Rockabye Baby: The Remix

My little sister was born when I was a teenager. I was so excited to sing lullabies to her. However, once I began to sing the classic "Rockabye Baby," I was horrified at the words, which I'd never really noticed as a child. Since then, I've heard a lot of other people express amused horror that our favorite lullaby depicts a baby falling out of a tree. So I thought I'd share the alternate words I made up as a 15-year-old. The tune is the same, of course, although I did add a few more syllables. Sing it aloud a couple times, and I bet you'll get the gist.

Rockabye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
Hear the tree whisper in the soft breeze
Sunlight is falling through all the leaves
A brown birdy sings you a lullaby
Now fall asleep, out under the sky


Enjoy!

20/30: Noise Violation

Hear the tit tat of the timpani

from your rusted nineties SUV

(left blinker forms a counterbeat)

You got me walking in a 1-2-3

Marking notes and repeats with my feet

same as feet on every other street

Fill the gas tank up, radio’s free

Conduct a city from your tattered seat

This is a playful ruba'i with two entwined stanzas. A ruba'i is a four-line stanza with the rhyme scheme AABA, so in this case the scheme runs AABA BBAB. Prompt:  Day 18 at NaPoWriMo.net