Parenting pop quiz

[dwenius]

Calvin likes to be sung songs before bed. Unfortunately, most children's songs (and many others) have nonsense syllables in them, so when he asks for them by name, it can get complicated. Try to guess what song Calvin means when he says the following (easy ones first):

• Cradle and all


• Fidlee-i-Oh!


• Rolling home!


• What dee see?


• Fair Jata


• Jelly Stream!


• Up a Rail?


• Manadeedee!


• What Where? What Where? (trick question)


• Tickle-tee-tin? (Bonus round. Consider the parent in question)

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[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

Rock-a-Bye Baby
Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah
This Old Man
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
many vacant looks
Tom Lehrer's Irish Ballad

no signs that I can spot of Hush Little Baby, Moonshine Lullaby, Liverpool Lullaby, Swingin on a Star (a favourite with mine for swings, not bedtime), All Through the Night, or Highland Lullaby ("Sleep softly my bairnie").

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

You can spot the singing parents right off. Correct on all.

many vacant looks
* Fair Jata - as noted elsewhere, Frere Jaques
* Jelly Stream! - Row Row Row your boat!
* Up a Rail? - I didn't mean for this to be a trick question, but this is his other name for "I've been working on the railroad" besides Fiddlee-i-o.
* Manadeedee! - "Manah manah, deet-deeeee, dee-dee-dee!" or whatever it is actually called.
* What Where? What Where? (trick question) - "What will you wear Jenny Jenkins?", while he likes because it has the nonsense part, "I'll buy me a roly-poly, tildy-toldy, seek-a-double, use-a-cozza rollllllll, to find me."

I do sing Hush Little Baby (and Turaluralura, come to think of it), but he doesn't ask for those by name yet. Sadly, I don't know the others you mention. Time for some music research.