Encore-Mother/Father

[Werf_Must]

Hello muddah hello faddah, here I am at...

[Katya]

Hello muddah hello faddah, here I am at...

So much brain robbery, today . . .

[vorpal blade]

That was the first one to come to mind, but I didn't remember it correctly.

[Marduk]

Momma, oooooh, didn't mean to make you cry, if I'm not back again this time tomorrow

And pappa I don't think I said I love you near enough

Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Dan Fogelberg, "Leader of the band"

[Dead Cat]

"He has changed my life he has turned me around. He's my father and my savior."

--"Shout Glory!" by Byron J. Smith

"I like the voice that wakes just down the way and says 'Mom? Is this a spend together day?'"

--"The Simple Things" by Janie Lidey


There's entry one. Now entry two:


"In all you say or do, you couldn't make it plainer: you are your mother's daughter therefore you are class."
"Now some may say all fathers just exaggerate that every daughter's great. You are. And every daughter tends to say her father's tops. She pulls out all the stops to praise him--and quite rightly."

--"No Matter What" from Beauty and the Beast (the musical)

[bobtheenchantedone]

I gather the blossoms the whole meadow over. Dear mother, all flowers remind me of you.

"I Often Go Walking"

I'm so glad when daddy comes home, glad as I can be!

"Homecoming" (I think)

[Dragon Lady]

Father, Mother, may I meet you, in thy…

—Oh, My Father.

Do you know how hard it was not to cheat on that one? I can't remember if that last word is thy or the. And my hymnbook is RIGHT THERE TAUNTING ME.

[Katya]

Father, Mother, may I meet you, in thy…

—Oh, My Father.

Do you know how hard it was not to cheat on that one? I can't remember if that last word is thy or the. And my hymnbook is RIGHT THERE TAUNTING ME.

I regret to inform you that it is actually "your royal courts on high."

[Katya]

Beauty and the Beast. "No Matter What"
"Daddy's Homecoming."
"The Family." ("When the Family Gets Together . . .")
Fogelberg, Dan. "Leader of the Band."
"A Happy Family."
"I Often Go Walking."
K-Ci & JoJo. "All My Llife."
Lidey, Janie. "As Much As I Was Loved."
----------. "The Simple Things."
"Love Is Spoken Here."
"Mother, I Love You."
"O My Father." (Hymn #292)
Queen. "Bohemian Rhapsody."
The Secret Garden. "A Bit of Earth."
Sherman, Alan. "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh."
Smith, Byron J. "Shout Glory!"

[Katya]

Our Father by whose name all fatherhood is known

"Our Father By Whose Name"


Round yon virgin mother and child. / Holy infant so tender and mild.

"Silent Night"

[Katya]

Thinking ahead, are foreign language entries allowed?

[Dragon Lady]

Father, Mother, may I meet you, in thy…

—Oh, My Father.

Do you know how hard it was not to cheat on that one? I can't remember if that last word is thy or the. And my hymnbook is RIGHT THERE TAUNTING ME.

I regret to inform you that it is actually "your royal courts on high."

Curses! I knew I was struggling with this. Alas. I knew I wouldn't last long anyway.

[Marduk]

Thinking ahead, are foreign language entries allowed?

Absolutely. ANY iteration of the word(s).

[Marduk]

"Look mommy, there's an airplane up in the sky."

Pink Floyd, "Goodbye Blue Skies"

"Daddy's gone, across the ocean. Leavin' just a memory"

Pink Floyd, "Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)"

Also, those two are from the same album. Which is awesome.

[Dead Cat]

"For Papa make him a scholar. For Mama make him rich as a king. For me, well, I wouldn't holler if he were as handsome as anything."

--"Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof

"And who does Mama teach to mend and tend and fix, preparing me to marry whoever Papa picks? The daughters! The daughters! Tradition!"

--"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof

[bobtheenchantedone]

"Mother dear, I love you so. Your happy smiling face..."

"Mother Dear"

"My daddy is my favorite pal, and I help him every day."

"My Dad"

[Katya]

"Oh daddy dear, you're still number one, but girls just wanna have fun."

Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"


"When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother 'What will I be?'"

Doris Day "Que Sera, Sera"

[Dead Cat]

"Mommy and me we work out and play--work out and play each day."

--"Mommy and Me" from the exercise video of the same name...I think (give me a break, it's been years and years since I saw it last).

"While appeared two heavenly beings: God the Father and the Son."

--"Joseph Smith's First Prayer"

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"Your mother's getting older, your father's not back and you can't sit here dreaming pretty dreams."

--"Into the Woods" from the musical of the same name

[bobtheenchantedone]

"Listen, I'll whisper this name to you; it is the name of Mother."

"Listen, I'll whisper this name to you; it is the name of Father."

"The Dearest Names"

[Katya]

"Heavenly Father are you really there? / And do you hear and answer every child's prayer?"

Janice Kapp Perry, "A Child's Prayer"


"Ah, ah, ah que la mère est belle! Ah, ah, ah que l'enfant est beau!"

"Un Flambeau, Jeanette Isabelle" ("Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella")