Hearing someone sing the national anthem can cause a lump in your throat, but not many are as adorable as one tiny totโs performance.
When two-year-old Maddy Dellaca began singing the โStar-Spangled Bannerโ in her familyโs home, fortunately, her mom Chelsea decided to hit record. The footage captured is so stinkinโ cute itโs won over the internet.
She learned it from somebodyโฆher daddy, of course!
Little kids often try and imitate their parents, which can lead to some pretty priceless moments (or embarrassing too).
Maddy picked up on our countryโs national anthem after a year of her dad practicing the tune for an audition. His goal was to perform it at an Iowa Cubsโ baseball game in front of a crowd. With all the times Maddy heard the song โ it makes sense that she wanted to sing it like her dad.
The toddler started singing it all the time.
In her interview with Inside Edition, Chelsea explained how much Maddy would sing the โStar-Spangled Banner.โ Frankly, it sounds like it was a lot!
Maddyโs mom said:
โSheโs been literally singing every day. A lot of times weโll sing it in the car. If weโre running somewhere, sheโll just randomly start singing it. Sheโs just singing it for fun.โ
With all that practice itโs no wonder she became pretty good at performing it.
In the video below, youโll get a chance to hear Maddyโs quite impressive rendition of our national anthem. Now, she might not get all the words right, but letโs face it, there are a lot of adults who get them mixed up too!
The girl has on a backward Cubs hat and is holding a plastic microphone. Sheโs even standing on a mini-platform just like sheโs the star of the show.
Get ready for a chuckle.
Maddy starts belting out the lyrics in her own precious way. It goes a little like,
โOh-uh say can yooooou seeeeee, By a doooot tur weeee yiiiight.โ
While performing the two-year-old turns back and forth, perhaps a move she learned from her dad? Although some of the lyrics are slightly off, she has the tune down like a pro.
Chelsea told Inside Edition:
โYou know, itโs amazing at this young of an age. Thereโs really nothing you canโt teach them.โ
At one point, the scene goes to another level of cuteness.
During the clip, Maddy takes a tiny stumble but quickly catches herself. She looks at the camera and says, โWootsie daisy!โ Can you say, aww?
Get ready for some more fun lyrics like, โFrew the pow wool eh pie. Or pa waaaaaah aaaah vee iii.โ Hearing her sing them though is what melts your heart into a puddle.
Maddyโs future is looking pretty bright.
Despite being so young, Maddyโs parents can already picture their daughterโs name in lights. Well, or at least part of a theater group!
โSheโs only 2, but she definitely will do something in theater.โ
Having your first online performance go viral is pretty good for a knee-high toddler. People on YouTube have been loving it too.
One person commented:
โFor a two year old to have the melody down like that, thatโs awesome.โ
Another commenter agrees sheโs on a road to being famous.
โSo freakin cute! Sheโs gonna grow up to be a star I just know it.โ
Press play on the video below to see Maddyโs aww-worthy version of the โStar-Spangled Banner.โ
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