A moment for parents
Posted on:: December 22nd, 2004
With some trepidation, I’ve posted “Now Go To Damn Sleep,” doggerel for the worn-out parent. Here’s the beginning:
My angels, now, it’s to your room
To dip into sleep’s stream
And let your parents’ life resume.
Fast forward to your dream.
What’s that you say, my angels dear?
The day has not run out?
Tonight you just must-see ER?
And then the title bout?
Oh my dears, my little mites,
Walt Disney’s themed your beds.
And if you’re good and very quiet
I’ll tell my day instead.
Oh, Mikey, Sal and Ted please hear
The story I have to tell
I love each one of you so dear
But you’ve made my life a … well ….
After all, what could be better for the holidays than a little anti-child hostility?
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Having just been woken early on my first day for a possible lie-in by my four year old with whom I pleaded to let me stay in bed I can fully concur with these sentiments.
However she effectively neutralised any escalation of my protestations!
Most lullabyes have that edge:
Rock a bye baby,
On the treetop,
When the wind blows,
the cradle will rock,
When the bow breaks,
The cradle will fall,
And down will come baby,
cradle and all…
You’re working in the tradition, that’s all :)
A colleague had a child recently and I created some variations on traditional nursery rhymes and songs for her.
It’s worked out perfectly.
She never asks me to babysit.
1. Hush, little baby, don’t say a word
I’m going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mocking bird won’t sing,
I’m going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring is brass,
I’m going buy you a looking glass.
If that looking glass gets broke,
I’m going to buy you a billy goat.
If that billy goat should buck,
I’m gonna think you bring bad luck.
If I think you bring bad luck…
Well, let’s just hope that things don’t break down, why don’t we? Dear.
2. Old McDonald had a farm,
E I E I O.
And on that farm he had a cow,
E I E I O
With a moo moo here
And a moo moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo,
Everywhere a moo, moo
Old McDonald had a farm
E I E I O
And in that cow there was a brain,
E I E I O
And in that brain there was a germ,
E I E I O
With a germ germ here
And a germ germ there
Here a germ, there a germ,
Everywhere a germ, germ,
And in that cow there was a brain
E I E I O
Then old McDonald killed the cow
E I E I O
And then he sent meat to the store
E I E I O
With BSE here and BSE there,
Here a bug, there a bug,
Everywhere BSE bugs,
When old McDonald killed the cow
E I E I O
Then your parents bought that meat,
E I E I O
They didn’t cook it very well
E I E I O
With a haha here and a haha there
Yes, they’re mad, yes, quite mad,
Everywhere you can see they’re very mad
Because your parents bought that meat
E I E I O
3. The eensy weensy spider
Crawled up the water spout
Fangs filled with venom
Mean from a drinking bout
But your mom was looking
And wielded the bug spray
So all the spider’s fam’ly
Are out for blood today.
Truly disturbed. Thank you. :)