Question Posted Wednesday September 5 2007, 12:08 pm
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?
Scroll down to the relevent rhyme and it tells you the derivation. It is quite a macabre lulla
by but there is a reason. [ isis's advice column | Ask isis A Question ]
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