It has always amazed me that so many nursery rhymes and stories feed off pain, suffering, and destruction for their content, e.g., Jack & Jill, Humpty Dumpty,3 blind mice, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, etc. But the capper of them all is this lullaby about a baby up in a tree who comes crashing to the ground. How do you go to sleep with that visual floating around in your mind…..?
The most dreadful of Mother Goose rhymes,to me, is the Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe. She gave her kids just plain broth and whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed. That’s real abuse.
robolt over 12 years ago
lean on me, when you’re not strong….
tagteam over 12 years ago
“endzngerment”???? Large fingers, small keyboard?
marianthelibrarian over 12 years ago
It’s a cartoon people!
James Hopkins over 12 years ago
This song always bothered the heck out of me. What kind of lullaby talks about a baby falling out of a tree?
djsabc over 12 years ago
Wow, a ray of sunshine on an other wise dreary day.
rw1h over 12 years ago
It has always amazed me that so many nursery rhymes and stories feed off pain, suffering, and destruction for their content, e.g., Jack & Jill, Humpty Dumpty,3 blind mice, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, etc. But the capper of them all is this lullaby about a baby up in a tree who comes crashing to the ground. How do you go to sleep with that visual floating around in your mind…..?
Oxnate over 12 years ago
Yes, it’s quite a horrific lullaby when you think about the words.
iced tea over 12 years ago
The most dreadful of Mother Goose rhymes,to me, is the Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe. She gave her kids just plain broth and whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed. That’s real abuse.