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Rock a bye baby
on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Origins in American
history
The words and lyrics to this nursery rhyme are reputed to reflect the
observations of a young pilgrim boy in America who had seen Native Indian mothers suspend a birch bark cradle from the
branches of a tree enabling the wind to rock the cradle and the
child to sleep. The rhyme also hold a warning on the choice of
bough! |
