For Grandma
She has heard every song on the radio. None of them were about her garden, her recipes or her grandchildren.
A birthday song for your grandma, about the life she built
Grandmas have heard every song on the radio. One about her own kitchen, her garden and her grandchildren is new. Write three lines and we make an original birthday song with her name.
Hear the second a name lands
Saoirse, my love, you are my home.
You wrote“Every Sunday she sings to the dog, Murphy, while the toast burns.”
The song singsOn Sunday mornings, Saoirse starts to sing. Serenading Murphy on the kitchen rug.
From a real song made here: “Ten Octobers with You”, for Saoirse, from what her husband typed.
The moment you give it
The tag hangs from the cake box ribbon. She makes everyone wait while she plays it at the table, then tells the youngest grandchild that is her name in the chorus, and plays it again.
Her birthday, on the cake box
To: the best cook in three counties
From: every grandchild, in order of height
Play it before you cut the cake.
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
Birthday songs made on this site
None was written for a grandma yet; both show how family details become verses.
What you get for $12.99
You hear it first, free. You pay once, only if you keep it.
- Free preview
- The first 60 seconds, ready in about two minutes after you enter your email. No card.
- The song
- The full song, about two minutes long, as an MP3 to download and keep.
- Lyrics
- Every line is on the preview page before you pay. Unlocking adds the lyric sheet, to print or save as a PDF.
- Their link
- A private link that plays the whole song without an account, with your name and a short note. Switch it off any time.
- Photo video
- Free: a vertical 9:16 photo video of your photos with the lyrics on screen, plus 15- and 30-second cuts. Made in your browser.
- The name
- Unusual name? Type how to say it (SEER-sha for Saoirse) and the singer says it that way.
- Re-record
- One free re-record per song: change a line, the style or the voice and record it again.
- Name sung wrong?
- After you pay, a free remake with the name fixed, once per song.
- Languages
- Sung in English, German, French, Spanish or Japanese.
- Teaser
- Before you pay, a 15-second teaser link that tells them a song is on its way.
- For this song
- Family in another country? Pick the language they speak at home in the form, and the whole song, chorus and name included, is sung in it.
- For a party or school slideshow: the photo video sets your photos to the song, or download the MP3 and use it under your own.
What grandma songs are made of
- The recipe everyone asks for and nobody gets right.
- Where she grew up and how far she came.
- The card she sends every birthday, with the same message.
- A trip or holiday the whole family still talks about.
- How many grandchildren she has, and one thing she does with each.
- What she says when she wins at cards.
Gather lines from the family
The best grandma songs come from several generations. Ask a child, a grandchild and a sibling of hers for one memory each, then send the three most vivid, and name who it is from in one of them.
Make it easy for her to hear
- Pick a slower style, like a piano ballad or acoustic pop, so every word is clear.
- Play it through a speaker, not a phone held at arm’s length.
- Tell her before you press play that every word is about her.
For a big round number
At 80 or 90 the song can name the decades and the family she made. The 80th birthday page has more ideas for that kind of milestone.
More song ideas
Questions
Three generations, one chorus.
Collect a memory from each and hear the first minute of her song.