Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep...?!
Question: Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep!.!.!.!?
when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground!?
so violent!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
so violent!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
you're right!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.maybe that explains alot about how we turned out!.!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I never did!.!.!.
When I need to sing a lullaby for a baby in the family or to my beautiful little girl, I sing "Dream a Little Dream of Me"!.!.!.
When my little girl is tired she comes to my arms, I start singing it to her, and soon after she's asleep and what an awesome, beautiful sight that is!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
When I need to sing a lullaby for a baby in the family or to my beautiful little girl, I sing "Dream a Little Dream of Me"!.!.!.
When my little girl is tired she comes to my arms, I start singing it to her, and soon after she's asleep and what an awesome, beautiful sight that is!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
okay babies don't understand the words so don't worry about them getting creeped out about a possibility of them falling out of the tree!.
it's just the music that's calming!. the sound! the words just make it easier for us to know the song i guess!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
it's just the music that's calming!. the sound! the words just make it easier for us to know the song i guess!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I think it's because of the melody cause the lyrics aren't much i don't sing it to my kids but i think the words mean something in the old English language completely different to the English most of us use now a days but i do agree it's so violentWww@Enter-QA@Com
l agree in a sense!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
But this lullaby goes way back!.
The lyrics and tune are soothing to a baby!.!.!.when listening to a mother's voice!.
Unfortunately we are living in this day and age where all the do!.!.gooders have upset the apple cart!.
So today!.!.!.you cannot say this !.!.or that!.
Please bring back the days of yesteryear!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
But this lullaby goes way back!.
The lyrics and tune are soothing to a baby!.!.!.when listening to a mother's voice!.
Unfortunately we are living in this day and age where all the do!.!.gooders have upset the apple cart!.
So today!.!.!.you cannot say this !.!.or that!.
Please bring back the days of yesteryear!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
idk but that part, down will come baby cradle and all!.!.!.always scared me when i was little!. lol!. my dad would hold me and pretend to drop me, but he never did!. lol!. but its a calming tune, so thats probly why!. when i have kids, i might change the words a little!. lolllWww@Enter-QA@Com
It is a cherished cultural behavior that we do regardless of the obvious negative conditioning we impose on our helpless children!. Like almost all thoughtless cultural phenomenon, automatic participation is bad for you!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
idk i know its horrible!!!! but the really common child rhyme "ring around the rosy" is about a deadly disease that killed everybody in b!.c!. GROSS, but ya old child rhymes are odd!. i think they most of hated kids when they thought of them!. lol!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Would you be able to sleep if the branch broke and the cradle fell i wouldn't!. Do that to a kid and see how quick welfare are there!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Who ever invented that song should be dragged in the street and shot!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
That song is messed up!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
LMAO I don't know but it's funny that I never really paid attention to the lyrics like that!. Wow that's crazy!.!.!.and interesting!. I don't want my baby's cradle to fall out of a darn tree!Www@Enter-QA@Com
It works!.
You can change the lyrics!. keep the tune and tonal delivery!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
You can change the lyrics!. keep the tune and tonal delivery!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I don't know,, maybe it's the parents way of venting the frustration of raising a kid - sing death threats at them to make them go to sleep!. Weird!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I hate that song, I don't even sing it to my own babies!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I know, I have never sung that song to any baby, it just inst right!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
idk, that whole cradle falling off a tree think used to scare the life out of me when i was little though!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Great melody!. Bad lyrics!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
cause it's slow and soft and makes babys happy
great song to jam to!Www@Enter-QA@Com
great song to jam to!Www@Enter-QA@Com
There is a history to itWww@Enter-QA@Com
i guess its MELODY is calming and your right about the violent partWww@Enter-QA@Com
its a story the indians made up bc they caried their babys on boards on there backs and hung them in trees!.!.we learned it in social studies this yearrWww@Enter-QA@Com
its comforting and soothingWww@Enter-QA@Com
the melody is soothing!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
we should probably stop!.!.!.
you should send around a petition!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
you should send around a petition!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I have no clueWww@Enter-QA@Com
Because it's calm and soothing!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
i never noticed that you come up with good points!. like the boat on the desert island!. very smart! =]Www@Enter-QA@Com
Um!.!. I dunnoo!.!.!. weirdWww@Enter-QA@Com