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Mama’s going to show you the evening sky. While their song drifts from afar, Mama’s going to search for a shooting star. When the nighttime shadows fall, Mama’s going to hear the crickets call. If that hummingbird should fly, Mama’s going to show you the evening sky.

Long wrote her own version of Hush Little Baby and paired it with her beautiful art. Hush little baby, don’t say a word, Mama’s going to show you a hummingbird. It seems much healthier to encourage children to find comfort in the natural things around them and the warmth of a mother’s love.” One of the songs that has bothered me as an adult is the original version of “Hush Little Baby.” In it, a mama offers her baby comfort by promising to buy him or her all sorts of things (a mockingbird, a diamond ring, horse and cart, etc.). In the afterward of Long’s version, she writes: Recently, I came across Sylvia Long’s board book adaptation of Hush Little Baby, which is what made me think about the lyrics of the original. Maybe he was plotting where he’d put his billy goat and horse and cart? And if that looking glass gets broke, Papas going to buy you a billy goat. And if that diamond ring is brass, Papas going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking glass gets broke, Papas gonna buy you a billy goat. And if that mocking bird dont sing, Papas going to buy you a diamond ring.

If that diamond ring turns brass, Papas gonna buy you a looking glass. If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas gonna buy you a diamond ring. The instant my son heard it, he’d grow quiet and stare at me with saucer eyes. Lyrics: Hush, little baby, dont say a word. 'Good Night' This classic Beatles song (written by John Lennon for his son Julian) is peaceful and soothing. When the bough breaks The cradle will fall, And down will come baby Cradle and all. And Hush Little Baby was my life raft for a few months there. Rock-a-Bye Baby Lyrics Rock-a-bye baby On the tree tops, When the wind blows The cradle will rock. But I may have trudged to the jewelry store to procure one for my son during those early sleep-weary months of parenting if I thought it would buy me some uninterrupted nights of sleep.Īlas, all I had on those fateful nights was a sling, a rocking chair, and a lullaby. Back in college, I decided I wouldn’t sport a diamond on my own finger after I learned about the diamond trade in Sierra Leone. This best-selling version of the beloved lullaby Hush Little Baby is now available in a sturdy board book making it. And later when I did, they seemed a bit strange. Growing up, I never thought much about the lyrics. I’ve always loved the lullaby Hush Little Baby because my mom sang it to me when I was little. TRILOGY OF FEAR 2022 RELEASE Style: Imperial Stout ABV: 11.1 Aged on cypress and whole Papuan vanilla to give a vanilla aroma expressed as earthy. But she has put her individual stamp on this traditional material, which Pete Seeger describes as 'Captivating!' No Lexile measure is available, but the predictable nature of the song would make this book good for early readers.Mama’s going to buy you a looking glass…. See if you can find Jones's version of 'Little Red Riding Hood,' long out of print. See for yourself!įrazee owes something to the humorous drawings of Caldecott winner Robert McCloskey (compare especially to Honor books _Blueberries for Sal_ and _Journey Cake, Ho!_) and the period charm of Elizabeth Orton Jones, also a Caldecott winner. The peddler, incidentally, is a bearded gentleman in a long red cloak that bears some resemblance to another character in American folklore. And if that looking glass gets broke, Papa's gonna buy you a billy goat. And if that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass. And if that mockingbird won't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring. But big sister pluckily helps her patient father make the trades that (Spoiler ahead!) finally bring the family some peace. Hush little baby, don't say a word, Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird. But unlike the sweet, passive infant of some versions, Frazee's little baby is agressively inconsolable and the subject of a little sibling rivalry. Frazee has set the picture book in 19th century rural West Virginia, honoring the song's Appalachian roots. This is a folk song I can remember from my own childhood (I remember being very sad when that looking-glass broke!), but Marla Frazee has given it a new, fresh, delightfully humorous twist.