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by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on May 8th, 2008
Because babies can't understand the words yet.
by ChandaDiane - est. 1975 on May 8th, 2008
They don't know. Long nights with my son would find me reading the newspaper in a sing-song voice and he would coo and go to sleep.
by holeinthewoods on May 8th, 2008
I used to hum it only. Never liked the words. It's a soothing melody.
by Mastodon on May 8th, 2008
Most nursery rhymes are macabre when you really listen to them.
by Done. never again. on May 8th, 2008
This reminds me of the first Simpsons episode ever.
by [Deleted] on May 8th, 2008
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Why do we sing "Ring Around the Rosie" when it's about the bubonic plague (A pocket full of posie, ashes we all fall down - their bodies were burned. . .)
And "London Bridge is Falling Down"
etc.
sad, can't we think of something better?
by Moongrim on June 5th, 2009
Since when do any song's lyrics make sense?
Usually it's just a way for the kid to hear a parent's voice, which registers as attention.
Or maybe there are some sleeps one wishes the kid would never wake up from.
by fishy on June 5th, 2009
For the same reason we watch reality tv. We are morbid beyond belief.
by Baccduckus is a Carbonproduct on June 5th, 2009
Better than what that keyboard cat has in mind:
All in all you are just another brick in the wall. Hey teacher, do you have anything to teach our young ones at all? Any of you?!
by MoreCowBell on November 11th, 2010
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I'm looking for a song that I heard when I was a kid that goes something like.."you can't come and play in our yard" and (description)
by winstondegaulle on March 17th, 2011
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Is it just me or is this one of the cutest "kids" song ever?
by TimPorari on October 8th, 2010
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Any good preschool music and/or dance ideas?
by treblemaker on May 1st, 2011
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Looking for name of Christian cassette tape for kids (late 80s/early 90s)?
by awfulmemory on July 7th, 2011
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