Baby Tunes
Baby Animals
Nursery Rhymes
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Made before the year 2000, this song, called "Baby One More Time" was quite the hit.
Who is, Britney Spears!
Fun Trivia: Made in 1999 and was originally written for the Backstreet Boys and later TLC but both rejected it.
100
Name of a baby dog.
What is, Puppy!
Did you know puppies are born blind and toothless?
100
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are”
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Origin: Poem written by Jane Taylor in 1806, set to the French melody “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman,” which also became the tune for the Alphabet Song. Widely sung around the world by toddlers learning their first lullabies.
200
This song from 1990 is called, "Ice Ice Baby".
Who is, Vanilla Ice! (Robert Van Winkle)
Fun trivia: Released in 1990 and was the first single by a rapper to hit #1 in the US. This song apparently came out while Vanilla Ice was a top Jet Ski racer.
200
Name of a baby cat.
What is a Kitten!
While kittens also are born blind, they actually don't open their eyes til about 7-10 days and weigh only 85-115 grams!
200
“Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?”
"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"
Origin: First appeared in print in 1744. Some scholars link its wording to medieval wool taxes in England—“black sheep” referred to uncharged fleeces.
300
This Canadian hit from 2010, is simply titled "Baby".
What is Baby, by Justin Bieber.
Trivia: Made in 2010 did you know that until 2018 it was the most disliked video on YouTube? Even now it's still the 4th most disliked video.
300
Name of a baby cow.
What is a Calf!
A Holstein calf will weigh between 60-100lbs at birth and can stand within an hour of being born!
300
“London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down”
"London Bridge Is Falling Down"
Origin: English singing game first recorded in the 17th century. Many legends try to explain its meaning—some even say it dates back to Viking attacks on the bridge!
400
This song, titled "I Got You Babe" was from a duo who famously, did not get each other for very long.
Who is, Sonny and Cher. Written in 1965 this song is strangely listed as #444 of Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs of all time... And also in 2011 polled to be the 8th worst song of the 1960's.
400
Name of a baby platypus.
What is a Puggle. No, really. What is a puggle? Apparently baby platypi hatch from leathery eggs and remain in their mother's burrow for 4 months.
400
“Peter Peter pumpkin eater, had a wife but couldn’t keep her”
"Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater"
Origin: Appears in Mother Goose collections circa 1797. The “pumpkin eater” likely refers to playful nursery imagery, not an actual vegetable husbandry.
500
British-American in origin, this song was called "Baby Come Back".
Who is, Player. Released in 1977, the only fun trivia I could find is that this band was mistakenly called a one hit wonder. Guess baby did come back.
500
Name of a baby octopus.
What is a Paralarva. Octopi hatchlings drift as planktonic "paralarvae" for days to weeks before they settle on the ocean floor.
500
“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; she had so many children, she didn’t know what to do”
"The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe"
Origin: Collected in Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book (c. 1794). Though we picture a gigantic shoe-house, some think it satirizes large families in cramped quarters.