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[rivka]

[Poll #930518]

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[rivka.livejournal.com]

Oh! I totally missed what you were saying the first time.

Alex will be in enough trouble in music class when we teach her to sing,

Dream a but is life
Merrily merrily merrily
Merrily stream the down gently
Boat your row row row.

[txanne.livejournal.com]

No, no, no! The proper version of that one is:

Propel, propel, propel your craft,
Carefully down the solution,
Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically,
Existence is but an illusion.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it was utterly inappropriate for a child's lullaby, but one of the songs my family used to sing was:

Show me the way to go home, oh Lord;
I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head.
Wherever I may roam,
Over land or sea or foam,
You will always hear me singing this song
Show me the way to go home.

Indicate the way to my abode, oh Lord;
I'm fatigued and I wish to retire.
I consumed an alcoholic beverage sixty minutes ago
And it went right to my cerebellum.
Wherever I may perambulate
Over earth or ocean or atmospheric condensate
You will continuously hear me chanting this refrain
Indicate the way to my abode.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm glad I was only slightly unclear :-).

But I do appreciate the point about "Mama believes this and Papa believes that" being a very good and useful lesson.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

No, no!

Row, row, row your boat
Every girl and boy
Marilee, Marilee, Marilee, Marilee
Life is such a Joy.

When we were told the other version in first grade, I argued that mine was right because my mother taught it to me and she was a fifth-grade teacher.