The Guy Who Wrote Rock-a-bye Baby

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[Thomas_H._Smith]

Fact: Ryan came up with this idea for a sketch after singing nursery rhymes to his new child.

[PaintingWinterMusic]

The reason these songs are for babies is because if you were singing them to anyone else, they would understand the words and freak out.

[DocDocGoose]

"It didn't matter if the cradle was stable the tree was not!"
10/10 writing, would watch again

[robertbeisert]

Apparently, Humpty Dumpty was the name of an old cannon that the British tried to use at some point. It fell, broke, and was unusable. Someone made a little rhyme.

Then, for no reason, someone put an egg in overalls on the wall.

[Zarkonem]

Nothing calms a child down and prepares it for a peaceful night's sleep like a song about IT'S IMMINENT AND VIOLENT DEMISE!!!

[PaulDozierZZoMBiE]

My mom used to sing this to my kiddo when she was still a baby. But instead of "Down will come baby, Cradle and all" she'd sing "And Grandma will catch you, Safe after all". I thought it was sweet.

[michaelanderson]

I had to double check and see if this was the same guy who wrote Frosty the Snowman, but this guy has a different mustache. Totally different guy.

[EduardoMartinez-rsbu]

As a guy who didn't grow up in an environment of English speaking people hearing these lyrics for the first time is actually something

[ihateunicorns]

“Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home.”
“Ah. Sweet. Fly home little ladybird.”
“Your house is on fire and your children are gone.”
“… that escalated quickly.”

[mineduck]

Any tired parent will understand that song was first sung as a threat, through closed teeth, at 3am, on a monday.

[DCMelo_UC]

Baby: *Gets stuck in tree*

Wind: Super easy, barely an inconvenience

[Jamesucht]

"So, you have a new nursery rhyme for me?"
"Yes sir, I do"

[lckaboom]

I love how there isn’t even much need for jokes here because Rock-a-bye Baby is not subtle about being absolutely psychotic .

[Kait]

My mom always sang “when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, and Mommy will catch baby, cradle and all.” I sing it to my kids that way. Now my oldest sings “sissy will catch baby, cradle and all” to her baby sister ❤

[AliceElkeClarke]

The delivery of "That's no place, for an infant, I fear" had me in stitches!

[KungFuWombat]

Oh oddly specific gravity themed songs designed to put children to sleep are TIGHT

[thatpenguin]

It’s always the man with the biggest moustache who has authority😂😂

[otiscramer]

The fact that the orange moustache guy just had a dictionary on hand made me laugh much harder than it should have.

[throwabrick]

The song was supposedly adapted from a American Indian song based on the tradition of placing baby papooses in the willow boughs. The line about the bough breaking is a metaphor for the baby growing up, (ie the bitter-sweet emotions around leaving the protection of a loving mother).

[RabbidTribble]

A mom I knew used to sing this to her baby while using an exaggerated rocking motion back and forth, before bringing the giggling baby down for the “fall” with a gentle swoop into the crib. Extremely cute and the lyrics made sense as part of the ritual.