一段小夜曲(3)
et as many bedtime songs as she for a fly of her oo that easily. and i couldn’t bear to alloe to cry herself to sleep.
but i ro tired of the songs i had previously been so eager to sing. tedium isn’t necessarily a liability in a lullaby—it is possible to bore a child to sleep—but i found myself yearning for a little musical variety. i realized that it oing to take more than my tiny collection of lullabies to get my daughter to sleep.
in the months that follos so that i could add the best ones to my repertoire. i evaluated each tune according to tessa’s personal rating system:she fussed and fro, and commanded, “again, mama, ” i auditioned made our lullaby hit parade. i like gershs make surprisingly effective lullabies. the lyrics are a bit melancholy, but the rolling rhythms of“red river valley, ”“i ride an old paint, ”and“do, like riding a gentle old pony into the sunset. likes that ht, ladies, ”“let me call you s by a solo alto instead of a barbershop quartet. and tessa loved the folk songs my mother sang to me all those years ago, songs like“the big rock candy mountain. ”“i’ve been on the railroad, ”and tessa’s favorite. “the riddle song, ””:
i gave my love a cherry that had no stone
i gave my love a chicken that had no bone
i gave my love a story that had no end
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