Rock-a-bye Baby! by Dominica De-Klerk

1. Dominica De-Klerk (1997); she was born in Denmark. She sung “Rock-a-bye Baby,”  “Kitty Cat.” She learned them from her mama Juliana Svetlichnaia. The Sleep comes to Dominika in a rainbow colors. “It feels like the air pushing my eyes down and I sleep. I like the smell of strawberries because it feels like I am eating them. I like to taste chocolate because it just tastes good!”

Rock-a-bye Baby!

Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.

“The original words have always been beautiful to me. When I was very young my mother explained "When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall" is poetry, or a "fairy-tale way" to describe falling asleep, where the falling is like an autumn leaf or fairy drifting gently to the ground. In other words, it is a metaphor. This discussion led her to share a poem with me to show me how fairy-tale language (metaphors and similes) work. I loved this so much I asked the question on several occasions so that she would sing the lullaby to me and share more poems. For years afterward, in my brother's treehouse I thought about those poems and songs, and daydreamed about how it might look if a fairy were to carry a cradle gently to earth. Now that I have children of my own, I enjoy sharing (as each gets old enough) about songs and poems, and about how poetry works. Try it! Never fear, just sing this lullaby with it's loving intent, and your child will easily grasp the baby-friendly interpretation.” From http://www.babycenter.com/viewComments.htm?pageSize=10&startIndex=30&ccContentType=ARTICLE&ccContentId=6733&ccOwnerId=

I collected verces of "Rock a-bye, Baby" from different sources and  put them together (masguda)

Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.

Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,
There is the moonlight up in the sky
Go to sleep baby, now close your eyes..."

Rock-a-bye baby, Mommy’s sweetheart,
When the moon shines, the baby will rock
Till the dawn breaks, may light from above
shine upon baby cradled in love.
From the high rooftops down to the sea
no one’s as dear as my baby to me,
sweet little fingers, eyes wide and bright,
now sounds asleep until morning light.

And down at the bottom mama will wait,
She'll catch her baby so she won’t break,
Yes mama loves baby for all of time,
She'll be here to catch her each time she falls.

Rock a bye baby on the tree top,
when the wind blows the cradle will rock,
when the bow breaks the cradle will fall,
and into my arms comes baby and all.
From the roof top down to the street
you are the sweetest baby to me,
Wee little fingers eyes wide and bright
sleep little baby 'til morning light.

When the bough bends, the cradle dips low
and off to Dreamyland baby will go.

Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.

Catch him, crow! Carry him, kite!

Take him away till the apples are ripe;

When they are ripe and ready to fall,

Here comes baby, apples and all.

The words o "Rock a-bye, Baby" appeared in print first in England in c. 1765.(wikipedia)

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