Rock-a-bye baby On 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.
In Derbyshire, England, local legend has it that the song relates to a local character in the late 18th century, Betty Kenny (Kate Kenyon), who lived with her husband, Luke, and their eight children in a huge yew tree in Yet another theory has it that the lyrics, like the tune "Lilliburlero" it is sung to, refer to events immediately preceding the Yet another theory is that the song is based around a 17th-century ritual that took place after a newborn baby had died. Her success at either verse or music had not been especially great until, by a sort of sudden inspiration, she one day produced the now celebrated lullaby whose popularity, it is a pleasure to state, in the face of so many unlike instances, has been a source of much profit to the composer. Dana Dubinsky is a health and science editor. The track "Rock-A-Bye Baby (a)" has Roblox ID 1842317560. Tuck your little one in before bedtime or naptime and sing this beautiful lullaby.You and your child can sing the song to a doll, pretending the doll is your child’s baby. 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 Remember to share this page with your friends. Back to main Lullaby page. Please click the thumb up button if you like it (rating is updated over time). Activities: Sing the Lullaby at Bedtime: Tuck your little one in before bedtime or naptime and sing this beautiful lullaby. The Bough is the front of the ship, and the bough breaking describes the front of the ship breaking over a wave. Sing this well-known lullaby together with your child and then sing every other line and have them respond by singing the lines that follow. This is a good activity to try before naptime to get in a sleepy mood! "Rock-a-bye Baby" is a nursery rhyme and lullaby. She is now a resident of Boston. An article in the The Times, Monday, Sep 19, 1887; pg. The line “when the bough breaks the baby will fall” would suggest that the baby was dead weight, so heavy enough to break the branch. Miss Canning is a tall, slender girl, with big brown eyes, full of the sympathy that finds its best expression in art.” New York Times, Wednesday September 10, 1893, Page 11).“Charles Dupee Blake, aged fifty-seven, widely known as a composer of popular music...died yesterday at his home in Brookline (Boston)...Mr. Blake composed more than 5,000 songs and pieces of music. Probably his best known work is Rock-a-Bye Baby.” New York Times, Wednesday November 25, 1903, p. 9. Yet another theory is that the song is from the 17th-century British navy to describe the 'tree top, or cradle' (now commonly referred to as the crows nest) the powder boys (or cabin boys) had to climb up too to keep a look out. If this is, in fact, the same song, then this implies that it was an American composition and already popular there. Rock the doll back and forth in yours or your child’s arms. Dana Dubinsky. "When the wind blows, the cradle will rock", The highest point of the ship will rock the most. Another possibility is that the words began as a "dandling" rhyme - one used while a baby is being swung about and sometimes tossed and caught.