also have another friend whose daughter turns 2 this year. I’ll be making cd’s of this for them both. Thank you so much, DFTBA! It just shows how awesome everyone involved with this label is.
This is epic, Henry is very lucky to have so many people who care about him. Not to mention pretty badass parents. I hope that if I ever have children one day, they have as many people who care about them.
Dream sweetly, Henry Green.
-J. Pfeiffer
awwwwwwwww I literally teared up when I read this
this is definitely the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for another human being
I love you so much
I wish there were a baby in my life I could play this to.
thank you so much, alan. what a lovely gesture for john, sarah, and henry, and how kind of you to share it with all of us. i can’t wait to hear the lullabies sung by these amazing artists.
Aww, yay, i’m going to make a cd for my nephew! He’s 3 months now. This will be great for naps.
Thanks for offering this for free! It’s awesome :)
This is so nice/Awesome of you Alan. I can’t wait to hear all these lullabies by all these great artists. Henry has possibly the best parents ever. DFTBABY
What a great idea. :D
Wow … some of these tracks … I have a feeling will be made of pure awesome. … No, all of them will.
Thank you for this. You all did such a fantastic job! “Don’t Want to Live on the Moon” is one of my favorites of all time. I sang it to both of my children when they were babies.
Thank you so very much for sharing these. After raising four babies, I am a connoisseur of lullabies (and being ill I often have a hard time getting to sleep myself!) Thank you for being so generous and kind and please pass along my thanks to all of the artists involved. “Someday we’ll all be gone, But lullabyes go on and on… “
Love it. Love it love it love it. Thank you so much for this, and congratulations, John!
Absolutely fantastic. Some of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard are on this.
Congratulations John!
This is SO adorable! Music is such a wonderful gift.
Thanks for making this available to all, Alan!
<3
Such a great gift for John, Sarah and Henry
Little Henry Green will never FTBA with this collection of great songs.
That is one lucky kid!
Great idea, Alan, and thanks for making this available to us all :)
Katherine! Wow!
This is fantastic.
The thought of this gift and making of it is wonderful. I wasn’t lying when I continued Hank’s song as follows:
John Green loves John Green’s baby
He’s gonna be freaking cute
And when you get to see John’s baby
You’ll think he’s adorable too
He’ll flash his great big baby smile
And let out little coos
He’ll be the most loved baby on Earth
And he’s gonna be freaking cute
Oh yeah, he’s gonna be freaking cute
Thank you! This is adorable and will an awesome gift for my cousin who is due in May.
Downloading now, is Paige Harwwod properly gonna be on DFTBA?
…just listened to it, Katherine should either sing on her own or with Hank more!
Wow, these are some beautiful recordings. I especially love the They Might Be Giants covers.
For months I’ve been working on this playlist on my iTunes called “baby”
I so far have only two songs on it.
So….THANK YOU.
Thanks so much for posting this for free. I have a friend set to give birth soon. You should put it up for sale; I’d love a physical copy of the real CD for little Bean’s birth.
Wow, Henry is one lucky kid!
This is such a great album! You guys did an amazing job. Henry is so lucky :)
This has got to be the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard of.
That kid is gonna grow up to be the luckiest (and awesomest) kid alive.
Well, I don’t have a baby to share this with, but I’m downloading it anyway. Maybe it’ll help put me to sleep when I can’t shut my mind off.
Henry’s got some truly awesome parents and family friends to look forward to getting to know! :D
This is so sweet.
But is anyone else having a problem with the download? It keeps telling me that the zipped folder is empty… :/
Little Henry Green is one of the luckiest kids “I know”. Nerdfighters everywhere know him and already love the newest nerdfighter. This was incredibly sweet and thoughtful and I love. All the tracks are amazing, I have to say that Sentiments by Dr. Noise might just be my favorite. But I can’t think of one I don’t love on it. Lullaby put my little sister to sleep, which I guess is the point.
High Five, thumbs up, and DFTBA :D
MY NAME IS HENRY GREEN, I’M WITH THE VLOGBROTHERS! DA, DA, DA DA DA DA, DA
-The sadly missed Oceanic Six tribute song :D
A wide range of lullabies for one special baby. I hope Henry has many sweet dreams blessed by this totally awsome gift.
I’m downloading! I’m 5 months pregnant and Baby needs some DFTBA music
Thanks!! I just found out I’m pregnant, only 6 weeks along, and this helped me to think about all the stuff I have to start doing to prepare. Now I have a folder in my Music called Baby!
This is so great. Henry is a lucky kid.