When the tide comes in then daddy will screech Up and down the hill your cradle will rockīut don't worry baby because mamma is nay You're cradle is green your momma is queenīrother a drummer that plays for the king. "And momma will catch you cradle and all". Take a look at Wikipedia.Īn alternate (and less disturbing!) ending to the song is: The child was never identified and was later adopted by a local family.įor further information about the origin of the song "Rock a Bye Baby". This is believed to be the origin of the children's lullaby "Rock A Bye Baby".
According to Ripley's Believe It or Not!, a baby girl was found sleeping peacefully in the branches of a tall elm. The tornado killed 99 people and injured 100, and it is said that 10% of Marshfield's residents were killed and all but 15 of its buildings were destroyed. Its damage path was 800 yards (730 m) wide and 64 miles (103 km) long. On April 18, 1880, an intense tornado measuring F4 on the Fujita scale struck Marshfield. The wind is the wind of change the revolution, and the breaking bough refers to the goal of the revolution: to remove the reign. The tree symbolizing the state, the tree top the king.
Some believe it to be the first ever nursery rhyme to be written on American soil.Īnother theory suggests it was written during the time of Oliver Cromwell a critique of the king and his family "in disguise". There are a number of theories regarding the origin of the words to the song.
The first record of the words, bearing a strong resemblance to those used today, was in 'Mother Goose's Melody' possibly published by John Newbery around 1765. "Rock a Bye Baby" is an old English lullaby and sometimes referred to as "Hushabye Baby" the melody for which, is a variant on the English satirical ballad 'Lilliburlerois' by Henry Purcell.
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