morbid-ullaby

Seriously. What is wrong with the people who write children's songs. This simply needs to be addressed. Not only are some wildly innapropriate (10 little indians jumping on my bed) and some morbid (down will fall baby, cradle and all) but most are just plain ridiculous making it nearly impossible to remember the words. What baby wants a Mocking bird anyhow? And I can never ever remember the words to "Hush Little Baby" so I end up singing:

"And if that diamond ring don't (nice grammar by the way) shine, mama's gonna buy you a, a, a, box o' wine?"

So I remember it's actually: "And if that diamond ring goes brass (what does this mean anyhow?)".

Hmm, so now I'm singing, "And if that diamond ring goes brass, mama's gonna buy you a, a, a, donkey ass?

Nope, that doesn't seem right. Ohhh...a looking glass. Because every baby needs one of those. Along with a billy goat, cart and bull...well, you get the point.

And does anyone know the words to "Goodnight sweetheart well it's time to go du dudu dum"? Because this is the only line I know and Sophia is fed up with it and me.

And don't get me started on nursery rhymes..."jack fell down and broke his crown and jill came tumbling after"????

So, big thanks to Becca, Sophia's nanny for singing to her during the day while I work because I've managed to learn a few that make way more sense...like "Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes" which we've changed to "Head, shoulders, cheesy toes, cheesy toes".

Here's Sophia and Becca!