Baby Mine (Dumbo song)

For other uses, see Baby Mine (disambiguation).
"Baby Mine"
Song by Betty Noyes
Released 1941 (1941)
Genre Lullaby, ballad[1]
Length 02:05
Writer Ned Washington
Composer Frank Churchill

"Baby Mine" is a song from the 1941 Disney animated feature Dumbo. The music is by Frank Churchill, with lyrics by Ned Washington. Betty Noyes recorded the vocals for the original film version. In the film, Dumbo's mother, Mrs. Jumbo, an elephant locked in a circus wagon, cradles her baby Dumbo with her trunk while this lullaby is sung.

The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 1941 Oscars.[2] It is also listed on AFI's "100 Years... 100 Songs" as one of America's greatest film songs.[3]

Recordings

Early popular recordings include those by Les Brown and Jane Froman, followed by several others; and years later, the song regained attention.[1] Bette Midler covered the song on the 1988 Beaches soundtrack. In the same year, Bonnie Raitt and Was (Not Was) recorded the song for the album, Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films.

Alison Krauss recorded a cover for the 1996 album The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney. Her version peaked at number 82 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[4] Krauss' cover earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1997.

An instrumental version by violinist Jenny Oaks Baker was included in the Grammy nominated[lower-alpha 1] album Wish Upon a Star, released in 2011.

There have been numerous Disney compilation releases of the original, as well as an Original Cast recording from the musical, Disney's On the Record: A New Musical Review[6] Various other cover versions of the song run the gamut of genres.

Additional covers include


Lyrics

Baby Mine (original)

Music and lyrics by Frank Churchill and Ned Washington


Baby mine, don't you cry

Baby mine, dry your eyes

Rest your head close to my heart

Never to part

Baby of mine


Little one when you play

Pay no heed to what they say

Let your eyes sparkle and shine

Never a tear

Baby of mine


If they knew all about you

They'd end up loving you too

All those same people who scold you

What they'd give just for the right to hold you


From your head down to your toes

You're not much, goodness knows

But you're so precious to me

Sweet as can be

Baby of mine


Baby Mine (movie version)

(mmm)

Baby mine, don't you cry

Baby mine, dry your eyes

Rest your head close to my heart

Never to part

Baby of mine


Little one when you play

Don't you mind what they say

Let those eyes sparkle and shine

Never a tear

Baby of mine


(mmm) Instrumental (mmm)


From your head down to your toes

You're so sweet, goodness knows

You are so precious to me

Cute as can be

Baby of mine

Baby mine, baby mine.


References

Notes
  1. ↑ Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album 54th Grammy Awards (Nominated; 2012)[5]
Sources
  1. 1 2 Robinson, Thomas S. Hischak, Mark A. (2009). The Disney Song Encyclopedia. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 10. ISBN 0810869381.
  2. ↑ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  3. ↑ "100 Years... 100 Songs" (PDF). American Film Institute. 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "RPM Country Tracks". RPM. November 18, 1996. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Final Nominations List : 54th Grammy Awards" (PDF). grammy.com. Field 1 - Pop ; Category 7 - Best Pop Instrumental Album: National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Disney's On the Record [Original Cast Recording]". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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