Hush Little Baby

When Nia was younger, actually since she was born, both hubz & I like to sing this particular song as we put her to sleep. Not that it was needed when she was younger, as all she does is wake up drink milk and sleep again, day in day out. But I enjoy singing to her and somehow end up singing this particular one more than the rest. Anyways, some nights, hubz and I will get into silly row over the words. Yes, it's true!

D & M: Hush little baby don't say a word
D: Papa's gonna buy you a teddy bear; If the teddy bear don't sing Papa will buy you a diamond ring
M: It's mocking bird lar.. bear and word don't rhyme..
D: Who cares if they don't rhyme, mocking bird is silly, teddy bear is more like it.. Kan, baby? You don't care, do you?
M: (Rolling her eyes) That's the reason why they are called nursery rhymes - because they are supposed to rhyme!
D in his Malaccan English: Roll your eyes lar.. wait your eyes get stuck up there, baru padan muka!
M: (Still rolling her eyes)

LOL. Most Malaccans I know speak similarly. Their favourite word seems to be 'wait'. It's supposed to the English version of 'nanti', get it? LOL.

Ooops.. side tracked.

Anyways, back to the nursery rhymes, yes, I've been so tired looping the song over and over again that I decided to add on to the song to personalise to Daddy's taste ~ since the song is about Daddy and baby, I thought, why the hell not?! So, here's my version of Hush Little Baby that I've been singing to Nia:

Hush little baby, don't say a word

Daddy's gonna buy you a mocking bird

If the mocking bird don't sing

Daddy's gonna buy you a diamond ring

If the diamond turns to brass

Daddy's gonna buy you a looking glass

If the looking glass gets broke

Daddy's gonna buy you a billy goat

If the billy goat gets sick

Daddy's gonna buy you silver chopstick

If the chopstick gets stolen

Daddy's gonna buy you Fried Chicken

If the Fried Chicken's not nice

Daddy's gonna buy you Cendol Ais

If the Cendol Ais' too cold

Daddy's gonna buy you a pot of gold

If the gold's not what you like

Daddy's gonna buy Chinese Fried Rice

If the Chinese Fried Rice taste funny

Daddy's gonna buy you a real live Bunny!

Which Daddy did, btw.. hehe