"Baby Mine" is a song from the 1941

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'' Dumbo''. The music is by

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, with lyrics by

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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. It is also the last appearance of the circus animals. The song was nominated for an

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at the

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in 1942. It is also listed on AFI's "100 Years... 100 Songs" as one of America's greatest film songs.

Recordings

Early popular recordings include those by Les Brown,

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, and Jane Froman, followed by several others; and decades later, the song regained attention.

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covered the song on the 1988 ''

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. In the same year,

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and

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recorded the song for the album, '' Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films.''

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recorded the song for the 1996 album ''

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''. Her version peaked at number 82 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada. Krauss' cover earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1997. Soap actress

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recorded the song with Jim Brickman for ''

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''. An instrumental version by violinist Jenny Oaks Baker was included in the Grammy-nominated album ''

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'', released in 2011.

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recorded his own arrangement of "Baby Mine" on his ''

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'' Disney cover album 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'' The song is used recurrently in the

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television drama '' Halt and Catch Fire'' as a lullaby that Donna Clark ( Kerry Bishé) sings to her daughters.

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and

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covered the song for the 2018-2019 live-action remake of ''Dumbo'', while Norwegian singer Aurora performed the song for the trailer. The song also features in the 2019

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'', sung by

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and later by Nina Ferro.

References

Notes Sources {{authority control Disney songs 1941 songs Dumbo Songs about elephants Songs written for animated films Songs with lyrics by Ned Washington Songs with music by Frank Churchill Alison Krauss songs Bette Midler songs Brian Wilson songs Kenny Loggins songs Songs about parenthood Lullabies Walt Disney Records singles