Songs Theresa Loved
My mom loved music. When we were kids she was constantly singing to us and music was always blasting in the car and in our home. We would often come home from school to her dancing the twist in our living room, or singing a favorite ballad as she made dinner.
She sang to us as kids and to our children during their childhoods. She sang with her mother, often in Italian, to their favorite songs. Two of the many songs my mom and grandmother sang as lullabies to gently put us to sleep were The alphabet Song and Mighty like a Rose. Take a listen!
My mom would often sing this song Michael Row to us when it was bedtime. She sang it to my girls when they were babies as well.
The Highwaymen version that went to #1 on the Billboard charts had these lyrics:
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah.
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah.
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah.
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah.
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah.
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah.
The River Jordan is chilly and cold, hallelujah.
Chills the body but not the soul, hallelujah.
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah.
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah.
The river is deep and the river is wide, hallelujah.
Milk and honey on the other side, hallelujah.
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah.
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah.