Baby, Come Back can be chanted during playtime or sung (to the tune of the Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean") during naptime. Substitute your child's name for "baby".
Baby, Come Back
My baby swam across the ocean
My baby dived into the sea
My baby swam across the ocean
Oh, baby, come back to me, to me
Oh, baby, come back to me.
My baby climbed over the mountain
My baby climbed over the hill
My baby climbed over the mountain
Oh, baby, come back to me, to me
Oh, baby, come back to me
My baby flew into the night sky
My baby swung on a star
My baby flew into the night sky
Oh, baby, you flew too far, too far
Oh, baby, you flew too far
My baby swam across the ocean
My baby climbed over the hill
My baby flew out of the night sky
Oh, my baby, came back to me, to me
Hurray, my baby came back to me.
Me reading to a dear friend (circa 1990s)
About the author...
Leanne Dyck studied children's literature at the University of Winnipeg, was the sole proprietor of a children's literature bookseller business, and read scores of picture books to groups of children during her fourteen-year career in Early Childhood Education.
A J Willetts (my dad) an advocate for world peace
My dad read his speech during a Remembrance Day service, but it is equal appropriate for today.
On this blog in September...
is dedicated to stories for and an article about children
Sunday, September 28
Home Children: Canadian History (article) by Leanne Dyck
September 28 is Home Children Day. Why? What's a "Home Child"?
Read this article to find the answer to these questions.
