We joke about singing it to the kids "so they'll have nice dreams." Sometimes I change the words to "poor babes in the woods they
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Babes in the Woods
Can anyone tell me the history behind the song Babes in the Woods? How did the Klop family make singing it a tradition? Also, could someone post the actual lyrics? I'm not sure I've got them correct.
We joke about singing it to the kids "so they'll have nice dreams." Sometimes I change the words to "poor babes in the woods theylaid down and died went down the slide. And when they were dead went to bed..." When I sing that version Zion will ask me "did you sing it all? what about when they die?" He also has a lot of questions about who stole them and how did they get lost?
We joke about singing it to the kids "so they'll have nice dreams." Sometimes I change the words to "poor babes in the woods they
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I don't know the story behind Grandma K. making Babes in the Woods a family tradition but I've googled for the lyrics at various times.
This is a pretty interesting site about the history of the song.
http://www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org/RmOlSngs/RTOS-BabesWood.html
And you can even have the ringtone sent to your cellphone here but I didn't look very far into that.
http://www.metrolyrics.com/babes-in-the-woods-lyrics-children.html
I have also refreshed my memory on the words by googling Babes in the Woods several times. Now I'll have to look up that history site also. I never thought about it being a scary song when I was a child.
Mother also sang a song to us about Little Robin Redbreast - anyone know the lyrics to that one?
We need Nog Blog to see this post and respond...she knows the lyrics by heart and likely the story behind it's family meaning. Cute responses from the kids!!!
Mother sang it to her children, and later in life would sing it for us at holiday get-togethers. After her passing, we still sing it sometimes at family gatherings -- if we don't have a fire!
PERRY, I
I specifically remember one evening, it was getting dark, and we were all sitting on the front porch of Grandma's house. Grandpa was there, too. There were a lot of family there and Grandma sang the Babes in the Woods and the Robin Red Breast to all of us. I remember being very aware that I was in a good family and surrounded by a lot of love. It is a good memory. That's what makes the song so special, even though as a kid I, too, often contemplated those mysterious and somber lyrics.
The website is very interesting - the lyrics are very similar to our family's version.
I don't recall the Little Robin Redbreast song. I'd like to hear it sometime!
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