This is one lucky little girl! She’ll never have to worry about falling asleep with her dad there to sing her off into dreamland.
When his baby girl was fussing, dad D.E. Wittkower decided to give a classic solution a shot. He sang her a lullaby, in the form of a soft ukulele rendition of Leonard Cohen’s classic ‘Hallelujah.’
This classic folk song has been around in one form or another for close to forty years. When Cohen first wrote it, the prayerful song was around 80 verses long, before it was pared down to its current length. It’s been covered by everyone from teenage girls to rockstars like Bon Jovi.
Despite the years he put into it, it didn’t become the classic it is now until the posthumous release of Jeff Buckley’s haunting cover in 1998. This beautiful melody has an emotional effect on most adults who hear it, but for little baby Ada the result is more soporific than anything.
While Dad sings the lovely words and strums the chords, Ada’s crying quickly settles down. Strapped to her father’s chest in a baby carrier, she continues crying through the first few notes.
But once he hits the first chorus of "hallelujahs," she’s just staring in wide-eyed wonderment. A few verses later, she’s fast asleep! It turns out that it’s just the thing to soothe her, and in two minutes, she goes from crying to peaceful snoozing.
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