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Rock-a-bye Baby

10/30/2017

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"Rock-a-bye baby" is such a well-known Mother Goose nursery rhyme.  Written with several different variations and popularized in song, it could mean, and has been interpreted to mean, so many different things (political, historical or maternal/post-partum feelings).  I think, in an attempt to explain what appears to be a very negative situation!  But what if it actually describes a joyous event?

One interpretation I haven't found yet, and which seems plain to me, is that it could describe the process of birth.  The tree top (Mom) is high up indeed for a little baby.  The wind blows (Mom or Mother Nature) giving all those life-sustaining needs to baby through the umbilical cord; which makes the cradle "rock" (ie function properly and do what it was designed to do).  When the bough (water) breaks, the cradle (amniotic sac) will fall ... and down will come baby ... cradle and all.

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Nestled safely in the womb ... Vintage Illustration: Clara M. Burd



(Hush) Rock-a-bye baby in 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.

(Popular 19th Century version)
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Baby's current home (tree/womb) with gentle ribbon ties inside. A new home awaits (house) with Mom separate, but still ever present. Fairies/angels safeguard the process. Vintage Nursery Rhyme Illustration: Anne Rochester
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Family and friends eagerly awaiting the birth ... Vintage Illustration: Mabel Lucie Attwell
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Artist Unknown

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12/16/2018 01:02:43 pm

Nursery rhymes are the backbone or starting point for many literacy majors. For children to learn, it is really important that we use entertainment. The attention spans which children have are really short, they lose their focus almost immediately. In our school, we tend to make use of the various activities that could both entertain them and enhance their knowledge. Nursery rhymes, songs, short stories and arts, these are the tools that we use to cultivate the knowledge of our students.

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Meadow Sweet Grove
12/18/2018 12:26:52 pm

Thank you so much for your comment.

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