Another popular song in Monroe's newborn days was "Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird." Imagine my amusement when one day I overheard Eben wandering through the house singing about buying jellybeans in that familiar tune. It turned out that Eben couldn't recall the traditional lyric after the first few rhymes, but non-sleeping babies being the mother of invention, he just improvised a new version. It was the work of a silly moment, but somehow it stuck and now this is how the song is always sung in our little family.
Enjoy.
Hush little baby, don't say a word
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird.
And if that mockingbird don't sing,
Daddy's gonna buy you a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring don't shine,
Daddy's gonna buy you some turpentine.
And if that turpentine don't clean,
Daddy's gonna buy you a jelly bean.
And if that jelly bean ain't sweet,
Daddy's gonna buy you a slab of meat.
And if that slab of meat goes bad,
Daddy's gonna buy you another dad.
Believe it or not, our youngest GRAND who is now 15, still likes it when I sing silly songs and she tries to remember the words, too. Most times she just says, Gramma, sing that silly song about.............
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