This has constantly been on my mind...
What is the thing with parents these
days?
2006-12-24 10:40:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Beautiful melody
Bad song.
Lyrics:
Rock-a-bye, baby
In the treetop
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock
When the bough breaks
The cradle will fall
And down will come baby
Cradle and all
Baby is drowsing
Cosy and fair
Mother sits near
In her rocking chair
Forward and back
The cradle she swings
And though baby sleeps
He hears what she sings
From the high rooftops
Down to the sea
No one's as dear
As baby to me
Wee little fingers
Eyes wide and bright
Now sound asleep
Until morning light
2006-12-24 10:41:58 · update #1
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2006-12-24 10:45:49 · update #2
it is odd...think about it, poor humpty dumpty, jack & jill, three blind mice....& a few others the words/lyrics are actually cruel LOL, i mean jack broke his crown, they couldn't put humpty dumpty together again, the farmers wife cut off the tail of three blind mice...
2006-12-24 10:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by yahooligan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this rhyme, plus most of the mother goose nursery rhymes, were supposedly all written in England long ago as political comment against the royalty. google it and you'll get a bunch of sites with interpretations for all. this one is supposedly either about some King who is going to be overthrown by war, or in America it was from the native indians who hung their babies cradles on tree boughs while they worked.
2006-12-24 18:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by foxfirevigil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see it is to show that parents r in control, plus, isn't the singing soothing? The singing soothes the baby,and when the little hairs in the ers r activated and vibrated so slightly and gently, they r easier to get to sleep. That one song was also to remind young mothers to not leave kids near windows!!!
2006-12-24 18:42:31 · answer #3 · answered by Jake K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always changed the words to include .." Mom will catch baby cradle and all." My kids always were loving that part.
2006-12-24 20:32:22 · answer #4 · answered by Bella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, the baby falls out of a tree, not a window. And I guess the melody is soothing.
2006-12-25 02:54:22 · answer #5 · answered by Ti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babies do not care what the words are they just hear the sound of the soothing, comforting voice. It doesn't matter what you sing just how you sing.
2006-12-24 18:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by SHERRI 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it's about falling out of a tree!
And by the time you get to singing the song....you're ready to jump yourself! (hehe)
2006-12-24 18:42:42 · answer #7 · answered by Nibbles 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT'S JUST THE SOUND OF THE SONG FOR THE BABY. THE BABY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE WORDS MEAN.
2006-12-24 18:48:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for one thing the baby falls out of a tree not a window and this is a stupid ?
2006-12-24 18:43:57 · answer #9 · answered by wkdwchofwest 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Niether know any better than that.
2006-12-24 18:48:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋