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  2. "Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top" (sometimes "Hush-a-bye baby on the tree top") is a nursery rhyme and lullaby. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 2768.

  3. Jan 19, 2024 · For example, one of the sweetest-sounding songs we hear as a child is the nursery rhyme, “Rock-a-bye Baby.” But looking at the words, themselves, without any melody or gentle tone, the song is ...

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  4. 00:00 • Introduction - Understanding "Rock-a-bye Baby": Exploring a Classic Lullaby 00:36 • The Origin of "Rock-a-bye Baby" 01:02 • Lyrics and Their Meaning 01:47 • Cultural Significance...

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  5. Aug 15, 2020 · Rock A Bye, Baby. Today’s rhyme, one that most of us in the English speaking world know well, goes like this: Rock a bye baby, on the tree top. When the wind blows, the cradle will rock.

  6. Dec 7, 2020 · The melody for the famous lullaby "Rock-a-Bye Baby" was composed, by Effie I. Canning near the end of the 19th century. Anecdotes about the history of the song vary, however, when researching numerous newspaper articles that present conflicting information.

  7. Nov 2, 2018 · According to this political theory, the lyrics of "Rock-A-Bye Baby" were a death wish directed at the infant son of King James II, hoping he would die and be replaced by a Protestant king.

  8. “Rock-a-bye Baby (also known as Hush a Bye Baby) is an 18th century English nursery rhyme and lullaby. This very popular rhyme probably originates from the days when women working in the hop fields, would tie their babies cradles to the branches of trees to allow the wind to rock them to sleep.