What is the real meaning behind the nursery rhyme 'rock a bye baby'?
9 Answers to "What is the real meaning behind the nursery rhyme 'rock a bye baby'?"
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It's talking about along time ago the native American women would tie their babies up in a tree but not to tight so they could rock... The moms did this while they went out to work in the fields (so the animals couldn't get their baby).. And if the wind blow to hard then the baby and the cradle would fall out of the tree... O.O scares me (I'm only 13 and I know about these creepy rhymes)
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Ring Around The Rosie is kind of strange.
To think there was childrens song about death & disease
singing so cheerfully freaks me out. lol. It's just weird too.Like (1)
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This lullaby hints at quite possibly a very tragic ending. The baby is placed in a cradle, on top of the tree (for apparently no reason). The wind blows rather strongly, and the branch of the tree will seemingly eventually break so that the cradle (and the innocent baby inside it) will fall probably crash helplessly down on the ground. Don’t ask me what would happen next. I personally feel that the lullabies we sing to our kids shouldn’t have these types of nightmarish endings.
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whats the meaning behind row row row your boat gently down the stream
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http://www.rhymes.org.uk/rock_a_bye_baby.htm
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The words and lyrics to the "Rock a bye baby" rhyme are reputed to reflect the observations of a young pilgrim boy in America who had seen Native American mothers suspend a birch bark cradle from the branches of a tree. Thus enabling the wind to rock the cradle and the child to sleep!
I didn't know this so I did a Google search.....It kind of makes sense.Like (1)
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Thats a good question....I sang it to my kids when they were babies....maybe thats why.....!
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I don't know but it's a very scary song about a baby rockin' in a tree top then getting blown out of it and crashing to the ground !
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Best Answer (Chosen by Voting):
Posted by dandybell Feb 9th, 2011 at 12:51AM
It means that you should purchase some fantastic products from the company I am advertising for, right now.
Alternatively, it could mean nothing if you don't assign meaning to it.
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