Rock A Bye

The very last thing that they like to do before they climb into bed is to have me "rock-a-bye" them. ❋ Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur (2005)

Matt told me that he had been writing down all the things I say and sing to you, that he'd strain to overhear my little poems and rock-a-bye rhymes. ❋ Patterson, James, 1947- (2001)

But one can get accustomed to anything -- even to the high rock-a-bye tossing of great billows that really don't want to put you to sleep so much as to knock you to pieces. ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

It fitted the axle but was some two or three inches larger in diameter than the other rear wheel and, moreover, it was flat on one side, so that when they started to conclude their journey the motion of the carriage was something startling -- a "rock-a-bye baby ride" Mary Louise called it. ❋ Unknown (1887)

Programmed into the seat are five movement modes: car ride, kangaroo, tree swing, rock-a-bye, and ocean. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The same rock-a-bye procedure could lead to more success for ❋ Unknown (2010)

9 Hush-a-Bye Baby image †This color trading card has a drawing from the late 1880s which demonstrates the absurdity of the rock-a-bye baby nursery rhyme. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"rock-a-bye, Baby," sang [Alfred] in [strident] tones and he [swung] the child high in his arms. ❋ Rockbabe! (2018)

The most common version used today is: [Rock-a-bye baby], in the [treetop], When the wind blows, [the cradle] will rock, When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all. ❋ Gianluca Sanna (JohnDorian) (2009)