It's amazing how you automatically become a music composer on demand when you become a parent. Morayo loves it when I sing to her. She gets very quiet and just stares into my eyes. I steal the tune from just about any song and replace it with my words. I go with a different genre depending on the mood. If we are playing, I rap. If she needs to go to sleep, gospel it is! I slow dance with her a lot, so those are our R&B days. Lol! Whenever I'm done singing, I'm always amazed by how quickly I came up with the words. Never fails. Her daddy also loves singing to her too. I tell you, it melts my heart every time, especially when he sings to her in Yoruba(his language) with words he came up with. Loves it!
Anyways a song that comes to my mind often when she's crying is a nursery rhyme we all know- "Rock A Bye Baby". I always replace the words with my words because of the mean words. Lyrics:
Rock a bye baby on 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.
Ehhh... Negative! Why did the bough have to break? I'm all about speaking positively.... So! My child ain't coming down!
A while ago, my sister Harriet pointed out how cruel nursery rhymes are and up until that moment I never thought of it. After singing a couple of my favorites, I found out she was so correct!
Tom Tom The Pipers Son
Tom Tom the pipers son
Stole a pig and away he ran
The pig was eat and Tom was beat
And Tom went roaring down the street.
Why did he have to be a thief? Hopefully he got to eat some...
Little Miss Muffet
Little miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey,
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened miss Muffet away.
I was gonna ask why a spider had to come sit beside her... but I won't. She deserved it! Please Google curds and whey. I'll wait...
Goosey Goosey Gander
Goosey Goosey Gander where shall I wander,
Upstairs, downstairs and in my lady's chamber.
There I met an old man who wouldn't say his prayers,
I took him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs.
Really? He's old and wouldn't say his prayers... Now he's dead for all we know! Help much?
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses, and all the King's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
It's not enough that he fell, he scattered too!
I've always wondered about this one...
Three Blind Mice
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a craving knife,
Have you ever seen such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice.
No I sho haven't! First of all, how is you running after someone if yo hinny can't see?!
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