When my daughter was born for about a year she had colic and had to be rocked to sleep each night in the rocking chair. I would sing An Irish Lullaby and a nursery rhyme to her to help her go to sleep:
An Irish Lullaby
Chorus:
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don't you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that's an Irish lullaby.
Mother Goose nursery rhymes
Rock-a-Bye Baby:
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.
The first time I sang “Rock-a-Bye Baby” I was horrified when I realized what the words actually said so I changed it to:
Rock-a-bye Baby, in the tree top,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks, the cradle won’t fall,
Cause Daddy chained it up there with chains.
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